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
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Gatherings
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
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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
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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
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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
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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)?
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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
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Italian Overnight Breakfast Bake
'Tis the season for overnight breakfast bakes! Like this one, which we might as well just go ahead and call what it is: bread lasagna.
For a while
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Vegetarian Tuna Melt
Proof that I am not vegan (because all the cheese wasn't enough?): I have no idea what jackfruit is or where I might find it. When I googled
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Winter Kale Salad with Brown Butter Vinaigrette
The number of salad recipes on NCK is growing with alarming speed, considering that I describe myself as the opposite of a salad lover. A salad hater?
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How to Plan and Cook a Meatless Thanksgiving Menu
In 2015, I made the jump from alternative Thanksgiving meat to (nearly) meatless Thanksgiving menu. My one concession was the crab cakes, but braised
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Green Bean Casserole Stuffed Mushrooms
Despite a liberal catering order, the stuffed mushrooms, butternut squash soup shooters, crab cakes, and caramelized apple and blue cheese phyllo cups
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