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    Creamy Black Bean, Red Pepper and Corn Salad with Avocado and Cilantro

    by  • May 7, 2012 • Appetizers, quick and easy, Recipes, salad, side dishes, vegetables, vegetarian • 6 Comments

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    The sun. The warm air. The sounds of laughter and roar of the lawn mower. The scent of freshly cut grass. When I sat down earlier to write this blog post, all of these things beckoned me outside. I tried to soldier on but all I found was a sputtering of ho-hum sentences curving...

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    Roasted Vegetable Quinoa

    by  • February 22, 2012 • dinner, Recipes, vegetables, vegetarian • 8 Comments

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    I’ve probably said this a million times, but sometimes the simplest preparation — like roasting vegetables with just olive oil, salt and pepper — can yield the most extraordinary results. That’s the case with this Roasted Vegetable Quinoa, a bake that’s sweet, savory and totally craveworthy, which I made for a special dinner over...

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    Roasted Butternut Squash and Sage Gnocchi (and a Shutterfly Giveaway)

    by  • October 25, 2011 • dinner, pasta, potatoes, Recipes, Reviews, Contests and More, vegetables, vegetarian • 10 Comments

    Pillow-y gnocchi. Sweet roasted butternut squash. A buttery creamy sage sauce. We’ve been eating variations of this dish for weeks now, but tonight … tonight it was beyond perfect. It was blissful. The thing that made all the difference? Adding a ladle-full of gnocchi water to the sauce, something that I discovered after reading...

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    Butternut Squash, Toasted Walnut and Dried Cranberry Salad

    by  • October 18, 2011 • dinner, How-To, lunch, quick and easy, Recipes, salad, vegetables, vegetarian • 6 Comments

    So. I’ve had a couple of butternut squashes in my fridge. They’ve been taunting me. Staring me down. Begging me to do something, anything with them. But I was nervous. It’s been years since I handled and cooked squashes in their whole form. Typically, I take the easy way out and buy squash that’s...

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