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Salted Cucumber Kadota Fig Salad with Feta

August 16, 2019
Salted Cucumber Kadota Fig Salad with Feta Recipe | FakeFoodFree.com #figrecipes #cucumberrecipes #healthyeating #healthysalads #summerrecipes #sidedishes #picnicrecipes

You know how they tell you when you buy a fruit tree that it will take two years or so before it bears good fruit?

How about six? Yep, that’s how long it took our Kadota fig tree.


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I bought it at Oakland Old Town farmers market. (Man, I miss that market.) Back at our rental house, it stayed in a pot. It went from leaves to no leaves to thinking it was dead to growing new leaves again over three years.

Then we bought our current house in the Central Valley and we finally got it into the ground. It took off. Branches, leaves, the whole bit.

But no fruit. Nothing. For three more years!

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Garlic Tahini Roasted Brussels Sprouts

November 8, 2018
Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Garlic and Tahini | Recipe at FakeFoodFree.com #brusselsprouts #sidedishes #vegetablerecipes #tahinirecipes #holidayrecipes #thanksgivingsides

Brussel sprouts season is upon us! Every time I think I’ve made roasted Brussels sprouts in every way possible, another idea strikes. 

This recipe is super simple and it’s one you will love if you are a tahini fan. If you are unfamiliar with tahini, it is a paste the consistency of natural peanut butter that is made from sesame seeds. A standard ingredient in hummus, it can be worked into everything from snack bars to soups and salad dressings.

Or as it turns out, roasted Brussels sprouts. 

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Chili Garlic Bean Salad Recipe

August 16, 2014

Chili Garlic Bean Salad | fakefoodfree.com

This was supposed to be a three bean salad.

I went to the pantry and grabbed three cans of beans, drained and rinsed them and added them to the mixing bowl. It wasn’t until I was halfway done making the recipe that I looked down and thought – wow, all those dark beans look the same. It turns out I grabbed two cans of black beans instead of one black and one can of kidney beans. It seems I have a problem with attention to detail.

Oh well, you are getting a little less variety, but not at the cost of good flavor or a darn easy recipe.

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