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Foodie: Spinach Gratin

Mmm… This is my new favorite way to cook spinach. It’s adapted from Julia’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking and it’s much lower in calories/points than you might expect. The original recipe called for three pounds of spinach, but … Continue reading

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Foodie: CSA Week No. 1!

The Bean and I went and picked up our first CSA box from Isabelle Farm this week, and I couldn’t be more excited.  Already we’re getting veggies that I’m not super familiar with so we can try new things. Our … Continue reading

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Avoiding Chemicals

I’ve been educating myself about BPA and other gross stuff in food lately.  It’s not pretty. I saw Robyn O’Brien speak at TEDxMileHigh last week, and she has a lot of scary things to say, but the scariest—and most eye … Continue reading

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Recipes

I’ve started collecting and tagging all the recipes I save off the internet at Evernote, and I just figure out how to share them. So, click here to see the recipes that have intrigued me lately.  They’re tagged by things … Continue reading

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How to Cook Everything for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store

Wow.  I haven’t tried this, but this is one of my favorite cookbooks, and getting the whole thing for $1.99 seems like a steal.  Can’t wait until they release “How to Cook Everything Vegetarian” as an app! How to Cook … Continue reading

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An Abundance of Strawberries

photo by Anushruti RK Hands up, please: who’s noticed the glut of strawberries at the supermarkets these days? And at rock bottom prices, like less than a dollar a pound! I heard that the reason had to do with cold … Continue reading

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Homemade Applesauce

When I was very little, I had terrible asthma. I had to take all kinds of meds both inhaled and in pill form, but I was too young to know how to swallow pills. Luckily, the medicine came in capsule … Continue reading

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Homemade

After yesterday’s awesome cinnamon roll triumph, I am now ready to make just about anything from scratch. And it’s a good thing, too, because I have been craving some other stuff I’m not ready to buy. Take, for example, the … Continue reading

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Rainy Day Cinnamon Rolls

I have been craving cinnamon rolls for about a week. I blame the Pioneer Woman. But, after everything I’ve been doing lately to eat better and after attending the Green Festival in Denver yesterday, I could hardly condone buying a … Continue reading

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Cooking by Feel

Yesterday, at work, we had a birthday party for one of our editors. She’s a big fan of Mexican food and pub trivia, so we decided to have chips, queso and salsa in the idea lab and play Trivial Pursuit … Continue reading

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