Category Archives: QUICK MEALS

Belgian Endive, Orange, Kiwi and Goat Cheese Salad

There is no cooking, baking or roasting involved with this scrumptious salad and so it is one of the easiest recipes that you will ever try!  Don’t be fooled by the simplicity of this dish, it is really a burst of taste and texture in your mouth with bitterness coming from the endive, sweetness from the orange, tartness from...
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Spiced Grape-Blackberry Chutney

I “invented” this recipe quite by chance.  I hate to throw away food but since I often buy in large quantities, I am often left with fruit that is not spoiled but no one at home wants to eat it. Even though my kids love grapes, if they aren’t super crunchy, they won’t eat them.  One of these times...
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Tofu and Sweet Potato Salad

This is the most colorful (and therefore appetizing) salad you can make!  The orange color comes from the sweet potatoes; the three different colored bell peppers add red, green and yellow to the mix and tofu adds bright white and the red onion adds a burst of purple. In all the veggies give the salad a bright colors and...
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Spicy Baked Salmon

There are not too many fish lovers in my family. A possible reason could be that I haven’t as yet found a reliable and inexpensive fish vendor in the area. But the one fish-dish that everyone in the family can agree on is this baked salmon recipe and I am always happy to oblige since it is one of...
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Fruit-Nut Wheat Berry Salad

Until I started this blog and started putting my recipes down on paper, I hadn’t realized that there was a pattern to my style of cooking/eating.  As I look at the various recipes and pictures I have uploaded, a clear pattern seems to emerging now – I clearly like colorful healthy foods that taste good and are easy to...
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