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Sometimes you want a side dish that is hearty enough to be a vegetarian main dish. This bean, corn and tomato salad with a Southwestern vinaigrette easily does both. In addition, it could be served wrapped in warmed tortillas or scooped up with substantial tortilla chips. It’s a true multipurpose dish. The dressing may be prepared without heating the spices in the oil, but that extra step makes a difference. You can slide by with using dried oregano, but don’t even think about using anything but freshly squeezed lime juice. Two medium-sized limes yield 1/3 cup of juice, but I usually…

Will I need to buy yet another iPhone soon?

The first in the family to use technology to get on an airplane.

I was zipping down W. 11th Ave., in Eugene today and saw this out of the corner of my eye. I turned around and went back to get a closer look. I thought it was interesting that nine years after the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., I would happen to see the personalized Oregon license plate "UAL 93." United Airlines Flight 93 from the Wikipedia: United Airlines Flight 93 was a United States domestic passenger flight from Newark International Airport in Newark, NJ, to San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, CA, that was hijacked on Sept. 11,…

If you’re trying to add more whole grains to your meals, whole-grain pasta is a good place to start. But don’t try to take a favorite recipe and exchange regular pasta for whole wheat (or spelt or whatever.) The reaction will probably be that it doesn’t taste the way it usually does. Of course it doesn’t. Whole-grain pastas, like brown rice, have completely different tastes and textures than the more refined varieties. Use a new recipe, preferably one with bold flavors. Maybe after your family is used to the whole-grain pasta in this recipe, you might be able to sneak it…