Posts in Spring
A Tasty Chopped Salad

This salad has made it onto our table twice recently; once to start off a dinner party, another as part of a Middle Eastern meze-style brunch. I like this salad because it's spring-fresh, tasty, and the perfect dish to prep ahead. In fact it just gets better the longer the cucumber, tomato, and red onion marinate in the dressing.

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Food as Energy, Part II (Black Bean Breakfast Bowl)

Would you believe me if I told you this bowl comes together in 6 minutes? Assuming the hummus is already waiting for you in the fridge, you can soft-boil the egg in five minutes, drop asparagus in to blanch the last two, and warm the beans while the egg is cooking. And after all that, there's still a whole minute left to peel the egg and assemble the bowl. Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating a little. 

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