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 February 15th, 2009

Seeing that February is Heart Health Awareness Month, I thought it would be fitting to share with you one of the foods that keeps my ticker happy…chia seeds.  Being touted as one of the latest superfoods, these pint-sized seeds are being used to treat many health conditions, ranging from blood sugar disorders to acid reflux.  Best of [...]

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jillian on December 27th, 2008

In preparation for the liver cleanse I am starting in January, I have been increasing consumption of the food sources that are thought to heal the liver. Shitake mushrooms being one of them. Here is a simple recipe that I created that even the non-vegans in my life enjoy!
Vegan Shitake Stir-Fry

3 cups shitake mushrooms, cut [...]

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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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