Make This, Not That! Your Guide to Eating Naturally Green Food on St. Patrick’s Day

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St. Patrick’s Day is one of those holidays that brings out the best and worst in food. There’s a lot of delicious beer drinking (a good thing), and Irish soda bread (another good thing), but then there’s that whole trend of using green food dye to turn everything you eat green (the bad thing). But if you are tempted to go all out on St.Patrick’s Day, have no fear! You can put away your green food coloring, and try these green things instead.

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Sautéed Swiss Chard with Shiitake Mushrooms

I feel the need for something green! My friend Hank came to my rescue the other day with several bunches of Swiss chard that he had just picked from his garden. Normally I do just a simple sauté with Swiss chard. This time I decided to punch it up a bit with some shiitake mushrooms and Parmesan cheese. So good!

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Sautéed Swiss Chard with Shiitake Mushrooms

I feel the need for something green! My friend Hank came to my rescue the other day with several bunches of Swiss chard that he had just picked from his garden. Normally I do just a simple sauté with Swiss chard. This time I decided to punch it up a bit with some shiitake mushrooms and Parmesan cheese. So good!

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Sautéed Swiss Chard with Shiitake Mushrooms

I feel the need for something green! My friend Hank came to my rescue the other day with several bunches of Swiss chard that he had just picked from his garden. Normally I do just a simple sauté with Swiss chard. This time I decided to punch it up a bit with some shiitake mushrooms and Parmesan cheese. So good!

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10 Beautiful and Slightly Insane Bento Boxes on Pinterest

For some the challenge of making lunch is simply to remember to bring it to work, or trying to prep ahead of time. For others, it’s trying to perfect the art of the truly beautiful lunch bento box. One of the places that emphasizes the later, of course, is Pinterest.

A rough search for lunch ideas on the social media site and you will be inundated with the most intricate and sometimes alarming kyaraben bento boxes. Whether your making these for kids, or for yourself, here are a few lunches to inspires you.

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Our Readers Take the Cooking Cure: Here’s How Day 7 Went for Them — The Cooking Cure 2014

Yesterday for The Cooking Cure we asked you to ponder three important questions related to your lunch habits and what you want to change. Are you a bored luncher? Well-intentioned, but don’t follow through? Or are you a serial lunch buyer?

We checked out the #cookingcure hashtag to see how Day 7’s assignment went for you — here are some highlights!

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