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This is a big, beautiful, simple but impressive salad that is a very tasty and unique combination of textures, flavors and colors. The combination of quinoa, black beans, corn, tomatoes, lettuce and cilantro presents wonderful contrasting colors and textures, best served in a clear glass bowl so that you can appreciate the beauty of the [...]
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I’ll start by saying that I am not usually a person who seeks out savory and sweet combinations. I’ll tolerate dried cranberries in a lettuce salad and am trying to be more open-minded about fruit and vegetable combinations.
So when I was shopping at Trader Joe’s last week, I had no intention of buying a mango [...]
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Like really good jazz, this is one of those improvisational dishes, where you have a basic rhythm/ingredients — beans and corn and a simple vinaigrette — and creatively add ingredients for color, texture and taste, and availability if you don’t have time to go shopping.
I had a lot of leftover corn on the cob and [...]
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There are many different interpretations of what a quesadilla is; to me, a quesadilla is simply cheese melted in a tortilla, with all kinds of variations depending on what’s on hand, and how ambitious I am.
According to Wikipedia, “the word comes from Spanish, and literally means “little cheesy thing” or “cheesy” (from queso, or “cheese”, [...]
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In 2008, Stephanie “The Crockpot Lady” made and documented one different crockpot recipe every single day in her blog A Year of Crockpotting. Putting aside my awe, wonder and profound respect for Stephanie’s perseverance and creativity, I decided that I would make a similar attempt at a feebler goal of cooking and reporting on one [...]
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I developed this easy burrito recipe many years ago, inspired by a visit to a Mexican restaurant in New York City. At the time, I had never had black beans before and I was amazed at how delicious they were, tastier than the pinto beans I was accustomed to in Mexican restaurants in Chicago.
When I [...]
