Garden entries at the Davis County Fair and seems like everyone got a ribbon. I was hoping to see a giant tomato or enormous pumpkin, but instead pretty much looked like what you’d buy at the farmer’s market.
Tag: healthy food
Recipe: Roasted Brussels Sprouts
Dinner is going to be good when there are roasted Brussels Sprouts as a side dish!
Ingredients:
4 cups of Brussels Sprouts, rinsed, ends cut off, cut in half
1/4 cup olive oil
Salt and pepper
Recipe:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Line cookie sheet with #parchment
3. After cutting the Brussels Sprouts, place in bowl. Toss to coat with the olive oil then spread evenly on parchment lined cookie sheet.
4. Sprinkle salt and pepper to taste. If you really wanna kick in the pants, add a little Ghost Pepper salt (like a tiny teensie weensie sprinkle. Seriously.)
5. Bake for 30 minutes, checking at 15-minute mark. Rotate cookie sheet if your oven heats inconsistently.
6. Eat as soon as they come out of the oven.
Enjoy those little bites of roasted heaven!
I’ll see you at the table!
Cherries
Cherry season is here, heralding summer! A few ways to enjoy this little treat:
🍒 Keep a bowl on the kitchen counter for a quick sweet treat.
🍒 Cut in half, pitted then add to green salad with nuts.
🍒 Add to pancake batter.
🍒 Add to stuffing for side dish.
🍒 Sprinkle on granola.
🍒 Layer with yogurt.
Thank you cherries for showing up – you sweet little round packages of delight!
I’ll see you at the table!
Avocados
I love avocados. LOVE might be a better way to express my deep infatuation with this delicious and nutrient rich food. Thank you, God, for creating this fruit!
A few of my favorite ways to enjoy avocado:
1. Spread slices on lightly toasted bread.
2. Garnish on every Mexican dish you can think of!
3. Add to mashed black beans and wrap up in lettuce leaves.
Any way you slice, mash or cube it, enjoy some avocado today!
Recipe: Lentil Potato Soup
My kitchen tonight:
Lentil Potato Soup. Green Curry Thai Eggplant with black rice. Coconut, Curry, Carrot Soup. And I haven’t even started the new gluten free flatbread recipe.
Interview with Hala Saleh of NomNomFinder App
Has this ever happened to you?
I was stopped at a red light and a group of food trucks catch my eye on the corner. Bummer! I already ate lunch and that burrito-yumminess-food-truck looked awesome! I wish I had known that these food trucks were just down the street… I would’ve gone there for lunch instead!
Interestingly enough NomNomFinder App founder, Hala Saleh, has had the same challenges about not knowing where local food trucks are located. So, what did she do about it? She went to Startup Weekend Provo, put together a team, and NomNom Finder is well on it’s way to being created.
I love when people fill a need for connecting people to good healthy food. Not saying that all food trucks are healthy food, but often these one-off mobile restaurants are much healthier than many other fast food options. Thank you, Hala, for following your “gut” on this one and working to create cool new app! (OK, that was pretty cheesy, but I couldn’t help myself!)
Check out my interview with Hala about her interest in healthy food and desire to connect food truck operators with their hungry customers.
Follow Hala and the food truck app, NomNom Finder, on Twitter, Facebook and NomNomFinder.com.
Recipe: Toasted Naan
Too late for breakfast, but starving and needing a snack before my lunch meeting… Toasted mini #naan with artichoke hummus and kale, Brussels sprouts and salad piled on top. The creaminess and crunchiness are fabulous combo.