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Slow Cooker Turkey Broth

Ingredients • 1 turkey carcass, meat and skin removed • 1 onion, quartered • 4 whole cloves • 1 lemon*, quartered • 3 celery stocks, cut into 2 inch pieces • 2 carrots, cut into 2 inch pieces • Assorted … Continue reading

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Garlic Chickpea Mashed Potatoes

I’ve never understood what is so special about mashed potatoes. I’d rather it a whole spud any day of the week. However, in the spirit of Thanksgiving this week, I came up with this recipe for mashed potatoes which can … Continue reading

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Revved Up Acorn Squash

Ingredients • 2 acorn squash, peeled, seeded and cut into ½ inch cubes • 6 T extra-virgin olive oil • 16 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced paper thin • 8 shallots, peeled and sliced paper-thin • 12 scallions, cut length-wise … Continue reading

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Raw & Cooked Kale Salad

Ingredients • ½ cup pine nuts • 2 lbs (about 4 or 5 bunches or 12 cups leaves) dinosaur kale leaves, cleaned, dried and de-stemmed (throw out the stems or save for another use) • ½ lb (about 1 bunch … Continue reading

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Vegan Creamed Corn

Ingredients • ½ cup dried chanterelle mushrooms • 12 ears corn • 2 T extra-virgin olive oil • 2 shallots, minced • 1 garlic clove, minced • Zest of two lemons (2 teaspoons) • Juice of one lemon (1 Tablespoon) … Continue reading

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So Simple Smoky Carrot Soup

• 2 poblano chiles • 1 large yellow onion, peeled and sliced • 1-2 T extra-virgin olive oil • 2 lbs carrots, cut into coins • Leaves from 8 sprigs fresh oregano or 1 teaspoon dried oregano • 4 cups … Continue reading

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Pureé of Greens with Plain Yogurt

This is the healthiest comfort food I can think of. Ingredients • 3 bunches of greens, (use a mixture of greens such as mustard greens, dandelion, chard or kale with some spinach for sweetness) • 1-2 large yellow or red … Continue reading

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Ceviche

Making ceviche is so magical.  How is it possible that citric acid in limes can “cook” raw fish?  Well, it doesn’t “cook” the fish actually; it “cures” the fish ridding it of impurities and making the flesh a firm heavenly … Continue reading

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Cooking with Kids!

One of my favorite bands from the early 90′s, Arrested Development, had a line in one of their songs that went “Give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day.  Teach him how to fish, and he’ll eat forever.” … Continue reading

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Spaghetti Squash

Spaghetti squash is one of those amazing miracles. It looks like any other squash when you cut it open, but after cooking and a few strokes with a fork, it transforms into spaghetti! Ingredients • 1 spaghetti squash • 2 … Continue reading

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