Apples: cut into smallish pieces. Cheese: choose sharp cheese, like goat cheese or sharp cheddar. Cut into small pieces, smaller than the apple pieces, or crumble. You want about half the amount of the apple. Drizzle of honey: I used about 1 Tbls. per apple in the salad. Sprinkling of herbs: choose mild, sweetish herbs, like fennel seed or leaves, poppy seed, lavender buds, or mint.

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1 batch of pie crust dough ¼ cup butter 1 cup mushrooms, chopped small 1 cup beets, chopped small ½ tsp salt ½ tsp pepper ½ tsp dried sage ½ cup flour or corn starch 2 Tbsp water or soup stock

Preheat the oven to 350° F.

Roll the pie dough into 4 small crusts, round or square, about 5-6 inches across.

Combine the butter, mushrooms, seasonings, and flour/cornstarch in a large skillet and cook over medium-low heat until the mushrooms are soft, and most of the moisture has been absorbed by the mushrooms and flour. Remove from heat. Add the beets and the water/stock.

Spoon this filling into the crusts. Fold the crust over and pinch the edges closed. If desired, glaze the top of the crust. Cut small slashes in the tops.

Bake for about 20 minutes, until the crust is golden brown.

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1 batch of pie crust dough 2 Tbsp butter 1 cup chopped scallions or green onions 1 cup minced carrots ½ tsp dried sage ½ tsp fennel seeds 1 tsp flour or corn starch ¼ tsp salt ¼ tsp pepper

Preheat oven to 350° F.

Sautee the butter, scallions, carrots, sage, fennel, and flour, until the scallions have started to brown.

Roll the pie dough out and cut into circles or squares, 4-5 inches big. Put some filling in each of them, fold in half, and crimp the edges closed.

Bake for 20-30 minutes, until the crust is golden.

Makes 4 pasties.

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1 batch of pie dough 2 Tbsp butter 1 cup finely chopped lettuce or other greens 1 cup chopped leeks ½ tsp salt 1 tsp pepper 1 tsp flour or corn starch

Preheat oven to 350° F.

Sautee the butter, lettuce, leeks, salt, pepper, and flour, until the leeks have started to brown.

Roll the pie dough out and cut into circles or squares, 4-5 inches big. Put some filling in each of them, fold in half, and crimp the edges closed.

Bake for 20-30 minutes, until the crust is golden.

Makes 4 pasties.

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1 batch of pie crust dough 2 cups chopped onion 2 Tbsp butter 1 tsp dried basil 1 tsp dried rosemary ¼ tsp fennel seeds

Saute the onion and butter over medium heat until the onions are slightly translucent. Remove from heat and add the seasoning.

Preheat oven to 350° F.

Divided the pie crust into 4 equal pieces, then roll each piece out into a circle about 4-5” large. Put some filling in each of them, fold in half, and crimp the edges closed. Brush the tops with melted butter.

Bake for 20 minutes, until the crust is golden.

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6 carrots 1 Tbsp olive oil juice & zest of one lime 1 tsp honey ½ tsp salt 1 tsp dried cilantro

Preheat oven to 400° F.

Cut the tops off the carrots. If they are large, cut them into halves or quarters lengthwise.

Combine the other ingredients to make a dressing and toss the carrots in the dressing to coat them. Place carrots on a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes. The carrots retain a tiny bit of crunch when they're done.

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2 cups water or veg. stock 1/3 cup diced onion 1 cup roughly chopped carrots 2 ½ cups roughly chopped beets 2 cups milk or nut milk ½ tsp salt ½ tsp pepper 1/8 tsp dried mint leaves 1/8 tsp dill weed 1/8 tsp thyme

Boil the beets, carrot, and onion in the water, until beets and carrots are soft. Transfer to a blender and blend until it's a thick liquid. Return to stove, over low heat. Add the milk and seasonings. Stir until heated through.

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1 onion 1-2 Tbsp butter 2 ½ cups carrots, chopped into 1” pieces 4 eggs ½ cup half and half ½ tsp salt ¼ tsp pepper 1/8 tsp crushed mint leaves

Thinly slice the onion. Place in a pan over med-low heat with butter and cover, stirring occasionally. When the onions are soft, remove cover and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion pieces are browned.

At the same time, boil the carrot pieces in salted water, until the fat pieces of carrot are easy to stab with a fork.

Drain the carrots and puree with the half and half, making it as smooth as you can get it.

Preheat oven to 325° F.

Butter a pie tin and spread the onion evenly over the bottom.

Beat together the eggs, carrot puree, salt, pepper, and mint. Pour evenly over the onions.

Place the pie tin in a larger pan with water in it. Bake until it is a set custard, and a toothpick or knife inserted in the center comes out clean, about 60 minutes.

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½ cup butter 3 Tbsp sugar 1 ¼ cup fresh or frozen cranberries 1 cup flour ½ cup applesauce ¼ cup honey ½ cup corn meal 1 tsp baking powder ½ tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt 2 eggs 1 Tbsp minced candied ginger, or ½ tsp ground ginger

Preheat oven to 350° F.

Melt ¼ cup butter in a pan over medium heat. Add the sugar, stirring to dissolve. Add cranberries. Let cook, stirring, until the cranberries are all cracked up. Pour this mixture into a greased bread loaf pan (5”x9”), distributing evenly over the bottom.

Stir together flour, corn meal, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and ginger.

Beat together the remaining butter, applesauce, and honey, until the butter is in small chunks. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Slowly beat in the flour mixture, until combined. Spoon into the pan over the cranberries, spreading evenly and smoothing the top.

Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. Let cool for 15 minutes before inverting to remove from pan.

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apples oil cornstarch salt pepper

Cut the apples into medium-thin slices, removing the core. Soak them in water for 10 minutes.

Preheat oven to 425° F. Drain the apples and coat them with cornstarch. Arrange in a single layer, not touching, on a baking sheet. Drizzle with at least 2 Tbsp of oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.

Bake for 15 minutes. Flip the slices and rearrange, then bake for 5 more minutes.

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