Category Archives: Side Dishes

Side dishes

Avocado Eggrolls with Asian Ginger Slaw and Sweet Chile-Lime Dipping Sauce

Staying in for the night with your honey, watching Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve in your favorite spot on the couch?  There’s an app for that.  Going to a party at a close friend’s house for some New Years … Continue reading

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Slow Cooker Mulling Spiced Applesauce

Every Sunday, I get out of bed earlier than the mister (teacher schedules are hard to break, even on the weekend!) and pad across the hallway, in my slippers, into the kitchen.  I delight in these morning hours, using the … Continue reading

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Layered Quinoa “Ratatouille”: A Post in Pictures

Just a short, simple post today, as a send-off to my favorite season.   Life’s feels complicated right now, but I can’t help but feel gratitude for the bounty of my garden, and for my girlfriends who wined and dined … Continue reading

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Summer’s Not Over Yet Quinoa Tabouleh Salad

Summer vacation is over.  It was bound to happen at some point.  I’m back to wearing real shoes.  ”Big girl shoes”, as my co-worker at school calls them.  The days of my requisite summer uniform of flip flops and gardening … Continue reading

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Zaalouk (Moroccan Eggplant-Tomato Spread)

“Welcome to Morocco!” We stepped off the plane, surrounded by the sounds of French and Arabic airport chatter.  The mister and I sticking out like sore thumbs–Peder, 6’4, blue-eyed and German-looking, and fair-skinned me in my very American clothing.  Without … Continue reading

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