fig vinaigrette poured over kale salad.
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Fall Salad with Kale, Apple and Blue Cheese Crumbles

Fall salad is really one of the best isn’t it? Full of apples, hearty kale, crumbled blue cheese and sugar coated nuts, nothing says slow down and enjoy the moment like this culinary concoction. Some restaurants add pepitas or dried cranberries, but I find a simple dressing of fig vinaigrette is the perfect topping for…

Apple walnut salad with blue cheese and fig vinaigrette.
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Fig Vinaigrette Recipe: in 3 Easy Steps

Try recipe for fruity and savory fig vinaigrette. This salad dressing is the perfect condiment for a harvest salad with crunchy apples, sugared walnuts and salty, crumbled blue cheese. Click thru and make this healthy, winter salad this week!

blackberries on a platter with salad greens and shrimp
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Shrimp Salad with Blackberries, Prosciutto and Mixed Greens with Homemade Apricot Vinegar

This shrimp salad with homemade apricot vinegar is a summer sensation. The blend of sweet, sour, and salty flavors, combined with juicy shrimp and crisp greens, makes for a satisfying meal. Easy to prep, with the option of homemade or store-bought apricot vinegar, this dish is a refreshing choice for a lazy summer evening.

Fiddlehead fern recipe
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Fiddlehead Fern Recipe Stir-Fry with Garlic Ginger Shrimp

How to Cook a Quick Fiddlehead Fern Recipe: This fiddlehead fern recipe is sauteed up with ginger and garlic and served over thin rice noodles. Fiddlehead ferns are edible, and easy to cook and use in many different recipes. Always blanch fiddleheads before using in any recipe, fiddleheads when cut from the wild contain trace…

row of green ramp leaves
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Ramp It Up: A Seasonal Celebration of Springs Wild Leek

Ramp Up Your Spring Cooking: A Comprehensive Guide to Delicious Ramp Recipes. Ramps are foraged in the early spring and have a flavor profile of garlic and onion. Ramps can be identified by their broad, green leaves, growing low to the ground in wooded areas. Sometimes ramps are referred to as wild leeks, I grew…

bahn mi sandwich
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Coconut Shrimp Sandwich with Pickled Vegetables

Learn How to Make Coconut Shrimp Sandwich, Banh Mi Fusion Recipe with Pickled Vegetable. This sandwich has crisp pickled vegetables, coconut oil coated shrimp and creamy mayo. Homemade Daikon Radish Pickle infused with Lime and Basil adds depths of flavor to this crunchy, flavor filled take on a Asian Fusion Sandwich.  Cooking the shrimp in…

pink head on shrimp shrimp kabobs with green sauce
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Basil Garlic Marinated Grilled Shrimp Skewers with Jalapeno Honey Sauce

Head-on shrimp are quick to cook, deeply flavorful, and well suited to simple marinades. In this recipe, fresh basil, garlic, olive oil, and lemon lightly coat the shrimp before they hit the grill, letting the natural sweetness of the shrimp stay front and center. This basil marinated BBQ shrimp is straightforward and unfussy—ideal for warm…

wild mushroom and ramp pizza with slice cut out.
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Green Foraged Ramp and Wild Mushroom White Pizza

A homemade foraged ramp sauce is the base of this oven baked pizza pie. Green ramp and wild mushroom pizza is a foragers culinary dream, however; not every journey into the forest bears fruits, so if you are not successful in your foraging endeavors, there are other options to make this spring ramp pizza pie!…

clam chowder in bowl with spoon
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Gluten Free Healthy Greens New England Clam Chowder

This gluten-free, healthy greens, New England Clam Chowder recipe is loaded with vitamins thanks to the addition of powerhouse greens; cabbage and kale! Indulge yourself with this guilt free, whole30, low calorie, seafood soup recipe. This recipe calls for a healthy addition of kale and cabbage to the mix, adding nutrients, (and alleviating all of…