endive

Endive: Add Some Diva to Your Salad

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It’s Day 7 of the 12 Days of Endive! As an OnDiva and long time lover and eater of endive, I’m a big fan of the crisp bright flavor that fresh endive adds to a salad.  So today I’m bringing you 12 different ways to add a bit of endive diva to your salad! Grilled […]

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How To Make Onigiri (Japanese Rice Balls)

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Onigiri (“oh-nee-gee-ree”) are Japanese rice balls and today I’m going to show you how easy they are to make!  As I was working on the material for this post, I realized that I’ve been writing about onigiri for a long time on this little piece of the inter-webs of mine.  I’ve been writing about the […]

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Endive: No Washing Necessary

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Today is Day 5 of the 12 Days of Endive. It’s Friday, and I don’t know about you, but at the end of the day on Friday, my brain starts to shut off.  After a week of go, go, go, my brain says . . . nothing.  The beautiful thing about endive is that it […]

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Endive: Do the dip!

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Today is Day 4 of the 12 Days of Endive! One of my favorite things about endive is how versatile it is—there is a wide variety of ways to use it raw and cooked.  One of my favorite ways to use it raw is as a replacement to tortilla chips when I’m eating dip, or […]

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Endive: A Vegetable With a Unique History

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For day 3 of the 12 Days of Endive, let’s talk history! Endive has a unique story—it’s a youngster in the vegetable world, which is ironic considering that the root it’s grown from, called chicory, is one of the earliest plants cited in recorded literature.  Endive, on the other hand, was a relatively recent discovery, […]

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Chocolate Toffee Meringue Cookies

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Happy December!! This is my favorite time of year.  I love the sights, sounds, smells, and traditions that are wrapped up into December and early January.  Here on LFM you’re going to be getting a dose of that, plus some ways to survive this season of rich foods, with recipes that will help you “lighten […]

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