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Vegan Recipes

Three Bean & Hatch Chile Quinoa Salad

6 September 2010 $

Inspired by Quinoa 365: The Everyday Superfood and the 3 Bean Salad (edamame/kidney/garbanzo) by Jason’s Deli. At the risk of sounding snooty, I must say I was rather impressed by the latter. Jason’s Deli – you exceeded by expectations for quality and innovation. Quinoa in mainstream, fast food fare – didn’t see that coming. Ingredients: 1 [...]

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Lentil & Split Pea Soup with Paprika & Saffron

10 February 2010 Bean Recipes

I love the look of lentils, especially a mix of red (coral), yellow and brown lentils with beautiful green split peas.  The mixture reminds me of confetti. See. I think you can even throw it at people like confetti without it hurting too much. Of course, then you can’t eat those lentils which is a [...]

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Whole Wheat Cinnamon Rolls with Golden Raisins & Hazelnuts (Cinnamon Rolls v1.0)

17 January 2010 Baked Goods

Last weekend my in-laws came over to have breakfast with us before helping out on some stuff for our respective companies.  (Graham may have been replaced by his mother as the best assistant ever. He’s understandingly disappointed, but he’s hoping for other C-level opportunities inside the same company. For her party, Marcia may be promoted.) [...]

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South of the Border Tortilla Soup (Frontier Soups)

8 December 2008 $$

As I mentioned last week, I’m a huge fan of soup for dinner. It’s easy to make, good for the waistline, and good for the body. And it’s just the thing for the cool fall/winter nights. (Yes, even though I’m in Houston, it gets a bit chilly here. To be sure, it’s no Iowa, but [...]

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Spicy Black & Red Bean Fire Roasted Soup

3 December 2008 $

Shortly after we married, Graham found an article in the Wall Street Journal extolling the virtues of soup. High in volume, but low in calories. From my perspective, soup’s also a huge time saver. I can easily make a couple of different pots over the weekend, and because the flavors have time to meld, they [...]

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