These petite hors d’Oeuvres are refreshing, flavorful (thanks to the citrus-spiked pesto), and so simple to make. Once you have pesto sauce made, you need only three ingredients. Another variation on this theme is to add some salad greens to create an entrée salad. The pesto sauce, with a little more olive oil added, serves as the salad dressing. Recipe for Pesto Shrimp Salad Bites … Continue reading Pesto Shrimp Salad Bites
A strong contender for the ultimate spring salad, here we have a simple trifecta of crab, avocado, and asparagus. With surprisingly affordable ingredients, one taste proves that you can indulge in fine fare without paying steep prices. If you happen to be a crab connoisseur, you could opt to splurge on jumbo lumb crab meat for this. However, as a landlocked frugalista, I chose the … Continue reading Crab and Asparagus Salad with Avocado
Carrots are a cheerful alternative to pumpkin in spring time. They are also easier to source locally, which helps them cost less here. The warmth of ginger and briyani spices in this soup helps mitigate the remaining chill of early spring; yet I would gladly come back to this recipe on the sunniest of days. Ingredients: 1 cup carrots, chopped 1 cup cauliflower, choppped 1 … Continue reading Carrot Cauliflower Soup with Ginger
When it comes to eating, I crave variety. Limitations are not what I am looking for. So the paleo diet does not appeal to me that much, despite the persuasive testimonials that abound. However, I do think that eating more unprocessed foods is a good goal. “More” is a word I can embrace when it comes to food. Meanwhile, I have been quietly adding paleo … Continue reading Three-Minute Chocolate Banana Cake: A Grain Free Recipe
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