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How to Roast Garlic
Welcome to lesson 7 of the homemade how-to series: how to roast garlic. 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 that’s...
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Roasted Garlic Lentil Dip and Vegan Spring Bruschetta
In homemade how-to number 7, I showed you how to make roasted garlic that you can put in or on practically anything. For example: roasted garlic lentil dip, to eat on veggies, with a spoon, or on these...
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Puppy Chow II: Chocolate Peanut Butter
Puppy chow round two! Not too long ago, I published a dessert recipe for my personal favorite puppy chow recipe. That’s right, if you grow up in the midwest, there’s a solid chance you have multiple...
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Creamy Veggie Enchilada Pie
Things that are always in my refrigerator: chocolate chips, butter, a myriad of strange gluten free flours, tamari, yellow mustard, at least one type of cheese, year-old cornichons, and a handful of...
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Artichoke Stir Fry and Whipped White Beans
This is how I enjoy cooking. Not for the internet; for people. So that my husband has a dinner that’s not takeout for the night or two that I’m away this weekend (sinncccceeee I ate all the enchilada...
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Berry Basil Lemonade Smoothie (Whole 30)
Against my usual food blogging beliefs, I’m slapping the Whole 30 label on this super summery post-workout smoothie. Personally, Whole 30 isn’t an approach that works with my food philosophy, but I...
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How to Cook Dried Beans
Welcome to lesson 8 of the homemade how-to series: how to cook dried beans. 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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Garlic Quinoa Buffalo Bean Bowls
In homemade how-to number 8, I showed you how to cook your own beans for a huge savings over the good canned beans. Today it’s time to put beans–black, white, or otherwise–into some spicy meatless...
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Make-Ahead Cilantro-Lime Green Rice
Green rice is one of the best possible side dishes, or even fillings, when it’s taco or enchilada night. The only problem is that rice isn’t exactly a weeknight-friendly side dish, especially when...
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Sun Dried Tomato Pasta Salad (Vegan and Gluten Free)
My, how things change: I used to think sun dried tomatoes were among the world’s grossest foods, and today I’m writing you with a recipe for sun dried tomato pasta salad, which contains everything I...
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Spanish Tomato Salad with Almond Herb Dressing
All winter (okay, not all winter) I preach my hatred of salads, then come summertime, it’s salad everywhere. Pasta salad, potato salad, and now? TOMATO salad! Spanish tomato salad to be precise. I know...
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10 Minute Dinner: Gnocchi and Gorgonzola Salad
It’s been one of those weeks where I’m spinning what feels like 73 plates, and even this food blogger ain’t got no time to plan dinner. I’ve been improvising, and while I did create a weekly meal plan...
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Weekend Eats: Out and About
It’s time for something new! I love to cook–that’s not news, and it’s the reason NCK exists. Often, though, the recipes you see on the blog are the product of testing and a well manicured photo shoot,...
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One-Bowl Macadamia Butterscotch Cookies (Gluten Free)
Slowly but surely, or rather, cyclically, my breakfast planning is improving. Despite my love of breakfast foods, working from home, without any mandate to arrive for work at a specific time looking a...
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Grape Ape Popsicles
For no apparent reason other than maybe a subconscious longing for carefree college summers, the grape ape has been on my mind lately. I’m not kidding. When I’m in the mood for a cocktail at the bar, I...
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Weekend Eats: Hometown Goodies
In case you didn’t catch it last week, there’s a new thang going on here on NCK: a weekly post in which I delve into my real life, recapping either how much I cooked or ate out over the weekend. It’s a...
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10 Double Batch Summer Freezer Recipes
Right now you might be wondering if I’m a teacher–do I get summers off or something? Where have I been? The last time I posted a recipe was June 22, over two weeks ago. It’s not exactly how I want it...
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Summer Split Pea Soup (Vegetarian)
If I told you that this: was the silkiest, smoothest, lightest split pea soup you’d ever taste, would you believe me? I’m not sure, but here’s the evidence: I did the photography on the first go-round...
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Protein Power Beans and Greens Stuffed Shells
Who said you have to have meat to have protein? I feel like the “where do you get your protein?” question is becoming almost comedic these days, as so many of us of all dietary labels are trying to eat...
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Herbal Cherry Frozen Pops
On a whim, I grabbed a sucker from the little bin at the Trader Joe’s checkout line last week. Maybe the cashier thought I had a little one waiting at home (or it’s for the pug??), but really I had no...
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