
About once a week we have lunch at our local Whole Foods Market, and one of my favorite items on the salad bar is cabbage crunch. It’s also easy and convenient to make at home any time I’m in the mood for it since I always have seeds and nuts on hand.
The cabbage … [read more]

Making homemade granola is really easy to do.
The recipe is also flexible and open, giving you the ability to mix and match ingredients based on your preferences and what you have available in your pantry at any given moment.
Don’t have almonds or maybe you don’t like them all that much? No problem. Use walnuts, hazelnuts, … [read more]

What can I say? They’re freakin’ awesome!!! They’re so yummy you wouldn’t believe it. Seriously…this is one helluva cookie!!! And guess what? You don’t need to bake it and you don’t need to cook it. How cool is that??!!
Flourless-No Bake Honey Almond Oatmeal Cookies
Yield: 9 cookies
Ingredients:
1/3 cup freshly ground almond butter
3 tbsp. raw honey
1 individual … [read more]

I really love Greek semolina cakes, but I’ve never made one with hazelnuts before. It tasted great, but I thought it was just a little too dry for me. Next time I’ll make more syrup to pour over top it.
The cake is very sweet and the nuts make it rich, so a very … [read more]

Have you ever seen the film, “Like Water for Chocolate”? It’s a foreign film that was released in the early 1990’s, and if you’re passionate about food and cooking and enjoy a good love story, I’d highly recommend this film. Throughout the entire movie, the heroine is cooking all kinds of wonderful meals that affect … [read more]

Kemal bought me a bag of clementines last week, and I’ve really been enjoying them. They’re so incredibly sweet and juicy, and I couldn’t help but wonder how they would taste in a cake. I found a gluten-free recipe online and decided to try it. I don’t have Celiac Disease, but Kemal and I both … [read more]

I always enjoyed banana bread, but the recipes I tried were always a little disappointing because the bread was never moist enough to my liking. About 7 months ago, however, I found the absolute best banana bread recipe ever!! It’s very moist, has the perfect sweetness, and also combines bananas with one of my favorite … [read more]

If you’ve been following my little cooking blog, you’ve probably noticed that we eat a lot of bread, vegetables, and legumes. We do eat meat but not a lot of it. Why do we prefer more veggies and legumes over meat? Well, we both find vegetables and beans more satisfying and tasty. I used to … [read more]