Fresh tomato onion salad with the best of summer's juicy heirloom tomatoes, capers and fresh herbs dressed in a lovely olive oil and red wine vinegar dressing. Enjoy with crumbles of dairy free feta cheese or mozzarella + a slice of crusty bread or bruschetta to mop up all those juices. Tomato Onion Salad I'm always crushing on heirloom tomatoes, all the different colors, shapes and sizes. They scream hot summer days, health, happiness and deliciousness. Today I'm particularly fond of the red ...
Salads
Fresh Tomato Salsa Recipe
The best fresh tomato salsa recipe or “ salsa fresca ", made with freshly picked heirloom tomatoes, beautiful green and red onions, fragrant cilantro, jalapeño and fresh lime juice. Homemade, from scratch! Healthy and easy like Sunday morning, you can also make it with red or green tomatoes, tomatillo, and If you aren’t a fan of cilantro just leave it out and replace it with basil. The perfect topping for my Mexican Shrimp Tacos, pupusas, to spoon over a gorgeous piece of salmon, grilled ...
Grilled Bruschetta Panzanella Salad Recipe
How to make grilled Panzanella salad, one of the most delicious classic Italian bread salads, a Tuscan peasant dish worthy of royalty, traditionally made with day old bread. Because bread and tomatoes you guys! It really can't get any better than a bowl of this summer bruschetta panzanella salad and a pitcher of strawberry lemonade under the shade of the grapevine, outside my kitchen door. Two of my favorite things making the most beautiful mess of all. Grilled crusty bread, fragrant ...
Strawberry Salsa Recipe
A delicious fruity strawberry salsa recipe perfect as a dip with a bag of chips, or spooned over your favorite fish, like salmon or halibut, grilled chicken or street tacos. I keep saying: it’s all about the simple things kids, and this right here is living proof of that! Sweet and zesty, I even serve it with my seared orange scallops and tuna poke. Total killer! Tough I gave my recipe a classic spin with jalapeño and cilantro, I also make it with fresh basil, orange, honey and a balsamic ...
Mexican Ceviche Recipe
An authentic " Mexican ceviche de pescado " recipe, made with fresh wild caught marlin, tomatoes and crunchy cucumber. I have been living on fresh wild ceviche for the past week and I am absolutely convinced this is the only way to live. You can also make it with tilapia, shrimp, tuna, crab and even octopus. This Mexican ceviche recipe has taken over my life you guys! If you follow along on social media you probably saw that the BatMan brought home the Marlin, like a Boss ! Over 100 ...
Tomato Cucumber Basil Salad (VIDEO)
Italian style Tomato Cucumber Basil Salad recipe made with the best of summer’s heirloom tomatoes, fragrant basil, crisp cucumber and onions tossed in a classic olive oil and red wine vinegar dressing. Tomato Cucumber Basil Salad The quintessential salad of summer, easy to make, good for you plant based goodness, without a doubt the best thing I ever ate. A nod to the man in the photo for eternity! Ingredient Notes Heirloom Tomatoes - the royalty of tomatoes, sweet, juicy, ...
Italian Roasted Pepper Salad Recipe
Italian style roasted pepper salad recipe made with smoky roasted sweet or bell peppers, marinated in a true Italian dressing of extra virgin olive oil and red wine vinegar. Really lovely on the antipasto platter with goat cheese, garnished with capers, toasted pine nuts and fresh basil. One of my favorite things to make with sweet or bell peppers is this Italian roasted pepper salad. Luckily i stumbled upon a great organic sale at the market so I stocked up on a few pounds of peppers. Tough ...
Orange Avocado Salad Recipe with Cilantro Lime Dressing
A California style orange avocado salad recipe with a creamy scallion lime dressing drizzle ! Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend, we had the loveliest weather in Southern California, not too cold and not too hot, just perfect for hitting the farmers market on Sunday morning with a coffee to go in search for the perfect produce for my avocado salad recipe I've been dreaming about. The sight of fresh colorful produce and fresh cut flowers is like a beautiful painting to be hung on the wall. ...
Blood Orange Salad Recipe with Burrata & Pesto
An Italian blood orange salad recipe with creamy burrata cheese, basil pesto and pine nuts. How can one resist the perfection of blood oranges ? I look forward all year long to this short time in the year when blood oranges grace us with their presence. Do I really need go on about my obsession with creamy burrata again you guys ? Can you even take one more rant from me about the insanity that burrata cheese is and that I can not say no to anything involving burrata ? You would think ...
Homemade Caesar Salad Recipe ( Easy)
Easy homemade Caesar salad recipe - creamy, silky to die for egg yolk and olive oil dressing. Just popping in real quick today to share an easy homemade Caesar salad recipe with you. I hadn't really planned this but I went to the store with the intent to pick up some Cesar salad dressing in a bottle. Because you know the Batman loves Cesar salads a lot, and I figured that makes things easy for me in the kitchen on a Tuesday. But then I read the label, and the stuff i saw in there: forget ...