The picture of this gorgeous looking purple cabbage salad caught my eye as soon as I received the recipe email in my inbox from Vegetarian Times. I made a big container of this salad, nearly doubling all of the ingredients so we’d have a big batch. The great thing about most of the ingredients is [...]

I love cold grain salads, and Funk prefers them hot. What’s a gal to do? Make them the way I like ‘em. Hey! I’m the chef of the house! If he wants it hot, he knows where to find the microwave. This salad, though, is best cold or at room temperature and it is bursting [...]

This is one of those dishes that I really wish I had someone to share that first bite with so we could high-five each other about how amazing it tastes. Two nights a week Funk is geeking out at MBA school, and on those nights I usually just make myself a massive salad, or a [...]

I didn’t think I’d love Pinterest as much as I do, but I’m hooked. I’ve been slowly adding recipe pictures to my boards of things I want to cook, and love the image inspiration. When I came across a photo for this Quinoa Kale and Apple salad, I knew I’d love it (sans feta cheese [...]

For the past few weeks, I’ve been blogging about recipes I created using Marzetti Simply Dressed all natural salad dressing. I was lucky enough to sample some of these fantastic dressings (made with ingredients I recognize!) and now have a go-to dressing to not only use, but also recommend to my clients. Now I want [...]

Last Saturday night, Funk and I had dinner plans. Knowing I’d be indulging a bit at dinner, I wanted to jam-pack my lunch with fruits and veggies. With a half of a bag of curly kale in the fridge that was about to go bad, I decided to make a massive massaged kale salad with [...]

Here is a simple veggie recipe that made a good side dish to bring to a potluck-style dinner Funk and I went to. Ingredients: 2 heads of broccoli, cut into bite-sized florets 1 container cherry tomatoes 1 16-oz container cherry tomatoes 1 3.8-oz can sliced black olives, drained 1 Tbsp capers juice from one lemon [...]

Usually it takes me weeks to finish a big bag of apples from an apple picking trip. I’m an apple-a-day kind of girl nearly year round, but when apples are busting at the seams of my refrigerator, it’s a little overwhelming! I was trying to come up with a savory dinner dish that would help [...]

I just realized this great quinoa salad is filled with “A” ingredients: asparagus, almonds, and apricots! I made a massive batch of this quinoa salad last week so we’d have enough leftover to come home to after a weekend away. We spent the weekend on a beautiful lake in Michigan for our friends’ wedding and [...]

I’ll admit it: I’ve said some not-so-nice things before about the Brookline Farmer’s Market. It’s conveniently located right in my ‘hood, every Thursday all summer and right into fall. I get excited to visit it every year, support my local farmers, and get better produce than some of the crud that’s sold at Trader Joe’s [...]