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Eating Well

Tonight is the first night I've cooked in several days. New Year's Eve & Day were spent celebrating with friends, and then I went down for a day with that darn bug. Now that I'm feeling a bit better, I'm returning to one of my favorite sources of recipes - Eating Well magazine.

Eating Well is a gorgeous publication based out of Vermont that embraces local, seasonal, healthy cooking. Our friends, The Pritchard's, gave Derek a subscription to EW for years, and this is where I first came across it. You can find the print mag in many grocery stores. I use online recipes to save $$ and for convenience, but if you feel like browsing a beautiful food magazine, this is definitely one to try.


On tonight's menu is Lentil-Sausage Casserole. For us, this is a recipe made with staples like rice, frozen spinach, a can of lentil soup (which I always have on hand in case I'm inspired to make this easy recipe), and turkey sausage. We like spicy stuff, so I use hot turkey sausage; you could also use pepper jack cheese instead of cheddar. It's a hearty winter dish that is great to bring over to friends who have just had a baby or to a sick family member.

The EW website has lots of recipes geared toward kids. I was just checking out the crockpot recipes as well, so I will definitely feature more from EW here in the future!

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