Hey Amy!

After a weekend in the heat, eating festival food and drinking adult beverages, I need a detox.  I need salad, fruit, vegetables and fish.  This recipe is a good place to begin. Ingredients: 1 small cucumber 1 medium mango 1/4 tsp. grated lime peel 1 Tbsp. lime juice 1 1/2 tsp. sugar 1/4 tsp. ground [...]

This week I am going to share a few of my favorite citrus recipes.  So many delicious varieties of citrus are available at the market right now, I can’t stop making orange chicken, grapefruit salad, tangerine mimosas! Let’s begin with a delicious blood orange salad.  I love the flavor and the appearance of this special [...]

This recipe is a perfect snack, appetizer or addition to a soup or salad.  I can see them bobbing in a chili or tossed in a fresh salad as well as in a bowl for me to mow through.  Make them in advance and leave the dough in the refrigerator until you are ready to [...]

Mommie called yesterday with a recommendation she got in the bread aisle at the market from a family friend.  The recipe was intriguing and sounded full of flavor so in case you had never heard of it (as I never had), I am sharing today!  Thanks to my Mommie and Mommies everywhere. Ingredients: 3 c. [...]

I made some really good chicken salad last night, if I can say so myself.  I had a nice combination of flavors including rosemary, apricot and pineapple.  I am enjoying it today so I thought I would share the recipe here. Ingredients: 2 skinless boneless chicken breasts fresh rosemary sprigs apricot jam fresh sliced pineapple [...]

This recipe is a delicious salad at a lavish dinner party or a perfect afternoon lunch with girlfriends. It’s fresh and a nice combination of flavors. Ingredients: 2 large ripe mangoes 3 to 4 ripe tomatoes, cored and chopped 1 ripe avocado, peeled and chopped 1 Vidalia onion, chopped 2 Tbsp. minced fresh chives 1/4 [...]

We put up a basketball hoop in the driveway a few weeks back and it has been a great work out to shoot around.  Now I am no player but boy is it satisfying after the work out.  Like most of you, if I am working out I want to eat right.  This salad is [...]