jillian on July 12th, 2009

They (I don’t care who!) say it is beneficial to eat a little dark chocolate every day, so here is my “go to” recipe when the need for something chocolatey arises.  My Vitamix allows me to whip up this delectable dessert in less than 1 minute, but if you haven’t made the investment in this powerful machine yet, any [...]

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jillian on July 1st, 2009

What better time to share this simple salad recipe then when the farmer’s markets, roadside stands, and grocery stores (if you must!), are brimming with tender ears of sweet corn.  I created this recipe last year after learning from a local farmer that you can eat sweet corn raw without it ever touching a grill [...]

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jillian on March 1st, 2009

Love was in the air when I served this seductive salad, brimming with nature’s aphrodisiacs, this past Valentine’s Day.  Adapted from a recipe found in The New InterCourses: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook, by Martha Hopkins and Randall Lockridge, this continues to be one of my most shared and complimented recipes.  My sister first served the original version of [...]

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jillian on December 10th, 2008

 Can you believe it?!  Here we are with only a few weeks until Christmas, and I’m still enjoying collard greens that were harvested from my own backyard!  You can’t get more local than that! Now, they may not be as perky as they were when the summer sun was beating down on them, but neither am I [...]

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