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
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Main Dish
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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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),
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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
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Sweet Potato Shepherd’s Pie with Red Wine Lentils
It's goal check in time. How are your new year's resolutions going? We're two months in, which has given us all plenty of time to make it or break it.
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Root Vegetable Coconut Curry
Instead of making this carrot and potato filled thick coconut curry, you could just swing by my house. We have a freezer full of it, and I'd be
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