These are challenging times. Even the superheroes among us are feeling it. On top of which, it’s tax deadline day. So it’s all the more important we nourish our bodies and our spirits. A simple meal like this lentil soup offers nourishment and grace. It adds uplift and support so you feel ready to get…
Sexy Summer Salads and The Chef’s Garden
Green, garlicky ramps, luscious, earthy morels, and delicate, herbaceous fiddlehead ferns sing of spring. But Miami produce they ain’t. This goodness comes from The Chef’s Garden, one of three fabulous sponsors of this Wednesday’s Sexy Summer Salads class with Chef Taffy Elrod and me. Photo by Yossey Arefi and Michelle Demuth-Bibb Chef Elrod and…
Quinoa Salad with Mango, Cashews, and Mint
Celebrate summer and mango season with this flavorful Quinoa Salad with Mangoes, Cashews, and Mint. It is suddenly, emphatically, mango season in Miami. The trees are full of heavy, ripe, orange fruit hanging from long stems, like possums swinging by their tails (another delightful South Florida phenomenon). In mango season, it’s almost as though you…
Mexican Chocolate Love Bites
Cinco de Mayo has come and gone, so why am I posting this recipe? Because today is the tax deadline, and my exhausted CPA husband wants 1) chocolate and 2) energy. These Mexican Love Bite treats are raw, doable in minutes, provide good fuel by way of dates and nuts and offer chocolate delivery, plus…
