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Category Archives: By Diet Preference

Chicken and Rice Burrito | School Lunches Meal Plan

Back in late June, I was invited to speak at Blossom Birth a non-profit resource center for soon-to-be and current parents located in Palo Alto. I expected to talk mostly about making baby food but found myself fielding questions about school lunches instead. Most parents in attendance had school-age children and were faced with the…

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Cookbook Recs from Celia Sack of Omnivore Books | A Cook Smarts Podcast

Giveaway for: The Omnivore’s Recipe Keeper (below and signed by Celia Sack) + Choice of cookbook below (which may also come signed!) Task: Tell us your most used / useful / favorite cookbook in the comments section below By: August 15th, please How we’ll choose: The old fashion way – we’ll draw your name out of a…

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Dirty Pesto Shrimp | “A Week’s Worth of Pesto Uses” Meal Plan

You’ll be seeing a lot more meal plans on Cook Smarts in the near future including a newsletter launch in the fall. All subscribers to the newsletter will get a meal plan every week in their inbox that’ll be peppered with cooking know-how, tips, and suggestions. There won’t be anything fancy in the menu –…

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Peach and Heirloom Tomato Panzanella Salad | Uses for Stale Bread

While most folks spend their summer months daydreaming about vacation and the beach, I spend mine daydreaming about this: Biting into the perfect peach, juices oozing down my chin Picking the perfect tomato that needs little more than a dash of salt and a splash of balsamic Tossing olive oil on stale bread and giving…

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