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Recipe | Twice Baked Salsa Potatoes with Fajita Veggies
Do you ever go to a restaurant and order the same dish every time? For better or worse, I’m a person who likes routine. Usually when I find something I like at a restaurant, I stick with it. My husband...
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Recipe | Mini Vegetable Lasagnas (Made in Muffin Tins!)
I like small things. Tiny dogs? Love them. Baby corn? Yes please. Pygmy goats? I’ll take 12. For a while, I even collected those little erasers that are shaped like food for no other reason than the...
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Recipe | Trimmed-Down Cheddar & Chive Duchess Potatoes (made with cauliflower!)
Okay, I’m going to say it so you don’t have to: these are ugly duchess potatoes. I am well-aware of this! Most Duchess potatoes look like ethereal little clouds on a baking sheet, while mine are rather...
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Recipe | Roasted Poblano Mac & Cheese
Every year that I grow peppers, the same thing happens. The whole summer will pass by and I’ll get one or two peppers from each plant. I’m disappointed, wondering what I did wrong, and I vow that I...
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Recipe | Oh-So-Easy Broccoli Cheddar Pot Pies
I’m so embarrassed, you guys. Last Friday, I realized that I did three roasted recipes in a row. And then in What I Ate This Week, I featured a recipe with roasted green tomatoes. I’d like to promise...
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Recipe | Stovetop Pesto Mac (+ Everything I Know About Making Mac & Cheese)
January is a funny month. We’re all motivated to lose weight and get healthy and eat light foods. But the weather is gray and cold and makes us want casseroles and mac & cheese and hot chocolate....
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Recipe | Jalapeño Cheddar Crackers
With the Super Bowl right around the corner, I feel like I should post something snacky. I’d probably be a bad food blogger if I didn’t, right? But I have to confess, I won’t be watching the Super Bowl...
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Recipe | Cheddar & Cholula Mashed Potatoes
There must be something about February that makes me want mashed potatoes, because the last mashed potato post I did was in February too. In that Truffled Mashed Potato Gratin post, I talked about how...
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Recipe | Broccoli Parmesan Meatballs
I think it’s time for more meatballs. (Or maybe it’s always time for more meatballs? I’m not sure.) I’ve done Lentil Mushroom Meatballs before and if there’s one thing I learned from that post, it’s...
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Recipe | Grilled Caprese Naan Pizza
When we were in Atlanta last week, we ate lunch at a restaurant a few blocks from our hotel called Naan Stop. I got a naanwich filled with chola (no, not that kind of chola) and a sweet apple-tamarind...
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Recipe | Smoked Cheddar Grits with Broiled Heirloom Tomatoes
We’ve lived in North Carolina for a little over two years now and we still haven’t had the chance to explore very much. One of the reasons we were so excited about moving here is that there seemed to...
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Recipe | Broccoli Cheddar Brown Rice Casserole
I am serving up comfort food realness today. Comfort food because: hello, cheesy casserole! And realness because there are no cans of soup or blocks of faux cheese involved. It takes a little more time...
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Portabella and Spinach Lasagna Roll-Ups
There are things in life that simply match. Beer and pizza. Soup and grilled cheese. Wine and chocolate. Winter and lasagna. In a perfect world, there would be never-ending casserole dishes of lasagna...
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Meatless Monte Cristo
I’m just going to straight-up say it: Health food, this is not. Ooey, gooey, decadent, kind of crazy … this meatless Monte Cristo is definitely that. Bunny food, no. Unless your bunny happens to love...
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Cheese Tortellini Bake with Roasted Broccoli
There was a winter a few years ago where Chris and I had this after work ritual: we’d get home, make dinner, and watch Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee, which we’d record on the DVR everyday. I...
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Roasted Red Pepper and Mozzarella Sandwiches with Arugula Pesto
Photos by Rikki Snyder Not everyone is a fan of leftovers, but for me, it feels like a triumph to cook once and have dinner for two days. I win at meal planning! Take that, world! And then I do a...
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4 Ways to Make Quesadillas + 10 Tasty Filling Ideas
As far as easy meals go, it doesn’t get much better than quesadillas. At their simplest, quesadillas are flour tortillas filled with cheese, folded over, and heated to crispy, melty perfection in...
View ArticleRoasted Broccoli & Sun-Dried Tomato Pizza
A few simple shortcuts make this flavorful pizza completely doable for a weeknight dinner. Because pizza night should never be complicated.
View Article5 Ways to Upgrade Your Grilled Cheese
Don't limit yourself to slices of American cheese on white bread! These 5 ways to upgrade your grilled cheese will change the way you think about this humble sandwich.
View ArticleVeggie Nacho Bar Party + Sriracha Beer Queso
Looking for a fun party idea? Try a veggie nacho bar party! Let guests assemble their own plates of nachos with their choice of toppings. And don't forget the Sriracha Beer Queso--we've got a recipe...
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