Recipes
Serves 2 I wanted to eat our homegrown carrots raw but I'm not a fan of just munching on carrots in the style of Bugs...
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(Ginger Rose-hip Tea)As much as I'd like to claim that beer cures all that ails me and can provide all the cheer I could want...
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I have been on a cherry liqueur making quest of Arthurian proportions. It started eight years ago in the first home we owned where my...
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One of the biggest staples of my fridge is a ready batch of mustard lentil salad. It's good by itself but is even better scooped...
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(cabbage alphabet soup)Tenement housing is a big building with little cramped apartments that rent for cheap to people with poverty level incomes. (In San Francisco...
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When most of my bills are a month over due, my husband has developed a tubercular quality cough and we can't afford his asthma medication*...
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(Especially For Robin)Ingredients:1 cup olive oil1/2 cup red wine vinegar3 tbsp mustard (spicy brown or Dijon)3 cloves peeled garlic, roughly chopped3 - 4 sprigs fresh...
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Serves 6-8Calories per 1.5 cup serving: 189Ingredients:2 Tbsp olive oil1 onion, chopped medium3 carrots, chopped in 1/4" thick rounds1 (28 oz) can of diced tomatoes...
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There are still just enough cherry tomatoes around to make posting this recipe for Michelle worth while. It is an adaptation of a recipe from...
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Ingredient ratio:1 cup grape juice, strained1.75 cups sugar1/4 package liquid pectinNote that it isn't recommended that you crank up a huge vat of hot water...
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a recipe, and a sandwich to put it onfTo make the best hummus:Ingredients:four cups cooked chick peas (garbanzo beans)four tbsp tahini (sesame paste)4 large cloves...
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the recipeIngredients:5 1/2 cups husked, cored, and chopped tomatillos1 cup chopped onion1 cup chopped jalapenos1/2 cup white vinegar4 tbsp lime juice4 cloves garlic, minced2 tsp...
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a recipeThis is a great spring dish that I just made up this week because it uses the first fresh cilantro of the season to...
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They noticed that they haven't seen me yet this year and want to know if there's anything they can do to get me to come...
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The RecipeThis recipe is based on one I've been using from Deborah Madison's cook book "Vegetarian Cooking For Everyone" which is a book I can...
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(with extra sharp cheddar)As so many of are learning to eat seasonally, use our own home canned goods, and even storing winter vegetables in a...
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My breakfast comes with some dirt, snail trails, and random feathers, how about yours? I was so lucky to be able to harvest some chard...
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Once, a long time ago, back before the Universe decided I needed the excitement of my first broken bones and a renewed relationship with poverty,...
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I am not normally a fan of wild rice. It's chewy and reminds me of brown rice which I'm also not normally fond of. Brown...
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A RecipeIt was really good. I inhaled it.Kale and leek quiche.The other day when I was craving some dark leafies and bought all that kale,...
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You will need:1 cup espresso (or very strong coffee)1 cup sugar2 cups vodka (80-100 proof)1/2 vanilla bean split lengthwiseIf you plan to make this for...
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(to use yourself or give as gifts)A word about herbs and spices before you begin: While the magic of dried herbs and spices is that...
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I was going to try to make a smaller batch of pot pies so that I could give you a recipe for a normal amount...
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These are instructions for making a basic yellow style mild mustard.You will need:3/4 cups yellow mustard seeds (aka: white)2 to 2.5 cups white distilled vinegar1/4...
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A Canning RecipeIngredients:2 to 3 pounds pears per quartsugarwatercinnamon stickswhole vanilla beanswhole clovesInstructions:Hot Pack- Wash pears; drain. Cut into quarters or halves; core and peel....
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Basil is one of the most ephemeral herbs, one that you can only use fresh for a couple of months of the year. It can...
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This recipe uses the slow oven roasted tomatoes recipe I posted previously.This pasta was inspired by both Chelsea and Lisa E. The only way to...
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This method of slow roasting tomatoes comes to me from my good friend Lisa E.. The point isn't to completely dry them, just to concentrate...
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This is what this dish looks like when I'm trying to impress you with my healthy restraint.This is what happens when I put the camera...
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You were hoping I was going to write something about making out in a dark closet, huh? (If so, then you know me not at...
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The perfect sandwich starts with a variety of summer vegetables grilled the exact amount of time it takes them to become succulent, but not mushy....
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