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Stuffed Cabbage Redux

By Alexa | Published: November 6, 2009
This week’s Golden Earthworm’s CSA box included a very large and beautiful green cabbage.  So what to do with this healthy leafy green now that it’s in season?  Stuffed cabbage!  For the stuffing, I decided to go in a fresh vegetarian direction and used lentils and Israeli couscous (trusty pantry staples they are).  They work [...]
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Nicoisesque Salad

By Alexa | Published: July 30, 2009
Another week, another stellar CSA box from Golden Earthworm. As soon as I heard that we would be getting potatoes, green beans and lettuce, a “Nicoise” lightbulb went off in my head. Traditional Nicoise salads have tuna, potatoes, green beans, hard boiled eggs and anchovies. But I like to make mine with sardines, and we [...]
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Hearty Harvest Salad

By Alexa | Published: June 9, 2009
Tonight we picked up our second CSA box. To see what we received, click HERE. One of the items in the box was the most perfect head of red romaine lettuce that I had ever seen, and I knew that I wanted to build a delicious salad around it. A salad can be bulked up [...]
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Poached Fish “Soup”

By Alexa | Published: December 8, 2008
Every Friday night, for Shabbat, we prepare a delicious meal that marks the end of our work week and ushers in the weekend. Sometimes we go all out with a fancy meal, other times we make something quick and easy, but we always create a wonderful, leisurely evening spent with food, each other, family and [...]
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7 Dishes for a Tuscan Picnic

By Alexa | Published: September 21, 2008
SustainablePantry.com was asked to cater a birthday party for a family member. Andi (the birthday girl) and Marshall are huge foodies and we wanted the menu to be delicious while still remaining simple and vegetarian friendly. The party was on the beautiful roof of Matthew’s sister and brother-in-law’s apartment in the East Village–and we were [...]
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