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Great Homemade Teriyaki Sauce

Great Homemade Teriyaki Sauce

Most teriyaki has garlic as a main flavor and I am allergic so I make my own! I love the flavor of sesame, ginger and soy together. Add a little sweet and spicy and it hits all of the flavor points to make any taste  Read More

Thai Lettuce Wraps

Thai Lettuce Wraps

What an awesome use for leftover chicken or for vegetarian sub tofu cubes! Super easy, light and delish. Remember the ones we used to get at PF Chang before I figured out I was allergic to garlic. These are the ones! You will need plenty  Read More

Honey Rosemary Olive Oil Cake

Honey Rosemary Olive Oil Cake

This wonderfully moist and easy cake is just the right combination of sweet and savory. It is so good you will want to eat it for breakfast! Sprinkle with powdered sugar or top with whipped cream or even better … gelato!

Apple Endive Blue Cheese Salad

Apple Endive Blue Cheese Salad

Beautiful and delish! This salad is the perfect combination of sweet, tart and tangy. Serve it alone, as a side or top it with salmon or chicken. The dressing is great for many other salads as well. It is one of my “go to” travel  Read More

You Never Know About People

You Never Know About People

The large cemetery across the street from my home has quiet neighbors and a great space to go and meditate. However, this is where I go to throw the ball for my energetic pup in a clearing adjacent to it. This morning as Coral and  Read More

Szechwan Chicken and Vegetables

Szechwan Chicken and Vegetables

As a child in eastern North Carolina the only Chinese food readily available was those cans of Chung King Chow Mein that my mother added chicken and soy sauce to with those delicious crunchy noodles. In my opinion, the noodles were the only thing tasty  Read More

Thai Red Curry Shrimp and Vegetables

Thai Red Curry Shrimp and Vegetables

Easy red curry, without garlic or onions, that is deliciously spicy! The use of the sambal instead of prepared red curry paste makes it free from garlic. Use a bit of chopped onion if you can tolerate it to add another layer of flavor. I  Read More

Hydrating Post Yoga Green Smoothie

Hydrating Post Yoga Green Smoothie

What a delicious way to refresh and hydrate after hot yoga! This yummy smoothie is so easy. Use my smoothie tips to make it even easier to enjoy more smoothies at home and save time and money. Tip #1 is to freeze peeled, cut bananas  Read More

Our Cocoons

Our Cocoons

There are days that we want to curl into our lives like cocoons with no concern or attention to anything outside of our direct contact. These are the days the reality of a much larger and troubling world is thrown right in our face. The  Read More

Weekly Menu for Asian Glazed Salmon

Weekly Menu for Asian Glazed Salmon

Here is the first post about menu designing. My intention is to help you start building weekly menus or just give you some ideas to perk up your own. I started doing this during the pandemic because I wanted to limit the time I spent  Read More