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Mac and Cheese Style Cauliflower

This recipe was in Vegetarian Times as an alternative for macaroni and cheese.  I wouldn’t go that far.  Is it great?  Yes.  But it is cauliflower.  Not mac.  Maybe you could had some macaroni and sort of make a ‘cut’ mac and cheese to quench your cravings. I was drawn to the recipe especially because [...]

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Green Rice (Parsley Rice)

Sometimes I spend so much time investigating main courses that I totally forget the other parts of the meal.  This recipe is so good, however, that it’ll make you forget the main course. The tiny toasted sesame seeds add such a nutty flavor and the copious amount of parsley keeps the dish light and fresh. I [...]

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Soba noodles with spinach and mushrooms

Why is it that when I’m in need of a quick meal, only Asian dishes come to mind?  They seem to be the quickest type of meal to whip up and are always so satisfying. I was planning to make some sort of pasta with cream sauce, spinach, and mushrooms when I got totally overwhelmed [...]

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Lentils and Caramelized Onions with Pearl Cous Cous and Goat Cheese

Being that I’m in the teaching profession and the Omnivore works from home we had a lot of free time together over the holidays.  I also had a lot of time to make some fun meals and there were definitely some rarer ingredients in the refrigerator.   One of those ingredients was chevre cheese (goat [...]

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Cheddar Scallion Cornbread

The Omnivore and I went over to my mom’s to celebrate Christmas late in December and he got really excited when he spied two boxes of Jiffy cornbread stationed near the oven, waiting to be made into a side dish for our soup. Really excited. I don’t make boxed cornbread at home.  Why buy a [...]

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