Cuisine. Culture. Commentary.
I love that Trader Joe’s sells Brussels sprouts in shredded/slaw form. They’re great to sauté with vegetables but this time I decided to use them for the base of a simple salad. When it comes to nuts in salad, I know the walnut is usually everybody’s first pick. I, however, prefer pine nuts or sunflower…
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Over the Summer, I was at Blockheads when a friend ordered a spinach and tofu quesadilla. This friend wasn’t a vegetarian but after a taste, I understood how she was satisfied with the meat-free lunch. This weekend, I was looking for an excuse to try out my brand new grill pan, and the spinach tofu…
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I’ve started noticing restaurants using kale instead of lettuce for salads. I had assumed kale was too tough to eat raw but it doesn’t just work, it’s freakin awesome. It’s not all watery like other lettuce types (yea you, iceberg). It’s thick so you’ll be crunching all over the place (which I think makes you…
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Since my pear/sunbutter/granola snack worked out so well, I tested out another variation for breakfast the other day. This time, I smeared sunbutter on a rice cake (made with brown rice because a regular rice cake just didn’t seem healthy enough) and topped with blueberries. The creaminess of the sunbutter and juiciness of the berries…
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I have a couple weekends coming up where I need to look G-O-O-D. With that as motivation, I am trying my darnedest to eat healthy and exercise for the next few weeks. I was inspired by some healthy snack suggestions I saw in my latest Real Simple and picked up a jar of sunflower butter (aka sunbutter)…
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I had no idea how vegetarians survived until eating here. Westville is not a vegetarian restaurant, but the long list of daily market sides is the best thing about this place. Everything is so simple and fresh, and that is enough to draw long lines for this no-reservations spot. Karina and I both started with…
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The main identifying feature of a sub is the bread. A perfect hoagie roll defines a sub…so how do you make it low carb? I did it by using a cucumber instead of bread. Simply hollow out the watery, seedy middle part and fill the cavity with whatever you like. As long as you don’t…
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I think of tomatoes as a salad topping, not the salad itself. In fact, it’s the salad topping I usually leave off. However, when I saw a picture of tomatoes robed in creamy buttermilk dressing, I thought it was worth trying out tomatoes as the salad star. I found some gorgeous heirloom cherry tomatoes that…
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I’m always looking for ways to spice up vegetables, corn in particular. I don’t end up making corn all that often because, as a side dish, I find it a little boring. Growing up, corn was the one vegetable my brother would eat while it was the one I found most lackluster. I found the…
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After I took the last bite of this fish, I picked up the phone to call my mother so I could tell her she absolutely had to make it this week. It looked fine enough on Pinterest, but the result was way better than I could have imagined. In a bowl, combine low fat sour…
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Peaches to Apples 