I’ve been loving wheat berries lately. I loved them in the winter Orange Wheat Berry Salad and I love them in this spring salad. They are a nutritious and versatile grain. Plus, I love their chewy texture. However, this salad is also good with any chewier grain – farro, spelt, barley, and millet are also perfectly […]
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Martin and I returned home from our wonderfully relaxing vacation in Florida last week. I had so enveloped myself in Florida that it was quite jarring returning to Minnesota. Thankfully, the weather was warm enough where I didn’t even need to wear a hat outside, but that is even a far leap from shorts,
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Nearly every year, my husband and I take a trip to Bokeelia, Florida. Bokeelia is a tiny town at the top of Pine Island. Most people haven’t heard of Pine Island before, but it is just north of Sanibel Island, and north west of Fort Myers, on the Gulf of Mexico side of Florida
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I’ve been fascinated with bulgur lately. Since this handy pantry staple has only a small amount of the bran from wheat removed, it is a whole grain that cooks amazingly fast. I prefer to use the coarse ground because I like the texture, but bulgur also comes in fine, medium, and super coarse. Not
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It’s not as intimidating as it sounds. I’ve always balked at making my own vegetable broth. Buying vegetables specifically for broth seemed like such a waste! I may be squeezing out the flavor, but what about the nutrients? So many are left behind in the limp vegetables that are thrown away (or composted). I tried
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Anyone else feel like color is missing from their plate lately? So many of the root vegetables that are available this time of year are a shade of bland. During the summer, it’s easy to get excited about bell peppers and cucumbers and tomatoes. But in the winter it’s different. It’s hard to get
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A few years ago, I set a New Year’s resolution to bake bread every week. Baking yeast bread was something that shook my confidence in the kitchen. I could do it, but not consistently well. That resolution sent me on the search for a fantastic whole wheat bread recipe. I tweaked one I found
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I hesitated putting “cabbage” in the title of this recipe because it tends to be a word that doesn’t scream appetizing. Yet this dish has become my go-to side dish this winter. The cabbage is sautéed in olive oil until succulently soft and starting to brown. Then, it is tossed with preserved lemons and
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It is party season! My last two posts have focused on party-pleasing appetizers (Mashed Sweet Potato Bites and Cranberry Lentil Crostini). This post is perfect for the party potluck. (Say that three times fast!) It all begins with celeriac. What in the world is celeriac? I first met this unsightly vegetable in my CSA box
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A few weeks ago, I wrote a post entitled Cultivating Happiness. My favorite line from that post is: “This blog celebrates the little things that sustain us, the adventures that inspire us, the moments that cultivate happiness.” Cultivating happiness is sometimes easier said than done. I don’t want to appear that I am always able
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