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Chicken Pesto Pasta

Chicken pesto pasta is one of those weeknight dinners that manages to feel special without requiring any special effort. Homemade basil pesto takes five minutes in a food processor, the chicken sears while the pasta boils, and everything takes roughly twenty-five minutes. Hard to beat. …

Pomegranate Smoothie

A smoothie should not need six superfoods and a protein powder to be worth drinking. This one has four ingredients plus a garnish: pomegranate juice, two bananas, yogurt, and honey. Blended. Poured. Topped with pomegranate seeds. It is simple and it tastes like something you …

Summer Salad with Honey Vinaigrette

I made this salad every week the summer I lived near a farmers’ market in Portland. Whatever looked good that morning went in: mango one week, peach the next. This version uses hearts of romaine, mango, avocado, cucumber, bell pepper, green onions, and cilantro, all …

Vegan Almond Butter Oatmeal

I went through a phase of putting almond butter in everything, and this oatmeal is the recipe that survived the phase. Rolled oats cooked in rice milk until fluffy, then stirred with maple syrup, almond butter, cinnamon, salt, and the scrapings of a vanilla bean. …