Mediterranean Orzo Salad

Mediterranean Orzo Salad

This is my first time cooking with Orzo and I just love it. On the nights we don’t cook I sometimes get prepared food from our local market New Seasons, they have a salad very much like this that is reliably delicious.

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Sesame Noodles with Cucumber

Sesame Noodles with Cucumber

This is the second time I’ve made these noodles and I just love them (thank you Smitten Kitchen!). We had them last night with some grilled salmon, they make a perfect side dish especially during these hot days

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Rainbow Chard

Rainbow Chard

I don’t think I cooked rainbow chard before moving to the west coast. I probably didn’t cook much of anything when I come to think of it. I’ve been making it this way for some time since it has become such a favorite side dish around here. It’s very easy to prepare and tastes great,

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Tomato + Zucchini Galette

Tomato + Zucchini Galette

So many tomatoes! Little did I know last June that the three tomato plants I placed in the ground would be so bountiful. I’m not exactly known for a green thumb and at the time I was just hoping they wouldn’t keel over and die. But that didn’t happen.

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Black Quinoa + Roasted Vegetable Bowl

Black Quinoa + Roasted Vegetable Bowl

This is the holiday balance for me. Between pies and cookies and candies, I start to crave vegetables before going into full sugar overload. I came across a recipe recently, well not so much a recipe but a deconstruction of Harlow’s Betty Bowl

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