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Morningstar Farms has yummy sausage

January 4, 2010 by hollie Food and Recipe Reviews

I’m not a sausage fan in general. Even before I stopped eating meat I avoided any meat that you could put quotation marks around – as in, sausage contains “meat”, and by “meat” we really mean: entrails. However, Greg just made some Morningstar Farms Veggie Sausage Patties, and while I usually think fake meat is terrifying, these little [...]

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Ivana asks what veggies I like

November 5, 2009 by hollie Food and Recipe Reviews

My friend Ivana asked in a comment that I haven’t answered yet:
Hollie, I have a question for you: What vegetables do you like? If this list doesn’t seem long enough, another question: What vegetables will you eat?
I’ve been putting this off, because it’s so embarrassing to answer! Here’s my very short list:

Green beans
Sweet potatoes
Peas
Romaine lettuce
Kale [...]

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This apple a day isn’t keeping any doctors away (or dentists)

October 25, 2009 by hollie Food and Recipe Reviews

It’s called The Giant Halloween Candy Apple, and you can buy it at Williams-Sonoma online. I promise if someone buys this for me, I will eat it, and then if I’m still alive, I’ll write about it. Did you guys know that caramel apples are my favorite treat? And knowing is half the shopping angst.
The [...]

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Just added – Index of recipes!

July 13, 2009 by hollie Deep and Meaningful Commentary

I just created a new page:
http://www.grassdirtcorn.com/recipes/
You can access it from the new tab at the top of the blog that says, “Index of Recipes”.
I’m not done adding things from the blog yet, but what’s clear already is that I’m not posting nearly enough recipes! I write a lot about food, but very little about cooking. [...]

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Basil Update

July 11, 2009 by hollie Food and Recipe Reviews

Because I know everyone is on SEAT’S EDGE……..
I’m dehydrating it!
I don’t think I have time tomorrow to get to Costco and back for Katje’s basil olive oil idea, and I’m going to be busy making some food for Mom’s BBQ, so I decided to just stick it all in the dehydrator and end up with [...]

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Basil emergency!

July 10, 2009 by hollie Food and Recipe Reviews

A massage client just brought me a bag of fresh basil out of her garden! It looks and smells AMAZING, and I have no idea what to do with it. 
Okay, my trusted league of foodies: I can’t eat beans, nuts, or dairy products, so what should I do with a bag of basil? 
GO! 
:)

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Klicker strawberries, and some amazing brownies

July 4, 2009 by hollie Food and Recipe Reviews

Here in Ellensburg, we have a local ice cream shop called Winegars, and every year they sell buckets of these amazingly delicious Klicker strawberries, which are grown in Walla Walla Washington. I bought a 20 pound bucket, which takes up a not-trivial amount of space in the fridge, but they’re so delicious none of us [...]

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Dehydrator cookies for the win!

June 17, 2009 by hollie Food and Recipe Reviews

Here’s the result from my dehydrator cookie experiment. They’re surprisingly good! I miss the oaty taste that you have with baked cookies, so I might try adding some oats next time. There is a light note of flax flavor (unsurprisingly with 4 tablespoons of ground flax seed), which will take a little bit of getting used [...]

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Dehydrator cookies, and lessons in problem-solving

June 16, 2009 by hollie Food and Recipe Reviews

I’ve noticed I have this tendency to solve a problem by solving EVERY OTHER PROBLEM AT THE SAME TIME. For instance, if the living room is a mess (thanks to my two little minnows who swim through the house leaving a whirlpool of destruction behind them), a normal person might think, “You know, we need [...]

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Almonds and anxiety?

May 31, 2009 by hollie Food and Recipe Reviews

After years of not liking almonds, a couple years ago I finally started trying to integrate them into my diet. I began finding that I liked the taste, and it was easy to grind them up and add them to all kinds of things. I don’t like walnuts (besides the taste, they make me feel [...]

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