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Here’s a vegetarian grilled eggplant, tomato, halloumi and bulgur recipe that even meat lovers will go crazy for! Anyone who has had grilled halloumi together with eggplant and tomatoes will know what I am talking about. It’s an awesome tasting combination — one of my favorites for summer grilling. Grilling all year round When the company ELAG asked me if I would be interested in testing out one of their tabletop grills...

A good salad dressing is the basic foundation to ANY salad! Homemade salad dressing is so much simpler than you could ever imagine and tastes phenomenally better. Not only does this simple French salad dressing taste fantastic, it's easy to whip together in minutes and is guaranteed to become your go-to dressing! In North America, French Dressing refers to an oil and vinegar based dressing that is often rather sweet...

We bought way too many bananas over the holidays. Day 5 and we still had five bananas, ripe as can be, so I decided to put them to use. So here you go -- vegan gluten-free banana muffins -- straight out of the oven! Super delicious and super easy, this recipe for vegan gluten-free banana muffins is naturally sweetened with ripe bananas, you know the ones, nobody wants to eat...

I’m guessing right about now I’m not the only one having some serious holiday excess regret. I only say that because that’s usually where I’m at after the pre-Christmas, Christmas and after Christmas (over)indulgences. So how about offsetting some of that decadence with one of these healthy smoothies? Why do people love smoothies so much? Simply put, they are easy and you can put whatever you like in them. Want more...

There are all sorts of things that can leave us feeling in need of a recharge, especially this time of year after weeks of festive indulgence. Guilty! There is no denying it, tis the season for overindulgence! Visits to the Christmas markets for mugs of warm Glühwein and Bratwurst sausages, baked homemade sweets, alcohol-fueled parties, and festive dinners….plus all that holiday stress I keep hearing about…these are all things...

With this wintery kale salad, I discovered a new type of rice – black rice. A whole grain Chinese hybrid grown in neighboring Italy called Riso Venere. Its color is remarkable – it’s an intense deep purple, so deep it’s almost black. Together in this winter salad with roasted beets and purple kale, it actually gets lost among all the deep, dark, dramatic colors. Everything but its taste, that...