Recipes Index • Beyond Mere Sustenance

A tangy Mexican salad with lots of color and texture, Quick Nopalitos (Cactus) Salad with Citrus Pomegranate Vinaigrette is loaded with flavor and nutrients, and promises to be an interesting addition to your salad repertoire… Will you dare try it? I love nopalitos (cactus)! Have you seen any of my previous nopales/nopalitos recipes (Vegetarian Tostadas… [Read More]

Are you looking to increase healthy and sustainable seafood in your diet, but out of quick and easy ideas? This Pesto Salmon and Zoodles in Parchment features frozen (or fresh) salmon with spiralized zucchini noodles, tiny tomatoes, and corn all tossed with your choice of homemade or prepared pesto. Garnished with fresh lemon, basil and… [Read More]

A sweltering hot day and stress in abundance beg for something new… and exciting. A Mid-Summer’s Night Cynar and Vermouth Cocktail combines an old standby (red vermouth aka Italian vermouth) with a rather obscure but trendy Italian aperitif (Cynar, pronounced chee-nar) with fresh squeezed orange juice, mole bitters, and an orange twist. This mixologist definitely thinks… [Read More]

More Summer Recipes...

Tapado Recipe: Instant Pot and Stove Top

Tropical flavors abound in this easy and healthyish Tapado Recipe! Make it on your stove top, or speed up the process using your Instant Pot. Either way, the dish is replete with fresh fish and shrimp, plantains, sweet potatoes, in a savory and delicious coconut broth! In these waning, gloomy days of winter (near the… [Read More]

Latin Braised Turkey Thighs in Pumpkin Seed Red Chile Sauce

With its bold flavors and healthy ingredients, Latin Braised Turkey Thighs in Pepita Red Chile Sauce is perfect for weeknight dinners, but will surprise and delight dinner guests as well! This Latin-inspired main dish is a follow-up recipe to my Red Chile and Toasted Pumpkin Seed Salsa. The salsa is the base for the braising liquid…. [Read More]

Tequila Cocktail with Blood Orange and Pomegranate

While this lovely Tequila Cocktail with Blood Orange and Pomegranate is not a “tequila sunrise/sunset,” the color may remind you of a spectacular sunset! Silver reposado tequila, pomegranate liqueur, and pomegranate molasses get shaken or stirred, and the glass gets topped off with blood orange Italian soda in this easy and oh-so-delicious (not sweet) cocktail recipe!… [Read More]

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