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  • Dogzzzzz….Rule! (well, you know the rest)

    abstract oil pastels inspired by my chocolate lab, khalil.

  • Homemade Organic Vegetable Stock

    Whoa whoa whoa! Hold on a minute…don’t throw away those good veggie scraps!

  • Did you visit your local Farmer’s Market this weekend? We did and it was a blast!!

    We love getting up early-ish every Saturday morning and heading to our local downtown Farmer’s Market, here in sunny but hot Sarasota, FL. 

  • Moonscapes – Dreamworld

    This painting is of my sub-conscious or dreamworld…

  • Foodie photo’s

    Originally posted on veggiezest: So, this dessert is healthy, tastes delicious, promotes local business & farmers and can be vegan as well. Ever since I discovered fresh coconut milk (if you are a frequent visitor, you must have heard me blabbering about how I love the fresh coconut milk) I’ve been trying to develop this recipe. I was extremely happy…

  • Chick Pea’s

    The Chick Pea, also known as the garbanzo bean!

  • Tonight

    grab a handful of stars…

  • Hot Sake and Spring rolls

    Were great starters for our yummy Vietnamese dinner at our local Hibachi Saigon joint.

  • Fish dinner

    I love me some Tilapia!

  • Night out

    Cocktails and good grub at Sarasota’s Half Shell Oyster House </aSingle malt scotch on the rocks! Blue claw crab cakes and fried green tomatoes! Spinach artichoke dip! And some crispy fried okra!Great food, good company and a beautiful night out in downtown Sarasota!  Yum Food! Yum Art! © [Jay Mora-Shihadeh] and [artistfromtheinsideout.wordpress.com], [2012]. Unauthorized use and/or…

  • Apple Crisp

    We had alot of apples on hand and decided to whip up this healthier version of apple crisp! When I say healthier I mean cutting out white sugar for agave and adding oats and flax seed to our topping. Turned out yummy and we felt better about eating it, we opted for frozen vanilla soy…

  • Comfort food

    Spinach Florentine soup with fresh basil! Easy to make if you use a rotisserie chicken and a good quality low sodium broth. Ingredients for my version: I lemon pepper rotisserie chicken 2 32 oz low sodium broth/ stock 1 medium onion 3-5 garlic cloves 1 16 oz bag of frozen spinach A bunch of fresh…

  • More veg only nights

    Here is another great veggie only night, put together by my lovely fiancee’. Black bean hummus with assorted veggies fruit and crackers with of course some bubbly spirits to accompany it!

  • Curried potatoes and peas

    Curried potatoes with peas. A veggie night for dinner? Spice it up to keep it unique and fresh. Experiment with your spice rack to come up with different flavor profiles. This quick dish was a hearty and tasty bite! Yum food! Yum art!

  • Christmas dinner

    Christmas dinner.

  • Christmas dinner

    We had a nice relaxing Christmas holiday this year. The tree was trimmed, lit and looking great. I made filet mignon for our dinner, with whole roasted sweet onions and rosemary.  My version of a bloomin’ onion: I Split one sweet Vidalia onion in half, doused it with extra virgin olive oil,  some salt and pepper, …

  • The dark side of diet soda

    Here is a great article I found on why diet soda is and soda in general is (in my opinion) so bad for human consumption! Read on… Let’s face it, we all feel that we need to cut calories at some point in our lives. And, we look for any avenue we can to make that…

  • My Poetry

    Today is the first day I will share my poetry with you. My first poem will be, of course, about food! “Just the meat and cheese please” on some days you just ramble and you think is this crap any good? or is it just crap? but then again it’s like the times you just want…

  • Turkey noodle soup

    Just getting my turkey carcass into a pot to make some earthy soulful kick ass turkey noodle soup! I know what your thinking…how gross! You’re just now getting around to boiling your carcass!! BUT, no way folks, I threw that puppy into the freezer on thanksgiving day, AND waited ’till we we’re clean outta any…

  • Fruit tarts

    I love fruit pies. After the holiday I used some leftover homemade pie crust to make Apple raspberry with apricot tarts, like mini pies. Yum pies!