This month I am sharing recipes from a beautiful cookbook called Balaboosta by Einat Admony. …. Read More

Hello, friends! It’s been too long since my last recipe post and I apologize. …. Read More

I grew up eating spinach salads with warm bacon dressing and I always loved …. Read More

Inspiration can come from anywhere. On a recent trip to our West Seattle Trader …. Read More

May is Guest Chef Month on A Passionate Plate! Today’s recipe comes from my …. Read More

May is Guest Chef Month on A Passionate Plate! Today’s Guest Chef contributor is …. Read More

Thank goodness the gloppy, sloppy, over-dressed Caesar salads everyone served in the 1990’s have …. Read More

Here’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately – “the cycles of life”. …. Read More

Do you ever grab those cooking magazines at the grocery checkout? The ones with …. Read More

Oh, my! I’m soooo disappointed in the way Canlis’ Special Salad was portrayed in …. Read More

This salad recipe is for my friend, Travis. A few weeks ago, Travis spent …. Read More

Sometimes, simplicity is the best recipe! Especially when you are working with beautiful, fresh, …. Read More

Labor Day is less than a week away! Where did the summer go? I …. Read More

Do you love Thai food as much as I do? I just can’t get …. Read More

I think I’ve mentioned that I’m not a huge fan of left-overs? I just …. Read More

Are you looking for a new way to eat your greens? Is your garden …. Read More

Ahhhh…the bounties of summer! Mind you, it really hasn’t felt  a whole lot like …. Read More

  Watermelon brings back so many memories from my childhood summers.  Beautiful platters of …. Read More

Our book group met last night.  It was a fabulously perfect day in Seattle, …. Read More

Joy and I recently attended BlogHer Food 2012 at the Olympic Fairmont Hotel in …. Read More

Basmati rice has so much flavor, it makes an excellent cold salad. We love …. Read More

Summer grain salads seem to be all the rage right now. I keep seeing …. Read More

Remember that Spicy Korean Grilled Pork from last week?  Well, look what happened to …. Read More

Cabbage, like a lot of green leafy vegetables, is made up of mostly water. …. Read More

Last week I shared a couple of recipes that feature two of my favorite …. Read More

Aloha!  I am writing this from our home-away-from-home in Maui, Hawaii.  I’m always on …. Read More

Yesterday I wrote about one of my favorite grains, Wild Rice, and shared a …. Read More

Making the Perfect Potato Salad on Sunday just got me thinking about how much …. Read More

Naming this recipe Perfect Potato Salad is a bold move. Potato salad is such …. Read More

After making the fava bean salad from Hell last week (can I say that? …. Read More

It’s cold outside. I should be craving something warm and thick, like chowder or …. Read More

Beets are a love or hate kind of food. Marvin and I both LOVE …. Read More

Mary is SO right!  We are really lucky to have some really great markets …. Read More

Marinated cucumbers are refreshing any time of the year. During the winter, choose English …. Read More

Remember that old saying about a man and his stomach?  Well, I think this …. Read More

A recipe from Bluebird Grain Farm’s January newsletter inspired me yesterday and I just …. Read More

Avocados and I have only recently become friends. Like just in the last year, …. Read More

Merry Christmas Eve, everyone! Did you check out Joy’s incredible Peppermint Ice Cream Cane …. Read More

A simple winter salad composed of crunchy apples, celery and fennel, tossed with grapes, …. Read More