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Serve Cajun sausage stew with toasted crusty bread topped with butter and a dash or two of kosher salt.

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You can use any vegetables except potatoes, which don’t freeze well. I have made suggestions for the proportions of the vegetables, but what you choose is entirely up to you. Parsnips are sweet, and leeks and kohlrabi will add rich flavor. If you can’t get fresh turmeric it’s okay – the carrots will provide a warm yellow color – but do NOT use turmeric powder. Your soups will then taste like curry. Trust me on this, unless you don’t care.

I make lots of Romanian ciorba, hence the usage of lovage and dill in my vegetable bouillon.

For a fast soup on cold evenings, all you need to do is pop one or two vegetable bouillon squares into the pot with water or stock, and add meatballs, dumplings or potatoes. If you feel like it, you can add extra vegetables. But when the temperature is minus 20 degrees Celsius (minus 4°F) I don’t want to muck around in the kitchen, I want something easy, hearty and comforting.

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This recipe is adapted from the blog Pardon Your French.

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Make the two dressings ahead of time. The great thing about these is the recipes leave extra for later meals. For example, I made a creamy shrimp salad with poached shrimp and the Goddess dressing.  My youngest kiddo likes to dip veggies in it and also uses it for a sandwich spread.

The pickled daikon, which is optional for the salad, needs to be made a day or two in advance. I fell in love with this daikon when my son brought home some Korean fried chicken, which had pickled daikon on the side.  I get my daikon from a nearby large Asian market. As with the dressings, I always make extra so I have some on hand for later meals during the week.

The recipe for smoked salmon salad and avocado toast serves two, but is easily multiplied.

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Mediterranean Stuffed Salmon can be made on the grill, in the oven, or on the stove top. I prefer the stove top because it cooks so quickly.  I recommend using a cast iron skillet for this dish as it can bear high heat, which you will want to for creating crispy skin.

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