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Fresh Pesto Pasta with Garlic Bread

Fresh Pesto Pasta with Garlic Bread

I know that the pasta up there looks a little crazy, but man did it taste good!  I bought it at the Mangi Con Amore stand at the Hollywood Farmers Market in anticipation of wanting a simple weeknight meal, and that shape – Traditional Trofie – was recommended as going really  well with pesto sauce. [...]

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Fried Plantains with Guacamole

Fried Plantains with Guacamole

A few years ago I saw a Good Eats episode featuring fried plantains.  They looked and sounded so good, and I made a mental note that I’d have to try them someday. Cut to breakfast a few months ago at Hugo’s Restaurant.  They were featuring a special that had plantains as part of the dish, [...]

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Chili Addiction

Chili Addiction

When I became a vendor at the Hollywood Farmers’ Market, I had no idea what the other vendors would be like.  We’d done some other farmers markets and most of the people were very nice, but you never really know what you’re in for.  So driving over to Hollywood that morning, I was pretty nervous. [...]

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Baja-Style Grilled Tempeh Tacos

Baja-Style Grilled Tempeh Tacos

We had these for dinner a while ago, and they were so good that I made Ryan take a picture of them.  I never really had fish tacos until moving to California.  For a while, we weren’t eating dairy, but were still eating fish.  Often when we ate out, a fish taco was the only [...]

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Reduced Fat Vegenaise

Reduced Fat Vegenaise

We went to Follow Your Heart for lunch yesterday, and I got a few goodies from the market, including this new Reduced Fat Vegenaise.  I probably should have known that this was going to be coming out, but I didn’t, so I was super happy to find out about it.
I don’t really know how to [...]

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