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Newsletters > July 14, 2010

Too hot to cook? Keep cool as a cucumber with oven-free recipes like fresh summer salads tossed with healthy grains, proteins, and perfectly ripe fruit.

Still hot? Sip a Summer Watermelon Situation from Cool Parties for Hot Days.

Green your cuisine with earth-friendly food choices from Lucid Food by sustainable chef and caterer Louisa Shafia.

july 14, 2010

chilled soup

Source : Bon Appétit

Chilled Avocado and Mint Soup

4 cups diced peeled avocados (about 4 medium)
3¼ cups chilled buttermilk
5 tablespoons fresh lime juice
¼ cup chopped green onions
¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 teaspoon minced seeded serrano chile
1 teaspoon chili powder
6 tablespoons chopped fresh mint leaves, divided
3 cups (or more) low-salt chicken broth
1 cup diced seeded tomatoes

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2.	Couscous Salad With Chicken and Apricots
3.	Summer Shrimp Salad
4.	Cold Provençal White Bean Salad
5.	Arugula and Peach Salad with Creamy Chive Vinaigrette
6.	Watermelon, Cucumber, and Jícama Salad
7.	Fresh Salmon Salad with Chickpeas and Tomatoes
8.	Orzo, Green Bean, and Fennel Salad with Dill Pesto
9.	Mango and Corn Salad with Curry Vinaigrette
10.	Roast Beef Salad With Goat Cheese and Balsamic Vinaigrette

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Lucid Food
Cooking for an Eco-Conscious Life
by Louisa Shafia
Published by
TEN SPEED PRESS
Green Your Cuisine with Earth-Friendly Food
Choices. With organic and seasonal cooking
principles becoming ingrained in today's kitchens,
and new buzzwords including locavore and CSA
steadily gaining traction, how do we integrate food
politics into daily life in ways that are convenient,
affordable, and delicious? Lucid Food offers more
than eighty-five healthy, eco-oriented recipes based
on conscientious yet practical environmental ideals.
Louisa Shafia's empowering advice includes how to
source animal products ethically and responsibly,
support local food growers, and reduce one's
carbon footprint through urban gardening,
preserving, composting, and more. This cookbook
celebrates the pleasures of savoring
home-prepared meals that are healthful, honest,
pure, additive-free, and transparently made, from
the source to the table.

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