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We’ve been going through a long period where my kindergartner has brought home every possible sniffle, sneeze, cough, cold, flu, and infection in school, with, thank goodness, the exception of the head lice I heard about recently.  From my conversations with other parents, this is completely normal.  However, I am not equating normal with desirable [...]

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Ribollita

With the increase in cold days and the grey skies promising (threatening?) damp weather, soup is on the menu a lot in our house.  Soup is great, not just because it’s delicious, filling, and can be made fairly easily with most ingredients that you have on hand, but you can really make it as versatile [...]

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  Though it didn’t start its humble life as such, this soup ended up being the perfect fall lunch or dinner.  It was a beautiful, deep orange with flecks of green rosemary sprinkled throughout.  The flavors were intense, many of them subtle, the rosemary and roasted red pepper playing nicely off of one another, and [...]

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We recently started our CSA, or Community Supported Agriculture, box pickup.  We’ve been anticipating and excited for months about getting our weekly installments of fresh, locally grown vegetables to play around with in the kitchen.  We decided to split the box with Granola’s mom, and with the amount of veggies we all consume, we’re now [...]

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  A week or so ago, I created a thick, fragrant Indian curry,  and couldn’t believe how fabulous it turned out.  It was full of vegetables like cauliflower, yams, carrots,  and peppers.  I’d tossed in a cup or so of red lentils after browning the aromatics and spices in ghee, then pureed them with water [...]

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