These cookies are perfect – textbook for the serious chocolate lover and great for cookie fans, too. Also great as a homemade holiday gift. 

This is a salad you can make in 5-10 minutes. I make sure I always have ingredients for salad, this way, no matter how busy it gets there’s always time for a large bowl of salad, and your daily dose of veggies and fruit is guaranteed.

Simple, healthy and delicious! This is a side dish that you can prepare in minutes, and it can also be served as a healthy snack.

This is a perfect winter soup: warmly spiced, nicely herbed, and thickened by pureed red lentils so that it’s hearty and filling without getting heavy. 

Pecan yeast “roses” cake is a perfect indulgence to end any festive meal, and lovely for Thanksgiving as a fresh take on pecan pie.

Beets are easy to find, especially between spring and fall. They make for a very simple, delicious, healthy dish that epitomizes fall color to me.

This is a very simple recipe, and a dish everyone seems to love. I’ve been asked for this recipe so many times, that it’s time to post it once and for all.

This is a terrific fall soup, perfect for the Thanksgiving holiday. It’s easy to make, and requires no pre-prepared soup stock. The aroma of the mulled spices is festive and somewhat surprising in a soup.

Fall is the season for black and orange, and I can’t resist this occasion for sharing with you my favorite rice: black rice.

My current favorite brown rice is the short grain variety; it is one of the most full-flavored rices out there, it has a beautiful nutty aroma, it is plump and pretty and oh so tasty.  Try it! 

Sweet potatoes aren’t potatoes, and these are not really chips. This is a highly nutritious baked dish that’s really simple, delicious, yet as satisfying as French fries.

My version of Havuc Kofte – carrot fritters served in an amazing pistachio sauce – the leftovers from the pistachio pesto can be used as a dip, bread spread or thinned into a salad dressing.

Root vegetables become magical when they meet the high heat of the oven. They develop caramelized and mellow flavors, and are so much richer. This soup is the perfect little meal on a cold day.

I love edamame. My entire family loves edamame. Those snackable bright green soybeans are a staple in my home, and I keep both shelled and non-shelled in my freezer at all times, on the ready.