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black beluga lentil soup with roasted cherry tomatoes
I’m not yet in the habit of eating raw tomatoes, except if one finds it’s way onto my hamburger. Generally, if I’m going to eat tomatoes, cooked is the way to go. Better yet, is roasting them….it’s...
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millet, lentil & beet salad
Losing a parent, a mother, is a strange thing and not something that I’m all that used to yet. Sometimes my mom is still around – at least it seems that way for a moment, and then I’m jostled back to...
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a warm hug: tomato-apple dal
Usually the transition into a new year brings a bit of stress. Maybe I set my goals and expectations too high or maybe I just feed off the stress of others. But not this year. I made a couple simple...
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sticky baked lentils & pinto beans
Last weekend, I was still in pantry cleaning mode. I spied a jar of dried pinto beans and decided to put them to boil – no soaking required since the beans themselves were pretty fresh. Some more...
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curried red lentil & mushroom burgers (& a recipe for homemade mayonnaise)
It’s been a while since I’ve made some veggie burgers, but when faced with a major cupboard clean-up, coming up with recipes from meager beginnings is a fun challenge. I had a small amount of red...
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three’s a crowd: green lentil soup with coconut milk & warm spices
Clearly, I am the reluctant food blogger. This space has taken a back seat to work. I now have 2 jobs – co-owner of a web design business that I run with my husband and now a...
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hot lunch: apple-lentil slappy joes
For one year, in grade seven, my school decided to raise money by having “Hot Lunch Wednesdays”. Instead of bringing our lunches on Wednesdays, if our parents paid into the system, we’d get a hot...
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it takes two: one pot mujadara with mashed coconut yams
Nearly six years ago (whoa, has it been that long?) I made koshary, a dish that involved lentils, rice and pretty much every single pot I had at my disposal. The meal was tasty, but it was a lot of...
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atakilt wat: turmeric-spiced potatoes, carrots & cabbage
Sunday was Mother’s Day. And because my mom isn’t around anymore, I couldn’t make her a meal or call her on the phone. But I pulled out a tablecloth that I had picked up when I was visiting with my...
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mexican-spiced lentils with sweet potatoes
Vancouver has had summer weather since April! That’s pretty much unheard of in the rainy Pacific Northwest. Climate change is real, y’alls. Right now, though, we’re going through a cloudy patch and...
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