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A bite of pilaf on a fork in close-up, bits of ground beef, onion, parsley, and tomato scattered among the grains of rice, and a bright yellow chunk of squash dead center.

Lemon-parsley rice pilaf with beef and summer vegetables

September 15, 2017by Mike Bierschenk 4 Comments

Like the convenience foods of my childhood, but gussied up: light and herbal, but still being deeply satisfying, with a garden’s worth of colorful vegetables

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Grains, Main Dishes, Veg*n or veg*n-possible
Germaine's tomato salad: thinly sliced tomato, dressed in vinegar and garnished with shallots, chives, and parsley

Germaine’s tomato salad

September 1, 2015by Mike Bierschenk Leave a comment

This simple salad displays the best of French summer cooking: sweet, ripe tomatoes rounded out by gentle onion flavors, lightly salted, all tied together by a soft, barely-sweet vinegar dressing.

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Salads, Veg*n or veg*n-possible

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