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roasted green beans with lemon and pine nuts
the advent calendar When I was a kid, every November my grandma would send my brother and I each a cardboard advent calendar. We LOVED those calendars—every morning bouncing out of bed to search for...
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broccoli soup
St. Patrick’s Day Soup I get to go in and volunteer in Meredith’s kindergarten class on Thursday mornings. Last Thursday was, of course, St. Patrick’s Day. Meredith wore as much green as she...
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roasted carrot dip with sunflower seeds and cumin
The Carrot Challenge On the last day of September, I got a message from my friend Amy Pettit at the Alaska Division of Agriculture, advertising their new Farm to School program. The Division wanted to...
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macaroni and cheese with cauliflower
the end of the produce box business Three years ago, with my farmer friend Arthur, I started up a year-round local produce box business—otherwise known as Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). Our aim...
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salade nicoise
snowy, sunny spring! My friend Nancy asked me to ski with her across Eklutna Lake up to the glacier last week. What a great adventure! It was a beautiful sunshiney day, with absolutely no wind! The...
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African peanut stew with sweet potatoes, kale, and chickpeas
spring blossoms Even though my yard is still deep in snow, the south- and west-facing garden beds along my house are sprouting with all kinds of early perennials! My favorite early plants are the...
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green pea spread
biking to girdwood The first bike rides of the season always feel like a gift, especially after a long snowy winter! On Sunday we drove to Indian and parked across from the Brown Bear Saloon, intending...
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poached eggs Florentine
Mother’s Day Brunch I’m not really sure if this is the right name for the delicious dish I ate for Mother’s Day brunch this morning, but I think that “Florentine” in egg dishes generally means it...
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italian pear cake
My friend Virginia sent this recipe to me several months ago, and I’m just now getting around to making it! It’s a very easy, healthy and delicious dessert! I had some d’Anjou pears that were going...
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crab cakes
A New Year’s Resolution My latest project is to increase our fun quotient. You know, go out to a family movie, do a 1000-piece puzzle on the dining room table, go ice skating together and stop for hot...
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