Tag: Vegetables
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Chard with Brown Sugar Pumpkin Seeds and Dried Cherries & Fun Foreign Words
Germans have a word for the feeling of being along in the woods. Waldeinsamkeit. Italians have a word for the ring left on a table by a cold glass. Culaccino. I might have to make a word for being alone with a plate of well-seasoned chard that’s dotted with crispy, sweet seeds and a tang… Read more
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Pasta with Fresh Mozzarella, Arugula, Peas, and Heirloom Tomatoes
About this time of year the reality of shorter days catches up with me. Winter looms here on the east coast, and crisp days of fall are slipping to the days where the sky looks like old, dried paste. Which is also what I’m using to make this year’s costume for my youngest, who is… Read more
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Cold Cucumber Soup with Peas & Imagination
4-year-old Will and 12-year-old Jamie and I rode the T into downtown Boston this weekend. The journey, as they say, was the destination. Will loves trains, the slurring scenery, the tickets, the immovable seats, the automatic doors. We exited at the park and went for a ride on the Swan Boats. “There’s a guy on… Read more
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Miso Collard Greens & Making Out
Before I had ever kissed anyone, I figured liplock would be similar to the long, sunset-hued sessions on The Love Boat. I’d be there, in my off-the-shoulder dress and we’d gaze at each other before leaning leaning leaning and then joining mouths until Isaac or Doc interrupted us for the conga line on the lido… Read more
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Vegetable Crunch…Meal in a Bowl
I am huge fan of the meal-in-a-bowl. This is not just the lazy parent’s guide to fewer dishes, but because I find it comforting and happy-maing in its simplicity. In winter, a bowl of whole wheat pasta tossed with wilted greens and Bucheron cheese or warmed cannellini beans is my kind of dinner. In summer,… Read more