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chickpea and chard soup
It’s cold here again this week, so I’m back on the soup bandwagon. I like to make a big batch of soups on Sundays or Mondays. We tend to eat…
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easy crock pot beef roast
I love the crock pot. If you’re intimidated by cooking or you just don’t enjoy it in general, slow cooking is your best friend. It takes some rather ordinary (and…
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mashed sweet potatoes
Our kids’ first foods were winter squashes and sweet potatoes. I don’t know if that is why they still like them so much, but, whatever the reason, they both still…
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broccoli cauliflower gratin
Our co-op has been having some great deals on broccoli and cauliflower lately, so I, of course, can’t pass up a great deal and have been ordering lots of it.…
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banana pepper tuna salad
I’m always looking for new ways to add more fish into our regular routine. Reading Four Fish had me totally re-thinking what seafood I buy. I don’t have any hard and…
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kitchen tip: eat your broccoli stems
An unforeseen consequence of this very cold and very long winter has been that our compost bins are overflowing. We have three large bins outside (and two worm bins in…
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roasted pears
A friend had asked for some healthy dessert recipes, and I realized that 1) I don’t have many to recommend to her and 2) I typically say “to heck with…
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roasted cauliflower and sweet potato soup
I had an excess of cauliflower and sweet potatoes that were on the verge of getting funky a few weeks ago, so I made this soup. This is basically a…
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sweet corn and pepper chowder
Remember how we Grant put up all of that sweet corn for us last Fall? It is about this time every year that I realize I’ve been hoarding last year’s preserved…
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homemade mayonnaise
I hated mayonnaise growing up. I would maybe eat it in tuna salad, but only if there was just a wee bit and if my mom lied to me about it…
