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Stir Fried Pea Shoots Recipe with Garlic and Chilies

Stir Fried Pea Shoots Recipe with Garlic and Chilies

Pea shoots are the young stems of snow pea plants which have been harvested before they flower and produce pea pods. They are also my new obsession since they are trivial to cook, good for you and have a flavour unique to other cooked greens.

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Cold Lemon Asparagus Salad Recipe

Cold Lemon Asparagus Salad Recipe

If you are looking for an easy and healthy recipe to make ahead for a potluck, dinner party or barbecue, try this cold asparagus salad.

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Parsnip Fries Recipe

Parsnip Fries Recipe

Parsnip Fries. Strange and Unusual but oh so good! Baked rather than fried.

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Creamy Baked Leeks Recipe

Creamy Baked Leeks Recipe

Creamy leeks baked together with some crunchy croutons for texture and a little cream to make them extra tender.

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Baked Squash with Basil and Walnuts

Baked Squash with Basil and Walnuts

A new squash recipe which is extremely flexible, Italian inspired, and easy to make-ahead.

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Spicy Peanut Sauce Recipe

Spicy Peanut Sauce Recipe

Peanut Sauce is easy enough to buy bottled, but why not make your own? This recipe is really simple and you may just find everything you need in your cupboard.

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Twice Baked Butternut Squash Recipe

Twice Baked Butternut Squash Recipe

Healthier than potatoes, this twice-baked butternut squash recipe is a side dish with a cute presentation for your next party. Though sweet, it is also tangy from the sour cream and speckled with green onions and parsley.

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Crispy Cauliflower with Lemon and Salt Recipe

Crispy Cauliflower with Lemon and Salt Recipe

A recipe for roasted cauliflower which is light and easy to make. The natural sugars caramelize to produce a sweet and nutty taste which is enhanced by the lemon and salt.

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Mashed Parsnip and Potato Recipe with Chives and Cream Cheese

Mashed Parsnip and Potato Recipe with Chives and Cream Cheese

Comfort food comes in many edible shapes in sizes. Sometimes it is pasta, frequently it is risotto, and if I am rushed for time soup is great.  It also can, and should, be delivered as mashed root vegetables with fresh herbs and cheese. After not having cooked anything in a week and not really having [...]

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Pea Puree Recipe

Pea Puree Recipe

Eat your Peas! I was told as a child. You see, I really didn’t like cooked peas until very recently. I will eat raw peas until I am ill, but cooked peas? No thanks. But now I feel like I have been missing out, there is something about this preparation of cooked peas where the [...]

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Brussels Sprouts with Bacon, Walnuts and Balsamic Vinegar Recipe

Brussels Sprouts with Bacon, Walnuts and Balsamic Vinegar Recipe

These Brussels Sprouts are roasted with walnuts until nice and crispy then tossed with salty bacon and balsamic vinegar. Bacon makes anyone a lover of Brussels.

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Baked Eggplant with Feta and Tomatillo Salsa Recipe

Baked Eggplant with Feta and Tomatillo Salsa Recipe

This may be my last tomatillo recipe of the season and I think it may be the most delicious one so far. Sorry if you are sick of them already, but since I just discovered them I am enamored. Plus I have been gifted with a huge bounty of them from J’s Dads garden. Waste [...]

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Zucchini "Kugel" Casserole Recipe

Zucchini "Kugel" Casserole Recipe

I received the largest zucchini I think I have ever seen before as a gift from J’s family. At least I think it was a gift, maybe it was a challenge? I immediately thought of ratatouille, but I wanted to do something different (I will probably still make ratatouille with what is left of the [...]

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Sweet and Spicy Winter Squash Recipe

Sweet and Spicy Winter Squash Recipe

As the leaves turn rusty orange and we all go off to work in the dark, lovely winter squashes start appearing at the farmers markets. Winter squash like acorns, butternuts, buttercups, and kabochas are lovely in soups, pastas, stews and can be used in almost any recipe. In fact they are so nice in things [...]

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Polenta Recipe

Polenta Recipe

This is an easy method for making polenta and is adapted from a Marcella Hazan recipe.

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Spaghetti Squash Gratin Recipe

Spaghetti Squash Gratin Recipe

This spaghetti squash recipe combines cooked spaghetti squash with chives, sour cream and Romano cheese and then bakes it to make a delicious and different recipe.

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Red Quinoa Salad with Mango, Avocado and Pecans Recipe

Red Quinoa Salad with Mango, Avocado and Pecans Recipe

Quinoa is high in protein, easy to digest, high in fiber and cooks in the time of white rice. But the real reason I decided to finally cook it? Because it is so damn pretty, especially red quinoa. I love to try new things so when I was thinking about what to cook last Friday [...]

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Raw Broccoli Salad with Cumin and Lemon Juice Recipe

Raw Broccoli Salad with Cumin and Lemon Juice Recipe

A fresh and raw broccoli salad with cumin and cilantro.

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Potato Kugel Recipe

Potato Kugel Recipe

Don’t let your potatoes wile away in your cupboard until soft and sprouted like me, make this comforting potato kugel recipe. Trivial with a food processor.

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Lemon Sesame Eggplant Recipe

Lemon Sesame Eggplant Recipe

When I made the Miso Eggplant last week I actually roasted two whole eggplants at once so that I would have enough for the next night when I knew I would be working late. That said I couldn’t serve it with the same Miso sauce – that would’ve been dull. So I opened up my [...]

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