Late last summer, as my sister was registering for her wedding, she called me to see what cookware she should add to her registry. I responded with a
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Golden Root Vegetable Gratin
My alternate name for this recipe is "bright and sunny root veg gratin". Really, how can you not cheer up and forget about the below zero wind chill
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Baked Parmesan Kale Puffs
My cheese drawer has been looking unusually sparse these days. It used to be chock full of bits of goat cheese, a half block of cheddar, and almost
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Mediterranean Zucchini Gratin
I feel a little relieved that the scramble for Valentine's Day planning is over. What's that? You still want to plan something but have no idea where
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Winter Walnut Pesto Pasta and a Valentine’s Dinner at Home Menu
Valentine’s Day at home is not a copout. Nights out can certainly be special. I have to cover my bases, after all, because I’ve been extended an
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Roasted Cauliflower and Smoked Cheddar Gratin
A couple bites into this gratin on Friday night, Steve takes my hand, brings it a little closer to him, and declares matter-of-factly, "You're
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Arugula Orange Salad with Toasted Sesame Vinaigrette
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and grocery shopping for a fresh salad recipe and photo shoot four hours before THE east coast blizzard
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Artichoke, Celery Root, and Potato Gratin
Cooking for one or two? I know, I know, it can get so boring to eat the same thing or the same type of thing when you live alone. Cooking for two
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Meatless Mexican Chili and Cheddar Grits Super Bowls
It's as bad as it sounds. And by bad, I mean oh so good. Seven layers of southern and Tex-Mex comfort food rolled into a single, build-your-own game
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Greek Salad Bloody Mary
It's the first cocktail recipe on Natural Comfort Kitchen! Cheers! I hope you're having a lovely Wednesday that is warmer than mine. It's barely below
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Easy Cabbage Gratin and a New Cook-Through “Challenge”
Time to lighten things up a bit. As our dinner hosts this weekend would tell you, I could go on for hours about my dietary and life philosophy in
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Meatless Loaded Sweet Potato Risotto (2.0)
Writer's paralysis has hit. It's not writer's block, because I have a steady stream of topics I want to talk about, but none of them seem just right.
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