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Pantry & Spotlight Ingredients

Spotlight Ingredient: Beets (Recipe: Beet & Orzo Salad with Feta)

by Aimee
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Last November, when roadside produce stands were closing down shop for the winter, I snagged a ten-pound bag of young beets for ninety-nine cents. Thrilled at the great deal I had just made, I imagined the beets lasting us through the winter – and all for pennies. They were gone by Christmas. Apparently I like [...]

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Dinner

Picnic Food Safety Tips (Recipe: Garden Vegetable Pasta Salad)

by Kristen
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Written by Kristen of Dine and Dish. It’s the time of year when families are grabbing their blankets, packing their coolers and heading to their favorite picnic spot. Nothing says summer like an afternoon of picnic fun with family and friends. Don’t let your plans for the perfect picnic get overshadowed by unsafe food handling [...]

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Dinner

What to Eat on Hot Summer Nights (Recipe: Versatile Black Bean Salad)

by Katie G
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Written by Katie of GoodLife Eats. With temperatures hovering just under 100 degrees F since we returned from our vacation I have decided one thing about meal time: It is simply way too hot to cook right now. But that doesn’t mean I can’t prepare dinner for our family. We still have to eat something. [...]

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Dinner

Grilling Fruit (Recipe: Grilled Peach and Haloumi Salad)

by Danny
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When Aimee mentioned that my next post would coincide with “grilling week”, I have to say that I was pretty darn excited. After all, I’m a man, and men are supposed to be “King of the grill” – if you buy in to all of that jazz.  And so to be quirky and different, my [...]

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Quick Bites

Grilling Greens (Recipe: Grilled Caesar Salad)

by Aimee
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It’s grilling week here on Simple Bites! Join us as we bring you simple recipes for the grill that feature seasonal produce. The first time I recall seeing greens grilled was overr five years ago at swanky brunch in celebration of a baby’s baptism. Coral-colored wedges of radicchio and Belgian endive were wilted and slightly [...]

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