Dijon Crusted Lamb Roast with Mint Sauce
Wed, 17/03/10 – 8:13 | 3 Comments

Lava Lake lamb roast is crusted with dijon and served with a fresh mint sauce – perfect for your Easter dinner.

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Yellow Lentil Soup with Chorizo
Sunday, 21 Feb, 2010 – 15:16 | 7 Comments
Yellow Lentil Soup with Chorizo

Creamy yellow lentils are simmered with your soup basics (carrots, celery, onions) and flavored with sweet butternut squash and spicy Basque chorizo to make this cozy winter time soup. Add a perfectly poached egg and you have the perfect meal to warm your soul after a cold day outside.

Broccoli Soup with Cheese Toast
Wednesday, 17 Feb, 2010 – 10:36 | 2 Comments
Broccoli Soup with Cheese Toast

Easy creamy broccoli soup is dairy free and low in fat and calories; but, big in flavor.

Cauliflower Sweet Potato Soup
Friday, 29 Jan, 2010 – 10:52 | 4 Comments
Cauliflower Sweet Potato Soup

Cauliflower and sweet potatoes are seasoned with fresh turmeric and coconut milk to make this creamy winter time soup.

Butternut Squash Soup with Sorrel and Ezpeletako Bipera
Tuesday, 26 Jan, 2010 – 9:37 | 4 Comments
Butternut Squash Soup with Sorrel and Ezpeletako Bipera

Sweet butternut squash is slowing cooked with onions, garlic carrots and celery until caramelized and then simmered with a rich vegetable stock to create this dairy free creamy soup.

Homemade Rich Vegetable Stock
Tuesday, 19 Jan, 2010 – 21:03 | 5 Comments
Homemade Rich Vegetable Stock

A rich vegetable stock/broth is made with fresh organic vegetables. This is an easy recipe that will not intimidate even the most beginner home chef!

Detox Soup
Thursday, 7 Jan, 2010 – 20:11 | 9 Comments
Detox Soup

This is a great soup to detox your body of the poisons you have been putting into it. I tend to make it when I feel like I could lose a couple of those heavy pounds right away. As well it is a great one to make when you decide to clean out the fridge; heck, do both at the same time, clean out your body and clean out the fridge. It is loaded with good veggies, which equals lots of vitamins.

Roasted Kabocha Soup
Sunday, 22 Nov, 2009 – 9:25 | 6 Comments
Roasted Kabocha Soup

Roasting kabocha and yellow yellows together until caramelized brings out the sweetness as well as the earthiness of these vegetables before turning them into a rich vegetarian based soup.

Middle Eastern Inspired Lamb Stew
Tuesday, 17 Nov, 2009 – 22:05 | 5 Comments
Middle Eastern Inspired Lamb Stew

Succulent lamb stew meat is seasoned with sumac, lightly browned and then simmered with stock to make a flavor rich stew, the finishing touches are the freshest baby potatoes, green beans and carrots;  add a …