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Wild Salmon Salad (mayo-free)

February 16th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Fish, and its magical omega-3 fatty acids, is really important for pregnant women and young kids alike.  But it’s important to eat the right fish, and canned wild salmon is both an affordable and sustainable alternative to some other types (looking at you, tuna). According to KidSafe Seafood, canned wild salmon contains four times the […]

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Tags: fish · proteins · recipes · salmon · seafood

Meatless Monday: Curried Squash Stew

October 5th, 2009 · 9 Comments

Have you heard of Meatless Monday? We don’t eat meat every night. When do eat meat, it’s local, hormone-free, free-range/grassfed, etc. So on the whole I’m not too concerned about the carbon footprint of our protein choices, but I do think it’s important to have a varied, balanced diet and would like to expand my […]

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Tags: grains · healthy eating · meatless monday · proteins · recipes

America’s Next Farmers Market Star?

August 6th, 2009 · 4 Comments

The Foodie Tot is not the only one excited about the opportunity to profess his love for the markets during National Farmers Market Week. There are not one but two separate online contests underway asking voters to chose their favorite farmers market. To me, that’s like asking a parent to name their favorite child. Sure, […]

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Tags: at market · food for thought · NoVA Locavore · proteins

One Local Nacho Night (and CSA Mid-Season Report)

July 28th, 2009 · Comments Off on One Local Nacho Night (and CSA Mid-Season Report)

We’re already more than a third of the way through our CSA season, and we’ve finally left the abundant leafy greens behind and moved on to the baby vegetable phase. Well, there were some full size sweet onions this week, but everything else seemed perfectly sized for the toddler — baby beets, baby yellow squash, […]

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Tags: CSA · one local summer · proteins · recipes · squash · weeknight meals

One Local CSA Summer (and a Buffalo Sausage and Kale Frittata)

June 9th, 2009 · 4 Comments

The first week of the One Local Summer challenge coincided with our first CSA (community supported agriculture) delivery of the season, from Virginia’s Potomac Vegetable Farms. Our farm is “ecoganic” — meaning they follow organic practices but are not certified — and has one of the few remaining farms in Fairfax County just west of […]

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Tags: at market · CSA · one local summer · proteins · recipes · weeknight meals