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Spaghetti Squash Stuffed with Lentils

September 6, 2008 – 18:38

This year was the first time we actually got around growing our own vegetables, and our dear parents with their various summer cottages were the ones who really made it possible. We simply grew the seedlings on our windowsill in the spring, planted them in the soil in early summer, and a month later we [...]

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Carrot Almond Spread with Sage

September 3, 2008 – 21:04

Carrots and almonds go so very well together, as do fresh sage leaves and garlic. My purpose was to make a spread that we could have for breakfast on rye bread, and it came out exactly how I wanted: cooking the garlic mellowed down its sharpness, and the overall taste is pretty mild and buttery, [...]

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Smokey Tofu Spread with Sage

May 17, 2008 – 23:07

This spread was part of our May Day picnic. It gets its deep flavor from liquid smoke and fresh sage, and goes especially well with a bread that has a lot of flavor of its own - like the dried Finnish sour rye bread pictured below.

The recipe is very easy and quick to make, but [...]

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Tofu and Sundried Tomato Stew

March 18, 2008 – 11:10

This was an easy weekday recipe, and very much packed with flavor - thanks to the lovely sun dried tomatoes that flew to us straight from Rome! Lately I’ve realized how much more flavor stays in dried tomatoes when they aren’t preserved in oil, and it doesn’t take that long to rehydrate them either.

We had [...]

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Black Bean and Sunflower Seed Croquettes with Tomato-Sage Sauce

February 21, 2008 – 09:58

These croquettes were made with simple ingredients that we almost always have around the house. Black beans, sunflower seeds, and pink peppercorns were the main components here, but lemon juice, sesame seeds, and ground coriander added a lot of flavor as well. Pink peppercorns and coriander are both fragrant and delicate seasonings, and they paired [...]

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