Tonight is the Oscar's and thoughts of black limos, gold statues, teary-eyed too-long speeches and slender starlets in swanky dresses swirl in my head.

Here’s a way to sneak up on your next pasta binge from a different angle. Cooking the pasta for a second time in the oven gives you a bit of textural contrast from the lovely crisp edge bits,

My Salad Tour Series continues as we travel to Paris, the city of lights, romance and...mushrooms? Yes, mushrooms! Before Paris, I shunned shrooms.

My Perfectly Simple Pizza Salad isn't just a side dish recipe - it's a necessary component to pizza night. I crave this salad with my pizza pie! And it's super simple to prepare,

On March 26th at 9pm, Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution reality show premieres on ABC. Jamie travels to Huntington, West Virginia, aka the unhealthiest town in America as deemed by the US government,

For recipe number one of my Salad Tour Recipe Series, we travel to California for a Cali-Mex-inspired Mexican Fiesta Salad with Zesty Lime-Agave Dressing. Vegan ingredients like avocados and citrus mingle with sweet corn and black beans. Tons of fragrant cilantro blended in.

Does your salad deserve a plastic fork, or a silver fork? Lets bring your salad up to silver fork status, with my Veg Salads 101.

Bad vs. Good vs. Great, Salads! When you hear the word "salad" what do you think of?

Close your eyes, breathe in the salty fresh sea air and grasp a one way ticket to the Mediterranean, via your salad bowl.

Ingredients:

raw, ready to use pizza dough
12 oz (canned or jarred but not marinated) artichoke hearts, sliced thinly

Earlier today, I tweeted a quickie photo of my delicious vegan Sunny Day Snack I made as an early afternoon light lunch: radish, pea shoots, hummus, balsamic drizzle. Light, flavorful, healthy and satisfying. I gobbled this baby up! I received a lot of requests for the specific recipe, so here ya go.

Is it time to get the BBQ out yet? Is it is it is it? No?

As much as I enjoy the odd winter BBQ, the novelty is starting to wear off. I want to feel the sun beating down on my back and the fierce heat of the grill on my face,

April is the most beautiful month in the life of our family, April 21 our daughter’s birthday. Every year we held a birthday party for her lively, we are very fond of her, so we always provide the best party on her birthday.

Last year on St. Patrick's Day I posted my Favorite Green Things List. A bit cheesy, I must admit. So this year, I was really debating whether or not to post another "Green Foods on St Patrick's Day" post.

Ingredients:
1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breast cut into bite sized pieces
3 cups broccoli florets
8 oz button mushrooms, thinly sliced
canola oil

Fish Tacos

1 lb. halibut or other flaky white fish
1/4 cup vegetable oil