Vegetables

Pecan-Crusted Chicken Salad

by Sara on August 24, 2011

Recently, after an afternoon of shopping, a friend and I stopped at TGI Fridays for an early dinner. To say I was hungry was an understatement; I was near the point of gnawing on my arm. With it being summer, I wanted a fairly light meal full of vegetables, but also filling enough to get [...]

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Zucchini Pasta

by Sara on July 7, 2011

twirling the zucchini

For me, pasta is more of a delivery vehicle for a favorite sauce, rather than an excitement unto itself. Sure, there are gourmet flavored pastas, which I do enjoy from time to time, but for the most part, I don’t find pasta all that interesting. A few years back, I discovered spaghetti squash and realized [...]

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Chard Tacos

by Sara on July 1, 2011

chard filling with cheese

One of the reasons I joined a CSA is to try new things. And though I’d passed chard in the grocery store many times, and appreciated the colorful stalks, I never really knew what to do with it, so I passed it up. Well, there was a bunch of brightly colored chard in this week’s [...]

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Open-face Radish Sandwich

by Sara on June 27, 2011

radishes with microgreens

This year, I’ve finally joined a Community Sponsored Agriculture (CSA). In the past, I usually started my search for one to join a bit too late, and they’d all be full. This year, on the other hand, I was ultra-prepared. In fact, I was the first person of the year to join my CSA. I’m [...]

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