Squash are reigning supreme at my local market, and one of my very favorites is the smooooth, sweet, easy on the taste-buds butternut squash. I found a big, blocky hulk of a butternut squash at my market, and decided it deserved to be treated right. Butternut squash flesh is firm, velvety, and subtly sweet. I…
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Quinoa and Apple Stuffed Acorn Squash
The first Fall squash just arrived in my CSA veggie box — rich flavored, delicious acorn squash. Yeah! Each season has its culinary stars, and squash are definitely the stars of Fall. Another autumnal joy is the new crop of apples in my local market. I combined sweet-tart apples with protein packed quinoa and walnuts…
Spicy Tomato Chicken
Ready for a super easy but mysteriously delicious chicken dish? This is the one. After I made it, I was discussing how simple it was with my college age son. We agreed that this is definitely a dish that a less experienced (aka college student) chef can master. You can set the spice level to…
Summer Quinoa Saute
Quinoa is a protein-packed, easy to make grain with a rich nutty flavor. Here’s a quick saute that pairs quinoa with a couple items playing starring roles in my CSA box this season: summer squash, tomato, and bell pepper. In this one dish meal I spice things up with jalapeno and preserved lime. Feel free…
Corn, Chard, and Summer Squash with Rice
I’ve made this one dish meal a couple times this summer. It was motivated by my CSA box, and the fact that I needed a tasty dinner in a hurry. My family liked the combination of sweet corn, savory chard, and spicy chipotle. Avocado and lime make a great topping for this particular combination of…
Creamy Spicy Chickpeas
This is a fast, tasty, inexpensive, vegan, gluten-free, nutritious, make-ahead main dish that’s straight from the pantry for the most part. It’s one of those dishes that I almost always have ingredients for. But I make it mostly because it tastes so good. I happen to have some lovely cilantro that’s gone to seed in…
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