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Watermelon Salad with Mint

Sweet, cooling summer salad. Prep: 20 minutes Ingredients 1 (5-pound) watermelon 1 Vidalia or other sweet onion ¼ cup red wine vinegar Salt and pepper ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint 4 ounces feta cheese, crumbled 6 whole mint sprigs...

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Roasted Brussels Sprouts

A simple side dish in which the sprouts are slow-roasted in a very hot oven until browned. Prep: 10 min; Cook: 40 min Ingredients 1 1/2 pounds Brussels sprouts 3 tablespoons good olive oil 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper Directions...

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Roasted Grape Tomatoes

A colorful side dish that's easy to put together. Prep: 5 minutes; Cook: 20-40 minutes Ingredients 4 cups grape tomatoes 3 garlic cloves 3 T olive oil 2 tsp coarse (Kosher) salt 1 tsp fresh ground pepper Directions Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place all ingredients in...

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Crockpot or Instant Pot Applesauce

Slow or fast - choose your appliance for this recipe. Enjoy the smell of apples cooking all day in the crockpot. Want to make it in 3 minutes? Follow the Instant Pot directions. Either way, this is not your grandmother's applesauce recipe - the amount of sugar has...

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CSA Challenge: Kale + Potatoes = Colcannon

I stumbled on this dish when searching for a recipe that used kale and potatoes. There appear to be many versions of it, some with cabbage, some with kale, some served around St. Patrick's Day, some Halloween. This came out well! Ingredients 4 large potatoes Salt 4...

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Crispy Kale

Be sure to get the kale as dry as possible. If there is moisture on the leaves, the kale will steam, not crisp. Ingredients 4 giant handfuls of kale, torn into bite-sized pieces and tough stems removed (about 1/3 pound) 1-2 tablespoons olive oil sea salt or kosher...

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