We’re taking a deep-dive this month into wholesome, unprocessed dinners, and for our second day of clean-eating dinner recipes, we’re going super-colorful with this Grilled Pineapple Chicken Salad with Orange Coconut Dressing. Have you ever grilled fruit before? If you haven’t, have a look at these charcoal grills and get one to start experiencing food […]

Golden Beet Skirt Steak Salad and October Unprocessed
It’s October, which means it’s time for beautiful fall produce… and clean eating, before the holidays roll around. Today we’re featuring a Golden Beet Skirt Steak Salad, which is delicious in and of itself. It’s also a jumping-off point for a month’s worth of clean-eating dinners here on Jolly Tomato in October. First, if you […]

Purple Cauliflower Coconut Soup Recipe
It’s that time of year when nature starts showing its richest colors… and you start seeing cauliflower in brilliant shades of gold and purple. In our house we love purple cauliflower when it’s roasted, mashed, or best of all, made into soup – yes, purple soup. This quick and easy soup is rich and comforting, […]

Celebrate Birthdays with Cake and Netflix
It’s birthday month, which means there’s lots to celebrate… and there’s plenty of cake to eat. Whose birthday? Well, mine for starters…but also almost everyone else’s. (September is apparently the most popular month for all birthdays. Nine of the top 10 days to give birth fall between Sept. 9 and Sept. 20.) Our pals at […]

Sourdough Bread and the Art of Fermenting
Can you say (or even think) the word “sourdough” without your mouth watering? There’s something about that chewy, tangy flavor that is uniquely crave-worthy. And here’s something else to know about sourdough – it has some surprising health benefits as well. Fermented Foods We learned all of this and more at the recent Fermentation Festival […]

Chocolate Covered Strawberries, Love, and ‘Atypical’ Kids
You’re going to see a lot of chocolate covered strawberries in this post because a) they’re delicious and super-easy to make; and b) they represent the character Sam’s bumbling effort at courtship in the irresistible show “Atypical” on Netflix. Strawberries = Love “Atypical” is a coming of age story that follows Sam (played by […]

Summertime is Tortilla Time
Have you ever had a hot and fresh tortilla off the grill? If you don’t already use tortillas in your summer barbecues, now’s the time to start. We got on a recent tortilla kick after talking with Sam Tamayo. Tamayo is the CIO and a third-generation member of the founding family behind La Tortilla Factory, […]
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