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Any-Temperature Farro Salad

OK, here it is. A perfect way to get one of those perfectly healthy meals into your diet. A high-protein whole grain with lightly cooked vegetables. Make it in 15 minutes. Light, bright, satisfying meal with a big range of fresh flavors. Five dollars for two, plus leftovers.
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Olive Oil-Lemon Cake

Hard to say if this is better for breakfast or for dessert. Depends if you want ice cream with it. Either way, it's a light, moist and refreshing cake. Very intense lemon flavor makes it vibrant. Olive oil keeps it moist and light. Ten minutes to prepare.
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Corn, tomatoes, optimism and impatience

Cheap, easy and convincing preview of summer in your mouth. Sweet corn grits cakes: soft and warm inside, crispy around the edges. Fifteen cents each. Top with darn good, not-quite-local tomatoes. Some Spring onions and fresh herbs. A quick trip to summer.
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All-Weather Fish Tacos

It's officially Spring. I want to cook outdoors. But it was raining, sleeting and hailing. So I sliced the fish into small-bite-sized pieces and put them in a pan with four tablespoons of my salsa verde. Five minutes later, a wonderfully satisfying and intensely flavorful meal.
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Bread & Breakfast: Chocolate & Cherries

When life hands you a bowl of cherries, you should make chocolate bread. Even if nobody hands over the cherries and you've never made bread, you should do this. Shows you how easy it is to make great bread. And gives you one of the most delicious breakfasts you'll ever eat.
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No pepperoni. Chorizo.

An almost classic pizza with a Spanish accent. The sweet fruitiness of the Italian tomato paste blends perfectly with the light, bright, tart and spicy salsa verde. Great on top of bubbling mozzarella. And beneath the thinnest slices of the great Spanish chorizo sausage.
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Farrotto with vegetables

Like risotto, but made with farro. The first cultivated grain. We humans have been growing this stuff for more than 10,000 years. Incredibly high in protein. Great nutty flavor. A light, bright, satisfying meal with a big range of fresh flavors and textures.
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Sunnyside Potato Pancakes

Great mashed potatoes make great potato pancakes. And a great potato pancake makes a great platform for a sunnyside up egg. Rich and comforting. Not heavy. Great way to start the weekend. High protein. Low glycemic load. Seventy-five cents.
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Last Call

The last day of winter. Probably not the last day of winter weather. I'll be cooking the seasonal winter stuff for a while longer. Here's a reminder of some of those things you've been enjoying. Or meaning to get around to. There's still time.
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The Eats That Walk

When you walk a long Way, you want to eat well. When you're out to burn more calories than you consume, you want your calories to taste great, travel well and not make a big mess. Like Cole Slaw Jello. Stay with me here. This is a real revelation.
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