Black & Pinto Bean Salad
Looking for an easy, low-fat side dish to bring to a party? Or something that could be either a salad or a dip for tortilla chips? Maybe a make-ahead dish that will be fantastic as left-overs for...
View ArticlePureed Lima Beans with Rosemary Tomato Broth
So I saw this kind of strange-looking recipe that was intended as an alternative to mashed potatoes as a side. I figured, what the heck, I’ll try anything once. So I did. And I am sooooo glad....
View ArticleSimple citrus beet salad
To go along with our chicken-pesto sandwiches on flax foccaccia I made this very simple citrus beet salad. Beets are fantastic for you and offer antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and detoxification...
View ArticleWarm heirloom cherry tomato salad
It being high tomato season here in New England I could not pass up this beautiful bunch of heirloom cherry tomatoes. There were red ones and yellow ones and orange ones, and striped ones. Some round...
View ArticleRoasted eggplant with tomato stuffing
Eggplants are popping out in northeast CSA shares this week. And farmer’s markets are crawling with tomatoes. Thus this seems like the perfect dish to try this week. It can easily fly solo as a...
View ArticleSteamed Butternut Squash with Ancho Chili Dressing
Between entertaining out of town guests, exercising my right to a social life, training for the next big race (we have our mile down to 9:28- yay!), and living life in general I have neglected my blog....
View ArticleSpinach, Red Lentil, and Green Bean Curry
If you’re in the market for a warm vegetable stew with luscious spices which will reheat well, then I’ve got a dish for you. This is a very mild curry (which you could heat up with some cayanne and/or...
View ArticleSautéed Radishes in Orange Butter Sauce
This just became my favorite warm salad. A bite of this dish sports that earthy flavor of the cooked radish- which is somewhat akin to a roasted Brussels sprout, the saltiness of the bacon, the...
View ArticleMiso-ginger wild rice with carrots, cabbage, daikon and turnip
New Year’s Day provided us with a freebie day off in the middle of the week. Besides random household chores, I decided that the best use of this time would be to cook a few dishes that we planned to...
View ArticleHow to soak, cook and freeze dried red kidney beans
I work a 9-5 type of job so Saturday & Sunday are my days off and I tend to use them for food prep. This includes the soaking and cooking of dried beans which tend to take more time than I have to...
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