It's possible I will never eat another plain olive again. Buttery roasted zucchini noodle pasta and creamy goat cheese tomato sauce are both good and
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Gluten Free Eggplant Parm Bake
Can you name the states in the tri-state area? Until about a year after I moved to Connecticut, I still ignored maps and couldn't tell you that Jersey
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Quick Chunky Tomato Sauce
If you've been following NCK since the beginning, you know I like to do things the hard way. For instance, last summer I spent almost four hours
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Mexican Kale Salad
No. More. Cheese. Said no one ever? Actually, said me yesterday. I'm in Minnesota visiting my parents and so many wedding vendors right now for two
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Nut-Free Vegan Sour Cream
Let's get one thing straight: I'm not quitting sour cream. The stuff is a commodity in our fridge, which isn't surprising considering my affinity for
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Portable Picnic Menus
Labor Day is fast approaching, so although it seems untimely to present you with picnic recipes at the onset of fall, hopefully you plan on savoring
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Spicy Italian Broccoli Quinoa Bowl
Whether you're going back to school or not (I am not), fall always seems like such a good time for fresh starts. Maybe even better than new year's,
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Quick Veggie Curry
Last week, I made a big batch of chocolate baby shower cupcakes (see below) with fluffy vanilla buttercream frosting. This week, ant-pocalypse
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How to Make Homemade Coconut Milk
Homemade coconut milk is one of those things, like basic oatmeal, whose lack of consistent recipes online frustrates me. All I want is a simple
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Cheddar Sweet Corn Pie
I'm at it again with the cheesy pie! So, remember the spaghetti squash pie from last fall? My most popular blog post to date for reasons that I can't
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Hummus Lentil Salad Lettuce Wraps
Here's how weekly meal planning often starts for me: I pick up my recipe notebook and a pen and plop myself in front of the fridge, making a detailed
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Tomato and Olive Potato Gratin
All I could think about while assembling this gratin is that I totally missed the boat on vegan Fourth of July options. I mean look at it! Is this not
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