So, today is the last day of my juice cleanse. Ay vey! I can’t believe it’s been five days! I’ll tell you all about it on Sunday. In the meantime, let me tell you about these croquettes. These croquettes came about one day when I wanted some protein, but didn’t
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Spicy Roasted Broccoli and Stewed Chickpea Stuffed Potatoes
Posted by Tiffany Griffin
I’m diverting from showing you my Christmas dinner menu because, well, because, it’s my blog and I can, right? Today, I want to share with you a super quick dish that when paired with a salad is a meal in and of itself. Here’s how it was born. A friend
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Curry Lime Roasted Chickpeas
Posted by Tiffany Griffin
Well folks, it’s Sunday night and I’m still riding the high of my first cooking classes in DC. As you know, when I lived in NC, I taught led cooking workshops with adolescents. I loved working with the youth, taking ingredients from the garden, and in three hours whipping up
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Orange Ginger Anasazi Beans
Posted by Tiffany Griffin
So besides jet lag waking me up at 3am every day for the past three days, it feels great to be back! I cooked my first “meals” this weekend–a bagel with cream cheese, almond joy rice krispies treats, and carrot-yellow split pea soup; and this morning I even worked out!
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Moroccan-Inspired White Beans
Posted by Tiffany Griffin
This dish is inspired by the Moroccan/Lebanese/Algerian dish loubia. It’s fragrant and hearty without being heavy. And it’s absolutely perfect with the raw carrot salad from my last post. Oh, and did I mention that it’s super quick to make? Well, it’s super quick to make! It’s a short post
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Green Chile Barley Soup
Posted by Tiffany Griffin
I found myself in my tiny, little kitchen with bags of bulk grains that I had never used before. It was chilly that day and sure to be chilly in my office that week, so I thought, “I ought to make soup with at least one of these grains.” And
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Red Lentils-Red Quinoa Burgers
Posted by Tiffany Griffin
Thanks to everyone for your kind wishes after my bike incident! Today, I’m keeping this post all about these burgers! As you know, it’s “Diversity Your Grains” month on Como Water. I kicked the month off with my wheatberry salad and now, I’m sharing a recipe with quinoa and rye.
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Baked Beans
Posted by Tiffany Griffin
I swear, I tried to have the post live yesterday. I swear, I did. But the Saturday monster came and ate up the day before I could work on it. Luckily, this is a long weekend for many of us, which means that you still have time to make these
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Lima Bean and Mint Soup w/Orange-Cumin Cream
Posted by Tiffany Griffin
I was the strangest kid ever. Besides the fact that I preferred Jacques Pepin on PBS over cartoons, my favorite vegetables were broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and lima beans. Seriously, what kid likes lima beans? Well, I did, and I still do. So when the temperature dropped a bit today and
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Triangle Love: Gluten Free Vegan Three Bean Sweet Potato Pizza or (GFVTBSSP)
Posted by ChrisRusso
SEEDS has been the praxis by which so many of my food-adventures and foodie-friendships have begun. So, it was only natural that a Triangle Love post would feature folks I have met through this inspiring organization. While I am still waiting for a SEEDS youth coordinator to write a
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Ribollita
Posted by Tiffany Griffin
Perhaps it was in anticipation of hearing Elizabeth Gilbert speak of her tales in Italy (and India and Bali). Or maybe it was because I have been thinking about this soup since I first had it at Kamasouptra in Portland, ME back in January. Or maybe it’s because I subconsciously
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Hoppin’ John Stuffed Poblanos
Posted by Tiffany Griffin
Dinner was almost ready–if almost means in an hour. I was hungry, light-headed, actually. And my friend was on her way. She arrived. I was still cooking. I turned the oven off with the poblanos inside so they would stay warm while I arranged and took pictures of my salad.
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Vegan Chili
Posted by Tiffany GriffinWhile I love holiday food just as much as the next, some times you just need to switch it up. Five other reasons to make this chili: 1. You’ve spent way too much money on Thanksgiving dinner and at Black Friday sales. (This chili is inexpensive). 2. Coupled with some
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