Vichyssoise with a Twist

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I was playing around on various food sites the other day (as I am apt to do) and came across this article at Culinate about ways to use up your greens. It suggested adding greens to vichyssoise and specified radish greens as a particularly good choice. And it just so happened this lady bought a [...]

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Two Bean Salad?

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I made this last week when we had some friends over for dinner. I liked it enough that I decided to make it again. 3/4 pound green beans 3 1/2 cups cooked cannellini beans 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley zest and juice of 1 lemon freshly cracked pepper sea salt Blanch and shock the green [...]

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Kale Apple Shitake Risotto

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The food blogosphere has been full of spring risotto recipes for weeks now: risotto with ramps, risotto with peas, risotto with asparagus. And they all sound delicious. However, as I pointed out in my previous soup post, it’s hasn’t been that warm around here. I haven’t seen any peas or ramps at the store. Our [...]

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Fava Bean and Chard Soup

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You may be thinking, “Soup? Is she crazy, it’s June already!” And while that’s a valid point, here in Chicago we’re still frequently having temperatures in the 50s. Like yesterday, when not only was the temperature in the mid 50s, but it was also raining. Perfect soup weather. The produce boxes we’ve been receiving have [...]

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Red Cabbage Stir-Fry

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Tonight we had some cabbage that needed to be used ASAP. On one hand, it’s never fun to have that pressure to use up food–perhaps I shouldn’t say never, some people probably love it. On the other hand it was nice because I could use that as an excuse to get Mike to eat a [...]

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Honeydew Bocconcini Salad

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Ask most people for a good summer salad using fresh mozzarella and they’ll probably tell you Insalata Caprese: tomatoes, fresh basil, mozzarella, olive oil. That’s fine and all, unless you are like me and you don’t like raw tomatoes. I offer melon, mint, mozzarella as an alternative. We received a honeydew in our produce box [...]

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Mango Avocado Black Bean Salsa

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Here’s the first recipe to result from our produce box. Included were a mango and cherry tomatoes, making salsa seem the obvious choice. After a quick trip to the store for a few extra ingredients (it’s actually nice outside now!) we were in business. 1 mango, chopped 2 avocados, chopped 1 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes, [...]

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Broccoli, Tomatoes, and Beans

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Sorry about the absence; it’s been a busy couple of weeks. We were out of town, then celebrating my birthday, then my dad was in town. (Basically there was a lot of eating out.) The good news is that my birthday presents included a new camera from my mom and dad, and 6 weeks of [...]

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Braised Green Beans with Miso Glaze

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This is part of an experiment to get Mike to like green beans. He did eat them, although I don’t think I have him converted. 1 pound green beans, trimmed and washed 1 medium onion, sliced into half moons 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil 1/2 cup water 1 heaping tablespoon miso paste freshly cracked [...]

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Apple Cinnamon Bread

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We frequently bake various breads to have for breakfasts. Chocolate chip banana bread is popular, as is the gluten-free version of cranberry cheese bread, which Mike grew up with. About a month or so ago I thought it would be fun to try and make an apple cinnamon bread. This is the result. 2/3 cup [...]

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Beet Salad

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This recipe takes a little forethought since the beets are roasted. But once that’s done, it’s a snap to put together. 2 small beets balsamic vinegar walnut oil zest of one small orange 1/4 cup almonds, roughly chopped freshly cracked pepper sea salt Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Scrub the beets well to remove dirt; [...]

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