Our family has loved this Hearty Kale Salad with Tahini-Maple Dressing for years. Our mom used to make some version of it all the time. And during those years, it’s gone through many iterations – and names. So here’s the thing: We’ve always called it “Whole Earth Salad,” a name that seemed perfectly fitting. And […]
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Holiday Cranberry Sweet Potato Muffins
There are generally two things that will drive us to make muffins: 1) We have company over and we need a nice breakfast; or 2) We have oddball ingredients we need to use up. The beauty of these Holiday Cranberry Sweet Potato Muffins is that they fill the bill on both counts. They’re pretty, delicious, […]
Vegetable Pizza? Have Some Fun With It
If you’re going to make a vegetable pizza, don’t you at least want to have a little *fun* with it? Yes! You do! Blogger disclosure: This post contains a sponsored link. We’ve been playing around with some vegetarian (actually vegan because they are all cheese-free) pizzas in the last few weeks and we’ve decided that […]
Cranberry Ginger Parsnip Cake from ‘Everyday Dorie’
Parsnips – in a cake?!? Yes, parsnip cake is a thing, and yes, you are going to love it. We were fortunate to receive a copy of the new cookbook by Dorie Greenspan called Everyday Dorie. (You may remember Dorie as the author of our favorite Double Buckwheat Double Chocolate Cookies.) And while we love […]
Roasted Carrots with Walnut-Arugula Pesto Recipe
Consider the walnut. It’s tasty, and it’s really good for you. But what do you do with a lot (no, seriously, a lot) of walnuts? We recently faced this question when a friend with a walnut grove was looking to unload a bunch of walnuts. We decided we’d rise to the challenge. The first hurdle: […]
New Fall Menu Debuts at True Food Kitchen
If you know True Food Kitchen, you know that it’s always offering most up-to-date and in-season foods. And even though summer has passed us by, the seasonal food just keeps coming. The new fall menu at True Food Kitchen – available now – is a feast of hearty, earthy flavors and deep, rich colors. For […]
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