Tag Archives: orange

roasted fennel over couscous

By jacqueline | Published: March 18, 2010
fennel is an interesting vegetable.  when eaten raw i find it to have a celery-like texture with a hint of licorice – which is not my favorite flavor.  but like most vegetables, when roasted the flavors mellow out and gain a toasty and buttery quality.  i don’t roast the stems because i find them quite [...]
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grapefruit and mandarin oranges in chamomile jelly

By jacqueline | Published: February 27, 2010
i saw the inspiration for this post on foodgawker a while back and the idea has since stuck in my head.  i wanted to make the dish with my own twist so i chose chamomile tea instead of white, agar agar as a vegan alternative to gelatin, and a mix of seedless mandarin oranges with [...]
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marmalade cookies for my valentine

By jacqueline | Published: February 14, 2010
it’s probably too late for anyone to actually make these for valentine’s day but i thought i would share what i made for my valentine. a few weeks past i exclaimed that it is the peak of orange season. i also mentioned that i used many of the seedless mandarin oranges i got from the [...]
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in season: oranges!

By jacqueline | Published: January 10, 2010
for some reason i always thought that oranges were a summer fruit, but much to my surprise they are at the peak of their season right now!  i haven’t gone this bonkers over a harvest since july when the juicy white donut peaches were like nothing i had ever tasted.  like the peaches, i have [...]
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orange ginger tofu – and a few words on soy

By jacqueline | Published: July 1, 2009
there’s an email that has been sitting in my inbox for a few weeks now, and i think it’s time i finally address it.  new reader, paula, appreciated my story and how i gradually found that healthier choices in my diet improved my quality of life.  because of this she felt she had to share [...]
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