Simply Me: A Year of Eating Locally, Mindfully, Simply

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In Simply Me, I will share my experiences as I cook through all the recipes in Simply in Season. Through this process I hope to discover simple ways of preparing local, healthy foods and learn more about nutrition, sustainability, and how our eating choices impact the world.

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Recent Posts Tagged With 'butternut'

Dec 08

Vegetarian Groundnut Stew

The introduction to this recipe from Simply in Season states that it’s “inspired by peanut stews served in West Africa.” Indeed, I have been to West and East Africa, and in both areas of the continent I’ve been inspired by the (read full article)

autumn, butternut, cabbage, green beans, Main Dishes, recipe, Simply in Season, Vegetarian

Dec 08

Vegetarian Groundnut Stew

The introduction to this recipe from Simply in Season states that it’s “inspired by peanut stews served in West Africa.” Indeed, I have been to West and East Africa, and in both areas of the continent I’ve been inspired by the (read full article)

autumn, butternut, cabbage, green beans, Main Dishes, recipe, Simply in Season, Vegetarian

Dec 06

Butternut Sage Orzo

I wish I had tried this recipe before Thanksgiving–it would have been a perfect turkey day side dish. Oh well, it also made a nice Sunday afternoon lunch. I haven’t used orzo before, so this was a new experience. I rather like how it seem (read full article)

autumn, butternut, recipe, Side Dish, Simply in Season

Dec 06

Butternut Sage Orzo

I wish I had tried this recipe before Thanksgiving–it would have been a perfect turkey day side dish. Oh well, it also made a nice Sunday afternoon lunch. I haven’t used orzo before, so this was a new experience. I rather like how it seem (read full article)

autumn, butternut, recipe, Side Dish, Simply in Season

Dec 01

Chicken and Chickpea Soup

Ok folks, this is heavily adapted from Simply in Season. I started with a 3 lb stewing chicken, the one left from last week’s farm pickup. At about 7 AM this morning I put it, along with 9 cups of water, an onion cut in wedges, 2 peeled whole c (read full article)

autumn, butternut, recipe, Simply in Season, Soup

Nov 25

Butternut Bisque

Call me a hedonist, but I like just about any soup with the word “bisque” in the title. This version from Simply in Season gets its creaminess from nonfat plain yogurt, so I’ll put this in the healthy category. Cook the butternut o (read full article)

autumn, butternut, recipe, Simply in Season, Soup, winter squash

Oct 31

Savory Squash Bread Pudding

I was a little nervous to make this recipe, because DH and his family have this “thing” against mushy bread. My mother in law makes a creamed corn dish with bread in it and that is the only thing they like with that sort of texture. Peel (read full article)

autumn, butternut, Main Dishes, Simply in Season, Vegetarian, winter squash

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