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Crowdsourcing: Cooking Healthy but Inexpensively for a Crowd

Crowdsourcing: Cooking Healthy but Inexpensively for a Crowd by Carol Green

A topic among debate coaches recently has been how to prepare food for a large group of people that is both inexpensive but healthy. This morning a Facebook discussion inspired me to collect some of my favorite recipes from around the Web along the…

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Easy and Flavorful Steamed Artichokes

Easy and Flavorful Steamed Artichokes by Carol Green

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, right?I know it's been a long time since I posted here on Uncovering Food but I promise I have my reasons. After years of struggling with my weight, I began a very strict medically-supervised diet through Palo Alto Medical Foundation. I have lost over 120 pounds and over the last month began…

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Spicy Slow Cooker Almond Tempeh

Spicy Slow Cooker Almond Tempeh by Carol Green

Spicy Slow Cooker Almond TempehIt's been a fast-paced start to the school year and this has meant a lot of quick and easy meals. It has also meant a lot of dining out. However, a friend of mine mentioned she was making a tempeh dish in peanut sauce this weekend and it got me dreaming of a dish I made last year and never got to blog!I…

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Refreshing Tomato, Cucumber, and Bell Pepper Salad

Refreshing Tomato, Cucumber, and Bell Pepper Salad by Carol Green

Tomato, Cucumber, and Bell Pepper SaladWhenever I go home to visit, my mom sends back back with a bag fullof fresh picked produce. There is something about a salad made offresh-picked produce that just makes it tastier than your average salad.I wanted to enjoy to celebrate each of the vegetables and fruit and Ithink this dish allows…

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Vegan Chili with Avocado

Vegan Chili with Avocado by Carol Green

Vegan Chili with AvocadoSince moving downtown and kicking up the work hours, I have been finding myself spending less and less time in my gorgeous kitchen. Which is completely obvious by the lack of posts the last couple of months, right?As the school year comes to a close and the realization that I am about to spend my summer living…

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Seitan Sausage: A Meat-Loving Father Approves

Seitan Sausage: A Meat-Loving Father Approves by Carol Green

Grilled Seitan Sausage on a bed of sweet potatoes, corn, peppers, and black beansMy family is not vegan. They are not vegetarian. In fact, if I had to described a typical meal growing up, it was definitely meat-centric. However, as the years have passed, I watched my family welcomed more plant-based meals into their lives. Despite…

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Blackberry Rosemary Wheat Focaccia

Blackberry Rosemary Wheat Focaccia by Carol Green

Blackberry Rosemary Wheat FocacciaThere is something about a rich doughy bread topped with jammy berries that screams - WINTER TREAT to me. So when Driscoll's Berries invited me to bring a recipe to an event they were hosting last week, I knew immediately what I wanted to attempt. This recipe is jammy, sweet, savory, and salty. What…

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Travel Friendly Energy Bites

Travel Friendly Energy Bites by Carol Green

By the time Thanksgiving rolls around, I will have been on the road almost every weekend for two months. The life of a debate coach is a crazy one. Toss in the food blogging shenanigans at the International Food Bloggers Conference (IFBC), and I feel like I am gone more than I am home.However, with time changes and quick layovers and…

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Peanut Butter, Kidney Bean, and Yam Stew

Peanut Butter, Kidney Bean, and Yam Stew by Carol Green

Peanut Butter, Kidney Bean, and Yam Stew - Do you know how hard it is to photograph late at night?!?I love a good stew and I love peanut butter, so this summer when I had an opportunity to try some peanut butter stew, I was in LOVE! The stew was made by one of the administrators at the residential debate camp I was teaching at and she…

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Small Batch Vegan Banana Bread

Small Batch Vegan Banana Bread by Carol Green

I love baking. And eating baked goodies. But living in a small household spells trouble when I pull out the loaf pans and announce my desire to bake. Especially when that desire is for banana bread, since I am the only one at home who likes banana in my baked goods. So I played with a variety of recipes and tweaked a combination of a…

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