I made these amazing smothered pork chops for dinner on Sunday – they turned out great. The recipe comes from the final issue of Gourmet Magazine (rest in peace). The sad thing about this magazine’s departure is that it always delivered such great recipes and beautiful food photography right to my mailbox. And even though [...]

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I made this dish a couple of nights ago, and it turned out deliciously good. For pumpkin, I recommend using a Kabocha pumpkin – you should be able to find one in the farmer’s market pretty easily since this is definitely the season for them. If you have fresh rosemary growing in your window box, [...]

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Miso soup is a simple, warming dish, perfect for fall. Adding sea vegetables (kelp) gives you extra minerals and can support healthy thyroid functioning. I found this recipe on the Girly Girl Army site. Warning: Never boil miso soup – it ruins some of its healthy properties and changes the flavor of the soup!
Ingredients:
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Cabbage is a wonderful cold-weather vegetable. High in antioxidants and fiber, it is know to be cleansing and great for the digestive system. Cabbage is great for the digestive system; raw cabbage juice is known to help heal ulcers.
This simple dish is nice during the cooler days in fall and spring. The heat and moistness [...]

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If you plan ahead, weeknight dinners can be simple and delicious. We cooked the brown rice a couple of days ahead of time so we didn’t have to worry about preparing it – just reheat and eat. Stir-fried chicken is a simple, healthy dish. What takes the longest is cutting up all of the vegetables. [...]

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If you’ve ever gone to a Korean restaurant, you’ll know that before they serve the meal, the server usually brings an assortment of little tastes called banchan. These tastes are served with rice and usually consist of things like pickled vegetables, dried tiny fish, braised tofu, and of course, kimchi (spicy pickled cabbage). I’ve gone [...]

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Food does not have to be complicated to be delicious. Some of the best dishes I have ever made I invented on the spot without a recipe.
Have you ever cooked a dish on a feeling instead of a recipe? This works best if you can drop your fears of making a bad dish and be [...]

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I love pickles, but I never knew how great they could be until we started making them at home. Here’s a recipe that we made over the holiday weekend. I’ll have to let you know how they turned out in a couple of weeks – they’re still sitting on the counter curing and getting ready [...]

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