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Comfort Food, Cooking For a Crowd, Easy Entertaining, Grains, Kid Friendly, Lunch, Make Ahead, Make Ahead Meal, One-Dish Meal, Vegetarian, Vegetarian Main Meals February 16, 2013

#SundaySupper: Skinny Swiss Chard and Quinoa Croquettes

make ahead, vegetarian main dish, swiss chard and quinoa croquettes

Busy lifestyles demand food that’s easy to pull together. And since I went mostly vegetarian 18 months ago, I find that it’s even more important to have veggie dishes handy, or some components already put together. For example, I try to have some containers of [...]

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Cooking For a Crowd, Easy Entertaining, Gluten-Free, Grains, Make Ahead Meal, One-Dish Meal, Thanksgiving, Vegan, Vegetarian, Vegetarian Main Meals October 26, 2012

Autumn Song: Roasted Squash with Pomegranate and Pepitas Tossed in Quinoa

Roasted Squash with Pomegranate and Pepitas Tossed in Quinoa : The Wimpy Vegetarian

    Part of traveling for me is about the food. It’s such a satisfying window into the culture of a country or region, a direct link to its history, people, beliefs, and geography. Traveling to three different regions in Italy last month certainly gave [...]

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Comfort Food, Cooking For a Crowd, Cooking With Kids, Grains, Kid Friendly, Make Ahead, One-Dish Meal, Side Dishes, Vegetarian, Vegetarian Main Meals April 17, 2012

Swiss Chard and Quinoa Gratin

Swiss Chard and Quinoa Gratin - slider

  What makes you sing? I’m not talking about pretending to be a rock star when your favorite tune comes on the radio; belting out lyrics while driving home from work. No, I mean when you suddenly realize that you’re humming something. Not a song, [...]

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Salads, Side Dishes, Vegetarian Main Meals January 8, 2012

Citruslove: Moroccan Orange Salad with Arugula and Quinoa

Orange Moroccan Salad with Arugula and Quinoa

The topic for this month’s Bloghop is Citrus, which is a perfect theme for this time of year for two big reasons. First, because I’m ready for lots of fruits and veggies after the holidays. I should add, that doesn’t mean I won’t be posting [...]

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DIY

DIY May 18, 2013

#SundaySupper: Roasted Balsamic Tomatoes

slow roasted tomatoes drizzled with balsamic vinegar, how to slow roast tomatoes

  This may not feel like much of a recipe to you, but this is one of my star kitchen staples these days. Frankly I need all the shortcuts I can find, with my time being gulped down by the gallon between remodeling a condo we [...]

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Canning and Preserving January 9, 2013

Herb-Y Leek Confit

Herb-y Leek Confit slider: The Wimpy Vegetarian

The champagne is  gone. All the holiday decorations boxed up and stored away with wrapping paper decorated with gold and green holly leaves, and Santa stickers. It’s January, the first month without a holiday to look forward to since the hot summer days of August. [...]

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Bread December 4, 2012

Easy Whole-Wheat Pita Bread

  You might not guess it from this sedate photo, but these are the drama queens of bread, puffing up dramatically in just a few short minutes in a hot oven from the expansion of carbon dioxide and steam. When they cool off, they slowly [...]

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Condiments November 10, 2012

#SundaySupper Gifts From the Kitchen : Harissa!

Harissa Gift : The Wimpy Vegetarian

  This week at #SundaySupper, we’re sharing our Gifts From the Kitchen with you. If you’re wondering what gift to bring to a holiday dinner, or to a holiday gift exchange with friends and family, nothing is more personal and savored than something from your [...]

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