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turkey with lemon-sage butter
It’s almost Christmas! Butttttt in the meantime, let’s talk about blog contests! Blog contests, you say? Oh, yes. Blog contests. You see, Stonyfield and Organic Valley are hosting a national organic...
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roasted root vegetables
This past week I trekked on down to the local farmers’ market looking for inspiration or something that screamed, “Cook me. Cook me.” I guess I’ve been in a food funk, not that I haven’t wanted to...
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whole wheat flatbread with caramelized leeks and bacon
I was racking my brain last week for recipes that involved an unfamiliar (to me) food item. Leeks kept throwing themselves at my thought life. Not that they’re some sort of crop that grows on the moon...
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popped corn
Popcorn is weird. C’mon, you know it’s weird, y’all. One minute it’ll hand you a ticket to the dental chair and the next it’s light and fluffy like a cloud. But despite its weirdness, it’s good. Real...
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porridge with cinnamon and brown sugar
Remember the scene in Beauty and the Beast where Belle and Beast (what’s his name, anyway? Surely Belle doesn’t go through their married lives calling him Beast) are eating together? And Beast is...
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roasted chicken panini with pistachio pesto and mozzarella
I’m back, I’m back, I’m back! I’m back in Columbia after the most had-to-be-pretend, enchanting, bring me to my knees and force me to be a five-year-old trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida....
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miniature fried green tomatoes
Outside of my grandmother’s back door is a little space that holds a goldfish pond, a few chairs, a porch swing, and a teensy little garden she keeps in large flowerpots. The last time I was over...
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gouda macaroni and cheese
We have this place in Columbia called The Whig. The Whig is, well…hmm. It’s a bar, but not a bar. It’s a restaurant, but…not really a restaurant. Unless you were walking past the State House and just...
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whole wheat fettuccine with pumpkin cream sauce
Our little Honda is currently rolling down I-85 as we head back to Columbia from one of the most beautiful places on Earth (the Apps in the Western Carolinas, y’all). Hats off to Andy’s cousin and...
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turnip lentil soup
The names have been entered, the results are in, and the press is gettin’ hot. That’s right, y’all. It’s time to announce the winner of Heed the Feed’s very first giveaway! Enter crowd applause sound...
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mrs. patmore’s rosemary oat crackers
I wanted to start this post with a way to immediately transition into talking about Downton Abbey, so I thought it would be relevant to mention the fact that my 23rd great grandfather was King Henry...
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crunchy vietnamese salad
Sometimes for dinner you eat steamed vegetables and grilled proteins and brothy soups. Sometimes you eat roasted sweet potatoes and a handful of legumes. Sometimes you eat an egg white omelet and...
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sweet strawberry buttermilk biscuits
My name is Jessa. I have an infatuation with the American South. With grandmas sitting on porches. With surprise sercies. With sunrises hitting flour-dusted wooden tables. And, perhaps most notably, I...
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frittata with bell peppers, bacon, and tomatoes
Several weekends ago I woke up with a start (I do this sometimes) because my belly was trying to tell me something: I was hungry. It was already like eleven o’clock in the morning (Don’t tell my dad....
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garlic chili paste
We were sitting in an Asian restaurant here in Columbia. Andy ordered some kind of stir fried concoction with a sauce I’d never heard of and some kind of animal that still had its legs attached and I...
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