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Beach Eats takes a humorous look at food, dining, dieting and city life as seen through the eyes of The Diva on a Diet. Follow along as I explore all things healthy and delicious, and even share a make-up tip or two!
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Left-over Magic, Sandwich Cubano Style
As you can see, we're experiencing some technical difficulties here in Divaland of late. The focus on my camera refuses to focus, even on the ISO setting, and its frustrating the hell out of me. I had grand visions and plans of a beautiful Cuban San...
Spicy Chicken and Roast Potato Hash
This savory and delicious hash is the final stop for our roast chicken this week. Its not substantially different from the turkey/sweet potato hash about which I wrote last year ... but its good enough to warrant a second look. So good, in fact, th...
Herb Roasted Potatoes
How about some spuds to go along with our roast chicken? These crisp-tender morsels feature a similar combination of herbs that will pair well with the bird. The bonus? You can roast them right along with chicken, on a lower rack in the oven.Amou...
Cook Once, Eat Twice: Chicken Edition
I'm a big fan of cooking once and eating twice ... which, of course, is just another way of saying I like leftovers. They're like money in the bank. I mean, really, if you're going to go to the trouble of cooking, you might as well cook BIG and set...
Spiced Chocolate Pudding with Cinnamon Whipped Cream
Today is a difficult day. I had trouble deciding what to write last year - and trouble deciding what to write this year. While I try to keep things light around here, its impossible for me to let this day pass without acknowledgment. Ultimately, I...
Chips and Dip
Left to my own devices, I'd probably choose to snack the day away, rather than eat full meals. I often find a series of tasty little nibbles just as satisfying, perhaps even more so, than an entire dinner. Of course the trick is to nibble on things ...
Hybrid Curry
I raided my brother's garden this weekend and the results were magnificent. I came home laden with fresh poblano chiles, garlic, several enormous onions, fingerling potatoes, cucumbers, beets, basil, and a zucchini that's so large it could feed an a...
Thirsty Thursdays: Light-Weight Edition
As mentioned yesterday, we're in the midst of a fairly wicked heatwave. My brain, she is fried. And, frankly, I don't much care to drink anything other than water or ice tea when the weather is this hot. Sad, but true.I can't very well give you a r...
Old Bay!
Today's post is a BIG, delicious Thank You shout-out to The Food Addicts! Last month they hosted a fun, summery give-away, courtesy of Old Bay ... and I was lucky enough to win. Hooray! The gift pack included: Old Bay Seasoning, a Seafood Steamer...
Power Lunch
Have you ever had something so delicious, so exactly right for the moment, that you subsequently wanted to eat it every day? (Hopefully, your answer is yes ... in spades.) Well, that happened to me last Wednesday. The husband and I popped into Th...
Thirsty Thursdays: Trendy Sips Edition
After spending far too long in the shadows, relegated to keeping company with far too many diet Cokes, rum is enjoying a moment in the sun. Premium rum, that is. The good stuff. And its not so much a moment in the sun, as it is a return to glory. ...
Its An Almost Meatless Virtual Potluck ...
... and I'm bringing the chili ... an unusual and outrageously delicious chili to be exact!Fasten your apron strings and dust off the good china, dear readers, because today you are in for a treat. Joy Manning and Tara Mataraza Desmond are throwing ...
Thirsty Thursdays: Rose Sangria
Now doesn't that look refreshing? Indeed, it was. Summer is the perfect time of year to serve sangria, and sangria is the perfect thing to serve a crowd.Typically, sangria involves mixing wine with a bit of brandy, some fruit, a splash of plain sod...
A Big Bowl of Sin
Tom Jones stood me up last night. Well, me and 2,828 other middle aged women who were supposed to see him in concert at the Beacon Theatre. I'll be honest, seeing Tom Jones wasn't exactly on my bucket list. Hell, it wasn't even on my radar screen. ...
A New Day, A New Burger
Seems like everybody and their brother has a recipe for buffalo chicken burgers ... and now, so do I.This one was inspired by a locker room conversation between my swim partner, Becky, and I. We were doing what we do best ... chatting ... while dryin...
