Health Benefits of Chia

Chia seeds seem to be sprouting up everywhere these days in a variety of health foods. Although the chia  seed seems like a “new” food, chia has actually been around for over 3500 years. Chia is a seed native to southern Mexico from a plant called Salvia hisipanica. In Mexico, the Aztecs and Mayans…

Coconut and Almond Rice Pudding

I've always loved rice pudding or 'rizogolo' in Greek as my wonderful mother-in-law calls it (and I should note her more traditional cinnamon and vanilla version is to diet for...and she has made this for me MANY times in the last decade).  This rice pudding just has a little dairy…