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		<title>Not Your Mama&#8217;s Pork &amp; Beans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mama never made pork and beans like this! Use any combination of summer vegetables you like.

Above: A bounty from the Farmer&#8217;s Market.
Not Your Mama&#8217;s Pork &#38; Beans
1 lb pasta, such as cavatappi
3/4 lb ground Italian sausage, casings removed
3/4 lb yellow wax or green beans, ends trimmed and halved
2 small bell peppers, cut into thin strips
1 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a Juice Jumble!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that summer is here, I am predicting that fruit juice blends and agua frescas are going to be popular choices for thirst-quenching beverages. How well do you know your juices? Try playing this fun game over at Playnormous.com called &#8220;Juice Jumble.&#8221; It is deliciously addicting!

PLAYNORMOUS
Games for Health
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		<title>Humus, Manure &amp; Coffee Grounds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, we are prepping the soil for planting. After weeks of up and down temperatures, it seems the weather has finally decided to take an uptick and summer is on its way. The first step was to spread around a mixture of humus (not to be confused with hummus) and manure while turning up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not-So Basic Hummus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Home made hummus, for me, has always been a challenge. Ingredients like tahini are expensive and the results are never as flavorful as the commercially prepared varieties. This recipe is one of my favorites because it is tahini-free, making the recipe simpler and less expensive, and the results are rich and flavorful.  The basic hummus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Veggie Kabobs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is another Veggie Tales recipe for the grill, this one using all kinds of summer vegetables. The marinade used here is flavorful without overpowering the vegetables. For this recipe, you will need to use skewers to cook the veggies on the grill. If using wooden skewers, soak the skewers in water beforehand to avoid [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://misunderstoodeggplant.com/recipes/summer-veggie-kabobs/</link>
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		<title>Bitter/Sweet: Destroying the Kitchen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On a regular basis, I destroy the kitchen. When I first started cooking, it was understandable, as I hadn&#8217;t yet mastered the flow of cooking and would use multiple knives, bowls, and other utensils in order to create a meal. Things would get messy in a hurry, with the sink overrun with pots, pans, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saffron Couscous w/ Vegetables</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Saffron is ridiculously expensive (in the United States) but I was fortunately enough to receive a boatload of it from a friend, allowing me to be generous in my saffron usage. If you are not as lucky, try a combination of turmeric and smoked paprika. For me, this combination best embodies both the color and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Balsamic Grilled Asparagus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a quick and easy side dish, perfect for outdoor grilling but can also be pan roasted. A quick marinade gives the asparagus flavor while the grill is pre-heating. A roasting rack would be best to use, as asparagus could easily fall through the grates of the grill.
There is also a skewering technique for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rustic Roasted Vegetables</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the first recipe in the Veggie Tales special project, here is a easy to make dish that shows that vegetables can be simple without being bland or boring. This is a great dish to prepare and then roast in the oven while making the rest of the meal. Because the vegetables are so substantial, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://misunderstoodeggplant.com/recipes/rustic-roasted-vegetables/</link>
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		<title>Rhubarb: from tiny sprouts to big stalks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a photo progression of the rhubarb plants, from when they first sprouted in early spring through last weekend, where the stalks are starting to look big enough to harvest:

Above: Rhubard sprouts start to arrive in the spring.

Above: The first plant, leaves unfolding and beginning to grow.

Above: Second plant, getting bigger.

Above: The third plant, [...]]]></description>
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