BRUSSELS SPROUT, ARUGULA AND APPLE SALAD WITH SPICED PEPITAS

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Brussels Sprouts, Arugula and Apple Salad

This Brussels Sprout, Arugula and Apple Salad with Spiced Pepitas has everything I love about a good salad:

  • Tons of texture in the form of leafy greens, the crunch of crisp apples and toasted pepitas, and bites of creamy feta;
  • The perfect interplay between sweet, salty and spicy;
  • And, of course, visual beauty before you even take your first bite.

It’s what I call a “gateway salad”, one I’d prepare to help turn the tide for any self-proclaimed (but clearly misinformed) salad haters out there. I find salads with fruit + cheese + nuts can help open people’s eyes to how delicious salads can be.

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CRUSTY BAKED RIGATONI WITH BUTTERNUT SQUASH AND BRUSSELS SPROUTS

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IMHO, there is no dish as belly and soul-comforting as a pasta bake.

  • Oozy cheese enveloping every nook and cranny of noodles and vegetables
  • Loads of crispy bits – burnt cheese! toasted breadcrumbs! pasta “chips”!
  • Little surprises each time you dig your fork into the casserole

Need I say more?

Beyond the cheese and noodles, I like mine packed with vegetables. In fact, mine usually ends up being a 50/50 mix of vegetables to noods. This adds flavor and texture and allows me to pile my plate high without feeling like I have a brick in my stomach afterwards. When it comes to eating, I’m a volume girl.

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A KALE AND BRUSSELS SPROUTS SALAD BASE FOR ALL WINTER LONG

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Sometimes the best recipes are the simplest. It feels strange to share a recipe without a particularly original take, or an interesting ingredient or preparation, but is that what we always need? No. We need recipes that make getting a delicious and nourishing meal on the table the slightest bit easier. Recipes that taste as good on day one as day four and are highly tweakable so you never have to eat the same thing twice.

Enter this Kale and Brussels Sprouts Salad Base for All Winter Long.

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BROCCOLI AND CHEDDAR SOUP WITH GARLICKY CROUTONS

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Soup season is upon us. With temperatures entering frigid territory, now is the time to make this Broccoli and Cheddar Soup with Garlicky Croutons.

Can I let you in on a secret? On the whole, a big old bowl of soup doesn’t typically excite me.

While I’m oversimplifying the process a bit here, to make soup, you put a bunch of stuff in a pot and let it do its thing. Each ingredient gently imparts its flavor on its neighbor. Components like vegetables, legumes and grains soften until they can be slurped up with a spoon in one homogeneous gulp.

Yawn.

Who wants to eat something where the first bite tastes exactly like the last? While I know the answer to this question is “many people,” I crave distinct flavors and competing textures in every bite.

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