Healthy food, fresh ingredients, simple reci[es

Triple Chocolate Chunk Cookies plus more of my favorite Christmas Cookies

Tuna Pimiento Patties with Pimiento Tartar Sauce, and easy pantry main course

Roasted Sweet Potato Soup, perfect use for leftover sweet potato fries

Chicken Korma, with Almonds and Apricots, easy, full of complex flavors, serve over Basmati rice

Meatball Soup with Cabbage and Barley, quick, easy to make and hearty for cold winter days

Chicken Tagine with Apricots and Almonds, serve over couscous for an easy, warming dinner

Beef, Carrot and Turnip Stew, warm, hearty dinner, with leftovers.

Red Beets, Leeks, Feta, Walnuts on Spinach, an easy, healthy winter salad to start the year.

Chicken with Red Pepper Pan Sauce, simple, easy chicken dish

White and Red Beans with Tomatoes and Sage, easy side dish that works well with roast or grilled meats

Baked Cod with Red Peppers and Olives, easy fish with the flavors of Morocco

Scalloped Potatoes with Ham, old-fashioned winter comfort food

Bean and Basil Salad, with chopped onion and tomato, an easy, do-ahead vegetable salad

I didn't use a mortar and pestle, but the ingredients are traditional for this easy Home Made Pesto Sauce

Wilted Rainbow Chard Salad with Ham and Onion, easy summer vegetables