July 2011
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June 2011
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May 2011
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Rainbow Tacos!
With more protein and less starch than regular corn tortillas, the blue corn kind make a great, colorful alternate. I find pre-made blue corn tortillas in my local supermarket, but if you can’t find them, make ‘em! Check out the recipe in the previous post.
Assuming you’ve got your tortillas sorted out, let’s move on to the filling.
I like my tacos to have the...
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April 2011
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The History of Eating! →
What’s On The Menu?
The NY Public Library is using online crowd sourcing to help them transcribe the thousands of historical menus they have in their collection. They would never be able to do it on their own so they are asking the public’s help. You go to menus.nypl.org and choose a menu to transcribe. It’s really easy and actually fun. You see what people were eating...
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March 2011
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Color Facts: Purple
– We love naturally colorful food because it’s pretty, AND good for you! Check out this list of naturally purple foods, and all the good they can do you…
Then get cooking!
http://dailyapple.blogspot.com/2009/10/apple-415-purple-foods.html
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Beet Gnocchi-- made BETTER.
This. Is. Divine.
Y’all might remember that I went wild over a picture of beet gnocchi (pause: beets are without a doubt the most color-giving food I’ve come across. Explore!). Well, what’s better than pink gnocchi? Pink AND orange gnocchi. Muah-ha-ha.
Pink (beet) Gnocchi:
To save a lot of time, you can buy pre-cooked beets. If you can’t find them, you’ll need...
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February 2011
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Color Challenge!
Cranberry beans! This fuschia-splattered skin had me strumming my fingers in the market. What to make?! They’re just…so…pretty! Start cooking, people. Send us your recipes (failures welcome, too).
(photo by Mia Tramz)
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Savory Tomato Soup
We LOVE this bright, simple soup. To make it vegetarian, skip the chicken part and add some vegetable stock in its place. For 4 servings, you’ll need:
2 large (28oz) cans of peeled italian tomatoes (I like Cento)
1/2 white or yellow onion, chopped
2 peeled and roughly chopped parsnip
1 clove of garlic, minced
2 teaspoons ground cumin
2 skinless chicken breasts (optional)
1 teaspoon...