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Bowl of chili con carne loaded with cheese, green onions and sour cream

Loaded Chili con Carne

Plate with fresh guacamole with avacado pit and tortilla chips
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Guacamole

Tray with chicken thighs with bright green sauce chermoula

Green Sauce

I’ve documented my struggles with lettuce and have to admit fresh herbs often fall prey to similar ambitions. I’m much better at making croutons than I am at making herb butters so sometimes the soft herbs go sludgy before I act more responsibly and use them. Fresh coriander and I have a special relationship though […]

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Recipe for horseradish kohlrabi slaw on a plate

Horseradish Kohlrabi Slaw

Earlier this spring I signed up with OddBox which is a company that is fighting food waste by focusing on saving fruit and veg from farms by buying the things that have been overproduced or that grocery stores think are too weird to put on the shelf. I very much believe in their mission and […]

Easy Chana Masala Chickpea Curry recipe

Chana Masala / Chickpea Curry

When I was living on a tight budget, a period of time that lasted about twelve years, I ate a lot of chana masala. You could get a really good one at Trader Joes that came in a vacuum packed pouch so all I had to do to have a decent dinner was make some […]

Recipe for indian spiced cauliflower arranged on a tray

Indian Spiced Cauliflower

Sometime in the last couple of months I have decided I like cauliflower. Remembered I like cauliflower is probably a better way of putting it. When given the option of adding cauliflower cheese to a roast dinner when we’re out on a Sunday my answer is usually yes but for the longest time I didn’t […]

Cutting board with three flattened spicy chicken breasts on it.

Flattened Spicy Chicken Breasts

Every once in awhile you run across a kitchen tip that changes an ingredient you used to loathe into one you really like. In this case the kitchen tip is flattening your chicken breast before you cook it. Chicken breasts are difficult to cook well because in their natural state there is such a difference […]

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