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Now, this is down and dirty comfort food made in the healthiest way possible.  Sometimes you just have to go there…particularly if you liked eating a lot of “hamburger helper” when you were a kid or if you still do!  This recipe is a simple and tasty and if you have an issue with gluten then use brown rice or quinoa …

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Cooked Quinoa spread out on a baking sheet to cool

My sweet man, Alex had a ”manly” get together he was attending and needed me to make him a dish to take.  We know how much men love their carbohydrates…heck, who doesn’t?  Anyway, this dish needed to travel well and stay at room temperature for several hours without spoiling.  So my Quinoa Salad with Cumin Vinaigrette was born! Again, just looking at what you have and …

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Parsley

  And, I’m not talking about a new singing group.  I’m referring to the technique for getting a lovely orange slice without all the pith (white stuff) attached.  It really is simple to do and it makes the oranges so delectable! I was inspired to make this little salad because my garden box had some good green going on.  About …

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Kitchen Spider!

Spider strainer, that is! Here’s your Quick Tip Tuesday people: I’m not big into kitchen gadgets that you only use every once in awhile that take up bits and pieces of space in your kitchen like the apple corer and egg slicer.  But, there are those tools that are really only good for one thing that I use all the …

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Roasted Carrots & Fennel

If you can find carrots this time of year at your local farmer’s market then buy them!  You cannot believe the flavor, texture and sweetness they provide in these chilly months.  If you don’t know if you have a winter market then visit Local Harvest and plug in your zip code and it will be listed there.  So if no one is growing …

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