Recipes

Super Antioxidant Tea Recipe

January 16, 2025 by

This recipe is highly colorful, refreshing and energizing early in the morning, with cooling effects that are much to be desired as the weather (hopefully) starts to get warmer.
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Spice up your life with these fiery-peanut noodles

November 18, 2024 by

Everyone has a vice that gets them through the winter months, whether that be pumpkin spice lattes, chai, a favorite scarf or a partridge in a pear tree, you know the stuff. For me, I especially lean ...
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Your new favorite fall drink: Café de Olla

October 10, 2024 by

The weather recently in Isla Vista has been the harbinger of spooky season: foggy, eerie, the windshields misted with cold, gray air that blankets all, every corner dark and menacing, always looking o...
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OTM presents: a collection of family recipes for Mother’s Day

May 9, 2024 by , , and

In preparation for Mother’s Day — coming up on Sunday, May 12 — On the Menu writers came together to compile a list of our favorite family recipes.
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Nimbu pani, for a simply refreshing time

May 2, 2024 by

Something deep within my memory was unlocked after months of dormancy as I sipped on nimbu pani (which translates to “lime water” and is the Indian version of limeade) at the Apna Indian Kitchen r...
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Colorful and carefree: a recipe for chuski and a smile

April 18, 2024 by

Chuski (or gola, depending on what part of India you’re from), is something akin to shaved ice. It reminds me of the summers of my youth, one hand in my nana’s, the other sticky with sweet syrup a...
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A simple yet flavorful strawberry & brussels sprouts chopped salad

January 12, 2024 by

Get ready to toss tradition out the window and join us on a culinary adventure where strawberries and brussels sprouts unite, proving that in the salad universe, odd couples are always the life of the...
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3 soup recipes to conquer the cold

November 30, 2023 by

With a bowl of rice or some pasta, these soups can supercharge you and give you the energy you need during gloomy days.
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Get a taste of home with this apple pie smoothie

November 9, 2023 by

I have found the ultimate blend of smoothie ingredients to most accurately capture the taste of apple pie filling.
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FALL in love with this butternut squash pasta

November 2, 2023 by

Why wait for Thanksgiving to have a good home-cooked meal that incorporates your favorite fall elements?
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Foraging for wild blackberries and spooky stories

October 26, 2023 by

Regardless of folktales, the blackberry season is an indicator that autumn is coming, if not already here.
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Bowltober: Dank Bowl Kitchen offers discount to celebrate 10th Anniversary

October 26, 2023 by

In a clever celebratory and promotional scheme, Dank Bowl Kitchen released a $10 deal for all bowls in the month of October, also known as Bowltober, to celebrate its 10-year anniversary. 
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Food bank finds: black bean salsa

October 19, 2023 by

No matter what you choose to include, this tangy and hearty recipe makes for a great snack or meal. 
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Spice Up Your Life with these Red Chili Fries!

October 12, 2023 by

My favorite comfort dish, weaponized by my mother to win my affection every chance she gets, are red chili fries.
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Take advantage of California fig season with this fall salad

September 24, 2023 by

Salads have a reputation for being boring and unsatisfying, but this variation, packed with a variety of fresh and cooked ingredients, challenges that assumption.
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