Happy Summer! I'm celebrating with soup -- a very satisfying garden veggie minestrone. My version is traditional in that it contains pasta. But it's also loaded with other good things such as green lentils, chickpeas, summer veggies, dried herbs and spices. I actually think it's the combination of all these ingredients that make this soup so darn good.
Read MoreI'm excited to be teaming up again with Sonja and Alex of A Couple Cooks. Today Sonja's asked me about life in Madrid. I share what I love about living in Madrid, how I merge the somewhat unpredictable expat lifestyle with my Whole Nourishment approach to food and life, my secret to maintaining healthy habits, and a Spain-inspired recipe, Eggplant Involtini with Spanish Mojo.
Read MoreSome of us might have had experiences with limp, boring salads, or thin, watery soups that have left us equating light summer meals with flavorless and unfulfilling fare. That's definitely not the case with these BBQ Bean Summer Bowls. A marriage between BBQ beans and sloppy joe filling, these summer bowls are a lightened up, flavor-packed BBQ meal, sans the bun.
Read MoreHands up if you like lemon bars! When summer temps hit, I crave all things lemon. Homemade lemonade, lemon bars, and lemony salads. Not too sweet nor too tart, these bars are slices of lemon custard bliss. The perfect everyday summer dessert.
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