This great salad. It has interesting textures, high in nutrition values and looks great especially during this Holiday season. serves 6 2        cups quinoa 1        cup wild boiled wild rice 1/2    cup chopped dry apricot 1        small red onion, chopped 1        cup [...]

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When most American think about pumpkins, they think about Halloween and , of course, pumpkin pie.  Me, I think of my mom. My mom used to make pumpkin candy that I still drool every time I think about them.  She made it by peeling the rind off the pumpkin and scooping out the seeds and [...]

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I had never eaten porcini mushrooms before 1995.  That winter, we went on a vacation and stayed in the Florence suburb of Fiesole. There was a restaurant not too far from the guest house that we went to for dinner one evening.  The restaurant served all kinds of Italian food, but we decided to have [...]

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serves 6 4        tablespoons olive oil 1        medium onion, chopped 3       carrots, peeled and diced 2       celery stalk, diced 1       clove garlic, mashed 1/2   teaspoon oregano 1       32-ounce can roasted sweet red bell pepper * 4 [...]

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According to Wikipedia Cottage pie or shepherd’s pie is a meat pie with a crust of mashed potatoes.. The term cottage pie is known to have been in use in 1791,when the potato was being introduced as an edible crop affordable for the poor. The term “shepherd’s pie” did not appear until 1877, and since then it has sometimes  been [...]

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serves 6 1/2      cup short grain rice 4          cups almond milk 5        tablespoons corn starch 1/2     cup sugar 1/4     cup coconut flakes 1/4     cup slivered almonds 1         teaspoon orange blossom water 2         [...]

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Vegan and Gluten Free Mac and “Cheese” serves 6-8 4        tablespoons olive oil 1        medium red onion, finely chopped 1        cup chopped carrot 1/2   cup chopped celery 2       cloves garlic, sliced 1/2   teaspoon chopped fresh sage 1       teaspoon [...]

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