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Aviva’s Kitchen: Vital Fire Truffles
Now here’s a truffle you can feel good about! Chocolate was recently written up in a medical publication as a 3,000 year old wonder drug! Good for your heart, your mood, and eaten in moderation,...
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Aviva’s Kitchen: Roasted Butternut Squash and Arugula Salad
Looking for a new cold-weather salad to enjoy? My daughter made this roasted butternut squash dish and it was SOOOO delicious. Here are the instructions she sent me. She said it was super easy to...
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Aviva’s Kitchen: Tuscan Kale Salad
Enjoy this delicious, low-cal, good for you kale salad. Takes only 10 minutes to prepare. Watch and learn why kale is especially beneficial for women! Ingredients/Directions 1 bunch of organic kale,...
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Winter Kale, Apple and Parmesan Salad
I love kale salad in the winter. It’s refreshing. It’s flavorful. It’s green. Because I generally like to foods that are eat in season, my favorite Tuscan kale salad, filled with fresh summer cherry...
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Mediterranean Cilantro Chicken
This is one of my favorite dishes. I learned it from a Williams-Sonoma cookbook years ago, and then modified it to my liking (more cilanto and lime, fewer olives!). In fact, I’ve made my version so...
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Butternut Squash Curry Coconut Soup
This a perfect cold weather soup that will brighten your mood anytime! Between the sunset orange color, the sweetness of the coconut and squash, and warmth of the spices, it’s really a full sensory...
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Almond Milk Made Easy
Almond Milk Made Easy Almond milk is a calcium and magnesium rich, high protein milk alternative that tastes delicious with granola, in cooking, and even in your coffee! Making almond milk at home is...
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Fermented food is good for the gut. And in my opinion, the soul, particularly when you make it at home. Why? Because in our ancestry, most of us have some tradition of eating fermented foods. My...
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Sauteed Kale with Toasted Walnuts
This recipe is a great intro to kale for greens newbies. Everyone loves it. It works whether your guests are vegan, Paleo, Macrobiotic or following a Mediterranean diet. Because we all agree on one...
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Paleo Skillet Frittata
Paleo conjures up hearty to me. And when you add in the cast iron skillet for visual effect and best cooking — well, my cave girl self just gets all excited. Seriously, though, this frittata is about...
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Red Lentil Dahl & Roasted Sweet Potato Buddha Bowl
I love Buddha Bowls. They are quick, nutritious, satisfying, and easy. I find them calming and easy on my digestion, too. A typical Buddha Bowl combo includes: A whole grain (rice, millet, quinoa, or...
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Against the Grain Cauliflower Tabouli
I love tabouli. It’s fresh, light, and a great compliment to other Middle Eastern as well as Mediterranean dishes, or just as a snack with some humus in a lettuce wrap. I’ve previously made Quinoa...
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Curried Meatballs
I’m a meatball fan. These are a mouthful of surprise flavor. They look like the familiar Italian-style fare, but these small, slightly spicy balls made of ground beef are prepared in a warm curry...
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Spinach, Red Pepper, and Chickpea – Indian Style
This is a flavorful green accompaniment to any Indian meal, and a vegetarian main dish dish that you can whip up in a flash. I love the burst of flavor that the tomatoes bring to the spinach, and the...
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Spicy Zucchini Pancakes
These pancakes are delightfully spicy in a savory way – not too hot and with no bite. They can be made in advance of dinner and warmed in the oven before serving.They are gluten free and fit...
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Summer Beet Salad
This is a light meal in itself, or a wonderful complement or started for any summer dinner. Beets are rich in iron and relax the blood vessels keeping blood pressure healthy. Walnuts are rich in...
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The Great “Scape” Pesto
It’s garlic harvest time of year — and with it comes the delicious flowering buds at the top – the garlic scapes. You have to love garlic to love this — but it’s a delicious, immune boosting pesto...
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You Can’t Beet This Summer Roasted Beets
This recipe is a knock-off of a Martha Stewart creation. I’d never have thought to roast beets this way, but they were easy and exquisite. I made only enough beets for the one dish, but the entire...
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Paleo Energy Balls – A Yummy Treat for Any Age
I’ve been a healthy natural eater for 35 years, and while eating health truly does prevent having a sweet tooth and food cravings, my sweet sensing taste buds do like some stimulation now and then. In...
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Preparing an Autumn Dinner Party for Foodies
I had a dinner party in my new home last Sunday night. And I had new friends over. The crazy thing is that all of these new women friends, and their very cool partners have come into my life in just...
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