recipe 15.1: variations on smashed cucumber salad
Hot weather makes my ambitions rather simple when it comes to meals. Something slightly watery but still crunchy always makes …
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recipe 15: smashed salad days
The first time I took a rolling-pin to a cucumber I was just a bit hesitant. What was I thinking? …
recipe 14: curried tofu and green bean lunch for 2
another fresh + one-ready-made-item lunch We are on a continuing tear for fast and vegetarian lunches this week! This one …
Dōmo affogatō, Mr. Roboto
What to do with beans that may be good, but just not to your taste? We have some very specific …
recipe 13: spiral cucumber and yuba salad
V is for Very Easy Without too much dogmatism, we try to eat a more plant-based diet most days, with …
optimism, cultivated and wild
♥♥ Surprise cheer ambushed us in a nursery last weekend, on a perfect sunny Saturday afternoon – another insistent beauty …
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Forward and backward, a number sequence with a rhythm to catch one for a moment and allow silliness. As if …
keeping Aloha
How to you retain that lightness, freshness and calm that comes wrapped up in the spirit of Aloha? Can you …
recipe 12: fall quinoa salad
Quinoa is one of my most favourite ‘grains’ (tho technically it is not actually a grain at all). But I …
late summer colours {outside}
Late afternoon glowing into evening as we head home, the golden hills of California’s coastal open spaces quietly hint of …
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