Easy Guacamole by Virginia Roper

Guacamole is delicious, healthy, and super easy!

Chunky Guacamole by A2Z Healthy Vegetarian Cuisine

Want to reduce your cholesterol intake? 1. Try fresh avocado on sandwiches and toast or substitute as a spread in place of many other popular foods to reduce your intake of cholesterol, calories, fat, saturated fat, and sodium. 2. Avocados contribute nearly 20 vitamins, minerals and beneficial plant compounds that can…

Salsa by Cheryl Norman

Salsa is easy to make fresh and tastes better than the jarred varieties. Saves a buck, too! I make mine in the Vita-mix, but most food processors or blenders will work. Just don't overprocess.

Garlic Vinaigrette by Alice Waters

Garlic vinaigrette is the dressing I make most often. The quantities that follow are only an approximate guide because garlics, vinegars, and oils vary so much in strength and intensity. The first step in making vinaigrette is to macerate garlic in vinegar and salt. The vinegar softens the raw taste of the garlic, and the salt tames…

Arugula with Packham Pears and Borage Blossoms by Warren Weber

Nutty arugula and sweet pears make this salad an excellent after-dinner course. Prepare the salad before dinner; a squeeze of lime over the pears will keep them from darkening. Bartlett, Comice, or Bosc pears can be substituted for the Packhams. Select ripe pears that are firm but not mushy. Dress with Pear Vinaigrette.

Meatless And Heatless, Raw Foods Are Cool, Literally. An Easy Summer Salad! by kathy gori

Even though it's Wednesday I can't stop thinking about Meatless Monday. One factor that's got me thinking about it is the approach of warmer weather though one would hardly guess it from the way things look around here. Just as I was about to step…

Meatless Humpday! Not Your Grandpas' Spinach Salad! by kathy gori

Who says the only meatless day is Monday? The middle of the week, when things get crazy is also the time for something fast and simple that doesn't involve turning on the stove. This is about a spinach salad that makes up in minutes, has interesting flavors and is not like your average spinach salad. I learned about this from one of…

Oat & Mango Smoothie by Indrani

Guacamole by Frank Fariello

I spend a lot of time on my blog in wistful remembrances of the delicious fruits and vegetables that I used to enjoy in Italy and, conversely, moaning about the lack of flavor of much of the produce you are likely to find here in the US. But there are times when the New World outdoes the Old. One example is the avocado which remains…

Super Antioxidant Smoothie Recipe By Jennifer Loganathan by Jennifer Loganathan

Yummy green, raw and jam packed with antioxidants smoothie recipe.

Andra's Fruit Salsa by Andra Kiser

This is great with bunelos (I make my cinnamon sugar tortilla chips fresh or buy the bunelos by the bag) and is also great with grilled chicken, grilled tilapia or with pork tenderloin.

Zucchini Fettuccine al Pesto by CrunchyLettuce

Who doesn’t crave pasta? I certainly do. Classic comfort food, right? But no one wants to wake up in the morning with carb face :) The solution: raw zucchini “noodles”! Don’t underestimate the simplicity of this dish. This pesto really is delicious. And the noodle texture is surprisingly similar to regular fettuccine noodles.

Sweet And Simple "No-Cook" Carrot Salad For A Hot Summer Lunch by kathy gori

When I named my website The Colors of Indian Cooking I was thinking about the colors of the many, many spices used in this cuisine, from the gold of turmeric, the deep crimson of kashmiri chili, the sable browns of cumin and coriander and the vivid…

Guacamole by K. Garner

It's all about taste. Use salt and pepper, and other than that, don't use many other ingredients. Keep it simple and tasty.

Chocolate Caramel Mocha Milkshake by SlinkSatsuma

Very good tasting.... almost a full days intake on calories in return!