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Brussels Sprout Salad with Avocado and Pumpkin Seeds

It seems that every fall, I find a new Brussels Sprout Salad to share with you (which is amazing because at one point, I could not even fathom the thought of eating raw brussels sprouts). First came...

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The Best of 2012

I think these best of post’s are such a good reminder of all the goodness we have enjoyed over the year. It’s been a wonderful and healthy 2012 and I look forward to the many delicious bites we will...

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Brussels Sprout Chips

If you like kale chips (and who doesn’t?!?!), you are going to love these amazing little bites of heaven. They take a bit of TLC to get all the leaves separated but it is oh so worth it. Feel free to...

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Coconut Curry Cauliflower Mash

We enjoyed a drink with our dear friends Joel and Shanna the other day and what came up? Food, eating and recipes we enjoy, shocking I know! This recipe is courtesy of Tim Ferris and we actually...

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Avocado Cabbage Rolls

There is nothing I love more than some good spring rolls! However, it is not always easy to have rice paper at your disposal. Tip: order it from Amazon and just keep it on hand because there is...

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Crazy Sexy Kale Salad – with a little extra!

For those of you who are not familiar with Kris Carr, you should become familiar…quickly. Her story is incredible! She was diagnosed with a very rare and incurable form of stage 4 cancer which...

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Traditional Pad Thai

I apologize for the hiatus, I was doing some research abroad… I traveled all the way to Thailand to seek out some Thai recipes to share with you all ! We took an incredible cooking class that I would...

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Stuffed Artichokes

I have shared recipes and/or inspirations from this Classy Broad before but this simple dish is worth yet another shout out. She hosted our monthly Supper Club last week – this is where four of us get...

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Tofu Lime Ceviche

The weather here is SF has just been fabulous lately and there is nothing more refreshing that a crisp cool meal or snack when the weather is nice. I loved this idea of a vegetarian ceviche when I saw...

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Chickpea and Root Vegetable Tagine

I made this dish for Scott and I a few weeks back and we loved it. This week we were bringing dinner to a friend and his wife and I had to come up with something I could cook earlier in the day and...

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Sugar Snap and Garden Pea Salad

I hope you cannot overdose on peas because I have literally been making this non stop! I went to the farmer’s market the other weekend and there were fresh snap peas, fresh peas, fresh kale and fresh...

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Top 7 Summer Salads

As we move from Spring towards Summer, I wanted to share with you some of my favorite Summer salads. These are a perfect starter or a side dish for those hot summer nights. Click on the link below the...

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Mostly Veggie Potato Salad

From the recipes on this site, you guys know I love sweet potatoes but I received some red potatoes in my Full Circle box last week so needed to get creative. Aside from the fact that you get fresh...

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Roasted Baby Artichokes

I got some feedback from a friend and colleague of mine that my Stuffed Artichokes didn’t work for her. I got to the bottom of it and realized it is important that you used homemade breadcrumbs. You...

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Hearts of Palm Cakes

When I received Crazy Sexy Kitchen, this recipe was one of the first I wanted to try. It took me a while to get there but here it is.  In her book, she offers them with a remoulade sauce which I made,...

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Fourth of July Fruit Flag

This post is particularly special to me because it was a year ago on Fourth of July that I was flying home from an incredible trip to Turkey where I learned about how amazing feta and watermelon can...

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Summer Veggie Succotash

I get a lot of inspiration from cooking magazines and since my very favorite Whole Living is no longer in print , I switched back to Eating Well which I have had a lot of success with in the past....

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Mango & Avocado Salad

This salad brings me right back to a warm sandy Hawaiian beach – and who doesn’t love a trip (whether a real one or a mental one) to those lovely islands?! That kind of trip is especially needed right...

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Fresh Basil Vinaigrette

My favorite recipes are those that come about as a result of using what I have on hand. I tried a casserole recipe last week that had a bit of basil in it. It was a total flop which is why I will not...

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Tofu Satay

One of my all time favorite Thai starters is Tofu Satay but it is rarely offered at Thai restaurants. Those if you that live in SF should check out Bangkok 900 in Cole Valley. It is kind of a hole in...

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