Saturday is Farmer’s Market day here in the Inland Empire; the trek to Riverside is a welcome ritual. Every Saturday morning, it’s the first thing I do. Generally, there is no breakfast involved beforehand, and I am ravenous by the time I get home. Today was no exception – and I got right down to…
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Fire-Roasted Tomato Basil Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons
It predictably happens every season. There is at least one fruit/vegetable that I latch onto, clutching, clinging, stifling. This year, this season, is the almighty tomato.
Attack of the KILLER Tomatoes!
I am lucky to find myself in the presence of a Martha Stewart Living Magazine every month, and this month was no exception. This time though, was a little different. The cover affected me so much, with it’s color heirloom tomatoes, that after seeing it day in, and day out, I had to finally flip…
Bomb Bruschetta Turkey Burgers
Sometimes things just happen. I had a completely different recipe planned today, but things took a turn. I was talking to my mom about what to do with her abundance of tomatoes. (She has like 13 plants!!!) So, I offered up the idea of Bruschetta. Bruschetta is acutally defined as grilled bread rubbed with garlic and…
Quinoa Watermelon Salad – A Song to SUMMER!
HAPPY SUMMER SOLSTICE, Rock Star! That is RIGHT! Today is the first day of summer. I hear the birds singing, the crickets chirping, the grasshoppers hopping, and see the (almost) full moon overhead as the cool evening air gently caresses the skin. The highs here in Southern California have been parked in the low 90’s…