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Kale Quinoa Salad

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1 cup dry quinoa 2 cups water 2 large leaves of kale 1/3 cup shelled pistachios, roughly chopped 1/3 cup dried cherries 2 cloves of garlic, finely minced zest and juice of 1 lemon 2 tablespoons olive oil freshly cracked pepper salt Start by cooking your quinoa. Put the quinoa, water, and a pinch of [...]

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Coconut Curry Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

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Stuffed sweet potatoes have been on my “list of things to make” for  a while now. I’m not exactly sure what inspired the curry flavor but once I had the idea, it clearly seemed to be the way to go. 2 sweet potatoes 1 1/2 cups kale torn into small pieces 1 clove of a [...]

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Grape and Quince Salad

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When we’re planning on having people over to eat, Mike and I tend to have a conversation that sounds something like this: Kalinda: “So we’re going to make [insert main dish here], what else should we have?’ Mike: “Fruit.” Kalinda: “You can’t serve people just fruit. I was thinking a salad or something…” Mike: “Made [...]

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Sesame Spinach Salad

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We didn’t have any to-do’s to check off today, so I had some time on my hands. I decided to cook up some beans. (Which, nicely enough, isn’t very hands-on, so I could do it while finishing the book I was reading . In my head, “I’m going to spend time cooking beans” also meant [...]

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Stuffed Eggplants

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Once again a fun find at our grocery store prompted a new recipe. This time the culprits were Indian eggplants. Eggplants are a food I always want to do something with (their color is so alluring), but for some reason I find them intimidating. Indian eggplants are small though, which makes them much less intimidating [...]

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Basil Butter Beans

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We had some fresh basil hanging around after we made pesto a few days ago. This is a recipe I made up this summer that has become a favorite. It uses canned tomatoes and beans. But if it’s actually summer–and good tomatoes are available–feel free to substitute. And if you’re the type of person who [...]

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Spiced Cranberry Sauce

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In our last year of college, myself and some friends decided we should have a Thanksgiving dinner the weekend before we all went home to celebrate with our families. This event was dubbed Pre-T. We have continued to have Pre-T in subsequent years because everyone tends to like Thanksgiving food, so why not enjoy it [...]

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Kale Mashed Potatoes

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Tonight the goal was to make something to use the leftover kale and mushrooms we had. We ended up going with a slightly adapted version of Heidi’s recipe. 1 1/2 pounds potatoes, cubed sea salt 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 4 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 bunch kale (just the leaves) chopped 5 ounces mushrooms, [...]

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