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breakfast

monkey muffins

February 16, 2010

CONGRATULATIONS to the naked beet’s one year anniversary cookbook giveaway* winner, Holly from Auburn Hills, Michigan! I hope you’ll enjoy the book as much as I do.

I’m always looking for a healthy breakfast I can eat before I run out the door, and most mornings I am desperately craving carbs. I’ve said goodbye to my [...]

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caribbean banana lime bread

December 6, 2009

This is not your typically ultra-sweet banana-flavored quick bread. The unusual addition of lime juice and coconut make the bananas soar. If you’ve got some bananas too ripe to eat, make this bread now.
The smell of this bread in your kitchen as it bakes is heavenly.  I think this quick bread is not only perfect [...]

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apple cider donuts

Thumbnail image for apple cider donuts October 21, 2009

I wanted to get my Baldwins, Braeburns, Winesaps fresh from the tree. I wanted that Fall-in-New-England experience (to make up for a lack of peach picking this Summer). And of course, I wanted to get fresh apple cider and the requisite donut that all legitimate orchards sell at their stands. But, it wasn’t happening. Ghastly [...]

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breakfast of warriors

October 13, 2009

Quinoa, the super grain with more protein than typical grains, has been featured in virtually every health and food magazine, but most of the articles I’ve seen feature the yellow version. I have nothing disparaging to say about yellow quinoa, but my preference is for the earthier, nuttier, and sweeter flavor of red quinoa. It may [...]

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rosh hashana raisin challah

September 22, 2009

Walking back into my apartment 3 days after baking, I flashed an image of a perfume ad: “Overwhelm Me,” a new scent from the House of Challah.
After a few years of abstaining, I decided to make challah again, and it was everything I wanted it to be— it pulled apart nicely, had a nice soft [...]

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