Available at B&N, Borders, Amazon and all major bookstores. Check it out!

Categories

Sun chokes and Almond dip

jerusalem artichokes or sunflower chokes

I discovered Sunflower chokes recently and I fall in love with this vegetable root right away. Sun chokes (called also Jersualem artichoke or sunflower chokes) look like ginger roots and have a sweet, nutty flavor, similar to water chestnuts. This is a very versatile food. It can [...]

A clean start to 2012 : Superfood salad for breakfast

Superfood winter salad

After indulging in too much food and too many drinks, light meal and whole food are what your body is craving for. Even if this year our holidays were based on simple food (except just a little Foie Gras— Merci Isabelle and Jerome your homemade Foie Gras from the Gers [...]

Santa Rosa Plateau hiking and waffles

Santa Rosa Plateau vernal pools

Sunday was the perfect day in Southern California for hiking. My family and I are lucky to live near the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve. It is located near city of Murrieta at the southern end of the Santa Ana Mountains in southwest Riverside County. The [...]

Les Madeleines

Madeleine is my father’s favorite cookies. Tomorrow, November 1st is his birthday and it is always difficult for me to be away from my family’s birthdays. I am thinking of him, and I wanted to dedicate this simple so delicious recipe to him! Joyeux Anniversaire papa! While I was in France this summer I [...]

Halloween Muffins!

I have been in “Homemade” mood lately. I am making our own baguettes, sandwich bread, pastas and even Ricotta from scratch! I want my family to eat healthy and it feel good to make and create thing homemade from scratch.

I had left two very ripped bananas and if when know me, [...]

Jujube Tea

I love Jujube, this is one of the healthiest snack you can find at a Farmer’s Market. I already wrote about it http://www.celinescuisine.com/?p=698

Jujube is a wonderful little fruit than can be eaten fresh or dried.  Last saturday when touring the Temecula with my 13 passionate sudents we all noticed at the Organic Salem [...]

A Vegan Experience by Lauren Johnsen Wall ( Part 2)

I hope you enjoyed Lauren’s Vegan experience as I did. I guess this article gives us a better idea about this diet that is still a mistery for most of people.

As you can see her total Calories was less that 2000 which is good for a woman. When looking at [...]

Jujube Fruit…. Superfood

When Eva from Trethowan Organic Farm asked me to taste a Jujube fruit a few weeks ago, I wasn’t impressed with this odd tree fruit. She was raving about this “superfood fruit”. But I was determined to keep an open mind about the new fruit. Yesterday, she was talking to a [...]

Berry Summer Pleasure…

This is one of the easiest and best Healthy dessert you can make for your family during all summer : Berries Soup with Californian Pistachios.

We love Berries, so when they are seasonally available we include them in our menu everyday!

Saturday, I visited with my kids our new Murieta Farmer’s Market, CA. [...]

Vive le 1 er mai ! Happy May 1st with Classic Shortbreads

Voila le Mois de Mai! Happy May 1st. La Fete du 1er Maiis very important in France. First this is Bank Holiday so nobody works ( it is like Labor Day in the USA), and as you may know French people love Bank days off and vacations. On May 1st, the tradition is to buy [...]