Olive and Pearl's

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Sep.24
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Romesco Sauce

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I really love dips. My cousin gets a real kick out of how many hummus tubs, hot sauces, and oils I have sitting in front of me while I eat. Jalapeno hummus, the green hummus from Tender Greens, baba ganoush, Gourmet Lip’s habanero hot sauce, the chipotle hot sauce from Trader Joe’s, and truffle-infused olive oil are regulars in rotation for nearly every meal. My argument is that there are so many flavors in the world, why limit yourself to just one or two at each sit-down? I also am a…read more

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Jun.21
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Springy Roasted Cauliflower Salad with Basil Hemp Seed Dressing

Posted by in Gluten-Free, Greens, Lovely as Leftovers, Uncategorized, Vegan

I was afraid that I’d posted too many cauliflower recipes. But then I thought, to heck with it, it’s delicious and I would happily eat cauliflower everyday for the rest of my years! Then I realized I really haven’t posted many recipes with cauliflower in them at all. So here were are, mas coliflor, and my love of it.  There are so many brightly colored crops on display this time of year at the farmer’s market. The beauty of them instigates a battle between what I see and smell, and…read more

Tomato Kale Salad
Aug.17
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Tomatoes Galore Kale Salad with Tomato Basil Vinaigrette

Posted by in Gluten-Free, Greens, Side Dishes, Uncategorized, Vegan

I was recently told that I may be eating too much kale. It took a lot out of me to type that sentence up there. I feel a near-religious reverence for kale. Too much? How could I be consuming too much? As it turns out, consuming excessive amounts of any cruciferous vegetables (kale, broccoli, cauliflower, bok choy, and cabbage) can cause hypothyroidism. Those with iodine deficiencies are at highest risk, however. There are chemical components found in kale that can compete with iodine for uptake by the thyroid, causing competition…read more

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Aug.06
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Sneaky Greens Week – Power Pancake

Posted by in Breakfast, Gluten-Free, Greens, Uncategorized, Vegetarian

We’re calling this sucker sneaky. Not menacing bandit-creeping-through-your-window-in-the-dead-of-night sneaky, but one-and-only-sister-surprising-you-with-a-huge-birthday-party-of-all-of-your-favorite-people-and-face-painting-and-miniature-horses sneaky. The good kind. Any extra kale that creeps in throughout the day is always a good thing. If you can recall back to our Summer Smoothie post, kale is a superfood. The kind of food that helps to prevent disease. The kind of food that might inspire Shakespeare to pen a few verses (had he eaten some of it and survived up to our foodie-freak modern day). It contains heaps of antioxidants, vitamin K, fiber, iron, and calcium….read more

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Jul.23
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Honey Almond Sesame Cookies

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Throughout human history, there has been some bizarre forms of currency. Salt, jewelry, snakes, potatoes – all have been used in lieu of cash. In the Middle Ages in Russia, squirrel parts were used as a form of currency. Their pelts, claws, and snouts all served a purpose in trade. Less harmful to those poor squirrels, the history of cowry shells and their monetary value can be traced through Chinese culture as far back as 16th century BC. In our family, currently, we have reverted back to those simpler times…read more

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Jun.15
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Slow Cooking Minestrone

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I am reading “The Brothers K” and haven’t enjoyed a book more in quite a while. After I made this soup on a Sunday evening, I sat down to read and opened to my dog-eared page, where one of the main characters had just made lasagna after a long period of mourning a break up. He tasted his lasagna and thought to himself, “There’s something missing.  But there is always something missing. Having things missing, even indispensable things, is a fact of life, don’t you think? And life goes on…read more