Fresh Food in a Flash

10/10/2026

 i’m going to call this the “Eat the Rainbow” salad from Marla Letizia I Co-Author Long-Life Era Longevity Cookbook. It is so delicious and full of super foods that I took home from Melissa's Produce. Pepitas, toasted coconut, pomegranate seeds, dried cranberries , blueberries , shredded beets and topped with blue cheese. Marla recommends using arugula and watercress, but I used the spinach from a restaurant size bag of spinach I bought at Superking grocery store in Culver City. We have been eating spinach for a week on everything.

10/03/2026

Pineapple Walnut Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Pineapple Walnut Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting Prep 20 mins Bake 55 mins Cool 30 mins Eat 1:35 This old-fashioned Pineapple Walnut Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting has been in my recipe box since I first started baking. I've been making it for umpteen years and recently I've been making it for birthdays for our Women's Sailing Association cruises to Catalina Island....

Mix up a Pineapple Walnut Cake in 5 minutes. The combination is moist and nutty. Learn to top with Cream Cheese frosting. Super easy and delicious.

09/19/2026

Dutch Yellow Potato Crust and Zucchini Swirl mini-Quiches with a Cherry on top

Dutch Yellow Potato Crust and Zucchini Swirl mini-Quiches with a Cherry on top Prep 45 mins Cook 55 mins Eat 1:30 If you are looking for a showstopper for your next picnic or potluck, make these Dutch Yellow Potato Crust and Zucchini mini-Quiches with a Cherry on top. It is not true Fresh Food in a Flash. It will take you some time, but do it when you can relax in the kitchen and get creative. ...

Dutch Yellow Potatoes, Zucchini, Cherry Tomatoes, cheese and eggs are transformed into mini-quiches...as delicious as they are beautiful.

08/22/2026

A bounty of www.melissas.com to bring inspiration and whet my appetite in the kitchen.
It’s Fuyu persimmon and fig season. Madera, California is the fig capital.Time to shop for Brown turkey figs, mission figs, emerald figs and tiger striped figs.
Also brought home a chocolate, persimmon, Moscato grapes, green mango, red and yellow dragon fruit, and Waterloupe, Dutch yellow potatoes, to play with. The new fall produce season has arrived.

07/13/2026

Easy Tamale Pie is a Family Favorite

Tamale Pie Prep 25 mins Bake 35 mins Eat 1 hour This Tamale Pie has all the flavors you are looking for in a family weeknight dinner. Perfect for a group dinner or when you want to have leftovers! It has all your favorite Mexican flavors in a one-pan meal. Ground beef, black beans, bell pepper, corn, tomatoes, delicious melting cheese all wrapped up in flavors like Hatch, Shish*to or jalapeno chiles, chile powder and cumin. ...

Easy Tamale Pie is a family favorite! Use what's in your fridge: ground beef, rotisserie chicken, canned tomatoes, beans, bell pepper, corn, cheddar, chiles & a corn bread crust.

06/19/2026

Festive No Bake Ice Cream Layer Cake in 35 minutes*

Ice Cream Layer Cake in 35 minutes *Prep 35 minutes Freeze 20 minutes + 2 hours Eat 3 hours This Ice Cream Layer Cake is a GREAT Celebration Cake or a "Summer is Here Cake". There is no baking, no frosting, just fun planning and assembling. You can get creative and make it your own or customize it for a special person's birthday....

No Bake Ice Cream Layer Cake-35 minutes hands on. 5 Ingredients: Ice Cream Sandwich, Oreo cookie, two flavors of ice cream. Super Easy.

05/13/2026

Professor of Produce at is teaching us about all the summer produce we love. watermelon varieties including an orange variety that is coming this summer. Grapes- ch*****ne, cotton candy and more. Pink pineapples for the grill. . Roasting and grilling baby potatoes. The early shish*to peppers are milder and perfect for the grill. Pixie tangerine season ends in June. Zest and juice for your shrimp on the barbecue. Tropical fruit supplies grow with mangoes, papayas, dragon fruit more plentiful.

05/13/2026

Tasting summer holidays menu at . So Yummy and great ideas for Memorial Day and beyond. Pixie Tangerine glazed grilled shrimp, campfire breakfast polenta hash, Loaded Baby Baker Russet potatoes. Tropical crab crostinis. Sweet smoky and spicy party nuts. Tropical fruit salad with mint & key lime chantilly cream, patriotic potato salad, sizzling shish*to peppers.

04/28/2026

Cinco de Mayo Carne Asada Tacos

Cinco de Mayo Carne Asada Tacos Prep 20 mins Cook 6 mins Eat 26 mins + 1 day if marinating meat Carne Asada Tacos are a quintessential Mexican favorite and come Cinco de Mayo, they are on everyone's menu. Have these Carne Asada Tacos ready for your Cinco de Mayo party in only 26 minutes with a little pre-planning. Have your "mise en place" ready to go and if you have extra hands, all the better....

26 minutes - Carne Asada Tacos & Mexican Street Corn, Mexican markets have Ranchera Marinada or learn to marinate your own + fresh guacamole

04/22/2026

Listen to , our professor of produce at teaching us and sending us home with Cinco de Mayo essentials. Mangos , tamale kits, key limes (cut in 4) and slide into your Corona b**r. Also Hatch chile salsa, chile lime seasoning. A tropical fruit salsa will change things up.