This Tasty Little Salad is a powerhouse. It’s got a base of richly flavored greens, a whole bunch of cilantro, extra firm tofu and a quick no-measure dressing. I whipped this together after returning hungry from a hike with a friend. It was done and in my bowl in ten minutes. This uses boldly flavored…
Category: gluten free
Savory Mizuna Tofu TLS
I love to make a “tasty little salad” (TLS) — and often pull from what’s on hand. I don’t use recipes for these, but do follow a loose formula. Start with greens, add something rich (nuts, seeds, fish, cheese, tofu, etc) toss on flavorful additions (fruit, chopped veggies, herbs) and dress the whole thing. I…
Broccoli Lime Salad
Broccoli Lime Salad for lunch – a fabulous mid winter dish.
Strawberry Granola
Strawberries add such a sweet happy note to any morning. I created a new granola flavor featuring strawberries and vanilla for a touch of joy in my breakfast. Using powdered freeze dried strawberries in the granola mixture allows for a rich strawberry flavor, accented by the sweet note of vanilla. Together they taste like strawberries…
Plum Sparkler
Plums are ripe and abundant on neighborhood trees. While 2020 has been a tumultuous year, it’s been fabulous for plums. Something about the weather here in California has graced the plum trees with amazing fecundity. A friend has a bumper crop of Santa Rosa plums and gifted me with a crate of ripe fruit. This…
Lemon Poppy Seed Snack Cake
My daughter left her apartment in NYC and came back to California due to the Covid-19 shut down — I’m grateful that she is safe and with me for the moment! One of the things she misses from her life on the east coast is a lemon poppy seed muffin made by a cafe next…