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In honor of Huffington Post’s Eating In Week, the Green Fork looks at easy and delicious seasonal meals that can be cooked at home.

Anyone can cook. Yes, anyone. Can you follow directions? Check. Do you have a pulse and possession of your sense of smell and taste? Check. Feeling a flutter of nervous excitement that comes with trying something new? Check.

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Although the recipe below calls for green beans, kabocha squash and chard (since those are the things we’d received in our produce box this past week) you could just as easily substitute spinach or kale for the chard, turnips or carrots (or both) for the squash, add some potatoes, etc., etc. Likewise, though I’ve listed curry powder below, you could toast your own spices if you’re a purist or you could also use one of the Thai curry pastes with delightful results. The basic concept is very flexible so feel free to experiment.

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Local farmers’ markets are hopping in summer, with a variety of berries abundantly offered. The number of markets in Maryland increased from 78 in 2008 to 90 in 2009 according to Amy G. Crone, an agricultural marketing specialist for the state.  With an upsurge of interest in canning in these times of economic frugality, folks [...]

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We at Eat Well are a mix of omnivores and vegetarians, but all of us do our best to eat as conscientiously as possible. Today, our friend Megan at Brooklyn Farmhouse talks meat quality and shares a yummy recipe for pork tenderloin with black pepper.
We don’t eat a lot of meat in our household [...]

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If you’re anything like me, you are 1. glad to see the tail end of your Thanksgiving leftovers and 2. ready for some lighter fare (and some exercise) and 3. chilly, what with winter on its way. Here is a nice recipe from Alison Arians of Alison’s Lunch, who saw her town’s first snow months [...]

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Our friend Cate, who writes what may be the most adorable food blog we’ve ever seen, Tribeca Yummy Mummy, wrote yesterday inviting me to host one of her recipes here. Cate is a former personal chef/yoga teacher who now teaches a cooking class for moms and toddlers, and she reminds those of us with [...]

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A lot of our friends have posted their recipes at the Consumers Union’s local, organic Thanksgiving Challenge. Here is a round up of the ones that are making it nearly impossible for us to finalize our own Thanksgiving menus.
First up, from our good friend and former colleague, Megan Saynisch, whose recently launched Brooklyn Farmhouse [...]

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Never one to shirk from a challenge, our good friend Kim O’Donnel has posted a recipe for Brussels Sprout Slaw (it looks really good) on the Thanksgiving Local and Organic Food Challenge and has been making room for local at her blog, A Mighty Appetite, too.
Kim, who hosts a weekly chat on Tuesdays at 1pm [...]

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