school lunch.

Irrelevant picture alert. The above has nothing to do with the below recipe, the above is the pretty fancy-seeming app I made out of pre-cooked stem-on artichokes from the local Turk and Marcella Hazan's carciofi alla Romana concepts.

Then, also, later, and relevant to school lunches: this salad.

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carrot and quinoa salad. 

2 tsp sweet paprika
1 tsp ground turmeric
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1/4 tsp ground cardamom

salt
freshly ground black pepper

3 large carrots, thinly sliced
1 small red onion, thinly sliced
4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 cup walnuts
1 cup quinoa
2 cups water
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 tsp finely grated lemon zest
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1/2 cup dried cranberries
2 tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley
1 tbsp honey or ginger syrup

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