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Baked Halibut with Roasted Tomatoes and Potatoes
A really easy-to-make meal tonight based on a recipe from Rick Bayless’s Mexican Everyday. Halibut sits on a bed of sliced potatoes and carrots and is baked in a quick tomato-jalapeño salsa. I love recipes like this; they’re so adaptable to whatever fish or vegetables you’re in the mood for, are very healthy, and are […]
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White Bean, Roasted Red Pepper, and Arugula Salad
I was pretty happy when I saw that our CSA box this week included arugula, because I’d been wanting to make this salad from Fitness Food a second time — the first time we brought it over to a dinner with Jeremy and Autumn and were without camera. The arugula is tossed with a light […]
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Tofu with Greens & Noodles
Lisa made this excellent vegetarian stir-fry tonight, based on a recipe in the always wonderful Fitness Food. Tofu is cubed and marinated in a mix of sauces and spices, and then quickly stir-fried with a plethora of veggies — we altered the recipe to suit what we had on hand — and thin egg noodles. […]
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Fisherman’s Rice
A few nights ago I made this surprisingly easy and quick rice dish — somewhere between a paella and fried rice — found in The Border Cookbook. We used chicken chorizo instead of pork/beef to lower the fat content, and considering there’s only a teaspoon of oil added, it was pretty healthy. Chris says: Yay […]
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Vegetarian Carbonada
Tonight Lisa made a vegetarian version of Carbonada, an Argentinian stew. The recipe comes from the Moosewood Low-Fat Favorites cookbook. This stew is loaded with veggies, spices, rice, and… evil? Chris says: Oh. When you said we were having Satan for dinner I thought you had somehow secured an audience with our President. Lisa says: […]