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Perfect! Donna, you are my shining light.
I found both The Improvisational Cook and The Art of Simple Food (which was on my registry) and bought both with some engagement gift cards, so I'm all awash in good ideas. I'm making vegan ratatouille in the slow cooker for dinner tonight. 
Hi Sally. If you're still looking for suggestions, I just got this from the library and I'm liking it so far: Local Flavors: Cooking and Eating from America's Farmers' MarketsCongratulations, by the way! :)
Donna, thank you for the recommendation on The Art of Simple Food. I've been reading for two days, and am about done with the salad section. Such a cool book!I had spaghetti squash for dinner, cut with a wedding present knife. :)
Oh man, it's like the best cookbook ever. More like hanging out in a well stocked kitchen with a benevolent grandmother, absorbing all the wisdom of decades of cooking. I can't stop reading it.
Maybe you could post one or two of your favorites, Sally.
Yes, will do. I'm making another pot of ratatouille again tonight. I just finished the leftovers and stopped on my way home from school to get more vegetables to make it again to eat all weekend. Ratatouille:
Sautee 3 cloves of garlic in 1T olive oil. Add 2T of dried parsley and one eggplant, in 1/2" cubes. Layer on the bottom of slow cooker. Salt to taste, and add 2T parmesan cheese.
Layer 2 zucchini, sliced, with more salt and parmesan. Continue with sliced yellow squash, onion, mushrooms, bell pepper, adding salt and parmesan to every layer. Top with one can diced tomatoes and 1T chopped basil and rosemary (if desired)
Go easy on the salt - just 1/4 t on each layer or so will do the trick.
Set to low and let cook for 8 hours.
Does any one have any cookbook ideas that will help me modify my eating habits to cut out processed foods as much as possible, yet are still relatively simple to produce deliciousness day after day?