This soup is subtle. And interesting. So much so that I find myself taking another spoonful just to discover another flavor. Overall, this soup is just pureed butternut squash. But then I added traditional Thai spices (like lemongrass, ginger, curry, and coconut) and suddenly it became one of the most interesting soups I’ve ever tasted. Surprisingly, […]
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This cake’s name alone can make me drool. Just wait until you take it out of the oven. I brought this to brunch the other day, and it took every ounce of willpower not to devour it in the car ride over. This is an intensely dense cake that actually packs some nutritional power thanks
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Are you ready for this? Hold onto your aprons because this is one delicious recipe! I cannot take any credit for creating this recipe. I followed it almost to the letter from Crescent Dragonwagon’s Passionate Vegetarian tome. The only downside to Passionate Vegetarian is that it’s HUGE. It’s over 1,000 pages long; it’s easy to
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This recipe is like being reunited with an old friend. When I was first learning to cook on my own, I purchased the cookbook 100% Vegetarian: Eating Naturally from Your Grocery Store by Julianne Pickle. It is a small cookbook and extremely simple. Just what I needed at the time. All ingredients from the book
It’s the State Fair in Minnesota. Twelve days of fun, friends, and of course, food. For those of you not familiar with the MN State Fair, it’s HUGE! Over 1.7 million people attend the Fair every year. It’s the second largest state fair in the United States. The MN State Fair was originally designed as
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This salad doesn’t get any easier! I whipped it together in the morning before heading to work and ate it for lunch. Healthy, quick, and tasty. It does taste better after it’s had some time to chill, which is why making it in the morning works really well. Alternatively, I have been known to
This might be blasphemous, but I don’t like corn on the cob. There. I said it. So, when I received 5 ears of corn in my last CSA box, I did not jump for joy. Fortunately, I discovered a deliciously simple way to cook corn that offers endless possibilities and not just the same old buttered and
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I’ve been craving eggplant parmesan. I love the crunchy breading covering the soft eggplant and then smothering the eggplant in a simple tomato sauce. It’s amazing how well eggplant and tomatoes go together. I don’t, however, love how long eggplant parmesan takes me to make (over an hour), and I don’t love turning on the
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It’s zucchini season! Almost everyone I know has a plethora of the delicious green summer squash. Zucchini can have a bad rep; it can turn into mushy grossness if cooked improperly. But don’t give up on this versatile veggie! Zucchini is high in a ton of vitamins and minerals, my favorite being potassium. Potassium helps with circulation
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Some people may run at the mere mention of tofu. It’s gelatinous texture, it’s lack of flavor can easily ruin a dish. I don’t eat tofu often, and when I do, I like to add it to dishes to increase their nutritional content without taking away from their flavor (Feisty Green Beans is a great example
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