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This is the kind of meal that leaves you feeling particularly virtuous, that you'll want to brag about (subtly, of course) at the office tomorrow. You'll almost feel the glow of that halo as you pack up the leftovers for your kids' lunch -- just look at those green polka-dotted, protein-packed grains. A mess o'vegetables on the side (buttered, because that's just good sense) can't hurt. Yum! A dinner well done.

The Menu

Lemon Herb Quinoa with Hemp Seeds, Spring Peas, and Basil by Gena Hamshaw

Serves 4

1 cup quinoa, dry
2 cups water, cold
1 cup green peas, fresh or frozen
1/4 cup fresh basil, finely chopped
1/4 cup shelled hemp seeds
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon maple syrup
1/4 teaspoon sea salt (plus a little extra)
1 dash black pepper

1. Rinse quinoa in a mesh strainer with cold water. Transfer to a pot and add the 2 cups cold water and a nice pinch of salt. Bring to a boil.

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Passover means lots of rules: no leavening, no flour, and, for those who keep kosher, no mixing milk and meat. Luckily, we still have sugar, eggs, and fruit to do the sweet work for us. Instead of buying chalky, dense, packaged Passover desserts, bake your own this year. Since you can serve these treats after meals with meat as well as dairy, your seder-mates will thank you -- and you'll have a house full of sweets all week long.

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French toast: When perfected, it has that golden ratio of soft custard to chewy crust to caramelized exterior. Not too dry or too soggy, it melts in your mouth while still standing its ground against a generous pour of maple syrup or a hefty wedge of butter. It's the stuff of languid weekend mornings, of breakfasts in bed. These 7 recipes run the gamut from sweet to savory, simple to extravagant -- but all of them are sure to result in plates licked clean and requests for more.

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Happy first day of spring! The day everyone's been waiting for all winter long has finally arrived. The warmer weather, longer days, and fresh spring blooms are all excellent reasons to celebrate this season's arrival. However, we're going to guess that the moment you're most excited for is the return of spring produce! Ramps, peas, asparagus, and so much more will begin to pop up over the next few weeks, so we've rounded up some recipes that best highlight the season's bounty.

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Can it just be spring already? All over the country we've had glimpses of it, but in New York we just got yet another dose of winter. Whatever the weather is like where you are, we're officially closer to April than February, there's a little mint popping up in our gardens, and the days are gloriously longer.

In light of that, we've decided to just call it: Springtime is here! If the view out your window begs to differ, whip up some mint limeade and dream of warmer days. They'll come soon, we're sure of it.

The Menu

Creamy Spring Turnip Soup with Wilted Radish Greens and Bacon by sdebrango

Serves 4-6

For the Soup:

3 cups young turnips peeled and chopped
3 young leeks white and light green parts cleaned very well
4 cups chicken broth or vegetable broth
1/4 cup heavy cream
Salt and pepper to taste

1. Clean and slice your leeks, I like Amanda's method, clean, trim and chop into rounds and add to a large amount of clean water. The

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There are few things more satisfying than diving headfirst into a bowl of noodles. Here are 10 noodle dishes to lean over, to slurp up, to happily get all over your face; 10 plates of salty-sweet-savoriness that beg for chopsticks -- and a wet nap or two.

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Every week on Food52, a DIY expert spares us a trip to the grocery store and shows us how to make small batches of great foods at home.

Today, blogger Ashley Rodriguez gives us a much more wholesome Cadbury Creme Egg -- yellow yolks and all.

Last week I had my first taste of rhubarb and asparagus. I may have been jumping the gun a bit, but for me, those two tastes symbolize spring more than the presence of tulips or the gentle warmth of sun. (I'm still waiting for that sun.)

The tangy, tart bite of rhubarb combined with a buttery shortbread crust and cool whipped cream; the bitter char on a hot roast fresh out of the oven set against the mild sweetness of freshly plucked asparagus; this is the tune of spring, and I sing it at the top of my lungs after what seems to have been years of cold and dreary days.

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But there is another taste that has become a spring tradition. Like congealed cranberry sauce at Thanksgiving, I

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Let's take a moment to thank potatoes. They're comforting, and they serve as the canvas for many of our favorite meals. They hold up our braises and complement our roasts, crisp up after a stint in the oven and soften with a kiss of cream.

This St. Patrick's Day, we'll be putting our industrious little tubers to work in these 10 decidedly un-Irish recipes. From Spanish soup to potato latkes, we're celebrating the versatility of the world's favorite vegetable.

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