Kharcho Bites

    It occured to me that in the midst of the holiday party season, people would be clamoring for new, unusual and easy to make  appetizer variations.  This nosh is basically a potato skin with an eastern european flavor thrown into the mix that will undoubtedly delight the taste buds of your holiday guests.  [...]

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Sweet Potato and Pear Strudel with Dark Chocolate

  Sweet Potato and Pear Strudel with Dark Chocolate Desserts can be decadent and good for you!   While sweet and satisfying, this simple strudel contains nutritious fruit and vegetables with fiber to help mellow out those sugar rushes.  Ingredients: 1 cup sweet potato, peeled and cut into small cubes 1 pear, peeled and cubed 4 squares [...]

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Saged Butternut Squash and Asian Pear Soup with Chai-Spiced Beets

  This is such a nice autumnal soup and the spiced beets add a wonderfully unexpected twist! Saged Butternut Squash and Asian Pear Soup Serves 4-6 Ingredients: 1 butternut squash [1.75 lbs], roasted 1 onion 1 asian pear, pan roasted 1 green apple, pan roasted 4 clove garlic 1 T olive oil 8 Fried sage [...]

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The Hen’s Raw Noodle Nosh

  A couple of weeks ago, Jasmin Singer of Our Hen House, and her partner Mariann Sullivan, shared on Facebook that they were going to begin a 10-day juice cleanse because they felt the need to “reboot” their systems.  Jasmin welcomed any and all to join them in the venture.  Over the course of the following [...]

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Mushroom, Turnip and Pear Ragout

  This dish was the result of another farmer’s market excursion.  It’s still early in the season but a produce stall had some lovely baby turnips with greens attached and a neighboring vendor sold us some Walla Walla spring onions.  The mushroom vendor had the most gorgeous fresh and local morel mushrooms that we decided to splurge and [...]

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Golden Beet, Fennel and Grilled Pear Salad with Dandelions

We went nettle picking recently on a local organic farm and walked through a gorgeous pasture full of blooming dandelions.  We gathered up quite a few of the beautiful flowers and decided to work them into a meal.  The petals are fairly sweet, while the green of the flower is slightly bitter.  I figured integrating them into [...]

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Apple and Pear Phyllo Strudel

Apple and Pear Strudel Ingredients: 1 apple, peeled and cubed 1 pear, peeled and cubed juice and zest of one lemon [chop up the zest so there aren’t long strands] ⅓ cup turbinado sugar, divided 1 tsp cinnamon ¼ cup raw walnuts, chopped ¼ cup raw sunflower seeds ⅓ cup raisins 1 T whole wheat [...]

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