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Healthy Made Easy Guilt-free eating at Get Real Cafe by Sally Collins photos by Brett Kosmider
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unshine streams through the high windows of Sturgeon Bay’s Get Real Cafe, illuminating the colorful dishes coming from the open kitchen: a quinoa salad topped with red onions and avocado, an Italian sandwich with sun-dried tomatoes and artichokes,
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Veronica Ripp works in the kitchen of her Madison Avenue restaurant, where customers have found that healthful food is also delicious.
a bowl of pork-curry vegetable soup with garbanzo beans and mushrooms bobbing on the surface. The place smells delicious. Patrons drink their berry smoothies, cucumber juices or regular coffees as Veronica Ripp prepares yet another dish featuring organic, sustainable and
as-local-as-can-be ingredients. She does it all, from whipping up the hummus to simmering the bone broth, whisking her homemade salad dressings to pulling apart tender meat. “Everything is made,” Ripp said, “except the mayo. I draw the line. Hellmann’s still can’t be beat.” And her following
