Scallop, Tomato & Basil Zucchini Pasta

Do you miss eating pasta dishes like I do? Perhaps you don’t eat it for dietary/health/weight-control reasons. But you MISS it! Well, I have really good news for you. It’s called SPIRALIZING! What, you may ask, is that? Well, it’s the simple art of creating noodles out of zucchini and other vegetables with an inexpensive gadget! Before you decide this sounds a bit crazy and, perhaps, yucky, stick with me for just a minute! It’s really worth learning about. I bought {Read More}

Inspired Summer Market Salad

Scroll down for ingredients of this perfect summer salad! Last weekend Tom and I headed to Newport Beach to relax and escape the heat of Palm Desert. It was there that I found one of my new, favorite restaurants, True Food Kitchen! My dear husband wanted to eat somewhere near the beach, but I had been daydreaming about this place that promised fresh, nutritious food that “my palate would remember.” When we arrived we immediately loved the decor, starting with {Read More}

Refreshing Spring Cocktail: Grapefruit Basil Spritzer

My future daughter-in-law and I have been working to master this perfect spring cocktail. It all started when my neighbor Nikki brought me about two dozen grapefruits from the tree in her yard. I was eating them for breakfast and snacks, but, quite frankly, they were overtaking my refrigerator, and I had to figure out what to do with them! And so Rachel and I made our first Summer Grapefruit Spritzer with freshly squeezed grapefruit. AMAZING! Today we decided to {Read More}