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Spoon Jar Kitchen and Fermentery

Recipes and ideas to feast and ferment on.

 
Miso Mushroom Salad
Dinner, Lunch Lena Sawin Dinner, Lunch Lena Sawin

Miso Mushroom Salad

My husband and I recently returned to Izakaya Minato in Portland, Maine on a weekend vacation to get out of the house and eat a bunch of delicious food. One of the stand out dishes was the Kinoko Salad, consisting of sauteed mushrooms and roasted delicata squash in a rich soy and butter sauce over lightly dressed baby spinach. The sweet squash and gently dressed spinach balanced the bracingly salty sauce perfectly. I knew after we ate that dish I wanted to make a version of it at home.

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Chickpea Crȇpes
Breakfast, Dinner Lena Sawin Breakfast, Dinner Lena Sawin

Chickpea Crȇpes

I started making this gluten free chickpea crepe on a whim to reduce food waste and it has evolved into a compulsion. As we settle into the dark, cold season, a hot breakfasts that can be made up in a few minutes are very appealing. This breakfast feels like an indulgence because it involves something pancake-like, but it's actually fairly healthy and whips up in 10 minutes.

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