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SIMPLE EASY MEALS

warm-up spring soup

With late spring temps in the 40’s we are needing some comfort food, but this is so tasty I would eat it any day of the year. I continue to ponder that it might be nice as a cold soup, think vichyssoise, the ubiquitous potato and leek soup served hot in winter and cold [...]

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warm salsa, shortcut confessions and a fish taco

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What shortcuts do you keep in the pantry? With all this recent talk of the Food Revolution and cooking from scratch I do have a confession to make. I do use some prepared foods. I am not ashamed about it, it is still better than a drive through. There are those days when soccer or [...]

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sole for your weeknight soul

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This is a quick variation on a piccata. At least that is what I’m going with. It has the basic lemons, capers and a splash of wine. I love this meal because it feels really special but is one of the speediest of weeknight meals. Monday is “fresh fish” day at the co-op, find out [...]

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broccoli soup and ad hoc croutons

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Inspired by Jamie Oliver’s speech on TED. I have made a simple soup that anyone can make for a quick healthy meal with only a couple ingredients and a few minutes. It would even make a great substitute for your green beer on St. Patty’s Day. Green beer, by the way, is a bad idea. [...]

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5 minute tomato soup, this is not a joke

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School is out for summer! Yippee. Well, so far anyway.
Monday was a cool day, thunderstorms and rain. I asked the boys what they would like for lunch, they responded with soup. Looking through the pantry I could find all kinds of things to make soup, but I wanted something faster and easier. [...]

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Quick Pork Phở

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Phở is a Vietnamese soup that is so tasty, once you try it you will be hooked. Phở is pronounced fuh, so now when you pass that PhởKing restaurant down the street you can laugh too.
It can be made with or without meat, I happen to think that with meat is tastier, but [...]

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Spring Cauliflower & Chickpeas (garbanzo beans)

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Finally the weather is nice enough to think that spring has sprung. One of the more frustrating things about spring here is that it is winter forever, then a day or two of spring, then pounce… summer.
This week was a first installment from our CSA. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture (click here to [...]

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Pan Seared Wild Salmon & Spring Pea Purée

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Every spring I eagerly wait in anticipation first for halibut season, then for the wild salmon. I cannot bring myself to purchase the inferior farmed salmon. I would rather have just a tiny bit of the good stuff than a platter or the other. Once you have tasted the wild you will [...]

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Ultimate One Pot Meal

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This is the best fast weeknight dinner full of nutritional variety. It can be whipped up in less than a half hour easy. Another plus, the ingredients are easy to have in your pantry. Sausage or other meat in the freezer or leftover meat from a meal earlier in the week, most everything [...]

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Pasta with Peas: take II

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Another entry in our month full of kid friendly meals, it’s not that my kids won’t eat other food, but why bother? With the man of the house globetrotting I am just not into spending time and effort on meals for the kids. So here you have it, another 15 minute meal, [...]

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