Tag: healthy
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Herby Quinoa with Roasted Carrots, Pomegranate, and Pistachios + A Passover Guide
It’s easy to view Passover as a burden. With grains, rice, and even seeds and legumes completely verboten*, the restrictions can feel overwhelming and the options few. But instead of viewing the eight day holiday with dread of deprivation, I view it as a time to rediscover basics. To pare back, to simplify and to…
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Snap Pea, Radish and Orchid Salad
One of the things I love about this season is how easy it is to throw together a great salad. I know, I know; you thought I’d say something about berries and pies. Well, surprise! I like vegetables too! In fact, I can’t get enough of them. Come spring, I toss peas into pasta, roast…
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Sesame Braised Chicken with Squash and Chard
Dinners around here tend to be simple: roast chicken and potatoes, salmon with vegetables and rice, that sort of thing. There’s always a protein, some sort of carb and plenty of greens and vegetables, and the preparation’s always easy- we roast and grill a lot. But sometimes I come across a recipe that makes me…
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Greens with Grapefruit, Olives and Parmesan
Happy 2018, everyone! I know I’m a little late with that sentiment, but things have been busy around here; baking projects have been relegated to the backseat for a moment. However, I thought I’d share this salad with you, mostly so you don’t think my diet consists only of baked goods, but also because it’s…
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Moroccan Saffron and White Wine Tzimmes Chicken
In all honesty, the idea of tzimmes has never much appealed to me. I say idea and not dish because I am pretty sure I have never actually tasted it- the concept of cooked dry fruit, accompanied by honey and cinnamon and mushy, stewed carrots, has always seemed overly saccharine to me and I’ve thus…
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Poached Eggs & Avocado Toast
There is beauty in the poaching of an egg, in the way it swirls gently into togetherness. Water as land. Vinegar as air. Watch it. See how it starts out. Timid, first. Invisible, extant only by way of the bright yellow orb at its center. Drop! In the water, a ghostly, whirling specter as it…
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Oat and Cottage Cheese Pancakes with Maple Berries
Hello hello! Checking in here, which I have not been doing enough of lately. I’m putting it to down to life/being busy- think 18 hour days on set, few breaks, lots of running around and barely enough time to eat or drink. Living the dream! I tend to get sick when my schedule looks like…
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Hummus with Spice Roasted Chickpeas
Israel taught me that you probably shouldn’t drink the fruit juice you watched the server make without gloves on a dirty cutting board. Israel taught me that actually, yes, you CAN overdose on Vitamin D, shoutout to my epic sunburn for that FYI! Israel taught me that if you get off at the wrong bus…
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Sauteed Brussels Sprouts with Beef Bacon
I realize I might be alienating the children of the world by writing this, but I have to say it: I love Brussels sprouts. Always have, always will. In general, I pretty much love most leafy greens, but there’s something about these veggies- like tiny, compact cabbage-heads, full of nuanced, slightly bitter flavor- that always leaves…
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Acorn Squash, Pomegranate and Kale Salad
I’m always looking for interesting new salads and this one, which serves a crowd (a big plus!) is my new favorite. It takes a little longer to make than most chop-and-go salads, but the results are so worth it: the squash is caramelized and sweet, the kale adds freshness and crunch, the pomegranate seeds burst in…
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