Veggie Fried Rice

I love fried rice…especially when everything is fried in sesame oil.Yummmmm!

If you’ve never tried stir frying your rice and/vegetables in sesame oil, I highly encourage you to try it because the sesame oil adds such a wonderful flavor.

I love my fried rice both hot and cold. Either way, it tastes amazing!

On an unrelated note, I’m … [read more]

Lettuce Wraps with Quinoa, Fruit and Veggie Salad

Need a healthy pick-me-up? Make a quinoa fruit and veggie salad. Then wrap it up in Bibb lettuce and tie it with a scallion.

That’s what I did today.

These lettuce wraps are…

Cute. Delicious. Healthy.

Colorful. Delightful. Wholesome.

They taste fantastic, and they’ll pick you up and give you energy without making your blood sugar crash later.

This … [read more]

Mediterranean Veggie Tarts

We adore Mediterranean food. It’s that simple. These tarts combine all our favorite ingredients (tomatoes, spinach, olives, feta cheese, and goat cheese) into a scrumptious meal.

They make adorable appetizers as well.

Whether you eat before your meal or as the main course, you and your guests will love them!

The pastry is buttery … [read more]

Labor Day Kabobs

Labor Day Haiku

grill out with good friends.

relax. drink some beer. have fun.

laugh. chat. stuff yourself.

We spent Labor Day evening with our good friends Vanja and Vesna.

Kemal made some mouth-watering kabobs…beef, chicken, and veggie. You can see them in the photos he took above.

Vesna made a wonderful salad, (see above photo) and we also enjoyed grilled … [read more]

Oven-Baked Veggie Omelet Casserole

The problem with making omelets for a large family or for several people is timing it so all the omelets are done at once. How do you do that when you have one person doing the cooking? Everyone’s omelet will be done at different times. If everyone wants to eat together, then the first omelets … [read more]

Salmon Veggie Pasta Salad

When it’s warm outside, Kemal and I enjoy cold salads for lunch and dinner. One of our favorites is a pasta salad with blackened salmon and fresh vegetables. We never make the salad the same. Sometimes we add tomatoes, and olives, and other times we add hard boiled eggs or peas. Whatever we decide to … [read more]