Olive Oil Recipes

Pressing tree-ripened olives extracts a flavorful, monounsaturated oil that is prized throughout the world both for cooking (particularly in Mediterranean countries) and for salads. Today's marketp...

Esquites - Mexican Corn Salad

Esquites, the Mexican Corn Salad is a sweet and spicy roasted corn salad which showcase two things - bold Mexican flavors and simplicity of ingredients. Pleasantly spicy, smokey, and perfect combinatio...

Ultimate Greek Quinoa Salad

Not just any Greek salad. This Greek Quinoa salad is quinoa-forward with bold Mediterranean flavor packed quinoa tomato sofrito, healthy greens, crunchy vegetables and a 2 minute Greek Dressing. Loaded...

Stuffed Roasted Green Chile (Hatch, Anaheim)

Stuffed Roasted Hatch Green Chile with warm stuffing of cheese, kale, bread and spices. This stuffing makes roasted New Mexico chilies even more flavorful. Almost a complete mini-meal. Really this is a...

Pollo Asado (Oven Roasted, Grilled)

Flavorful chicken (roasted or grilled) marinated in orange, lime juice, garlic, paprika, herbs, and spices. Pollo Asado is Mexican (or Cuban depending upon spices) take on grilled chicken where citrus t...

Pasta Alla Norma

Fresh eggplant always make me crave Pasta Alla Norma. Pasta All Norma is an eggplant and pasta dish featuring roasted or sauted eggplant, with a tomato basil sauce and fresh lite cheese. Today I'm sharing a weekday-approved Pasta All Norma with my Modern take on authentic recipe. My recipe is an ever...

Mexican Tortellini Salad

Lite and zesty take on Tortellini Salad with mango, avocado, lime dressing and spicy taco shrimp. Spicy lime mango and avocado compliment rich cheese Tortellini so well.. I call this a Mexican Tortelli...

Shakshuka

Sharing today, amazing Shakshuka recipe with tomatoes, bell pepper, herbs, and spices cooked to a delicious sauce topped with cheese and soft baked (poached) eggs. Eggs cook on top of sauce. A delicious...

Roasted Cauliflower Chipotle Tofu Veggie Bowl

Let's make Taco Tuesday deliciously healthy with this bright, lite and spicy Veggie Bowl. This spicy Chipotle Veggie Bowl is my healthy re-take on Chipotle Sofritas recipe with chipotle sauce roasted ca...

Chicken Risotto Instant Pot

This is not just any Chicken Risotto. It is Chicken Risotto with garlic, parmesan, lemon and green peas fully prepared in Instant Pot. Risotto is know as a notorious, stir-intensive Italian Rice dish.....

Grilled Salmon with Lemon-Butter Sauce

This is one classic recipe from my every-day-recipe file. Grilled Salmon with Lemon-Butter Sauce is one of our favorite way to enjoy salmon for dinner. Perfectly grilled salmon (details ahead), moist and flaky with silky heavenly lemon and butter sauce. Today, I served it with grilled cauliflower stea...