The Frugal Diva: Death by Basil Edition
For me, at least, a little basil goes a long way. A very long way. So far in fact that when I need to use it, what I really want is about 4 or 5 leaves. Unfortunately, my supermarket only sells the stuff in great heaping bushels. These bunches of ...
A Little Help from My Friends ...
... my friends at G.L. Mezzetta fine foods that is! A few weeks ago, a representative of Mezzetta reached out to me and asked if I'd be interested in sampling some of their wares. I did a little research on the company and found out that they have b...
A Twist on Tabbouleh
Tabbouleh is a Lebanese salad more traditionally made with bulgur (cracked wheat), some herbs, lemon and veggies. Its delicious as side dish, or even as a dip with pita, and it comes together in a flash. While I really enjoy the standard variety, I...
Fast and Fresh Tortilla Soup
One Sunday, back in 2002, Amanda Hesser waxed eloquent about the pleasures of tortilla soup in the pages of the New York Times Magazine. She had my full attention. I made her recipe the very next day, it was quite the production. It took half the d...
A Simple Summer Meal
Kebabs, they're what's for dinner! Spicy Asian pork kebabs to be exact and they were outstanding!In my quest to deliver a simple, healthy, summer meal to the table last night, I settled on kebabs. They're easy, delicious and oh so festive.Spicy Asi...
Garden Raid: Beet Edition
In addition to that wonderful broccoli, I also scored some Swiss chard and a bunch of beets from bro's garden this weekend. The chard was sauteed and consumed on Sunday; and last night the beets adorned this scrumptious composed salad.Beets have lon...
Dinner in a Flash: Perfect Pasta Edition
This is an old recipe. I stole it from Sara Moulton years ago, when she was the host of Cooking Live. Its so easy I never even wrote it down ... and you won't need to either.Bro's garden is beginning to bear fruit - or, rather, vegetables - and I am...
Quick and Dirty
An update from construction central ... there was brunch on Sunday, we already had it. Mama and Papa Diva were in town and we dined on this blueberry focaccia and this ...... outstanding veggie quiche, among other things. My quiche, as always, was ...
Complement
com-ple-ment [n. kom-pluh-muhnt; v. kom-pluh-ment]1. something that completes or makes perfectEveryone loves a compliment and cheese is no exception ... except that what cheese *really* loves is a complement.Sweet and Savory Blueberry Conserve:1 pint...
Pretty is as Pretty Does ...
I'm in a chicken state of mind. This is not unusual. I mean look at my bio ... I warned you about my chicken obsession long ago. But rarely, if ever, have I posted back-to-back chicken recipes. Well, there's a first time for everything!While bro...
Ugly Food: Chicken Edition
Ugly is the new pretty. You heard it here first ... or maybe you didn't.I was all set to do a post about my ugly, yet completely scrumptious, chicken today - and after browsing my reader I see I'm not alone. In fact, I'm in fine company ... doggyblog...
Thirsty Thursdays: Friday Edition
Blueberries. I've still got them on the brain ... and in my fridge. My solution? Blueberry Margaritas!Divalicious Blueberry Margarita:2 oz. fresh blueberry puree2 oz. good quality tequila1 oz. Cointreaujuice of 1/2 limeFor the blueberry puree: Pou...
Memorial Day Ritual
Ladies and gentlemen, Papa Diva has turned off the No Potato Salad Sign; you are now free to make potato salad again.I'll bet you're thinking this is some kind of joke, but I assure you he's deadly serious. We're all aware of certain necessary rules...
The Ethnic Diva: Pan-Asian Edition
Its a wrap! A Pan-Asian chicken lettuce wrap to be exact ... and it was spectacular! Savory, spicy, crunchy - this one's got it all. I was flying blind here, working without a recipe, yet with a firm concept of how I wanted it to taste in mind. Va...
Muffin Mania
Steph, of ::steph chows::, has been on a major muffin kick of late and she's starting to rub off on me. I'm a regular reader so she's got me in a muffin kind of mood. I also happen to be in a cake kind of mood. Combine the two and what do you get?S...
