Outpost 505

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We’re leaving for vacation on Wednesday, so I harvested aggressively on Saturday to minimize the inevitable waste from a week-or-so of neglect. This resulted in nine pounds of tomatoes, six plus pounds of potatoes, a beautiful orange pepper, and a giant bag of kale, among other things that were tossed in the [...]

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Recipe for a good solo dinner:
Heat a tablespoon of olive oil in a saute pan over medium heat.  Thinly slice two large cloves of garlic and add to the oil, moving around until golden.  Wash, stem, and shred as much kale as you happen to have in the fridge.  Shake out the excess water, then [...]

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I’ve always thought that the concept behind  Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee was a strange idea.  It feels like a throw-back to an era when processed food was glamorous – you don’t need to roast your own chicken or make your own gravy or biscuits or even chop your own vegetables to make chicken and [...]

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Tonight was the second time we’ve made this recipe – my cookbook notes tell me that it made a pleasantly spontaneous dinner back in the fall, when we just happened to have both kale and pork.  If it were cooler, I would’ve gone with the recipe on the facing page – a deliciously Portuguese dish [...]

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While we haven’t had anything quite like the snowpocalypses that our friends back in DC have experienced this winter, that doesn’t mean the cold isn’t wearing on us. I’ve basically decided it isn’t worth doing my hair until hat season is over, and can frequently be found under several layers of blankets and several [...]

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I came to kale hesitantly, and rather late in life – at least for a person who loves food and spent several years as a vegetarian.  Like many Midwestern kids, I grew up eating the standard frozen vegetables – carrots, peas, broccoli, corn – and those that made a crunchy addition to a school lunch.  [...]

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