Lovonis Lark
recipes + wellness
With summer almost upon us here in the USA a quick and easy salad is in order and this salad will tick all the boxes. A buildable salad that looks beautiful but takes very little effort. Peppery arugula, juicy, ripe tomatoes, creamy baby mozzarella balls, crisp shards of prosciutto and fresh basil leaves anointed with […]
Lemon Basil Grilled Chicken is best marinated a day ahead. I’ve added a lemon basil butter recipe to serve with the chicken after it’s grilled but feel free to leave omit it if you don’t want the extra calories; the chicken is delicious without it. The butter is equally as good too…just saying. Perfect for […]
A crumble is one of the simplest desserts to make, and it’s a wonderful way to use whatever fruit is in season. For me, the secret to a truly satisfying crumble is getting the balance just right between juicy fruit and a generous, crisp topping. This recipe has been tested in both a 9-inch (23 […]
Pancakes; much loved by most for a bit-of-a-treat breakfast. One-bowl higher fiber pancakes are simple to make and making them from scratch, as opposed to the ready-made pancake mix from the store, is better for you because these pancakes contain 10 ingredients (instead of 24), one of those is salt, three from the fridge and […]
Serve these delicious apricot honey ricotta pastries for breakfast/brunch or for dessert with ice cream. Apricots are the least used stone fruits during the summer months. When perfectly ripe they’re excellent for sweet or savory recipes thanks to their sweet yet tart flavor. They’re perfect for baking as they don’t purge juice like their flashier […]
Whether you’re making a pasta sauce – spaghetti Bolognese, a chicken stew, a tomato soup, a chili or looking for something to spoon over your omelet, this tomato sauce is what you didn’t know you needed in your life – so good I can happily eat it straight from a spoon. Batch Cooking Chunky Tomato […]
This salad embodies summer: ripe tomatoes, freshly picked basil & melons at their summertime peak. It really doesn’t need a recipe – it’s as simple as tumbling cantaloupe & honeydew melon balls into a bowl with cherry tomatoes, small balls of fresh mozzarella, olive oil, white balsamic, honey, salt, pepper & basil then giving it […]
Everything for this Nutty Blue Cheese Spinach Salad, can be prepared in the air-fryer: toast the nuts & seeds, cook the bacon, roast the sweet potato. So simple, no heating up the kitchen with the oven, quick, easy & so delicious. This salad is good. Really good. And everything can be prepped in advanced & […]
These little grilled cheese sandwiches make a perfect snack, lunch or an appetizer. Oozy melty mozzarella, perfectly ripe in-season tomatoes, basil, parm & my favorite, balsamic. Easy to throw together & quick to cook, these will be a hit. I used a rustic Italian loaf of bread for these mini sandwiches. It will depend on […]
A lassi, a drink hailing from Indian & Pakistan, is typically made with fruit – usually mango, yogurt, sugar, sometimes milk, perhaps some spices & water or ice – or both. It is creamy & cooling, helpful after a fiery curry. Until recently I’ve made lassi with the more traditional mango but with peaches in […]
This Italian Cherry & Almond Tart with its buttery, flaky pastry, dark, squidgy cherries & light frangipane filling is a cert to wow the masses & a good way to use up some of the abundance of seasonal cherries. This dessert became one of my old site’s most popular recipes. And with good reason: serve […]
Ciabatta bread thickly spread with homemade or store-bought pesto, sprinkled with mozzarella and baked until the bread is crunchy & the cheese is gooey. Then the warm bread is topped with a spicy tomato, basil and balsamic mixture, sprinkled with parmesan and cut into triangles. The result is the most delicious appetizer to share, lunch […]
