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November 15, 2013

FFwD: Chestnut and Pear Soup

This week's French Fridays with Dorie was a fairly straightforward soup - Chestnut and Pear. In fact, the hardest part was finding the jar of chestnuts (New Seasons, but I also saw them at Cost Plus). Like I do for a lot of the FFwD recipes, I cut this one in half and we still …

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October 26, 2013

Roasted Red Kuri Squash Soup with Coconut + Halloween

This summer, we had a mystery squash growing in a garden. It was a mystery in that neither jwa nor I remembered planting any Red Kuri Squash but here it was - a beautiful red kuri growing in our garden. It was in a bed close to the compost so the theory is we either …

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March 15, 2013

FFwD: Orange Scented Lentil Soup

Hello French Fridays with Dorie and this week's Orange Scented Lentil Soup recipe. How are you? Well, I thought you were delicious! I tend to have the opinion that, although lentil soups are in standard rotation at our house, they can be kind of boring. But not this bowl -- the orange and spices are …

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March 10, 2013

Guinness Braised Lamb Shanks for St. Patrick's Day

Over the next couple of days I'm going to be posting two ideas for St. Patrick's Day meals and this first one uses two very Irish ingredients -- Guinness stout and lamb. It does take awhile to cook but the reward is worth it. Of course, there's also the challenge of finding a pot big …

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March 6, 2013

A Soup for Cold Weather: Winter Spelt Minestrone

This is a hearty bowl of soup. Spelt replaces the pasta for a healthy, toothsome addition. Sometimes referred to as spelt berries, they aren't berries at all, but rather Spelt is an ancient whole grain related to modern day wheat. It's high in magnesium, fiber, phosphorus and vitamin B3 and provides a pleasingly chewey texturehsome …

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