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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Recipes
Veggie Fried Rice Pancakes
In homemade how-to number 4, I showed you how to cook fluffy brown rice the easy way. While a bit unconventional, savory veggie fried rice pancakes
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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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Springtime Buttered Peas and Limas
My mom might have underestimated my love for veggies early on. Sure, maybe she thought it a little strange to have a child who loved broccoli and
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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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Pecan Chocolate Chess Pie
In homemade how-to week 3, I just showed you how to make your first homemade pie crust from scratch. Pecan chocolate chess pie is the perfect easy
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How to Make Your First Pie Crust from Scratch
Welcome to lesson 3 of the homemade how-to series: how to make pie crust from scratch for the first time. Every two weeks, I'll break down the steps
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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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Fig and Fennel Caponata
In the week since I photographed this caponata for the blog, photo shoot regret has been creeping in (worse than usual). I don't really like to talk
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