Month: February 2012
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Baked Potato & Mushroom Gravy
Fear not the baked potato! Poor potatoes get such a bad rap! Probably because people usually eat them in the form of french fries? But a small or medium baked potato topped with sauteed mushrooms, a healthy mushroom gravy, and paired with a salad is a wonderful and delicious meal. And not a guilty meal!
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Sauteed Artichoke Greek Salad
This is not a recipe I created for a blog post. It’s just the lunch that I threw together today, but it came out wonderfully, and was quick & easy. So I had to share. Artichokes are probably my favorite food ever. So to me, sauteed artichokes make for a very special and exciting […]
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Lava Flow Sorbet
Piña Colada sorbet. With strawberry sauce on top. What else can I say? This recipe is inspired by one of my Hawaiian treats! I had a couple Lava Flow drinks during my trip (spiked and virgin versions, both amazing!) They’re piña coladas with some kind of amazing red fruit puree poured down the sides […]
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Spicy "Crab" Roll
I found the simplest and healthiest way to satisfy my sushi cravings vegan-style. I really loved sushi a lot, and ate it pretty often. The healthiest way to make sushi is just to put some vegetables in a sushi roll with a little rice (in the same manner as my summer rolls). But that’s pretty […]
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Fig & Pear Crostata
I bought a lovely bag of mixed pears at the grocery store last week, and for some reason I am just not eating them! My response to a situation like this is easy: pie!
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Spicy Chipotle Black Bean Burgers
I’m so proud of this recipe, I can hardly stand it! My sister’s brother-in-law makes the best burgers. His recipe is simple: several pounds of meat, an entire bottle of chipotle flavored Tabasco, cilantro, worcestershire sauce.
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Cantaloupe Coconut Mojito
Here’s the recipe I mentioned in my Hawaii post — I tried to make this right before I left, but it was just a little bland and unexciting. The simple addition of mint simple syrup turned this into a delicious treat! I wanted to make this more exciting without adding sugar, but this mint […]
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Favorite Green Juice
Meet my juicer: He’s awesome. And yes, he’s a “he.” I love to make a fruit and veggie juice in the mornings. Now I know that some people criticize juicing or shy away from it since it removes all (or at least almost all) of the fiber from the produce. But I […]
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Farro-Stuffed Acorn Squash
Okay, I’m doing two things with this post — introducing a “new flora” food and making my first Hawaii trip-inspired meal! The new food is farro. I’ve had farro a handful of times before, but had never cooked it myself. And I don’t think very many people are familiar with it, so I wanted […]
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Amaretto Cake
Another weird food holiday (my first was National Blueberry Pancake Day): it’s National Almond Day! Yippeee! I love love love almonds. And since it was my birthday last week, and my birthday dessert was a tempura banana (no complaining here, it was delicious), I thought I should make myself an amaretto cake – two […]