Category: Vegetables

• English Pea and Parsley Dip

  

  I still remember the first time I ate fresh peas, right from the garden. I can’t tell you how old I was but I can tell you that I was young enough to run barefoot through the grass, climb trees, and play make believe; young enough that I had never stopped to consider where food…

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  May 3, 2018

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• Rustic Ratatouille Galette

  

  Weekends are for comfort food. The made-from-scratch kind, steeped with the flavors of fresh, green herbs and slow-roasted garlic. The kind that makes a sinkful of dirty dishes and leaves your kitchen powdered with a delicate dusting of all-purpose flour. Savory food that’s made perfect when tucked into folds of buttery, hand-rolled pie crust. Food…

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  April 27, 2018

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• Simple Zucchini Ribbon Salad

  

  Zoodles of zucchini, swoodles of sweet potato, toodles of turnip, and more: food-lovers everywhere are creating oodles and oodles of long, bouncy noodles — spiral-cut from colorful vegetables! And, it’s no wonder: whether you cook them gently and top them with pesto for a carb-free pasta dinner or crunch on them raw in a refreshing…

  kristiecollado

  July 7, 2017

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• Better Than Mashed Potatoes: Garlic-Thyme Hasselback Potatoes

  

  Dear Mashed Potatoes, We’ve been together for a long time now. You’ve stayed with me through the good times as well as the bad — from Thanksgiving dinners to food fights — and you’ve comforted me in ways that only a big bowl of starchy carbs can. But, I’m older now — and more experienced.…

  kristiecollado

  November 24, 2015

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• How To Make Crispy Za’atar Kale Chips

  

  We’ve created a new way to measure deliciousness in my house — I like to call it the ‘taste-test-then-face-test’ method (say that ten times fast)— and it works like this: I make something healthy to eat. I recruit an unsuspecting friend or family member. The unsuspecting friend or family member eats the healthy food. I observe…

  kristiecollado

  November 5, 2015

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• Sweet and Spicy Mango Salsa

  

  Here’s your quick fix for just about any summer cooking conundrum — make salsa. This sweet-and-spicy condiment has been known to bring many bland, lifeless, and/or overcooked foods back from the dead (it’s super juicy and super flavorful!) and it has bailed many of us out of that awkward “I-forgot-that-I-promised-to-bring-something-to-your-barbecue-and-now-I’m-showing-up-empty-handed” situation (salsa is so easy…

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  May 30, 2015

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• Intuitive Cooking and Lentils Two Ways

  

  Cooking isn’t as difficult as we make it out to be. Nor is it as complicated as some overly detailed recipes lead us to believe. (I’ve actually seen a recipe that says, “Be sure to use a pan with a ¾-inch side height”. Really?! What happens if my pan has a 1-inch side height? Will…

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  January 31, 2015

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