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 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.
Read MoreI was planning to share breakfast tacos with you this week, but summer temperatures just hit Madrid, and this fresh and zesty Moroccan-inspired carrot salad seemed most appropriate. For this summer-worthy salad, carrots are chopped in a food processor to get a couscous-like crumb, then tossed with citrus, mint, pistachio, and a simple Moroccan-inspired spice blend of cumin and cinnamon for a subtle depth of flavor.
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