Beans
18 July 2008 by
Jean Johnson
When it's too hot to even think about boiling the pasta water, try a variation on homemade hummus with a little blue cheese crumbled over the top and a drizz of good oil. Here I smashed up some limas and favas I'd cooked earlier. Seasoned nicely with what have ...
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30 May 2008 by
Jean Johnson
Later in the season when fava beans are more mature, it does pay to shuck them not only out of their white velvet pods but also out of their individual shells. Now, though, favas go great to the table easily once removed three or four at a time from their ...
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16 May 2008 by
Jean Johnson
No less than fava beans (broadbeans) help illustrate how lovely getting one's vegetables in the spring can be. When mature, favas are a half foot long and the beans within the pods need double shucking to remove tough coats. But now favas are smaller than peapods and so tender ...
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19 January 2008 by
Jean Johnson
It took 5 minutes to pull these vegetables together. There's carrots to sweeten things. Cabbage just because. Dark leafy greens since we're 'sposed to eat 'em. And a little onion, garlic, and leftover spaghetti squash--the trio I love so dearly.
The secret's high heat. And a cast iron wok that I ...
Posted in Beans, Cheese, Dinner, Fall, Flash Cooking, Sauces, Toppings, & Pestos, Scratch Cooking, Seasonal, Spring, Thrift, Ultrafast, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Whole Grains, Winter | 2 Comments »
30 October 2007 by
Jean Johnson
Lunch to Go
The best thing about this lunch to go is that it tasted as delicious as it looks. Simple food. It really is fabulous and fast--and so very kind to our health and wealth.
Recipe Note
Layer greens and leftover quinoa or other whole grain into your lunch box. Then ...
Posted in Beans, Cheese, Fall, Lunches, Scratch Cooking, Thrift, Ultrafast, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian | 2 Comments »
15 October 2007 by
Jean Johnson
It's mid-October but the kitchen garden still giveth. Today there was broccoli, roasting ears, a couple small lonesome zucchinis, and a cartload of Anaheim chiles. Seemed like dinner to me.
All it took was a douse of water (which in truth was some cinnamon tea left in the teapot) in ...
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