Category Archives: vegetables

fantastic favas

Posted on June 16, 2011 by jentarantino

getting a farm box every week has proved to be both wonderful and a tad arduous. wonderful for all the inspiration it has given me and arduous, since all your produce comes at once and needs to be washed and … Continue reading →

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skinny creamed spinach

Posted on March 25, 2011 by jentarantino

I have it bad! The sun is finally shining, the birds are singing, and my patio is screaming out for a BBQ. SPRING FEVER! My usual cravings for soup and roast chicken have moved aside for everything green. I’ve been … Continue reading →

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winter pear salad

Posted on January 26, 2011 by jentarantino

I’m pretty sure we all think of summer as the season for awesome salads, but in the heart of winter, there are just as many “in-season” fruits and vegetables to toss together and chase those cold weather blues away. This … Continue reading →

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polenta please

Posted on January 6, 2011 by jentarantino

my husband and i have decided to start out this new year with an entire month free of meat and booze. it sounded like such a good idea…lose some weight, break some bad habits, teach ourselves some discipline, yadda yadda … Continue reading →

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simple veggie roast

Posted on November 10, 2010 by jentarantino

i stopped blogging awhile back due to life interference. my husband and i were in the middle of buying a house and then i decided to get my real estate license. all interference, aside from my little oscar, has been … Continue reading →

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perfect pickles

Posted on September 23, 2009 by jentarantino

summer is finally winding down and, if you’re anything like me, you’re looking for a way to preserve that sunny feeling and use all those veggies your friends keep dumping on you from their over-abundant gardens. pickling is the answer … Continue reading →

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salad daze

Posted on May 16, 2009 by jentarantino

as the days get warmer, here in the great northwest, and summer seems like a real possibility instead of a made up season, i become a salad fanatic. but as you can probably gleam, if you’ve been following my blog … Continue reading →

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baked potato chips

Posted on April 9, 2009 by jentarantino

about a month ago, my sister, who is the gardener in the family (i, on the other hand, have a black thumb and could kill a plant just by looking at it), gave me quite a bit of rosemary from … Continue reading →

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