soup

cool with kale

by Molly on January 14, 2011

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kale is one of the only locally grown vegetables this time of year, and frankly, by february we’re sick of it. but i’m here today to encourage you to rethink the curly green goodness. don’t think of it as cabbage – that will only evoke thoughts of bland, tasteless food of a bygone era. instead, [...]

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french twist

by Molly on November 22, 2010

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i have phil to thank for coming up with this meal the other night. he was craving french onion soup, but we decided to think about ways that we could adapt the recipe to be a) healthier and b) molly-friendly. the result was effortlessly tasty, without compromising much in terms of authenticity but also health! [...]

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carrots heart maple

by Molly on September 15, 2010

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it’s true – carrots love maple syrup (and honey, and brown sugar, and anything else with a robust sweetness). so why not give those orange veggies what they want and roast them up with some maple? this soup all starts with a nice glug of the syrup and allows the chunks of carrot to soak [...]

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fight heat with heat

by Molly on June 29, 2010

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it’s a bizarre phenomenon, but when it’s unbearably hot and you don’t have air conditioning, eat or drink something that will make you sweat. that lovely built-in temperature control system we all have in our bodies isn’t there for nothing! sweating cools us down – it may not be particularly glamorous, but it gets the [...]

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cinco de soupo

by Molly on May 6, 2010

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by pure coincidence, we had a dinner last night that was totally relevant to cinco de mayo. obviously, it’s not actually that big of a deal here in london. maybe in some of the mexican restaurants, you’d notice it. but compared to how things went in san diego (try going to ANY bar without being [...]

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