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Kale, Avocado, and Strawberry Salad, Curated by Relay Foods

May 12, 2013
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Before we get to the beautiful kale, avocado, and strawberry salad you see above, I want to wish all of my readers a happy Mother’s Day. Today, I’m thinking of mothers everywhere, both human and non-human. This holiday, no matter how joyous, always makes me reflect on the many mothers who are separated painfully from [...]

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Blood Orange Kale Salad with Almonds

March 19, 2013
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I can’t believe I’m saying this, but my salads have been kind of boring lately. Usually, salad is my forte. It’s the culinary zone in which my creativity and passion shines the most. But since most of my salads have gotten briskly packed up in my lunchbox lately, and eaten in a library carrel, it’s [...]

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Hurry Up Vegan: Smashed Avocado, Kelp Noodle, and Lemon Bowl

January 13, 2013
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As soon as I made this dish, I wondered why I hadn’t made it sooner. I eat kelp noodles all the time—with pad thai sauce, with cheesy red pepper and hemp sauce, with black beans and smoky Southwestern sauce—but it hadn’t really occurred to me to treat them more like salad than noodle dish. Last [...]

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New Year’s Hoppin’ John Salad

January 2, 2013
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In the last few days, you’ve probably seen quite a few recipes for “Hoppin’ John,” a Southern New Year’s dish with black eyed peas, rice, onion, and (sometimes) bacon. That’s the traditional variant; there are lots of other renditions. Most vegan versions of the dish omit any animal fat (obviously) and add different herbs and [...]

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Tips for Making Hearty Winter Salads and Kale Salad with Kabocha Squash, Pomegranate Seeds, and Toasted Hazelnuts

December 27, 2012
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All photos courtesy of James Ransom for Food52. It’s that time of year again. Time for us all to be bombarded with endless headlines about slimming down, eating clean, fasting, dieting, portion control, and the like. I greet the tsunami of body makeover messaging that accompanies the New Year with a grain of salt at [...]

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Bitter, Salty, Sour, and Sweet. Kale Salad with Roasted Kabocha Squash and Cauliflower, Candied Pumpkin Seeds, Goji Berries, and Turmeric Lemon Vinaigrette. My Entry to the Show Me Your Salad’Tude Contest!!

December 9, 2012
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Hey all! Thanks for the comments on yesterday’s post. I think Lia summed it up best by saying that the post was an illustration of the fact that health is about “so much more than food.” Wise words, and important ones to remember in the food blog realm. I have not been as excited about [...]

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Butternut Squash and Garlicky Kale Lasagna with Brazil Nut Cheese

November 14, 2012
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Last night, my friend Anne and I had a chance to catch up after quite a few weeks without our customary conversation and laughter. We’re both in the middle of finishing up rigorous academic programs (Anne, an MPH/RD, me, the post-bacc), and so time is quite scarce for us. Normally when we meet up, we [...]

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