Mississippi Caviar: Bean Salad
This bean salad is an overachiever: easy, fast, inexpensive, delicious, healthy, make ahead, AND it tastes even better as 2nd or 3rd day leftovers.
Broccoli Salad
Don’t let the heaping pile of nutritious cruciferous greens fool you. This broccoli salad is as delicious as it is good for you, with the help of some well-selected mix-ins. Perfect for your next BBQ!
Maui Gold Pineapple Farm + an Umbrella Drink for You
Tropical, sweet, and juicy, pineapples taste of sunshine and aloha. Check out the tips I learned from my visit to the Maui Gold Pineapple Farm. Bonus: recipe for frosty cocktail, The Relaxer. It’s like a pià±a colada meets chocolate milk!
Meringue Topped Cookie Bars
These dessert bars are the perfect sweet treat to bring to a BBQ, picnic, party, or bakesale. Familiar chocolate chip cookie bottom, topped with a fun meringue topping that adds a delicate crunch and marshmallow-y chew.
Pancetta Mac-n-Cheese
This is everything I ever wanted in macaroni and cheese…and more. It is insanely saucy. Astoundingly ooey, gooey, creamy, and cheesy. A goldmine of crispy bits of house-made pancetta are buried throughout. And a crust of buttery breadcrumbs freckled with herbs makes it all crunch on top.
Spring Cleansing: Juicing
Juicing. Get the skinny on juice cleansing, plus the recipe for my favorite green juice with kale and spinach. You’ll find yourself craving this juice and the awesome energy boost it gives you.
Tomato Pie
A simple pleasure of thick, soft crust, and sweet, tangy tomato sauce. I’ve updated (and vastly improved) my old recipe for Tomato Pie, and could not be happier. The crust is airy, soft, and chewy, as it should be. The sauce is just right. Enjoy, new and improved, Tomato Pie 2.0!
Jambalaya Arancini
If New Orleans and Sicily had a food baby, this is what you'd get. These fried rice balls get a jazzy makeover with jambalaya instead of the traditional risotto. Oozy smoked Gouda in the center play well with the spices and rich flavor of the jambalaya.
Kale Pesto Quinoa + 10 Irish Beers for St. Patrick’s Day
Go green this St. Paddy's day with this healthy yet hearty quinoa salad. Makes a great side or meal in itself. Fresh basil adds a wonderful herbaceous flavor, while kale and broccoli bring a vitamin-packed punch.
Mariangela’s Olive Oil Banana Bread
This delicious banana bread (a.k.a. breakfast cake) is easy, fuss-free, and made with fruity olive oil and creamy yogurt. As Mari says, “Because mornings are so much easier when there’s cake.â€
