Watercress can be a good replacement for lettuce, and consider taking the extra time to peel your tomato.
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Green Plate Special: The many reasons dill blossoms are kind of a big deal
You can use different parts of the plant in all sorts of ways.
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Like a certain honey flavor? You have bees to thank
The nectar chosen by the insects, which varies by season and region, determines how different honeys taste.
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Green Plate Special: Foolproof Hollandaise keeps you from wasting precious local eggs
Goodbye anxiety in the kitchen, hello luscious Hollandaise on the plate.
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Smoked trout and canned lentils make this no-cook salad fast, filling and flavorful
Too hot and sticky to cook? This salad is your secret weapon.
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Beat the heat with this eggplant bruschetta
The oven time is mercifully short. The broiler quickly cooks eggplant and toasts bread, which you then smear with garlicky Greek skordalia.
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The globe-trotting tomato
The simple pleasure of eating a tomato knows no geographic boundaries. ‘We feel like without tomatoes, the food doesn’t make any sense,’ says one Portland resident who came here from Angola.
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One sheet-pan chicken recipe, spiced 3 ways, is meal prep magic
Create the base for three days of meals – or more – without sacrificing variety.
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Green Plate Special: With fresh cheese like ricotta, you’ve gotta buy local
Fortunately, Maine has at least a few cheesemakers who’ve mastered the process.
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This ranch dressing with fresh herbs and MSG is better than anything from the store
I love ranch dressing – and I am not alone. Ranch is the most popular salad dressing in the United States year after year and has been since 1992. Though there are hordes of ranch-o-philes who subscribe to the creamy, tangy lifestyle, there are others with opinions that seem to stem from a place of […]