I have never met a pomegranate I didn’t love, then eat. It’s the fruit that I wait for from year to year. I even wonder why it’s not available other times during the year like all the other fruits. For me, it feels like home. There was a pomegranate tree just outside my bedroom window in my parents’ house …
Roasted Cauliflower and Tomato Salad
Cauliflower has to be the most under-appreciated of vegetables. Its bland flavor doesn’t appeal to many people, although it has a very high nutritional density = a very healthy food. Aside from cooking the florets in a stew or boiling them (which I am not a fan of), frying them turns them golden brown and delicious. I’m not afraid of …
Pumpkin Apple Smoothie
I have realized one thing over the years. The closer I get to the source of the food, the closer I want to be. We are blessed in Raleigh, NC to have a year-round-seven-day state farmer’s market. It’s gigantic and dynamic. The bounty changes with the season, farmers rotate based on specialties and we love all of it. It’s been …
Aromatic Jute Mallow Soup with Fennel and Tomato
The picture above was taken yesterday on the campus of my kids’ school, where leaves are gloriously changing colors and carpeting the grounds. However, I find it a bit unsettling that we have welcomed Fall with a 101ºF. Dear Mother Nature, what the heck is going on? For now, I am pretending is a cool day, perfect for a nutritious …
Coconut and Fig Smoothie
Now that everyone is back to their routine, I’m still attempting to find mine. It’s taking me longer than I thought to get a solid schedule together for my newly found free time. I have decided to resume writing for NaturalNews.com among other things. And my brain is crowded with recipes that are itching to come out. I don’t know …
And then a Blueberry Pear Smoothie!
It is true that kids will have a manual to train you and not the other way around. The first 15 months of my son’s life (he’s now 3.5 yrs), I was on top of it. A happy (still is), quiet baby (not so much now), who made it simple by sleeping from 6pm to 6am since age 4 months. …
Grilled Zucchinis and Sea Scallops and Two Sauces
Hello June. Where has the time gone? School is out this week and it’s time for a break, so in a few days I pack the kids and a million of their necessities and we drive to Virginia to spend some time with my family. It’s always fun there, lots of friends and family, and in Lebanese that translates to …
Herb Roasted Chicken, Garlic Sauce and a Sandwich
I always get so excited for Spring. Around mid Winter, I start channeling a rural farmer and dreams of planting fruit trees like pomegranates and mulberries take me all around my backyard and back to the sofa. Every year around this time, I buy seeds and set out to planting them and then the city slicker that I am, I …
Roasted Beets, Watercress and Apple Salad with Pomegranate Dressing
Have you ever had times when you’re drawn to a particular vegetable or fruit. It’s an odd feeling, but I occasionally get immense cravings for a particular item; like for instance last Spring, I couldn’t have enough peaches. Well, for the last couple of months, I never leave a market without beets. I use them in juicing, with carrots and …
Baked Red Snapper with Tahini Sauce and Pomegranate
It’s been so cold around here. This weekend’s high is about 30’F (brrrr..). People here are not used to this kind of cold. In fact, the mere mention of a possible flurry for Friday morning prompted the school system to announce a two-hour delay (we didn’t even get one snowflake!) hehe.. So I was chatting with my brother Dany. yesterday, …