Sure, you know leafy green things like kale, chard, beet tops, mustard greens, and collards are the definition of Good For You, but what do you...
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These Are a Few of My Favorite Things: Ras el Hanout
Ras el Hanout is a spice blend from the Middle East and North Africa. Spice market vendors all claim their version to be the best,...
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New Year’s Day "Good Luck" Feast
I grew up in rural Pennsylvania. My hometown of Orwigsburg (population: 3106) is tucked in among Amish country, coal mines, and Hawk Mountain. My family...
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Marinated and Spiced Olives
This is a two-part recipe. Each part works on its own, but if you make them as a tag-team, your taste buds will dance like...
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Spiced Nuts
Now that nuts are part of my everyday diet, I wondered if I would be less excited about my holiday spiced nuts this year. Lower...
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Beef Stew Provençal
It's cold and snowy and foggy and so gray as to be what I like to call gloomyGus. GloomyGus. That's how I see it in my...
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Turkey Tales and Bacon Bourbon Brownies
Dave and I had a lovely Thanksgiving filled with delicious food, naps, getting to know the kitty that recently adopted us, and spiffing up our...
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Best Stir-Fry Sauce EVER™. For Real.
Left to my own devices, I tend toward Mediterranean or Middle-Eastern seasonings: cumin, fresh parsley, lemon juice, garlic. I like to make dishes that taste...
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Sesame-Garlic Nori Chips
Sometimes I want to chow down like a teenager: just lie in front of the TV watching something craptastic, and snarf a crispy, salty snack....
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Hot Spinach – Cool Dressing – Awesome Snack
+ + + The Situation It's Sunday afternoon. I need a snack. And if I do it right, the damn thing will be made of...
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Paleo Piña Colada Chicken
When Dave and I were fairly new to yoga, we went on a week-long yoga retreat in Mexico. Sounds like paradise, right? That’s what we...
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Basil-Coconut Curry
Dave and I, after much painful trial and error, have declared Sundays "socializing-free zones," which means that except for major occasions–like a friend's recent wedding–we...
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