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Spicy Chicken Thighs with Sweet & Tangy Honey Glaze
Inspired by one of the most popular Cooking Light chicken recipes, this dish is delicious, family-friendly (it’s not too spicy), and incredibly easy to prepare. The chicken is seasoned with garlic,...
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Double Chocolate Pavlova with Marscapone Cream & Raspberries
Created by a hotel chef in the 1920s in honor of the Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova during one of her tours to Australia or New Zealand, a pavlova is a cake-shaped meringue with a soft and...
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Banana Oatmeal Cookies
Meet my new favorite cookie: it’s crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside and tastes just like banana bread. Make them when you have some overripe bananas lying around; it’s such a nice change from...
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Grilled Chicken Wings with Seasoned Buffalo Sauce
Classic Buffalo wings are fried but I love the flavor and ease of cooking them on the grill. They are truly no fuss, no muss and finger lickin’ good! The key is to cook them over a moderate flame so...
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Cauliflower Fried “Rice”
Cauliflower “rice” — or cauliflower grated into rice-like bits — has been all the rage for a while. But just as I’m late to catch on to fashion trends (or miss them entirely), I’m not the first one to...
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Rolled Turkey Breast with Sausage & Herb Stuffing
It’s turkey time, people. If you’re planning on roasting a traditional Thanksgiving bird, you can read my advice and watch a funny (and reassuring) video about cooking turkey here. But if you’re open...
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Roast Beef Tenderloin with Red Wine Sauce
Nothing says holiday dinner like a show-stopping roast, and I love this combination of sear-roasted beef tenderloin with a deeply flavored, richly colored red wine sauce. Not only is it delicious, it’s...
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Thai Chicken & Rice Noodle Soup
Happy New Year, everyone! Is it just me, or is anyone else finding it hard to get back into the cooking groove after the holidays? After ten days in the Florida sunshine – and ten straight nights of...
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Cioppino (Fisherman’s Stew)
Brimming with fresh seafood in a tomato and wine broth that tastes like the sea, cioppino (pronounced cho-pee-no) is a rustic Italian-American fish stew. Though the dish originated with Italian...
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Grilled Cheese Sandwiches with Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto
Grilled cheese is my favorite guilty pleasure, and I’m happy to skip lunch so that I can consume an indecent amount of grilled cheese for dinner. That’s especially true with these Italian-style grilled...
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Best Ground Beef Chili
Chili is a winter mainstay at my house, whether for a cozy dinner in front of the TV or a Super Bowl party. As such, I’ve shared several tried-and-true chili recipes with you over the years – White...
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Chinese Vegetable Stir-Fry
As much as I know it’s true, I’m always amazed by how quick and easy it is to make excellent Chinese food at home — and homemade is SO much healthier than take-out. There is much to love about this...
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Greek Shrimp with Tomatoes & Feta
This easy, over-the-top delicious recipe comes from my good friend and Once Upon a Chef right hand, Betsy Goldstein. Since it’s made almost entirely from pantry and freezer staples, it has quickly...
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Julia Turshen’s “A Nice Lasagna”
This lasagna comes from Julia Turshen’s lovely cookbook, Small Victories: Recipes, Advice + Hundreds of Ideas for Home Cooking Triumphs (Chronicle Books, 2016). Not only is it the simplest lasagna I’ve...
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30-Minute Asian Beef Bowls
When I chat with other moms about the challenge of getting a well-balanced dinner on the table every night, they often assume that my children are good eaters. Well, I’m sorry to say: wrong! One of my...
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Baked Salmon with Honey Mustard and Pecan Panko Crust
This dish takes a total of 20 minutes – 10 minutes to prepare and 10 minutes to bake – yet tastes like something you’d order at a fancy restaurant. It’s perfect for when you have company coming at the...
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Chicken & Quinoa Burrito Bowls with Spicy Green Sauce
Is it weird to say that Mexican food makes me feel happy about life, especially this time of year? Margaritas, guac, chips and salsa, mariachi, summer nights – I just love it all. As such, I’ve got...
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Crustless Broccoli Quiche
There is no really other way to put it: this quiche is insanely delicious. Whether you serve it for brunch, dinner, or any time in between, it’s worth every single calorie. Doing away with the crust...
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Chicken Tikka Masala
Chicken tikka masala is a dish of marinated and broiled chunks of chicken in a creamy, spice-infused tomato sauce. Alongside the requisite basmati rice, buttered peas and naan, it makes a fabulous...
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Shakshuka
One of the best things that I ate on my recent trip to Israel was shakshuka, a one-skillet dish of eggs poached in a smoky, spicy, vegetable-laden tomato sauce. The dish was brought to Israel by...
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