Month: June 2012
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Mediterranean Stuffed Peppers
Stuffed peppers have arrived! I’m really loving the rice in these peppers. I made a pesto-flavored water that I used to cook the rice instead of plain water! Pesto flavored rice with no oil 🙂 Pretty darn good.
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Prosecco & Pear Granita Float
Fresly pressed pear juice and prosecco granita. Melting away in a glass of more bubbly prosecco. Lovely light summer dessert. Granitas are a perfect summer dessert. The process is simple: take some kind of liquid (juice, alcohol, coffee/tea, flavored simple syrups, or any combination of those things), and freeze it. But while it’s freezing,…
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Hoisin Lettuce Wraps
Alright, I’m going to get a little egotistical here. This is one of those meals where I took my first bite, and just couldn’t help but say “damn, this is good!” It’s everything I hope for when I start to make a recipe – easy, fast, healthy, delicious, beautiful, and didn’t require in-depth recipe-testing. …
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Iskiate
What the heck is “iskiate?” This is a super-simple chia seed drink that I read about and had to test. I am reading this book called Born to Run, in which the author seeks out a Mexican tribe called the Tarahumara who are amazing world-renown runners (we’re talking major endurance runs and inhuman speed here),…
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Coconut Almond Chai Smoothie
This is the breakfast to eat when you really want dessert for breakfast. And when you don’t have the time to make something like oatmeal cookie pancakes. It tastes like a milkshake, but is way more nutritious than any milkshake I’ve ever had! I absolutely love the flavor of chai – all those delicious…
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Ginger Sesame Carrot Slaw
Just a quick little post for you today! I needed a refreshing fast veggie dish for a hot and busy summer. And one that doesn’t require turning on the stove at all. You can whip this together in no time, and it is light and bright and filling.
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Sweet Wasabi Yam & Avocado Salad
Here’s a restaurant-favorite remake. And another short-ingredients-list-recipe. This amazing sushi place near me makes a delicious little salad with fresh tuna, avocado, and a mild and sweet wasabi dressing. I thought really hard about what to use to replace the tuna, and kept mentally rejecting things that would be a pretty decent taste…
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Two-Ingredient Chipotle Black Bean Dip
Yes, two ingredients. No more necessary. I had this wonderful black bean dip at a restaurant with a mild but definite chipotle flavor. I was trying to think of how to make it and kept procrastinating making/posting it because I had no idea what I would put in the dip other than chipotles in…
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Tipsy Blackberry Sage Lemonade
It’s about to be summer. And it already feels like it. Sacramento summer. Meaning I need no end of cooling refreshing beverages to detract from the summer heat, and I’m getting a head start on preparing those! Fortunately, I love making such delicious drinks! I especially love this one because, aside from the…