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Winter Canning: Ginger-Lime Marmalade
Just as I was lamenting the many long months until my next summer-harvest canning spree, my dad’s lime trees start exploding with more fruit that seems reasonable. Yes! Winter canning commences. In...
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Olallieberry-Frangipane Tart
I don’t know if it’s the weather or the transit of Venus, or just that it takes 22 years for them to reach maturity, but our olallieberry bushes are going bonkers. For the uninitiated, an olallieberry...
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Coconut-Banana-Pecan Sunday Muffins
I like sweets for breakfast, mostly because I drink coffee, and there’s just nothing like a sweet with a cup of coffee. So I’m always seeking ways to indulge my cravings while still getting a shred of...
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Winter Staple of the Year: Curried Delicata & Red Lentil Stew
Because I seem to be making it every other week, I decided to post this recipe for a very hearty, filling, warming curried red lentil stew. It’s given heft with delicata squash and carrots, and deeply...
View ArticleThe Winning Recipe! Fried Garlic & Grilled Jalapeño Tomatillo Salsa
So we have two lucky winners of the Spooning Can-It-Forward Day recipe contest. Portland’s own Keri Padon and Chris Ericsen (of Swing Top Soda Co.) submitted the following delectable salsa, and they...
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Grilling for Apartment Dwellers
I love living in apartments–you can keep your houses with their lawn care, leaky roofs, and energy guzzling! But, there are two things about house-dwelling that I covet: the mudroom, and a big old...
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Winning Recipe #1: Refrigerator Kimchi
Presenting the first of the two winning Can-It-Forward recipes, to celebrate preserving the harvest. This one comes from Chris Ericsen and Keri Padon of Portland, Oregon–second-time winners! I’m sure...
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Winning Recipe #2: Tarragon Beets
The second winning recipe for the Spooning Can-It-Forward Day recipe contest (with generous prizes courtesy of Ball) comes from Ann Forsthoefel, also of Portland, Oregon. (What can I say, the locals...
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Fall Lunch Salad with Squash, Pears & Hazelnuts
I actually wore socks this week, so I know that summer is officially over. Here in Portland, the cozy darknesss has set in—as has the rain—and I’m so pleased to finally be using my oven again. The...
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Coconut-Chai Pumpkin Flan. Yes.
Though I simply do not and will not ever understand the whole PSL phenomenon (that’s Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte, of course—it even has its own Twitter account, @TheRealPSL, with 91,000 followers...
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