Cucumber Onion Tomato Salad, a summer favorite growing up and still to this day! Once our garden starts producing cucumbers and tomatoes, I make this about twice a week and keep a bowl of it in the refrigerator. We have a side of this with most lunches and dinners, enjoying it more the longer it…
Avocado Kale Salad, Quick & Easy for Summer!
Here’s another recipe from my “this is simple and we eat it often” category: Avocado Kale Salad. There are actually a few more ingredients than just avocados and kale. Tomatoes, Onion, Cucumber, Basil…If you are like me with a backyard garden in the Midwest, you may have those ingredients right outside your door. Talk about…
Tomato Cucumber Onion Salad, A Simple Summer Salad
This year, cucumbers have been the most prolific vegetable in our garden. I’m bringing in several each day. Soon we will have so many that I will be making cucumber chips in the dehydrator. But for now, we’re enjoying lots of salads. This one keeps well for 2 or 3 days and gets better with…
Twelve Months of Healthy Eating: A Hummus Wrap
Over the holidays I grocery shopped at one of my favorite little grocery stores, Fausto’s in Key West, Florida. When I paid for my purchases, I was offered a calendar. Seriously, who does that anymore? A calendar! Of course I took one. I remember businesses doing this when I was a child but really can’t…
Barbeque Cucumber Chips
After a recent Introduction to Green Juice class, I had a surplus of cucumbers. I’ve been experimenting a lot lately with the dehydrator, two months of raw eating helped with that, and decided to give it a go with cucumbers. Success! Cucumber chips are delicious! I made batches with only a little salt and pepper,…