Very Good Recipes of Red from Out of the Ordinary
There are 32 Red recipes on the blog Out of the Ordinary. (775 on all the blogs)
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Soba noodles with potatoes, black beans and spinach in red pepper sauce
By Out of the Ordinary
05/17/13 20:06
Each day on our way to school, Isaac and I pass a house that half-burned down a few years ago at Christmastime. Apparently it will be torn down before too long, but now it’s oddly beautiful with its charred, inside-out … Continue reading →
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Roasted beet, red pepper and white bean dip with lime and rosemary
By Out of the Ordinary
05/05/13 16:12
I like connectedness. I like the idea that people connect images to make moving pictures–to make a film. I like that people connect facts to make stories. I like that people connect stories to make history and culture. I like … Continue reading →
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Roasted cauliflower, potatoes and butterbeans in spicy red pepper – olive sauce
By Out of the Ordinary
03/20/13 17:33
When a child tells a joke (my child, at any rate) he always explains it. He always adds a little, “do you see what I did there?” (Except when they tell knock knock jokes, of course – not because they … Continue reading →
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Raggedy pasta filled with spinach, ricotta, artichoke hearts topped with roasted red pepper pine nut sauce
By Out of the Ordinary
03/03/13 16:51
In a scandalous act of shocking laziness, I’m going to plagiarize myself for today’s post. (I have to get to work soon!) This appeared in the Guardian this week, I wrote it! So I’m just going to repeat myself here, … Continue reading →
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Red quinoa with chard, sweet potatoes and white beans
By Out of the Ordinary
02/22/13 20:26
Yesterday was Nina Simone’s birthday. Today I want to write about her, but I don’t know where to begin. It’s hard to talk about something that you love as much as I love her music, it’s hard to talk about … Continue reading →
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Parsnip, apple, carrot and red lentil soup
By Out of the Ordinary
02/06/13 20:48
I’m still feeling a little dazed, dizzy and down from being sick the other day. (Or maybe just from being Claire, but we’ll blame it on the sickness.) Last week I was thinking a lot about discouragement and ambition and … Continue reading →
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Collards and red beans with smoky masa harina pudding-bread
By Out of the Ordinary
02/05/13 22:04
So I seem to brought some sort of stomach bug home from work this weekend. Ug. I feel better now, but I’m tired. I spent yesterday morning in bed with my eyes closed feeling like a big ball of nothing … Continue reading →
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Chard “lasagna” with fennel, roasted reds, olives, and walnut ricotta
By Out of the Ordinary
01/28/13 22:11
One summer, when I was 11 or 12, I fell down a lot. I skinned my knees so many times in one summer that they’re still mapped with scars. I don’t remember being all that bothered by it. At some … Continue reading →
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Red bean, sweet potato & hominy stew and Olive oil rosemary biscuits
By Out of the Ordinary
01/21/13 21:49
Well, it’s been a day of catching up after working all weekend. A day of laundry and grocery shopping and trying to get the boys to clean their room. It’s been a day of thinking about Martin Luther King Jr, … Continue reading →
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Millet, red lentil, and sweet potato dal and pumpkin ricotta flatbreads
By Out of the Ordinary
01/17/13 19:45
Yesterday around mid-morning, I spent ten minutes sitting on the couch in my pajamas, with Clio half-on/half-off my lap. I petted her velvety ears and watched people rush by in the rain. They seemed so busy and productive, and I … Continue reading →
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Crispy cornmeal cakes and chard with chickpeas, olives and roasted red peppers
By Out of the Ordinary
12/24/12 18:56
My favorite version of A Christmas Carol is from 1951, starring Alistair Sim. It captures the humor and the heart like no other version, and it captures the darkness as well. Visually, the play of light and shadow is beautiful, … Continue reading →
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Roasted butternut, kale, black bean and goat cheese enchiladas with a roasted red pepper/pecan sauce
By Out of the Ordinary
12/11/12 21:58
Here at The Ordinary we have an institute entirely devoted to the study of time passing. We had thought, up until a few months ago, that we were mere moments away from complete understanding. Lately, however, our grasp is slipping, … Continue reading →...
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Red bean and tarragon stew with fennel and artichoke hearts, and rosemary cornmeal bread
By Out of the Ordinary
12/07/12 18:12
Yesterday was a bright, cold day, with a ripple of agitation as the unseasonable warmth from the beginning of the week was blown away by the cold damp air of today. The sky was white blue, and the late afternoon … Continue reading →
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White bean and tomato bisque with fennel, black olives and red peppers
By Out of the Ordinary
11/28/12 22:13
Our little Clio is overbearing. If you’re human and she doesn’t know you, she needs to meet you, and try to scale you, vertically, and kiss you on the cheek. If you’re a dog, of any size or age. She … Continue reading →
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Roasted root veg stew with chickpeas, red wine and oj, and semolina mozzarella volcanoes
By Out of the Ordinary
11/18/12 16:55
(I promise this is the last time I’ll talk about the damn power outage – until the next time!). I live in a small city. It’s a nice community made up mostly of kind, eccentric people who have either had … Continue reading →
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Power! and hurricane chili with sweet potatoes, red beans, kale and pumpkin ale
By Out of the Ordinary
11/08/12 23:07
The Ordinary has power!! POWER! All the lights shut off the evening of the storm, and yesterday, on DAY TEN (!) they came on just as the first snow started to fall. I cried like a baby! First of all, … Continue reading →
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White bean, roasted red pepper, tomato risotto
By Out of the Ordinary
10/02/12 20:05
Yesterday, for no reason in particular, I started singing Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend while I was making dinner. I get stupid songs in my head all the time, and I usually can’t stop myself from singing them. Isaac … Continue reading →
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Grilled tomato and red pepper sauce
By Out of the Ordinary
09/25/12 18:36
Here at The Ordinary’s obvious observation department, we have determined that sunshine feels good. These chilly mornings, when Isaac and I walk to school, we head to the sunny side of the street. When he doesn’t have pockets, he’ll put … Continue reading...
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Kale “lasagna” with tomatoes & roasted red peppers
By Out of the Ordinary
09/18/12 19:31
I’ve always had a habit of becoming irrationally fond of inanimate objects. An oddly shaped twig, a little sketch I made, a blank book, a pen, an acorn. The list goes on and on. I would imbue them with importance, … Continue reading →
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Tomato steaks au poivre; Semolina dumpling baked in tomatoes; roasted red salad stuffed heirloom
By Out of the Ordinary
09/13/12 18:56
It’s hard not to become defensive when you grow up in New Jersey. From an early age, you’re aware that you’re the butt of jokes – not just the jokes of snarky Manhattanites, but of pretty much everybody, everywhere. You … Continue reading →
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