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‘Twas the Week Before Christmas
And all through the house, three kinds of cookies Tessa was stirring, while Steve slept on the couch. Like my rhymes? I thought it was cute, while not entirely true. Last Friday, a week before...
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Simple Southwest Breakfast Strata
Know what’s more exciting than describing every tender, fresh bite of this simple Southwest breakfast strata for three paragraphs (besides eating it)? The belated Christmas surprise that Steve and I...
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Healthier Caramelized Onion Mac and Cheese
It’s a new year, and I’m doing you the disservice of starting things out with another mac and cheese recipe. That’s because, around here, I’m not about deprivation and diets. What good am I to you in...
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I Need Your Help in 2016
In 2015, I cooked my way through an entire chapter of Gratins from The New Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone. Well, almost. I have one more to go, recipe coming soon. The process helped me master a few...
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Pomegranate Polenta Breakfast Bowl (Make Ahead)
It used to take me 20 minutes to get ready to go to Starbucks to work. Pack computer, go to the bathroom, put on real clothes, pack snack, pack water, drink some water, assemble every gadget I could...
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Black Pepper Gruyere Souffle
Amidst puppy shenanigans and lots of planning for a big year ahead at Natural Comfort Kitchen, I’ve put off the simple task of wrapping up a whole year of cooking a gratin a week. The challenge began...
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Curry Kale Quesadillas
It’s a silly thought, I know. How can one ever tire of a good ol’ veggie quesadilla? Greens, peppers, onion, mushrooms, and whatever other vegetables you want to load it up with, all smothered with...
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How to Make Fresh Bread Crumbs
Welcome to lesson 1(!) of the homemade how-to series: how to make fresh bread crumbs. Every two weeks, I’ll break down the steps for a home cooking skill I searched for often as I learned to cook. A...
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Rainbow Peppers with Herbed Breadcrumbs
It’s time to put your bread crumb making skills to delicious use. After a recent large get together at which everyone’s appetite for crudité was particularly small, I found myself left with one of...
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Balsamic and Brussels Rice Bake
It used to be, the cook in the house planned meals based on church cookbooks and family recipes. At least it was when and where I grew up (as if I’m finished growing up). Usually Mom, sometimes Dad,...
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Pistachio Brown Butter Brownies and Cream Cheese Frosting
As in, there is brown butter in the brownies and in the cream cheese frosting. True, my go-to brownie recipe is decadent: flourless for concentrated chocolate flavor, an extra fudgy texture, a layer of...
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Vegetable Tamale Pie for Two
Happy Valentine’s Day! Like most commercialized holidays, I don’t get too invested in Valentine’s, but I do view it as a fun chance to celebrate with your girlfriends (like me, circa 2012) or do...
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Green Soba Noodle Bowl
Where are all my country music fans out there? I guess I haven’t really exposed it yet on the blog, but if we’re friends on Spotify, you’ll probably start to question why I have Carrie, Miranda, Eric...
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How To Grate Parmesan Cheese (Fast)
Welcome to lesson 2 of the homemade how-to series: how to finely grate parmesan cheese in no time. Every two weeks, I’ll break down the steps for a home cooking skill I searched for often as I first...
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Thick Tomato Soup with Parmesan Croutons
It doesn’t get much better than a warm, homemade bowl of thick tomato soup and good times with old friends. I’m lucky enough to get both this weekend, but let’s start with the soup. My younger self...
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Make Ahead Vegan Breakfast Tacos (Without Tofu)
Make ahead breakfasts–as you can tell by the little sidebar graphic over yonder (that way —> ), I’m a big fan these days. Prior to puppy ownership, I had plenty of time to be indecisive and weigh...
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Fig and Fennel Caponata
In the week since I photographed this caponata for the blog, photo shoot regret has been creeping in (worse than usual). I don’t really like to talk about photography in recipe posts, because most of...
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Root Vegetable Coconut Curry
Instead of making this carrot and potato filled thick coconut curry, you could just swing by my house. We have a freezer full of it, and I’d be happy to share. The way I see it, one can never have too...
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Sweet Potato Shepherd’s Pie with Red Wine Lentils
It’s goal check in time. How are your new year’s resolutions going? We’re two months in, which has given us all plenty of time to make it or break it. That sounds extreme, though, and, like I’m...
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How to Make Your First Pie Crust from Scratch
Welcome to lesson 3 of the homemade how-to series: how to make pie crust from scratch for the first time. Every two weeks, I’ll break down the steps for a home cooking skill I searched for often as I...
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