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Vegetable Salad and Carrot Tartare, Chef Style
This is the kind of dish you prepare on a spring Saturday morning, when the market was well-stocked and you want to make something…
Author: Lea
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Homemade Rosemary Tea
Waking up with a foggy mind and starting to feel like coffee is just too much? Rosemary grows in almost every garden and lingers…
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Cheesy Pizzettes with Mushrooms and Peppers
Appetizer pizzettes are rarely good. Either the dough is soggy, the cheese has turned into a greasy puddle, or the vegetables have soaked through…
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Tomato Carrot Lemon Juice
Have you ever looked at your liver as an organ that deserves a little attention every morning? Because if you’re like most people, you…
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Creamy Cancoillotte Risotto with Crispy Smoked Sausage
On a gray weekday evening, what beats a creamy rice steaming on the plate? This Cancoillotte risotto answers that question directly. Pearly rice added…
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Walking Taco Casserole
“Casserole” usually brings to mind a reheated school cafeteria dish, something dull pulled from a freezer. That’s the image. The reality is spicy beef,…
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Homemade Hamburger Steaks
The hamburger steak is that dish everyone is a bit ashamed to love. Too simple, too ordinary, too much like school lunch. And yet—done…
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Homemade Oven-Baked Chicken Nuggets
That deep, crunchy thud when you sink your teeth in — that’s all it takes to be convinced. Homemade oven-baked nuggets, no deep fryer,…
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Gua Bao with Marinated Chicken and Crunchy Vegetables
Gua bao is the kind of dish that looks intimidating on a restaurant menu. You imagine secret Asian techniques, a chef who spent ten…
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Ultra-Juicy Oven-Baked Turkey Cutlets
Dry oven-baked turkey should never leave a kitchen. The reason it happens almost every time is the lack of brining — that thirty-minute step…
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Avocado Pit Tea
How many avocado pits have you thrown away this year? That hard, brown, slightly shiny thing like a chestnut — we toss it without…
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Homemade Lemon Powder
We all think the same thing when squeezing a lemon: the peel goes in the bin. That’s where we’re wrong. The zest concentrates more…
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Homemade Sloppy Joes
Sloppy Joes are proof that an ugly dish can be brilliant. No technique, no fuss — just ground beef in a sweet and tangy…
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American Style Crispy Onion Rings
It’s a Friday night, a match starts in twenty minutes, and the fridge offers nothing exciting. Onion rings are exactly that kind of recipe.…
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Mugwort and Poached Egg Soup
Ever craved something warm on a Sunday morning but lacked the energy to spend an hour cooking? Mugwort is that herb you sometimes spot…
