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Carrot Cherry Morning Muffins

Weeknight dinners can start to feel oppressively repetitive. The constant need to think of something, anything to cook, and preferably something healthy, it can start to wear a girl down. When we had tacos YET AGAIN for dinner last Thursday, I knew a dinner rut was hitting our house big time. Inspiration was not striking, not even sneaking its way in with our bounty of coveted summer tomatoes and eggplants and melons. I wasn’t even getting a whisper about dinner. But these muffins on the other hand? I couldn’t stop thinking about them.

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Millet Salsa Salad

Bowl of salad with millet, tomatoes, jalapenos, onions

Our cupboards are overflowing with grains. Sean and I went on a bit of a bulk aisle shopping spree, and we’re fully stocked up with millet, spelt, kamut, barley, kasha, rice…it’s a good thing I love grain salads so much. It’s going to be a whole grain kind of summer.

Last I week I was inspired by the tomatoes and jalapeƱos that came in our Full Belly Farm box. I thought about making salsa, but I’m trying to stop pretending that tortilla chips are health food. Then I had a sudden salad brainstorm. I’m so glad I did. This salad tastes exactly like summer. I served it with some grilled salmon and little smidgen of chipotle crema, and it was the most standout dinner of the week, hands down.
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