pomegranate

While I was in LA for the Pom Wonderful trip, we had a beautiful pomegranate themed dinner at Tavern. In particular, I loved the farro salad with vegetables and pomegranate salsa. While I would never call myself a vegetarian, I tend to eat and cook a lot...

Recipe courtesy of chef John Paul Khoury. INGREDIENTS 1/2 cup fresh pomegranate juice 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 2 cloves garlic (peeled, crushed and minced) 1 large shallot, minced 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, minced ...

Brightly colored pomegranate seeds, or arils, give this roasted salmon a festive look. The arils are combined with avocado to make a chunky salsa.Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 13 minutes Serves 4 INGREDIENTS 2 teaspoons groun...

Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 6 minutes Serves 10 Recipe from the Associated Press. INGREDIENTS For pears: 1 tablespoon butter 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 3 large pears, cored and...

Pomegranate season brought a red explosion to my kitchen. Our little backyard tree - an aptly named Wonderful pomegranate - produced more than 60 huge red orbs. They were the biggest pomegranates I've ever grown. Several were as large as softballs ...

I recently found this letter that my 8-year-old self wrote to Santa. I apparently thought both Santa and the Abominable Snowman were real. Funny to think I was ever that [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other c...

Last night was the River City Rebels Running Club’s Christmas Party at Andy’s house (if you go to their site, he’s the hot guy in the blue hat kneeling on the right). Anyway…according to the invitation, I was to bring an appetizer. I wanted to make something vegetarian/vegan friendly because quite a lot of...

It’s the first official day of summer! The weather here has certainly made that clear: it’s been in the 90′s and 100′s the last several days. There are only a few things that make 100+ degree weather tolerable and popsicles are definitely one of them. To balance out my Nutella & Cool Whip popsicles...

Curried chicken salad with comice pear and pomegranate seeds Makes about 6 1/4 cups (8 servings) Chunks of creamy comice pear contrast nicely with the crunch of cashews and pomegranate seeds. Make ahead: The salad can be composed a day or t...

Persimmons ... who knew they taste so good? My husband received a generous gift of them from a co worker's backyard, so I've been fortunate to have enough to explore uses for them. So far, this is my favorite. I also like alliteration, and have fun whe...