Roasted Corn, Quinoa and Cumin Chicken Kabobs

Broiled garlic and cumin chicken kabob with roasted corn and pepper salad, and peach mango salsa

Black quinoa, roasted corn and pepper salad with mixed baby greens in a cilantro lime vinaigrette 

Why quinoa?

One cup of cooked quinoa has 15% fewer carbohydrates and 60% more protein than a comparable amount of brown rice; it also has 25% more fiber, which can help lower blood cholesterol.

EZ Glazed Nuts

Glazed, candied, and honeyed nuts are a delicious and ultra healthy pantry staple. A perfect way to dress up a salad, awesome added to yogurt, mix with cooked grains, especiaaly toasted rolled oats for instant gourmet Om Granola, or as a fab stand alone snack.
Pricey, and often made with corn syrup, when purchased commercially, but ultra EZ to make yourself.
Glazed nuts can be made with multiple ingredients, and multiple steps.
Shown here are glazed nuts at their quickest, simplest, and only slightly sweet.

Begin by toasting nuts on low heat for aprox 5 minutes.

Any combination of nuts and seeds can be used.

Shown: chopped almonds, walnuts,
pecans, and poppy seed

Remove toasted nuts from saute pan.
Add 1 TB of sugar per cup of nuts.
Allow sugar to melt,
aprox 4 minutes on low to medium heat

Sea salt can be added at this stage, as well as citrus zest (shown), fresh ginger zest (shown), ground Cinnamon, Vanilla bean or extract, , cardamom, or any herb, spice or extract.

When sugar is melted,
add 1TB of honey and 2TB of water,
cook 1 minute

Add nuts to bubbling sugar/honey syrup,
turn off heat,
and stir to coat nuts thoroughly.

Allow to cool, and store in a covered container.
Glass canning jars or perfect, but last weeks pasta sauce jar works equally well.

All nuts shown here are available at the Resnik family owned and operated for over 50 years,   

Somis Nut House.

An excellent source of nuts, dried fruit and edible seeds...

mail order is available, but a day trip is more fun, and it's only about 90 minutes from Los Angeles

 Somis Nut House

4475 Los Angeles Ave.  

Somis CA 93066 

Phone: (805)386-1211            Toll Free: (800)266-6887

7th and Fig Farmers Market Roasted Veggies (and a Sirloin)

Cauliflower coated with curry and a splash of olive oil before roasting

The only thing better than this is the leftovers! Delicious salads and sandwiches are a promise when last nights  roasted veggies are added to farmers market fresh mixed greens, or snuggled between slices of your favorite artisanal bread, such as or La Brea . Roasted veggies are one of those dishes that is even better the next day! Boulangerie

Ceviche in NoHo

The foundation of any Ceviche is seafood, chilies, and citrus juice.

Lime, and lemon are the most commonly used citrus juice, but grapefruit juice, and bitter orange juice are also popular. Jalapenos, seranos or habenero chilies are the universal favorites. Tomatoes, mango, bell peppers, carrot, onion, garlic are all optional

Pictured: Baja Ceviche

Tilapia, squid, mussels, crab, scalop, tomato, red onion, lime, cilantro, jalapeno, habenero, and garlic....garnished with carrot and radish