Lisa on June 8th, 2011

It’s summer, it’s hot (since when was Detroit in the middle of the Sahara?), and I’m sure I’m not the only one who doesn’t want to spend much time over a hot stove right now.  Hence, this soup!  Although it involves a bit of simmering time, the heat is on low and you don’t have [...]

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Lisa on August 27th, 2010

Mung beans are the cutest beans you can imagine!  They’re my latest little favorite finds in the Grains & Legumes department.  I’ve been wanting to make a dish with them ever since an Indian friend made a wonderfully simple lunch for us involving mung beans, paneer cheese, and cauliflower.  I hadn’t had mung beans before, [...]

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Lisa on June 18th, 2010

Maybe it’s a childhood memory or maybe it’s something I dreamed, but it seems to me that super-tiny shrimp were popular in cold salads when I was a kid.  I have absolutely no idea what they were called…I just remember thinking they were the cutest things ever.  Can’t remember what they tasted like, either. Whether [...]

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