It’s the very beginning of June and it already feels like the familiar hot and humid summer in DC. The air is thick and still and despite the a/c cranked up to its maximum capacity, the house never seems to feel cool during the day. We have a lot of sky lights in the house and although I love...
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Charred Peppers, Chorizo and Quinoa Salad
The best part of summer is that I get to experiment with fresh produce from the farmer’s market. Yesterday I had bought quite a haul from the downtown Bethesda Farmers’ Market. I had an assortment of multicolored hot and sweet peppers, a lot of multicolored cherry and grape tomatoes and a large chorizo sausage made by a local Amish...
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Grapefruit, Avocado and Quinoa Salad
My regular readers may have noticed that nowadays my recipes are leaning more and more towards healthy cooking. The reason is that just recently I was told that my A1C is rising (due to asthma medications) and that if I want to avoid getting full-blown diabetes, I have to eat super-healthy food. Of course, this came as terrible news...
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Teriyaki Salmon and Quinoa Cakes
This summer has gone by in a jiffy! I have no idea how the past few months have whizzed by. I had both my kids at home (from college) and lots of other visitors coming in and out of the house constantly. The result of all this activity was that even though I was cooking for a huge crowd...
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Pickled Peppadew Peppers, Asparagus and Mozzarella Quinoa Salad
My husband has been away for a whole week and both the kids are at college. So it’s been just me and my three dogs at home. No, I am not lamenting about the solitary life I have been leading – it is actually quite nice not to have to do loads and loads of laundry and not to...
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