I’ve been looking for an excuse to share these vegan muffaletta sandwiches, and there’s really no better opportunity than National Kale Day (October 5). They’re chock-full of kale, and just about every other vegetable you might like, and they’re so good you’ll never miss the meat. A muffaletta (also spelled muffuletta) is a Sicilian sandwich, […]
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Tillamook Cheese and the Oregon Coast
Visit Tillamook County along the Oregon coastline, and you’ll see why people call it the land of “Cheese, Trees, and Ocean Breeze.” The scenery is stunning, and the cheese is world-class. Thanks to Tillamook County’s mild and wet climate, the moist grassland is the perfect spot for dairy cows. In fact, wherever you see an […]
Watermelon ‘Bacon’ and Summer Corn Salad
Watermelon is the quintessential fruit of summertime because it’s simple, refreshing, and stands perfectly well on its own. But…what if you want to put in a little extra time and take your watermelon to the next level? That’s what happens when you dehydrate your watermelon (does taking the water out of watermelon make it…melon?) and […]
Fresh Tomato Sauce for #StreamTeam
While you sweat your way through the dog days of summer, there’s at least one redeeming factor in all that heat: tomatoes. Perfect, juicy, flavorful, fresh local summer tomatoes. Whether it’s the tomatoes grown in your yard, the ones grown in the farm down the road, or the ones you pick up at your local […]
Miracle Fruit
Did you know that there’s such a thing as a “miracle fruit” that can make just about everything taste a little bit sweeter? It’s one of nature’s oddities – a potentially life-saving food and a great all-around party trick – wrapped up in one. We first came across the miracle fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum, if […]
Quick and Easy Lemonade
When your friend gives you fresh lemons from her tree, you make, well…lemonade. (Isn’t it crazy how home-grown lemons get to be so huge and take on such funny shapes?) Now we know that you have a million things to do, and you don’t have time to stand over the stove and cook simple syrup […]
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