Category: Vegetarian
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Watermelon Gazpacho
Summer in Vancouver is shaping up to be cool and rainy; I won’t lie, I love this cooler weather and the rainy days. I’ll admit that I do miss eating food in the sunshine, there’s something remiss about eating local strawberries while huddled under a blanket, wearing thick wooly socks. So this Sunday, when we had…
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Simple Cold Soba Noodle Salad
I always pine for the summer during colder months, but I also always realize almost immediately that I’m not very good at dealing with the heat. In Vancouver very few people have air conditioning in their apartments so when the first 30 degree day hits I can feel myself melting despite sitting in front of…
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Slow Roasted Red Pepper and Ricotta Pasta Sauce
I’m coming down from one incredible weekend; it’s Tuesday and I still feel some residual buzzing going on. Last Friday afternoon 11 of our friends came up to Vancouver from Seattle and San Francisco for a gigantic friend reunion of sorts. On top of that, I saw Beach House twice (!!) – Saturday at The…
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Kitchen Sink Salad with a Creamy Avocado and Greek Yogurt Dressing
I have some really nice memories of Sunday nights with my family that involve kitchen sink salads. My sister and I would often spend the afternoon outside, our outdoor activities depended on the time of year (destroying piles of raked leaves, making picnic table forts, pretending the hammock was a pirate ship, or constructing little houses…
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Thursday Night Supper
I spent my day eating hot cross buns and hearty lentil salad so a light supper was in order. This bright salad is made of baby greens, iceberg lettuce, radicchio, egg and watermelon radishes, grape tomatoes, and strawberries and it was tossed with a sherry vinegar and honey vinaigrette.