Verb (used with object) : Workers were blanching linen in the sun. ,The long illness had blanched her cheeks of their natural color.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used without object) : The very thought of going made him blanch.    From Dictionary.com. 

Katie, you can definitely substitute fresh fava - either raw as Marcella does or quickly blanched, which is probably what I'd do.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recipe for Edamame Pesto Spread (Ενταμάμε Πέστο Σαλάτα)] Reference

Optional: chopped veggies such as blanched broccoli, red pepper, zucchini, mushrooms, etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recipe Favorites: Egg Muffins Revisited, Again] Reference

Cauliflower is "blanched" to keep white color and provide best flavor 4-5 days before harvest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

The blanched leaves also are highly esteemed on the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference

I blanched, like an almond thrown into boiling water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Battle of the Bulging British Bridesmaids] Reference

Handful (about 2 oz/60 g or more) whole blanched almonds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jamie Schler: Creating New Family Traditions: A Recipe for Rosh Hashana] Reference

Her blanched cheeks and frightened eyes made my heart bleed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beetle] Reference

Soon the priestesses returned, with blanched cheeks, saying.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference

In it lies a female body, limp, lifeless and blanched ghost-like.    From Wordnik.com.  ['The Cell'] Reference

Both sorts, however, must be well blanched if perfection is required.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference

Helena Harrington Hathaway-Jones's face blanched even paler than usual.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Revolution will not be Funded, but it Might Involve Doughnuts] Reference

This he uttered with a change from a flushed to a blanched countenance.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference

We blush when we do not wish to; we betray our fears by our blanched faces.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing] Reference

Them and their cold, grey faces like the air like the winter-blanched rock.    From Wordnik.com.  [Excerpt from Pompeii ii] Reference

Stone them and fill with blanched almonds, or chopped nuts or cocoanut grated.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Age Cook Book] Reference

Put two or three blanched almonds on each tart and dust with cinnamon and sugar.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Suffrage Cook Book] Reference

Chop the blanched nuts of the stones and add to the fruit (2 nuts to each pound).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cookery Blue Book] Reference

Stick the cake over with blanched almonds and fill the center with whipped cream.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Age Cook Book] Reference

Roll very thin and cut in small cakes; put half a blanched almond in the middle of each.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Age Cook Book] Reference

There is the same heavy frame furniture, a wallpaper of blanched yellows and field greens.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Forgetting Room 1-6] Reference

Thin slices of apples can be placed on top, also peaches or almonds, blanched and chipped.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Suffrage Cook Book] Reference

They are then blanched, and when cooked recall somewhat the flavour of the globe artichoke.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference

I was getting reckless, and I took the descent at a pace which blanched even Forrest's cheek.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Motor Pirate] Reference

Little Lucy had been close by, her rosy face blanched with horror, and had looked appealingly at.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference

Miss Berkeley turned her head; a sudden look of affright blanched her face to deadliest whiteness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference

Serve in a vegetable dish and garnish with large Italian chestnuts that have been boiled and blanched.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Age Cook Book] Reference

Two pounds of tart cooking apples, one pound of sugar, one pint of water, one lemon and some blanched almonds.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Age Cook Book] Reference

British coast when this skipper saw dark hulls, blanched lines, and flaming funnels -- all showing terrific speed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Some Naval Yarns] Reference

Return to the fire, let it come to a boil, sweeten to taste, flavor with cinnamon and some almonds blanched and cut fine.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Age Cook Book] Reference

Turn out on a glass dish, stick it thickly over with the blanched almonds, garnish with whipped cream and serve with cream.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Age Cook Book] Reference

Celery, potato, chicken -- white meat only -- white fish, blanched asparagus -- any or two of these may be used for white salad.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Suffrage Cook Book] Reference

There, huddled up under the spreading branches of a cedar, stood my darling, her eyes wide open, her cheeks blanched with terror.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Motor Pirate] Reference

Put a quart of boiling water in a saucepan over the fire with four ounces of sugar and two ounces of almonds blanched and cut fine.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Age Cook Book] Reference

Cut off pieces and roll like bread stick; shape into rings, dip upper surface in blanched almonds that have been chopped and salted.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Suffrage Cook Book] Reference