Very Good Recipes of Basil from Cook Food. Mostly Plants.
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Carrots and Snap Peas with Ginger and Fried Basil
By Cook Food. Mostly Plants.
05/25/12 17:33
Remember that good old food pyramid from the USDA, stolidly pointing skyward from its foundation of pasta and white bread? Well, it's gone. In its place—a new icon and new recommendations. The upshot? 50% of your plate should be fruits and vegetables. What...
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Eggplant and Tomato with Fried Basil and Quinoa
By Cook Food. Mostly Plants.
10/13/11 22:51
O nce upon a time, in a land not so far away from our stove, fried basil met a balsamic reduction. It was, of course, love at first sight, but their affair began in difficult times: In the absence of grocery shopping, the protein choices had dwindled to...
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Roasted Tomato Salad with Basil and Balsamic Reduction
By Cook Food. Mostly Plants.
10/08/11 06:09
We're pretty sure, having tasted this, that anyone currently in possession of cherry tomatoes is morally obligated to roast them. Seriously. A raw cherry tomato is delightful. Roasting makes it...I don't know how to put this. Profound. World-changing. I...
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Orzotto with Ripe Tomatoes and Sweet Basil
By Cook Food. Mostly Plants.
09/30/11 17:11
Have I mentioned that our fall quarter started? Our fall quarter started. Inevitably, this means we run completely out of groceries without noticing, and then act shocked when it happens, as though we vaguely remembered there being small and assiduous grocery...
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Warmed Tomatoes and Basil over Garlicky Greens
By Cook Food. Mostly Plants.
09/25/11 17:54
This was a let's-cook-whatever's-in-the-fridge dish, and yet the flavors turned out to be perfectly balanced and wonderfully complex. You could use just regular sweet basil if you didn't have both kinds (and maybe try adding just a bit more sherry vinegar...
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