Food

Mango Dale

Coming home at lunch, I found no leftovers from the previous night’s dinner. Garden burgers are an easy go-to when I’m left with “nothing” to eat but I had eaten one already that week and wasn’t very excited about the prospect of the usual sandwich. Peering into the refrigerator, I found Mango Dale cheese. I […]

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Limes

Limes give an extra kick in many recipes. Limes brighten guacamole and bean dip. Daughter had the recent chore of squeezing lemons and limes and making lemonade. Limeade, citrus-ade, whatever. When she measured the ingredients into the pitcher, she discovered it wasn’t big enough. She asked me what to do. Um, get a bigger pitcher?

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Long Beans

Recently in my CSA share, I’ve been getting these LONG beans. Not just long green beans but looooong beans. They look like black worms or skinny eels. The first time I got them in my share, I cut them into bite sized pieces to steam them to add to the salad. The next week at

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Capers

A jar of capers falls to the floor and thankfully the glass does not break. I call the organic vacuum cleaner into the kitchen so she can clean up the mess. The dog sniffs and walks away. Does this mean capers are not food?

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Multi-vegetable paella

It’s been a long time since I got a score of 4 from all members of the family. Plenty‘s Multi-veggie paella was a hit. After asking Son for his rating, I confessed that the hardest thing about the recipe was that it called for the removal of the Lima bean skins. Son said “ah, that’s

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