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Soups, Salads, and Starters

White Bean Bruschetta Spread

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Here’s a little something I served last night for Valentine’s Day. 1 15 ounce can cannellini beans 1 head of garlic 1 teaspoon dried rosemary extra virgin olive oil freshly cracked pepper salt Start with roasting the garlic. Heat the oven to 400 degrees. (Hopefully you’re roasting something else as well so you don’t have [...]

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White Bean Tomato Soup

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Soup, soup, and more soup. It’s frequently on the menu at our little apartment. It’s not surprising really, since lately the cold here has been nothing short of painful. If you, like us, live in a cold and snowy place, then here’s a recipe for you. 8 ounces dried cannellini beans (pick through and discard [...]

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Pear Tart – Two Ways (Dinner and Dessert)

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I noted in my turnover recipe that the dough could have other uses. How about an example? I’ve been in love with Asian pears recently, so a recipe using them seemed in order. Asian pears have a texture more akin to apples ie: very crunchy and very juicy. (Admittedly, baking them ruins their awesome crunchiness, [...]

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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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Citrusy Edamame Soup

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Soup is on the mind, what with the severe winter storm alert going around. I decided to do a slight remake of a soup I tried a few months ago. I got the recipe from Heidi, but the credit really goes to Charlotte as it is originally her recipe. Shortly before I came across the [...]

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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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A Split Pea Soup

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Something warm for snowy days: 8 oz dried split peas (pick through and discard any pebbles/debris/etc) 1 onion, roughly chopped 4 cloves garlic, diced 1 large carrot, roughly chopped 4 cups water 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 teaspoon garam masala salt and pepper sour cream, for garnish Heat the olive oil in a medium saucepan [...]

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Spinach and Tempeh in Tomato Sauce

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The walk home from the train was cold, so I didn’t want to venture back out to the store. This is what I came up with after raiding our “pantry.” 1 small red onion, chopped 1 tablespoon olive oil 3 ounces tempeh, crumbled 1 14.5 ounce can whole peeled tomatoes 2 cups spinach, torn into [...]

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