Tag Archives: lunch

Spinach Salad with Port Salut and Sour Cherries

I’ve been talking to you a lot about ice cream and hot dogs lately, so I decided to tell you about this salad. I was having a bad day earlier this week and I realized that, on top of everything … Continue reading

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Hot Dogs: It’s Complicated

I have a complicated relationship to hot dogs. It all started about twenty five years ago when I ate one for the first time. I immediately fell in love. I loved the way the skin on the hot dog snapped … Continue reading

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Taum Sauk Mountain and Arcadia Valley

The summer before my freshman year of high school, I went to sleep away camp in a tiny town next to Taum Sauk Mountain in southern Missouri’s Arcadia Valley. I didn’t appreciate nature as much then, so the highlight of my … Continue reading

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Huevos Rancheros Scrambled Eggs

I love eggs more than most things, except maybe chocolate and avocados. So when I saw this recipe for huevos rancheros scrambled eggs, I was sold. This recipe is a hybrid. It’s huevos rancheros, tostadas, and tacos, all rolled into … Continue reading

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Avocado Toast with Sriracha Mayo and Pea Shoots

Sometimes, it’s about the simple things. That’s how I feel about this avocado toast. It didn’t require a lot of work or planning. It came together in less than 10 minutes. But it was one of the best things I … Continue reading

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Baked Eggs on Roasted Cherry Tomatoes

I’ve been on a baked eggs kick lately. First, there was the best baked eggs I’ve ever tasted in my life. Then, I attempted a weird marinara version that I will probably never repeat. Last night I made these eggs, … Continue reading

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Deconstructed Waldorf Salad

When I was younger, my family would go out to a certain pizza chain establishment and along with my pizza, I’d order a Waldorf salad. Except that it wasn’t actually a Waldorf salad because it had honey mustard dressing and … Continue reading

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Brie Green Apple Salad

Whenever I think about this salad, I hear the words, “greens, greens, greens,” set to the tune of Destiny’s Child’s “Bills, Bills, Bills.” ANYWAY. The song and the salad share some things in common. They’re both about empowerment and feeling … Continue reading

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Pomelo Salad

Sometimes, a recipe is born out of necessity. That’s what happened with this pomelo salad. I wanted to make a Thai pomelo salad with fresh red chili and fish sauce. But I couldn’t find fresh chili or fish sauce anywhere. I … Continue reading

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Baked Eggs: Part Deux

It’s time that we talked about social media lurkers. We all know one. Once, when I was living in D.C., I started talking about a dinner that I made. “Oh,” my one friend said, “The one with stewed lentils?” She … Continue reading

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