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Eggplant and Butternut Squash Curry

Eggplant and Butternut Squash Curry by AstraLibris

Some people are inherently good at fixing lunches.I am not one of those people.Some people pack diminutive bento boxes with tiny spoonfuls of assorted salads, and fruit kabobs cut into gorgeous flower shapes. I admire those people for their patience, which I cannot seem to inherit when preparing a midday meal. I can spend hours glued…

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Homemade Pumpkin Spice Latte

Homemade Pumpkin Spice Latte by AstraLibris

When we moved from Ohio to California, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to stay on board with the community health center I worked for in Ohio, working long distance from California! Naturally, I jumped at the chance. Surprisingly, working from home hasn't changed our dinner cooking patterns much - cooking the evening meal at…

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Perfect Peanut Sauce (and a Carrot Salad)

Perfect Peanut Sauce (and a Carrot Salad) by AstraLibris

I just discovered that my husband loves peanut sauce. Given that we have shared 8 very happy years together, one would think I would already be aware of this integral piece of information. Yet again, though, I had never made a really stellar peanut sauce until last week... This one is so simple, so absurdly easy to whip up, and yet…

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Savory Bread Pudding with Leeks and Mushrooms

Savory Bread Pudding with Leeks and Mushrooms by AstraLibris

The cats have been enjoying the California sunshine...and dear husband and I have been enjoying the incredible fresh, local produce... We already have a favorite roadside farm stand!Yesterday I picked up these lovely pear tomatoes and tiny eggplants... Any suggestions for a summer dish?Last night I baked a rather wintry comfort food…

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Hello from California!

Hello from California! by AstraLibris

Here begins my very first post from our new home in Northern California, and here begins the latest chapter of our adventures! We have been exploring, visiting redwoods, delighting in the gorgeous bounty of fresh, local produce so amazingly readily available at a plethora of farm stands and farmers markets, and perhaps most of all…

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Roasted Eggplant with Mustard Vinaigrette

Roasted Eggplant with Mustard Vinaigrette by AstraLibris

No, I don't work for NASA, and I am not an engineer of any sort. I'm simply a military spouse trying to navigate the logistics of moving our family from one air force base to another. Apparently, this requires a degree in military logistics.Moving also means that I have to attempt to conqure my OCD need to constantly organize, because…

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The First Nut-Loaf

The First Nut-Loaf by AstraLibris

Photographing the spring flowers... :-)When my folks were in town for Passover the last two weeks,My parents hand-made matzah for our Passover seders!! How cool is that?!?my creative mother baked our first nut-loaf. I know, I know, I am just now having my first nut-loaf?!? I was a vegan for 14 years, a raw veganist for a period of…

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Avocado Salad and Hearty Beans

Avocado Salad and Hearty Beans by AstraLibris

Spring has finally appeared in Dayton! After an exhaustively long winter, with cold temperatures and snow persisting even into April, balmy temperatures have finally peaked their head around the corner tentatively and flowers are beginning to peep their heads shyly above the ground.Never before have I felt such a sense of emergence in…

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Freestyle Asparagus

Freestyle Asparagus by AstraLibris

Canadian Geese on the roof of our apartment building...My cooking styles have changed quite a bit with all the pressures of work and graduate school in my life. Never for a moment have I stopped cooking - when my stress level climbs and my life is cluttered to the max, literally and figuratively, the kitchen remains my one source of…

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Brussels Sprouts and Swiss Chard with Tamari and Sesame

Brussels Sprouts and Swiss Chard with Tamari and Sesame by AstraLibris

The first of May has arrived, and Spring is finally settling into Dayton. Temperatures are still bouncing around spastically, but at least we are leaping between the 60s and the 80s instead of the 30s and the 50s.Spring means walking down the street to my favorite coffee shop for iced coffee...and long hikes with my friend Ashley's…

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