I am constantly trying to find creative and tasty ways to eat my greens, I have exhausted greens in green smoothies, green juices, and soups, and here finally is a simple, and tasty way to eat your greens. This recipe has 11 ingredients and cooks up in less than 20 minutes. I like to use a variety of greens from my garden and farmer’s market and whatever you do, save your turnip, radish, and beet tops to throw into the mix. Serve, smothered over, quinoa, basmati rice, or sweet potatoes or as a fabulous side dish. It’s delish.

This hemp milk is more than creamy, it is velvety and silky. The two things which make it so are 1) The Cap Beauty Daily The Coconut Butter , which is a 100% stone ground, next level in texture and taste coconut butter. The fat from the coconut butter makes this milk last in the fridge for an epically long time, up to 7 days. 2) And using Ellie’s Best Nut Milk bags , which every time yield, the perfect pulp-free nut milk.

This salad was inspired by my favorite salad at the now closed, Campanile, created by renowned chef Nancy Silverton (of Osteria Mozza), Mark Peel and Manfred Frankl. It has actually been closed since 2012. Sniff, sniff. The restaurant was beautifully housed in one of Charlie Chaplin’s former offices on La Brea Boulevard in Los Angeles and the food was uncomplicated yet inventive and impeccable.

I find figs to be such a sensual fruit, juicy with robust flesh. In the 16th Century Baroque master Caravaggio’s painting Basket of Fruit there are four figs, all four plump, luscious and bursting with ripeness. They are the fruit of the ficus tree which to my surprise is part of the Mulberry family. Cultivated for centuries, the fig, historically, symbolize unity, truth and universal understanding.They are on my list of top 5 favorite fruits, they satisfy my occasional sweet tooth craving, since I have cut out refined sugars from my diet. I snack on fresh figs often when in season and love to include them in an arugula salad with walnuts and fresh goat cheese.  Figs are high in fiber, so they make a great natural laxative.