Going completely vegetarian for vegetarian awareness month: Can she do it?

What happens when you take one die-hard meat eater and watch her go meat-less for Vegetarian Awareness Month? Will she make it? What problems will she have? And, most importantly, what will happen to her when Vegetarian Awareness Month is over? Will she go back to eating meat?
It’s the classic battle of wills: Will her [...]

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And now, for a little potato gratin recipe

(I just typed potato with an “e” at the end. Dan Quayle, will you get out of my head!)
Okay.
Here is the world’s easiest recipe for one of the world’s most satisfying dishes. Good news #1: The kids will eat it. Good news #2: The husband will eat it and (bonus good news) never clue in [...]

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So what do you take to eat on a road trip?

Okay, I’m a bit neurotic when it comes to road trips.
See, I just don’t want to be at the mercy of fast food joints. I’d rather make a picnic out of cheese and crackers and fresh fruit than eat fast food any day. So I always fill the cooler with goodies.
This, of course, means we [...]

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Vegetarian recipe: Fast and great

I discovered pea shoots earlier this year (if you have not had them, you must try them … they are wonderful!).
Certainly I had noticed them before. Who could not with their pretty, curling tendrils? But I never knew what to do with them so I never bought them.
Until this year. And this recipe.Vegetarian recipe: Garlicky [...]

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Recipe for lime (yes LIME) curd (and you thought lemon curd was good!)

I love lemon curd so much I could eat it by the spoonful. In fact, my record is four heaping spoonfuls before I go into sugar shock. Or two slices of lemon pie. (Sometimes three!)
So, I was thinking, I how would lime curd taste?
In short, delicious!
See, I went into my culinary school kitchen and tweaked [...]

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