Large signs with a strawberry signal that a truck is parked along Pacific Coast Highway, filled with farm fresh strawberries for sale. This truck has the sweetest, biggest, and juiciest strawberries around. I purchased a five-pound box full of strawberries and just knew that I had to make one of my most favorite salads, strawberry…
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It is a Lifestyle book with 100 fresh recipes using fresh, local and organic ingredients, inspiring pictures, and stories from one of the most beautiful places in the world: Malibu, California. I’m giving away one copy of her book – leave a comment below (with your email, please) to enter and I will randomly select a…
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My hubby said, “This winter caprese is one of the best things you have ever made”. “It is restaurant quality!” He says that often, but this time…I agree. Today in Malibu, it is raining. We are lounging in the house, which doesn’t happen often. Deciding to make a little appetizer with ingredients already on hand,…
Keep Readingcauliflower + chickpea curry
My mother moved my sister and me with her from Fort Worth, Texas to Mar Vista, California. Being a newly single parent, my mother began working long hours to support us. During this time, an Indo-Fijian (Fijians whose ancestors came from India) woman named Madhu, would babysit us at her home. After school, we would go…
Keep Readingfennel + carrot soup
So far this winter, I’ve been cooking up a lot of soup. During the hotter months I’m a “juicer” but during colder months I’m finding that I’m a “souper” (is that even a word?). When cooked with whole organic ingredients, soup can be filled with nutrients. Not only does soup warm you up, but it…
Keep Readingbutternut ravioli with corn + sage [butter is back]
This is a great autumn dish when corn is at its peak and butternut squash is starting to show up in markets. It’s great on it’s own for lunch, meatless Mondays, or a side dish along side some roasted or grilled chicken. Definitely a farm to table dish. Seriously, this dish is so simple to…
Keep Readingpeach + almond cobbler
Having spent my summers in Texas while growing up, I grew very fond of peach cobbler. The peach cobblers that my family made were more like a peach pie in a 13×9 pan, which included strips of sweet pie dough, rather than the cake like cobbler. The way I would eat my peach cobbler, is to…
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If you are ever in Malibu, you must stop and eat at Malibu Farm, a cafe located at the end of the Malibu Pier. I absolutely love eating at Malibu Farm Cafe. It’s a small quaint restaurant that serves organic and locally farmed food. No hostess needed at this place. You walk in and order…
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