Kitchen Therapy

trendy bean soup photo by vsimon
How many food trends can you fit into a bowl? Let’s count.

Local.
Organic.
Backyard gardening.
Low carbon.
Heritage seeds.
Naturally nutritious.
Food is the new health insurance.
Gluten free.
Frugal.
Make ahead meals.

OK, that is enough for one abundant bowl of bean soup.
We grew many beans this year in our back yard garden. You can’t get any more [...]

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cranberry carrot salad photo by vsimon
Do you need a super quick crunchy salad? Perfect for dinner, or a brown bag lunch?
The simplest recipes are often the best. If you are short on time and just want the recipe, skip the middle and go to the bottom of the post. That is the simplest way. [...]

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parmesan roasted Cranberry Red Potatoes photo by lsimon
Cranberry Red seed potatoes called out to us this spring. Plant me, plant me!
We doubled the size of our garden this year, smack dab in the middle of the sunny back yard. So there was room for two bags of organic seed potatoes. The garden center had maybe [...]

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