Black Pepper Recipes

Most cooks today don't appreciate the plentiful and inexpensive supply of a spice that was once so valuable and rare it was sometimes used as currency. Its merit was so high that many of the Europe...

Low Calorie Honey Mustard Dressing

This low calorie salad dressing takes less than 5 minutes to assemble and has fresh lemony taste. 1 tbsp of Honey Mustard Dressing is perfect for one medium bowl of Spring Greens Salad. Enjoy more salad...

Goat Cheese and Mushroom Stroganoff

Recently a Stroganoff recipe inspired me so much, I decided to make it no matter what. Since I watched Mr. Alton Brown cook mushroom Stroganoff on a FoodNetwork show, I was waiting for groceries day to...

Tuna Salad

This recipe is inspired from Tuna Salad recipe of Food Network Star Ms. Ina Garten. I have slightly altered her recipe to meet my needs by reducing the amount of lime and replacing it with sweet blood o...

Thyme Dusted Baked Sweet Potato Fries

Since we tasted sweet and salty sweet potato fries, we stopped ordering regular potato fries with burgers. Everyone in my family loves sweet potato fries but I often prefer to bake them instead of deep...

Warm Swiss Chard Salad with Peppery Dressing

This fall salad can be served warm or at room temperature. This is my special way to feed veggies to my family. Paring veggies with some nice, tangy and lite dressings elevates their taste and whole family enjoys tasty delicious salads (without need to manage picky eaters). Swiss Chard is one of my...

Grapes and Brown Lentils Salad

Sometimes certain recipes are as easy as 1-2-3 and this grape and lentils salad is one of such recipe. Other than cooking the lentils till they are just tender (which requires almost no attention), you...

Oven Roasted Cherry Tomatoes

Baking Season marks the beginning of Holiday Season and some days my oven works extra hours for me. To pay back to electricity Gods, I utilize my running (heating) oven to its fullest. Mostly, when you...

Smoky Tofu and Pickled Radish Breakfast Wrap

Who does not want a healthy dose of whole grain in the morning? A healthy breakfast is start of a good energized day and you can try these whole wheat breakfast wrap to feel the difference among having...

Salmon with Citrus and Thyme

Grilled Salmon is famous for a reason – its celebration of health and taste at the same time. In my opinion, omega-3s rich seafood should be cooked with less oil and lots of citrus and that’s what I am...

Sauteed Baby Artichokes Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette

When first time I bought fresh artichokes, in my dilemma of “loves me, loves me not?”, I had a bowl full of artichoke petals and only a rose bud in my hands (I think you got it). Dilemma was – “Where is the artichoke heart? Where did it go? I only see petals.”, then I found some time to sit with my go...