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Pecan Chocolate Chess Pie
In homemade how-to week 3, I just showed you how to make your first homemade pie crust from scratch. Pecan chocolate chess pie is the perfect easy pie, after all that effort for a homemade crust, to...
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Old School Goulash
If I called my mom and asked her to name her top five quick dinners for the decade or so when she was chasing after three little girls not yet of leave-them-home-alone age, I’d place a sizable bet...
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Brie and Mushroom Polenta
Special occasions call for special meals. I’m not sure it works the same with a bag of chips or a delivery pizza (okay, maybe if it’s Papa John’s), but the physical elements of an event, not the least...
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Springtime Buttered Peas and Limas
My mom might have underestimated my love for veggies early on. Sure, maybe she thought it a little strange to have a child who loved broccoli and peas, but she tended to cover them both (and more) in...
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Potato Leek Frittata with Parsley Pesto
Aside from the fact that my omelet-making skills would make the French cry, frittata trumps homemade omelets in my book in so many ways. You can make it ahead, which is pretty tricky to do with a...
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How to Cook Fluffy Brown Rice (the Easy Way)
Welcome to lesson 4 of the homemade how-to series: how to cook brown rice, the easy way. In each lesson, I’ll break down the steps for a home cooking skill I searched for often as I first learned to...
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Veggie Fried Rice Pancakes
In homemade how-to number 4, I showed you how to cook fluffy brown rice the easy way. While a bit unconventional, savory veggie fried rice pancakes put all that brown rice to use in a yummy, healthy,...
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Roasted Garlic Chipotle Deviled Eggs
Easter is over, and I’m just now bringing you my new favorite deviled egg recipe. Timing isn’t always my strong suit. I will always be a sucker for the original deviled egg, when well prepared, but...
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Lentil and Mini Falafel Salad
When you want falafel, you want falafel, and you don’t want to run to the grocery store and get dried chickpeas then wait at least 12 hours for them to soak. That’s why the first “falafel” recipe I...
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Grapefruit Greek Salad
It’s time that I stop parading around like some kind of salad hater. Every salad recipe I post comes with the disclaimer, “I usually am not a salad fan, but this one has me converted.” Reading through...
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How to Sauté Mushrooms
Welcome to lesson 5 of the homemade how-to series: how to sauté mushrooms. In each lesson, I’ll break down the steps for a home cooking skill I searched for often as I first learned to cook, or one...
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Asparagus Mushroom Crepes
In homemade how-to number 5, I showed you how to sauté mushrooms without a big pile of liquid at the end. Asparagus mushroom crepes are a delicious, light (depending on how many you eat) entrée to put...
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Meatless BBQ Enchiladas
Does this look like meat to you? Pulled pork, maybe? What about these little soon-to-be-enchilada piles of BBQ goodness? If you think so, then you’re both right and wrong. I think you’d be hard-pressed...
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Mediterranean Sweet Potato Pizza
Although it wasn’t always so clear, it’s obvious to me now what my last meal on earth would be, if I got to select and enjoy it under some set of undesirable circumstances. Potatoes. Dough. Done. Maybe...
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How to Cook Baked Potatoes
Welcome to lesson 6 of the homemade how-to series: how to cook baked potatoes. In each lesson, I break down the steps for a home cooking skill I searched for often as I first learned to cook, or one...
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Gnocchi and Cheese Baked Potatoes
In homemade how-to number 6, I showed you how to cook fluffy, foolproof baked potatoes that can even be made ahead. Gnocchi and cheese baked potatoes are a decadent dinner with a lightened up cheese...
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Italian Kale Salad with Roasted Veggies
If it wasn’t for unseasonably cold weather, this hearty Italian kale salad with big chunks of warm roasted veggies might never have come to pass. It’s the first season of deck weather in our new house,...
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Puppy Chow I: Butterscotch Sprinkles
Although Clarence would argue to the contrary, we are not making dog treats today. This sweet puppy chow, one of two versions I remember from childhood, is for human consumption only, filled with...
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Spring Skillet Pizza with Chickpea Flour Crust
What a struggle naming this recipe. It started out as a breakfast pizza concept, but by the time I assembled it I realized that it should never be limited to brunch (although it makes an awfully tasty...
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Potato Salad with Hard Boiled Egg Dressing
If forced to choose between classic, creamy American potato salad and the usually lighter German potato salad, I’ll always go with American. There’s something about creamy mayo dressing mixed with...
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