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Rice noodles with green vegetable curry, spinach leaves and bean sprouts

(makes 2 generous portions)

1 small sweet potato
2 carrots
1/4 red onion
1 pkg rice noodles
@2 cups skim milk (or coconut milk for more traditional flavor)
@1 tablespoon green Thai curry paste
A little salt
A little oil

Cook the noodles according the package instructions. While they cook, peel the sweet potato, and dice the sweet potato, onion section and carrots. Sprinkle [...]

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Great northern bean salad

Just before January 1, I resolved to eat better. A glimpse of myself in the JC Penney dressing room mirror convinced me that I had to do something. Not something drastic, not something quick, just something in general. Taking a prompt from Mark Bittman, I resolved to become vegetarian before 6pm (I don’t think I [...]

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Spinach sald with Gorgonzola and balsamic walnut vinaigrette

I wish I had a clever beginning, some pithy line or sage comment that would speak to freshness or seasonality or something.  But I don’t.  It was a relaxing weekend, and I made some food and and it was mostly good.
But this one thing was great. And simple. 
So simple.
Spinach salad with Gorgonzola and balsamic [...]

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Like starting from scratch: a journey to vegetarian cooking

We’ve gone to a mostly vegetarian diet since my daughter declared her new status this past Christmas. It’s been easy in some respects. I put food on the table, we eat it. Not a big deal. But in many ways it’s like starting from scratch. I’m uncertain, don’t know a [...]

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The joy of breakfast: western style omelet

I relish the weekend’s slow time, morning minutes spent dicing vegetables, rendering fat and crisping bacon.  The luxury to dawdle in the kitchen, allowing eggs to come to temperature, to linger moments over a sizzling pan and get a bearing on the day.  And I love the decadence of a perfect omelet.
This past Saturday afforded [...]

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