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Union Square: Tangy Artichoke Cauliflower Ragout

T G I F! I know, I know… don’t wish your life away but Friday’s are just so darned fun! It seems in our work place, which, I have to say is stress free, healthy, fun, we all STILL count down ‘til Friday. What happens on Friday to make it such a great day? Hmmm…not sure but I think it has to do with the fact that Saturday morning follows which is the day the alarm does not go off. That’s not to say we don’t wake up at the same early hour, it’s just not triggered by an alarm. [...]

By Joanne|2013-12-06T11:19:48-05:00December 6, 2013|Union Square Recipes|1 Comment

At Tempo and Chickpea and Red Chard Soup

As told yesterday, I’m taking this week as sort of a recovery week from running. The Boston Marathon is only 7 weeks away. I’d probably be impossible to live with if I attempted a complete week off from running due to that feeling every runner knows….”I have to keep running. Gotta keep training. Can’t stop now. That ache/pain isn’t THAT bad….” That’s not to say this week is easy. I’m just taking every other day off and Tuesday was a tough run. I don’t like tempo runs. For anyone asking “what’s a tempo run?”, it’s a run done at a [...]

By Joanne|2013-02-26T16:28:48-05:00February 26, 2013|soup|6 Comments

FOFF Slow Cooker Garbanzo Bean Stew

Magical beans...don't get scared! If you eat these healthy little beauties often, your digestive system will adapt and you're subscription to "Bean-O" will be cancelled. Don't pass up all the benefits of beans including slow digesting carbohydrates, tons of fiber, antioxidants (important this time of year) and healthy protein. So much nutrition in such a little, low fat package. And so I present: THE BEAN. .... Whoops! Wrong "Bean". That’s Zoe-Bean. We want THIS bean: The Garbanzo Bean. We’ll be using it in the recipe from Fusion of Food and Friends. But first, it’s important to understand why beans are [...]

By Joanne|2012-10-10T10:02:40-04:00October 11, 2012|Fusion Food & Friends|4 Comments

FOFF Bread Bowl Cheese Fondue and Irish Stout Stew

This weeks Fusion of Food and Friends by Carla Vavala is a cheese fondue in a bread bowl. PLUS…Peggy made the “Irish “Good Craic” Stout Stew”, found on page 26 of Carla’s book and contributed by Alfie Falcitelli. EXCITING! The Bread Bowl: A great party recipe so get your fondue forks ready. I picked up a delicious looking round loaf from the bakery, not taking notice that it wasn’t Italian bread but a Portuguese style round bread. It was so soft and so good, but probably too much so for this recipe. It proved difficult to cut clean due to [...]