Note: On Mondays, Kristen Swensson of Cheap, Healthy, Good swings by these parts to share healthy and delicious recipes with us. Take it away, Kristen! [Photograph: Kristen Swensson] Over the last five years or so, whole-wheat pasta has become a...
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"I polished off this dish like it was steak." This may sound like an awfully simple salad, but something about it is so much more. I found the recipe on Orangette after searching around for ways to use arugula and...
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I had way too many tomatoes. Between a couple farmers' markets and a friend's CSA, I had three overflowing bowls. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but I just wanted to use them before they went bad. For help,...
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For a dish dangerously close to tuna casserole, this recipe came out pretty posh. Not that I have anything against tuna casserole—I remember it fondly from childhood—but it turns out the basic combination of canned tuna and noodles can...
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I was pleasantly surprised at the flavor packed into this dish, all dependent on a few strong elements: spicy arugula, tart lemon zest, and caramelized garlic. The three boost an otherwise mild and humble string bean. Though I had...
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I picked this one out from Lidia's Italy, a book with some wonderful recipes. Most of her pasta dishes are bare bones, and this one is no exception. It's kind of a tomato sauce, but only cooked for five-ish minutes,...
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Today, nearly every American supermarket has a butcher department. But beware—chances are there is no actual butcher on premises. Whoever takes your order likely does not know how to bone a chicken or butterfly a leg or lamb. Not so...
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