Austin: Part 1
Without even trying, my brand spankin' new husband just summarized my whole approach to travel: "Time to head home--your favorite part
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winter
Cheesy Rosemary Roadside Potatoes
How’s daylight savings time treating everyone? I love the earlier morning light. It’s so natural to wake up with the sun, and I’m savoring it before
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My Favorite Butternut Squash Soup
The best things in life are...
oh so simple.
It's true, I love an afternoon in the kitchen, spending hours chopping veggies for a big pot of chili
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Lentils and Cheese in Spaghetti Squash
Before my body shows a single sign of illness, it predicts the future by craving tea. Maybe that sounds unassuming, but I will always ALWAYS choose
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Butternut Squash Gratin (and an announcement)
Of course, just as the produce department is beginning to burst with signs of spring--ramps! non-droopy cilantro! locally-grown greens!--I'm making a
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Turnip and Leek Blue Cheese Gratin
I'm not sure how it came to this, but I discovered last week that this turnip and leek blue cheese gratin, in all its weird-looking blue cheese glory,
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Mushroom Potato Gratin
Today is one of those days that makes me wonder--what happened to the fun in blogging??? When I started Balancing Active, not so long ago, I worked on
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Roasted Smoky Lemon Brussels Sprouts
Never buy baby Brussels sprouts. I don't care how cute they are--unless you're making a clever pregnancy announcement, there is NO REASON to spend 45
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Potato and Celery Root Gratin
This week I went a little crazy and made two gratins--this potato and celery root gratin sprinkled with insanely tasty truffle salt, and a "side dish"
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Potato Leek Gratin
Potato leek gratin is a life saver.
Exaggeration? I'll leave that up to you.
Slumber parties aren't just for tweens, but they do change form as
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Step-by-Step Fluffy Sweet Potato Rolls
Big, juicy hamburgers veggie burgers and buns--they go together like peanut butter and jelly, right? So how rude of me to give you a veggie burger
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Essential Home Cookware and Spiced Eggplant Lentil Stew
Late last summer, as my sister was registering for her wedding, she called me to see what cookware she should add to her registry. I responded with a
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