Spring Pea Risotto

I love the farmer’s market and I’m lucky to live in a town with a great one. It’s such fun to bike downtown and spend a leisurely morning browsing through all the fresh produce and wonderful specialty artisan foods offered by the vendors. All that beautiful food is a treat for the eyes as well [...]

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Curried couscous salad

I recently had really good food on an airplane. Really. Well, to be honest, I bought it at the airport, and ate it on the airplane.  Unless you fly first class, you don’t get real meals from the airlines anymore.  Which is just as well, when you can buy yummy things like this and eat [...]

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Lemon Bars, two ways

Lemon bars are a classic cookie, and often show up at bake sales and coffee shops. But I am frequently disappointed, and perhaps because I’ve been spoiled. Too often, I’ve bit into one, hoping for that contrast of sweet and sour, creamy and crisp, only to get a mouthful of limp and pasty. Yuck. In [...]

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Lemon Pudding Cake

I love lemon curd and I love cheesecake.  Both of those treats, however, don’t often fit into my diet these days.  So, I was delighted to find this recipe.  It satisfies my longing for both of those, at a fraction of the calories and fat.  On top of that, it is super easy, and make [...]

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