If you are scrolling through my past few recipes, you may have recognized a theme: feta, tomatoes, cucumbers, and olives. That’s what we have in the house right now, and to me, these four ingredients …
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Recipe: Easy Greek Salad
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Recipe: Butterflied Chicken Breast with Tomatoes and Onions
This recipe has been a summer classic that I make every year. It’s healthy, packed with protein and veggies, and is the perfect sheet pan dinner that uses up some of summer’s finest tomatoes. This …
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Recipe: Squash Blossom Flatbread
It’s been a few days since I’ve last posted, and it feels like the transition to summer mode has gone full force during my time away! Our temperatures have been in the 100s here in …
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Recipe: Colorful Bell Pepper Salad
Last night was taco bowl night in our house (a regular on the meal rotation, to be honest). We decided to switch up our usual toppings with something more fun and colorful than our normal …
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Recipe: The Ultimate Cucumber Sandwich
Nothing says summer like an abundance of cucumbers, and this sandwich really warmed me up for the season. If all goes according to plan, we should be getting lots of cucumbers from both our garden …
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3.16.21 Garden Update – Let the Spring Planting Begin!
We’re finally getting the last of the rainy season and the colder lows are hovering around the mid-40s, which means its finally time to start planting here in Southern California! Over the weekend, we put …
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Trying the Habanada Pepper from Row 7 Seeds
Readers of the blog will know that I’m a big-time fan of Row 7 Seeds, as I’ve posted about them several times in the past. So far, I’ve tasted most of their catalogue through finding …
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Recipe: Marinated Calabrian Chilis
Over the weekend, we made our way down to Santa Monica for the first time post-pandemic. It was so nice to be back and see a change of scenery, eat at new places, and stroll …
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Work from Home Lunch: Creamy Roasted Eggplant with Tomatoes and Spinach
Happy Monday, friends! It’s time for another week, which means the computer is up and running and my kitchen table/desk is back into work from home mode. I’m trying to ignore the growing pile of …
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Recipe: Roasted Eggplant with Chickpeas and Feta
This recipe is the perfect meal-prep solution to tackle a beautiful pile of summer eggplant. I cooked this up on Monday evening for dinner, and I have been enjoying the leftovers for lunches in various …
Claire Aucella 