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Jazzed Up Ramen Noodle Dinner
Ramen noodles, beef stock, medium-firm tofu, baby bok choi, scallions, cilantro, Sambaal Olek and copious amounts of fresh ginger, minced garlic and soy sauce. Alongside a perfect poppy dancey song that makes me think of disco Bryan Ferry. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqbq_sw8ku0] Cut Copy – Need You Now
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Chickpea and Tomato Soup with Rosemary and Lemony Parsley Pesto
I promise that I am not exaggerating when I tell you that this is one of the best soups I have ever made and also one of the easiest. In fact, its simplicity left me suspect after reading the original recipe in Nigella Lawson’s How to Eat, my motivation for trying the recipe came from possessing…
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Roasted Jalapeno and Sweet Pepper Barley Salad
I’ve been going through a hearty salad obsession for the past month or so, I think it’s my own culinary method of chasing the grey and perpetually dripping winter away. That is to say, if my food is bright and fresh tasting then the cold exterior seems less of a a constant looming cloud. Winter…
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Crunchy Roasted Brussels Sprouts Salad
Winter is the perfect opportunity to force yourself into practicing more creative salad making habits, something about the persistent grey makes the produce aisle look not quite right, all the summer vegetables looking off in colour and shape in the middle of December. I offer this recipe as inspiration to think outside of the traditional…
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Quick Pomegranate and Cucumber Salad
When Vancouver returns to its natural state of rainy grey I find myself turning to food for brightness, this isn’t particularly difficult when purple-green winter kale, electric mandarin oranges and pomegranates resembling the imaginary seeds of blood red roses flood the grocery store produce aisle. Both the cucumber and pomegranate seeds provide the most satisfying…