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Author Archives: tani

BBQ Tofu

This recipe is seriously great. Even people who normally don’t like tofu, like this. It’s a bit of a process, but well worth the effort.
Years ago there was a great vegetarian restaurant in Boulder that served this tofu. I was crazy about it, and the owner of the restaurant generously invited me into the kitchen...

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Bran Muffins 2.0

I really love making bran muffins. And unless everyone is just being nice to me, my friends and family like them too.
The recipe listed on this site is the recipe that I use, but I wanted to give some enhancements that make the muffins fantabulous.
First, all of the “optional” ingredients, I use when I make...

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A video for chicken tortilla soup

I think I just fell in love with our MAC. I tried out iMovie for the first time, and I actually was able to edit 3 video clips into one (and cut out 6 minutes of boring stuff!) The video still has my signature children running around and bad camera angles – but it’s way...

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A yummy way to get lots of Veggies … Vegetable Soup!

I have so many things to catch you up on! First of all, I had a beautiful little girl on July 28th (Tess Elizabeth). She is precious and we are so in love with her.
I mentioned in the spring that we had joined a CSA for the first time (Community Shared Agriculture). I haven’t posted...

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Paging: Recipes, Techniques & Inspiration

It will come as no shock to you, my devoted fan base, that I’ve been a little absent from the blog lately. I often think I can accomplish more in a day than I truly am capable of, and this time I think I thought I could accomplish more in a pregnancy than I was...

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Purple Cabbage Salad

I had this for the first time because my friend Annie brought it to a pot luck. It’s delicious, and happens to be healthy also (I think she may have said it comes from a South beach diet cookbook?). The purple cabbage is colorful and beautiful. A very easy, fast salad to make. Keeps great...

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Shopping List Download

Easy, stress-free meals begin with organized shopping trips. Just like so many good habits in life, sometimes I get this right and sometimes I don’t.
I can tell you that on the weeks I plan a little bit, life is easier. I can also tell you, that making a list and shopping once a week is...

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Seared Tuna (so easy, you won’t believe it)

Here’s a little trick: Whole foods has some amazing marinades and rubs, and they’re free.
Last night I made sesame-encrusted seared tuna (with wasabi), brown rice and sauteed broccolini. It’s not the cheapest meal in my repertoire, but it’s one of the best and it’s one of the easiest.
The cooking really begins when I can...

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CPK Salad revisited

One of the first videos I ever filmed was for this salad. It was short, and you really never got to see what the salad looked like (mostly, I just talked about it).
So, I just did another video of the same salad, and this time the camera is focused on the food. You’ll even learn...

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Cooking Inspiration for the Day

“When I walk into my kitchen today,
I am not alone.
Whether we know it
or not, none of us is.
We bring fathers
and mothers and kitchen
tables, and every meal
we have ever eaten.
Food is never just food.
It’s also a way of getting at something else:
who we are, who
we have been, and
who we want to be.”
- Molly Wizenberg, from A...

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