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Root Vegetable Galette
Root Vegetable Galette

One of our most beloved winter recipes — and great for using up the dregs of the produce drawer.

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Smoky Chickpeas
Smoky Chickpeas

“It tastes like chicken.” But really, it does.

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Vegetarian Cobb Salad
Vegetarian Cobb Salad

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a highly satisfying, vegetarian version of everyone’s favorite meal-salad!

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Spring Sandwich
Spring Sandwich

Maybe it’s about love or maybe it’s just about a sandwich

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White Bean Chile Verde
White Bean Chile Verde

The green soup you never knew you needed right now.

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Wheat Berry Salad with Sumac Dressing
Wheat Berry Salad with Sumac Dressing

A hearty salad featuring olives, walnuts, and feta.

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View fullsize Vodka sauce à la @grossypelosi IS IT. Pasta for dinner, leftovers for breakfast. Making it again ASAP. Swapped in homemade almond milk for a dairy-free take but cream or whole milk or half and half or whatever you want but do consider making
View fullsize Reasons we love small-scale farms: when the meat & produce is this good, nothing needs much more than salt. Pasture-raised chicken via @jodarfarms in Colorado + beets, spicy greens & very sweet baby potatoes from @farmerleejones who’s s
View fullsize Okay so we know we haven’t talked about meat much over the years, but having more vegetables and less problems can still mean a little mindfully raised meat here and there. We’re big proponents of diversified farming operations that raise
View fullsize Get your eggs from chickens that live like this (like these beauties from @freegrassfarmer) 🌞 We’re looking to add more farms with pasture-raised eggs to our database. Know of one in your area? Tag them below.
View fullsize Absolutely beautiful produce and eggs from @foothillsfarmer and mushrooms from @snovalleymushrooms (both were posted up in Ballard on Sunday with really smart, safe setups). These are just two of the many farmers in the Seattle area with tons of Spri
View fullsize This one is just red leaf lettuce, optional frilly mustards, sunflower seeds, dill (could use parsley, cilantro, basil, or mint) apple cider vinegar, olive oil, salt & pepper, and chopped lemon (slices of lemon, chopped until fine). The chopped l
View fullsize Can you feel the ocean breeze against your face? The salt caking to your lips? The freedom of the wide open sea? Okay probably not and you probably shouldn’t right now. But you CAN order oysters and clams online from our friends at @hamahamaoys
View fullsize Like a lot of folk in quarantine, Ilana made beans. And they were fantastic. Cooking dry beans is pretty easy - after soaking overnight in the fridge, just cover in loads of fresh cold water, bring to a boil, then simmer til they’re tooth-tende