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Warm Quinoa Salad with Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Sage

Maris Callahan — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 06:10:13 +0000

No matter how big your turkey or how tart your cranberry sauce, there are few aromas that say Thanksgiving quite like the aromas of sage and thyme emanating from the stovetop. This warm quinoa salad delivers just that, even though that aroma comes from stuffing (or dressing, depending on what part of the country you’re from).” Every family seems to have their own traditional stuffing recipes – cornbread and cranberries, sourdough with chestnuts and oysters, sausage and apples with once-crusty whole wheat bread. But if you keep a gluten-free diet, stuffing is probably not the same for you as it is for the rest of your family. If you want to eliminate any feelings of stuffing-envy that arrive, uninvited, at your dinner table this year, skip the stuffing altogether, however unimaginable that may be, and instead opt for a side dish that’s naturally gluten-free: quinoa. Quinoa, pronounced keen-WAH, is a close relative to the leafy greens family that bears resemblance to the grain family. With a light, fluffy texture, quinoa will offer the same forkful of comfort that stuffing would – with many of the same flavors and even more nutrients then you would get from the same amount of wheat […]

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Autumn Chopped Salad with Bacon, Pear and Cranberries

Maris Callahan — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:54:33 +0000

There was once a time when I thought that the annual fixation with pumpkin that I developed in September was unique. Then, the internet happened and Pinterest soon followed and suddenly, the idea of seasonal cooking and baking seemed as cliched as the pumpkin spice latte. While I do love shopping locally from farmer’s markets and supporting the vendors in my region, Chicago weather really isn’t the most conducive to seasonal produce. It’s not because it’s cold all year round , but because the weather can be unpredictable. Here we are on the brink of May, but the weather has been more conducive to a pot of Italian beef stew than it has to strawberry sangria. Despite the fact that the calendar says spring, everything else about my life says winter. Even when I wear flats with no socks, even though my heavy North Face jacket has been filed away in the closet with no plans to emerge until next November, the weather is, unfortunately, undoubtedly, not spring-like. So, neither are my salads. Save Print Autumn Chopped Salad Author: Maris Callahan Recipe type: Cooking for One or Two, Worknight Dinners Prep time: 10 mins Total time: 10 mins Serves: 1-2 servings Ingredients […]

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