Posts Tagged: quick

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Watercress Salad with Avocado and Broiled Pineapple

Happy Mother’s Day!!  This is a recipe for my mother and also for anyone else who reads this blog in Hawaii (where I grew up).  I have made this fabulous salad recipe, from Gran Cocina Latina: The Food of Latin America by

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Watercress Salad with Avocado and Broiled Pineapple

Happy Mother’s Day!!  This is a recipe for my mother and also for anyone else who reads this blog in Hawaii (where I grew up).  I have made this fabulous salad recipe, from Gran Cocina Latina: The Food of Latin America by

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Four Weird and Delicious Pestos

I know this is weird, but I don’t make basil pesto.  I make pesto for three reasons. 1.  I have some sad bunch of green something that I did not use in a timely fashion, but cannot stand to throw

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Four Weird and Delicious Pestos

I know this is weird, but I don’t make basil pesto.  I make pesto for three reasons. 1.  I have some sad bunch of green something that I did not use in a timely fashion, but cannot stand to throw

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Crushed Green Olive Salad with Celery and Mint

I knew I was going to love this salad as soon as I read the recipe.  I am a big fan of good green olives and celery.  In fact, when I travel I always pack green olives and celery as

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Crushed Green Olive Salad with Celery and Mint

I knew I was going to love this salad as soon as I read the recipe.  I am a big fan of good green olives and celery.  In fact, when I travel I always pack green olives and celery as

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Creamy Jicama, Kohlrabi and Carrot Slaw with Garlic and Lemon/ Maui Farm Vegetables

I spent the second half of my childhood on the island of Maui.  First in the old whaling town and tourist Mecca of Lahaina and later in the scorching hot seaside sprawl of Kihei.  When my parents bought their house

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Creamy Jicama, Kohlrabi and Carrot Slaw with Garlic and Lemon/ Maui Farm Vegetables

I spent the second half of my childhood on the island of Maui.  First in the old whaling town and tourist Mecca of Lahaina and later in the scorching hot seaside sprawl of Kihei.  When my parents bought their house

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Pineapple Brown Betty (A good topping for gluten-free coconut pancakes)

I liked to cook when I was a kid.  I found that I could convince my mother to let me eat much less healthy food if it was couched in enthusiasm about learning how to cook for myself.  I remember

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Pineapple Brown Betty (A good topping for gluten-free coconut pancakes)

I liked to cook when I was a kid.  I found that I could convince my mother to let me eat much less healthy food if it was couched in enthusiasm about learning how to cook for myself.  I remember

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Wilted Collard Green Salad with Peanuts and Black Eyed Peas

This recipe caught my eye because it reminded me of the Palaver recipe that my sister posted long ago.  That is a very good stew, but this salad is easier to carry to work for lunch.  The classic African combination of peanuts,

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Wilted Collard Green Salad with Peanuts and Black Eyed Peas

This recipe caught my eye because it reminded me of the Palaver recipe that my sister posted long ago.  That is a very good stew, but this salad is easier to carry to work for lunch.  The classic African combination of peanuts,

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Tuna-Dill Tomato Sauce

I’m really happy with this sauce. I have consumed immense quantities of tomato sauce in my life but it’s not something that I’ve ever gotten into making. That just means I have opinions about the subject and know what the

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Tuna-Dill Tomato Sauce

I’m really happy with this sauce. I have consumed immense quantities of tomato sauce in my life but it’s not something that I’ve ever gotten into making. That just means I have opinions about the subject and know what the

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Bresaola and Arugula Salad

When people have to give up gluten, they usually go through a lot of grieving over the loss of bread…good bread.  I have to admit that bread was not that hard for me to give up.  It had given me

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Bresaola and Arugula Salad

When people have to give up gluten, they usually go through a lot of grieving over the loss of bread…good bread.  I have to admit that bread was not that hard for me to give up.  It had given me

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All Salmon, All TheTime Ieva’s Salmon/ Ground Cherry and Almond Sauce

My recent trip to British Columbia was all about Salmon.  I ate a lot of Salmon. We did not eat salmon EVERY day…but on the days that we were not eating salmon, we were talking about eating salmon.   On

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All Salmon, All TheTime Ieva’s Salmon/ Ground Cherry and Almond Sauce

My recent trip to British Columbia was all about Salmon.  I ate a lot of Salmon. We did not eat salmon EVERY day…but on the days that we were not eating salmon, we were talking about eating salmon.   On

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Crab Apples Pickled in Sherry Vinegar and Five Spice Powder

My Estonian grandmother planted a fruit tree for each of her grandchildren when they were born.  Mine was the crab apple tree.  When I was about seven years old, I asked my grandmother why my tree was the one with

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Crab Apples Pickled in Sherry Vinegar and Five Spice Powder

My Estonian grandmother planted a fruit tree for each of her grandchildren when they were born.  Mine was the crab apple tree.  When I was about seven years old, I asked my grandmother why my tree was the one with