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Spinach Salad with Baked Tofu and Lemon Tahini Dressing

Food Photography isn’t easy in hotel rooms, so excuse the image. This is going to be brief- I am so tired from work today that I could go to sleep right now, at 7:30pm.
Spinach Salad with Baked Tofu and Lemon Tahini Dressing
Serves 1

3 or 4 slices of baked tofu (recipe below)
Spinach
1/4 Avocado
1 Tomato
Cucumber
Scallion
Feta Cheese
Dressing:
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Couscous and Quinoa Gratin

This is a simple dish to use up leftover greens and grains.  I melted brie in mine, but definitely recommend a stronger cheese- telaggio, goat cheese, or even feta.  We ate ours with a balsamic pesto.
Couscous and Quinoa Gratin
Serves 3
1/2 Cup Quinoa
1/2 Cup Couscous
1/ Cup Cheese: Gruyere, Feta, Goat Cheese, Telaggio- whatever is lying around.
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Butternut Squash, Spinach, Brie, and Mushroom Stuffed Crepes/Pancakes with Balsamic Roasted Tomatoes

It’s PANCAKE DAY!!!!! English pancakes only today, because that is the tradition.  Though we typically eat these with some lemon juice, orange juice, and sugar, I went the savory route today.  Thanks to years of practice flipping pancakes with the Metclan, these turned out okay with no disasters.
Butternut Squash, Spinach, and Mushroom Stuffed Crepes/Pancakes with [...]

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Caramelized Onions, Sauteed Spinach, Gooey Brie and Plum Chutney Sandwich

Yes, sandwich posts are a bit of a cop out, but I love sandwiches.  Speaking of cop outs, it’s pizza for dinner tonight-  take out.  We are in the midst of a giant taste test, that is we are trying to figure out who has the best pizza in Harrisonburg, Virginia.  To be honest, I’m [...]

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Weekend Eggs

It’s Day 2 of being snowed in (see below).  The outdoor cat is inside, hiding out under the couch, and there is one very pissed off Weiner dog, who has resorted to peeing on the front porch due to his abhorrence of the snow.  Nevertheless it’s Saturday, which means EGGS.  I did another baked egg [...]

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Vegetables en Papillote over Israeli Couscous with Almond-Parsley Pesto

Guess what? En Papillote means I stuffed a bunch of vegetables in some foil (didn’t have parchment paper, but foil works just as well) with a bit of butter, lemon, olive oil, and white wine, wrapped it up so it looked like a shiny cornish pasty, and bunged it in the oven for 20 minutes [...]

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Lemony Wagon Wheels with Goat Cheese, Spinach and Sun dried Tomato

This is a simple pasta dish, make it with something like Orecchiette or Wagon Wheels (I can’t remember their fancy Italian name).   Use whatever greens you want- Rappini, Kale, Spinach or Dandelion.  Fresh parsley works will, but could be substituted by fresh oregano if you have that on hand instead.
Lemony Wagon Wheels with Goat [...]

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Spicy Black Bean Soup for Snowy Weather

New Years Day was a bit chilly in MA, and we needed something semi-healthy to kick off a new year, and to detox from the night before.  I’ve been told to eat Black Eyed Peas on New Years Day for good luck, but we didn’t have any, so we settled for some Black Beans instead.

Spicy [...]

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Baked Egg with Spinach, Fresh Basil and Mimolette

This was New Years Day food, because New Years Eve was a rough one this year, so eggs were needed the next day. This is a special baked egg because I topped it with Mimolette, one of our cheeses from the New Yrs Eve platter.  It was a pretty mild cheese and worked well on [...]

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THE Lasagne

This is one of my favourite dishes to cook.  It takes a bit of time, though, so be ready to give yourself about 2 hours of cooking and prep time.  I like mine to be spicy, because I like the combination of the sweet squash with some spicy red chili, and a creamy (fake) bechamel [...]