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Winter Festival Salad

Winter Festival Salad

As it turns out, Winter is one of my (Amelia) favorite seasons for produce.

Yes, Winter, not Summer.

The cold season where everything is supposed to be dead. But everything isn’t dead, and I see that now! Cabbage makes crunchy salads, cauliflower has buttery potential, pomegranates are truly edible gemstones, and my heart dances a little whenever I smell the fragrance of quince or taste a sweet persimmon.

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Summer Vegetable Tian

Summer Vegetable Tian

If you’re making a tian, you won’t even need to fantasize about being able to travel while you’re stuck at home, because it makes wherever you are feel perfect. The first time we made a tian, it was because we were looking for ways to use our summer squash. All the rest of the times we have made it because it is fabulously delicious. Now we finally starting to see summer squash popping into the markets and real tomatoes gracing the stands.

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Green Salad with Strawberries and Goat Cheese

Green Salad with Strawberries and Goat Cheese

My (Kate) friend Linda Eastley first introduced me to these flavor combinations at one of many happy meals I enjoyed at her home during those formative years when I was newly married and then starting to have children. I was thrilled a couple of summers ago when I made this salad for Amelia and saw how much she liked it.

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Vegetable and Hummus Wrap Sandwiches

Vegetable and Hummus Wrap Sandwiches

I (Amelia) love biting into the many layers of fresh vegetables smothered in warm hummus, held by a soft tortilla. These are easy, portable, and yummy - perfect picnic and lunch packing food.

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Lentil Soup

Lentil Soup

I (Amelia) don’t know how you all are feeling this Boxing Day, but I, for one, am very ready to move on from my holiday feasting. Don’t get me wrong, I love chocolates and cinnamon rolls and cake and caramel and dairy and toffee and cookies and fudge and more cake and more chocolate and biscoff butter and oh my goodness I almost exploded from all of the food. Point being, do you need a break from decadence too? Great. We’ve got the recipe for you. 

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