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Super Chicken Bowl
This bowl is a healthy and delicious recipe, inspired by a recent dinner failure. Sometimes, when a recipe goes sideways, the best thing to do is to reinvent it and try again! So it is with the Super Chicken Bowl. Featuring classically prepared chicken, a bright avocado salad, spicy sweet potatoes, and a fresh avocado…
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Dinner Failure
In the world of the home cook, failure is always an option. Having no formal training, mediocre resources, and a variety of palates to please can make home cooking quite challenging at times. This is especially true when you’re trying to lean in to healthier food. Tonight’s dinner, for which I had high hopes, was…
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Grilled Chicken & Sweet Potato Bowls
This healthy and delicious meal is sure to satisfy your palate and your body. Chicken is a nice lean protein; we recommend organic, antibiotic-free chicken, or chicken from a local farmer’s market if you can get it. Sweet potatoes are full of vitamins and fiber, and they’re delicious. And finally, avocados are a source of…
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Cooking Tip of the Day: Mise en Place
One of the biggest game-changers for me when I was learning to elevate my kitchen game was the idea of mise-en-place. Loosely translated, mise-en-place means “everything in its place,” and it’s a kitchen organizing strategy that makes cooking vastly easier. It helps you build an efficient workflow and clean up the kitchen as you go.…
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Tonight’s Dinner: Homemade Pizza
I have always loved making homemade pizza. Pizza is probably my favorite food. You can prepare it in so many ways: thin crust, thicker crust, Chicago style. You can top it with anything. There are hundreds, maybe thousands of sauce options. There are hundreds of cheese combinations. You can add herbs and spices to the…
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Spicy Sichuan Noodles
Exactly what the title says: spicy Sichuan noodles! Delicious, compulsively eatable, and pleasantly spicy, this dish is great with vegetables or your choice of protein — just cut it into cubes, season it, and cook it ahead to add to the wok. You can balance the heat more to your liking with more or less…
The Salty Cook 