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Salad greens mounded on a plate, interspersed with dark-red cranberries, olive-green pepitas, and bright white shreds of manchego cheese. Chunks of juicy brown chicken lay on top; some have tumbled down to the side.

Double-chicken salad

June 3, 2016by Mike Bierschenk 1 Comment

A meal-sized spring salad topped with tender marinated chicken and dressed with a chicken-infused vinaigrette, because why go halfway?

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Main Dishes, Salads, Sauces
In a close-up, a chunk of street-cart seitan sits with a bite of bright-yellow on a fork, the whole bite dappled with white garlic sauce and vibrant red chile paste. In the background, more seitan nd rice, and the edge of some leaves of salad.

Street-cart seitan with garlic sauce

March 17, 2016by Mike Bierschenk 2 Comments

Inspired by memories of some amazing chicken from a food truck in Midtown Manhattan, this street-cart seitan is quick and easy, reheats beautifully, and is a complete vegetarian meal, especially if you throw some salad and bread at it.

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Main Dishes, Sauces, Stuff on Rice, Veg*n or veg*n-possible
Nectarine and Hatch chile salsa, with tortilla chips

Nectarine and Hatch chile salsa

August 20, 2015by Mike Bierschenk 3 Comments

When the summer stone fruits are at their peak, it’s hard to imagine doing anything with them other than eating them over the sink. But if you can possibly hold a couple of nectarines or peaches back, try this salsa. It’s sweet and refreshing, but also has a sharp grassy spice from the Hatch chiles.

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Appetizers/Snacks, Sauces
Creamy cilantro sauce (à la El Arepazo)

Creamy cilantro sauce (à la El Arepazo)

May 27, 2015by Mike Bierschenk 12 Comments

This sauce is a pale green wonder: it goes on everything from grilled meats to fried plantains (not to mention pizza, French fries, etc.). Inspired by the famous sauce at Columbus, Ohio’s El Arepazo Latin Grill.

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