Sprout & Pea

Over the Thanks­giv­ing hol­i­day, I went home to visit my fam­ily in Miami.  After my sec­ond Thanks­giv­ing din­ner, I didn’t think I had any room left for food, but my par­ents insisted on tak­ing me to brunch at their new favorite spot, Michael’s Gen­uine, and I’m cer­tainly glad they did! Not only is the food here incred­i­ble and the menu unique, they source all of their ingre­di­ents from local, sus­tain­able farm­ers, fish­er­man and arti­sans and their menu changes daily, depend­ing upon what is in sea­son.
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I love any excuse to have all of my friends over for a big meal and Thanks­giv­ing is just about the per­fect excuse!  Sun­day night, we hosted a pre-​​Thanksgiving potluck at our place and boy did our tal­ented friends deliver!  We had every­thing from quinoa to red beet salad with cit­rus and nuts to veg­gie potato pan­cakes to bacon wrapped dates to pineap­ple apple pud­ding to fried choco­late chip cookie dough.  That’s right, I said fried choco­late chip cookie dough.
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I’ve men­tioned these brus­sels sprouts before but they were hid­den in a large din­ner party post and I thought they deserved their own show, espe­cially since they’re a great side dish for the upcom­ing hol­i­days.
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Both my friend and I have been fight­ing a nasty cold this week, so yes­ter­day I invited her over for some home­made veg­etable soup and a movie. I had some nice root veg­eta­bles left over from my root veg­gie salad and on her way over, my friend picked up some veg­etable broth and some fresh green chard and leeks and this was all we needed for a good, hearty soup.
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When I got home today, my down­stairs neigh­bors were play­ing Christ­mas music and this of course got me into the win­ter spirit. Last win­ter I dis­cov­ered one of my favorite quick, warm meals — Red Fork Span­ish Red Pep­per soup.
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Since I got back from Ver­mont, I’ve been pick­ing my brain about what to do with the pick­led gar­lic I pur­chased at Grafton Vil­lage Cheese Farm (aside from eat­ing it straight out of the jar).  After a week­end of heavy food (includ­ing deca­dent Where The Wild Things Are themed red vel­vet cake at a first birth­day party), I needed some­thing light and refresh­ing.
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