butternut squash

Creamy Coconut Parsnip Rice with Caramelized Butternut Squash

November 12, 2011
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Creamy coconut parsnip rice with caramelized butternut squash: it’s the kind of recipe that sounds so exotic, so rich, and so layered. In some ways, this recipe is all of those things. What it is NOT is difficult, time consuming, or unapproachable, which exotic and layered recipes often are. In fact, the roasted squash (which [...]

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Gingery Pink Rice with Roasted Butternut Squash, Onion, and Green Peas

October 5, 2011
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Happy Hump Day! Are we all gearing up for a long weekend?  In keeping with yesterday’s butternut squash theme (if you hadn’t guessed, I buy the stuff in bulk), I thought I’d share the wonderful rice dinner I whipped up last night using my favorite autumn vegetable. I love winter squash so much that it [...]

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Zucchini Pasta with Roasted Butternut Squash and Creamy Garlic Sauce

October 4, 2011
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Glad everyone liked the looks of my curried carrot and red grape slaw!!! This week, temperatures plummeted for the first time since I’ve lived in DC. In a span of only a few hours, it seemed, we’d gone from swampy heat to the distinctive chill of autumn. Fall is my favorite season, and so I [...]

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Butternut Squash and Apple Soup: A Raw/Cooked Comparison

March 7, 2011

Thanks for sharing your weird ‘sammich ideas! I was glad you all liked the cashew/apple combo. When you’ve been eating semi-raw for as long as I have, you start to realize that you’ve had both a raw and a cooked version of almost all of your favorite foods: soups, burgers, wraps, etc. I make sunshine [...]

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Butternut Squash and Split Pea Soup

February 19, 2011
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Glad you’re all into the chia hemp power pudding! I suspected you would be If M were chiming in as I write this, he’d think of a good name for the stew I’m about to share. As you can see, the name I’ve given it is none too creative. But let that not dissuade you, [...]

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Vegan Butternut Squash Risotto

January 12, 2011
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Thanks so much for the enthusiastic response to my back to school post! It was fun to watch all of you light up with enthusiasm about the student life, just as I have this week. I’m in the middle of deciding my curriculum, and it looks like the choice is between an accelerated study track [...]

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In Praise of Vegan Girls

December 1, 2010

Thanks so much to those of you who read and commented on my interview at The Lunchbox Bunch yesterday. I appreciate it! Since the Veggie Girl Power Series is all about celebrating vegan women, I thought it would be a good day to talk my friend Melisser’s wonderful new book, The Vegan Girl’s Guide to [...]

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