Avocado shakes are yummy.

Have you ever had an avocado shake?  Next time you're at an Indian restaurant or a Sri Lankan/Singaporean restaurant (I'm looking at you Banana Leaf in Provo), you need to order one.  Or you could always just make it at home and take advantage of another great winter fruit: kiwi!


For my version, you will need:

• 1 avocado (mine was frozen, that's optional)
• 1 kiwi
• 2 tbsp sweetened condensed milk
• 1 cup milk (give or take based on preferred consistency)
• 1 lime (optional, this is very creamy and you can temper that by adding a squeeze of lime)

All you need to do is blend until completely smooth.  Trust me, you don't want chunks of avocado.

This recipe will make two shakes, or one for the thirsty among us.  Enjoy!

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The ultimate winter salad.

Remember when I said that I'd be giving you recipes full of yummy seasonally appropriate produce?  Well here is about the most low maintenance one I could create that packs in a whopping five ingredients off our winter list.  This is a little bite of sunshine and vitality to distract you from the cold and gray world outside your window.  Easy to make and unbelievably satisfying, this salad should become a winter staple at your dinner table.

For this salad you will need:

Kale (just a lot, fill the bowl)

1 orange (I used a Cara Cara which is pink on the inside, you can use whatever you want)

1 grapefruit

1/2 small log of goat cheese (I used honey goat cheese because YUM)

1/2 cup walnuts

And for the dressing:

1/2 cup pomegranate juice

2 tbsp balsamic vinegar

Okay so in terms of assembling the salad, I'm confident that you don't need help.  The dressing however will need to be reduced and all that entails is putting the juice and vinegar in a saucepan on med heat and letting it simmer until you're left with about half as much liquid.  Let it cool completely and then pour it over your prepared salad.  It is so sweet and yummy and is really great against the bitterness of the mounds of kale.  Enjoy it as a side, or add some protein and make it your main.

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Fruit and veg?! In Winter?!

It turns out that cookies and take out are not the only foods available in Winter time.  There's a ton of awe inspiring produce that is in season during these dark ages.  In an effort to eat more seasonally and encourage others to do the same, I've listed a bunch that can be found in the book Eat Pretty.

avocado

banana

beets

brussel sprouts

cacao

carrot

cauliflower

fennel

ginger

grapefruit

kale

kiwi

onion

orange

pomegranate

potato

turnip 

walnuts

Recipes featured on the blog from now until March 20th will be focused on one or many of these ingredients.  I'll do my best to feature as many of the produce as possible, but if there is something in particular that you would like to me to try, do let me know.

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