If you love Marcona Almonds, you are going to love this take on them. My friend Val introduced me to her hand-roasted Rosemary Cashews and I was in heaven. We took the recipe to a whole new level of flavor and health.

When my garden turns up eggplants and garlic, and my lemon tree still holds one last lemon, I dream of creamy baba ganoush, the best way to eat eggplants. This dish will impress your vegan friends, as well as your Paleo friends.

This is my go to dinner when I want a meal on the table in under 20 minutes and I don't have a ton of ingredients on hand. When the noodles are done, I toss it all together with some smoked fish and voila, a smoked fish pasta masterpiece.

With smoked fish, you don't even have to love fish to enjoy it. If done right, the fish will adopt a smoky, caramelized flavor that reminds me of candied bacon. This smoked black cod was done very right and thanks to Sena Sea.

I'm always trying to find ways to add more fish to my meals, and nobody makes it easier than SenaSea. I can relax knowing that their fish is full of healthy omega's and not full of GMO grains fed to farmed fish. Best of all, their fish tastes great!

This is a super, easy, colorful salad to accompany grilled meats and fresh fish. I love to toss it together with fresh herbs and crunchy peanuts right before dinner, but the flavors are best the next day.

A beef bolognese by Ben the Butcher from Gambrel & Co, our neighborhood butcher. His bolognese is authentic and easy enough for the enthusiastic cooks out there like me.

I made this one afternoon after school when it was too hot for cooking and the kids were begging for ice cream. It's a delicious treat, nutrient dense, and doesn't contain corn syrup, sugar, or hydrogenated solids like the store bought kind.

I made a banana bread with hazelnut flour, sweetened it with raw honey, and added unsweetened cocoa powder. Voila, I accidentally made a chocolate cake. We call it a cake because it was so moist and my kids loved it.

Sometimes I just need something crunchy and salty to chew on.  They say when you have salty, crunchy cravings, it often means you want to "chew on something"  whereas those who crave sweet are often searching for comfort.