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Beach Eats - A Dangerous Combination of Dieting and Mascara - is written by The Diva on a Diet. The Diva is committed to living well with an eye toward health. Her blog explores all things delicious and when her tongue isn't wrapped around something chocolate-y, its firmly embedded in her cheek!
When life, or your brother, hands you a bushel of tomatoes: make tomato sauce ... from scratch!While slow-roasted is all the rage, sometimes there's no time for slow. Sometimes you need quick. I often need quick. Such was the case on Saturday nigh (read full article)
The Diva's taking the easy way out today. So easy, in fact, that this isn't even my recipe! (Though, naturally, I've changed it up some.) I popped into a favorite farm stand this weekend and along with the bounty of fresh veggies, the stand had lit (read full article)
Fear not, our regular Thirsty Thursdays feature will resume next week. I simply haven't had a chance to mix up any magic in the cocktail area this week. Sad, huh? But I have had time to get busy with some garlic scapes. As I mentioned yesterday, (read full article)
Will wonders never cease? I actually cooked a meal at home last night - and a tasty meal at that! This dish is based on Bev Bennett's recipe for Couscous Pilaf with Chicken and Mushrooms that appeared recently in the New Haven Register. Mama Div (read full article)
My word, there's an awful lot of chocolate going on here lately ... and I'm not even PMS, I swear it. Clearly, I need to step away from the coco bean and present something else before someone calls the authorities. On the menu today: eggplant rollat (read full article)
Hot, spicy steak; cool, crisp veggies; soft whole wheat tortilla - need I say more? I think not. Steak Tacos with Bell Pepper Slaw Spice Rubbed Flank Steak:1 1/2 pound flank steak3 teaspoons ancho chili powder (or any kind of chili powder)1 1/2 tea (read full article)
C'mon in, I've made you some soup. And not just any soup either - a luscious and healthy root vegetable soup. Doesn't it look delicious? Aw, thanks. Wait, what's that you say? No, no, of course I'm not trying to pawn off more leftovers on you. Th (read full article)
A simple, and simply delicious, recipe for the classic comfort food: pot roast. I don't know about you, but let the weather drop just ten or fifteen degrees and, immediately, I start thinking pot roast. Even a slight chill in the air puts me in min (read full article)
Sunday nights have their own sort of ethos; a kind of "back-to-school" feeling, even if you're not a student. The weekend is over, most people need to show up for work on Monday, and, often, a kind malaise sets in ... unless you are in Divaland. I (read full article)
I told you it was BIG; the mother of all zucchini! Good thing its one of my most favorite vegetables. While several possibilities sprang to mind: zucchini bread, zucchini parmesan, Charmian Christie's delicious looking zucchini soup, I settled on (read full article)
I raided my brother's garden this weekend and the results were magnificent. I came home laden with fresh poblano chiles, garlic, several enormous onions, fingerling potatoes, cucumbers, beets, basil, and a zucchini that's so large it could feed an a (read full article)
Have you ever had something so delicious, so exactly right for the moment, that you subsequently wanted to eat it every day? (Hopefully, your answer is yes ... in spades.) Well, that happened to me last Wednesday. The husband and I popped into Th (read full article)
Today's recipe isn't exactly new, in fact, I wrote about it last summer. But that was before I realized I was writing a food blog here; before I was smart enough to take pictures. And certainly before I was in possession of this nifty new serving s (read full article)
Tabbouleh is a Lebanese salad more traditionally made with bulgur (cracked wheat), some herbs, lemon and veggies. Its delicious as side dish, or even as a dip with pita, and it comes together in a flash. While I really enjoy the standard variety, I (read full article)
Hello, my name is Diva and I'm a book whore. I can't get enough. Set me down to browse in a bookstore and I'll be content for hours ... and, doubtless, I'll emerge with several new titles to add to the bottomless pile by my bed. Cookbooks are no ex (read full article)
In addition to that wonderful broccoli, I also scored some Swiss chard and a bunch of beets from bro's garden this weekend. The chard was sauteed and consumed on Sunday; and last night the beets adorned this scrumptious composed salad.Beets have lon (read full article)
This is an old recipe. I stole it from Sara Moulton years ago, when she was the host of Cooking Live. Its so easy I never even wrote it down ... and you won't need to either.Bro's garden is beginning to bear fruit - or, rather, vegetables - and I am (read full article)
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