Tag Archives: beans

Creamy vegetable chowder.

Posted on September 13, 2012 by

This vegetable soup has a sweet-corn base, with a confetti of brightly colored summer vegetables. Flavorful, low-cal and low-fat, to boot! Continue reading →

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Preserving summer green beans.

Posted on August 10, 2012 by

If you find yourself with a glut of crispy-fresh summer green beans, you can easily freeze them to enjoy several months down the road. Here’s how. Continue reading →

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Summery green pasta salad.

Posted on July 18, 2012 by

Think pasta salad is boring? (Me, too.) This fresh take on pasta salad uses summer green vegetables and a light, lemony dressing. Continue reading →

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French picnic salad in a jar.

Posted on May 31, 2012 by

This beautiful layered salad in a jar is perfectly portable for a picnic or lunch at the office. Continue reading →

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Summer succotash.

Posted on August 8, 2011 by

In the heart of summer, I cannot get enough of corn, zucchini and tomatoes. They taste intensely of sunshine, they’re incredibly easy to prepare and they’re endlessly flexible. An article in the July/August issue of Eating Well that featured healthy … Continue reading →

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Beans: filling, cheap, good for you.

Posted on January 17, 2011 by

The humble bean is quite the super food: packed with calcium, iron, potassium, B vitamins, plus about a quarter of the protein and half the fiber recommended daily for adults—all in a single serving. According to the U.S. Department of … Continue reading →

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White bean puree.

Posted on August 7, 2010 by

I am a Bean Girl, raised on Navy Bean Soup, pork & beans, baked beans and the like. (Perhaps tellingly, my mom was picking limas when she felt the first twinges signaling my impending arrival.) I am not married to … Continue reading →

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Summer’s best sauteed vegetables.

Posted on July 12, 2010 by

This recipe really could simply be called “Summer” because it has all the essences of the season—the sunshiny taste of tomatoes, the sweetness of corn, the crunch of Blue Lake green beans, the tang of basil—all in every single bite. … Continue reading →

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