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Heart Healthy Chili – I ❤️ Sweet Potato Black Bean Chili
Chili and I go WAY back, as evidenced here and here, but as much as I love beefing it up, so to speak, with chicken, ground turkey or beef, now and then I get the urge to get […]
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Recipes
Black-Eyed Pea Salad | Black-Eyed Peas
Black-eyed peas and I have never been friends. They popped up periodically throughout my childhood like a distant, oddball uncle who made an annual, not-so-pleasant appearance at the family table. As an adult, I’ve avoided […]
Entrées
How to Build Flavor & Almost Homemade Spaghetti Sauce
There’s a reason why chef-prepared food usually tastes better than the food you cook at home. Actually, there are a few reasons but the biggest is that chefs know the secrets to building flavor in […]
Appetizers
Mini Toasted Turkey & Mozzarella Sandwiches
Mini Toasted Turkey & Mozzarella Sandwiches are going to be your new favorite thing. I promise. I love most foods, but no menu excites me more than a slew of appetizers for me to graze […]
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Blood Oranges | Arugula, Blood Orange & Blue Cheese Salad
Blood oranges get a bad rap. The name is unappetizing at best, but they’re actually a delicious variety of orange marked by its telltale crimson flesh. The pulp is a deep, brilliant red that can resemble […]
Recipes
How to Roast Broccoli
My oven temperature is directly related to the weather. Seriously, when outside temperatures drop I abandon 350 degrees Fahrenheit and crank my oven well into the 400s. It’s roasting time — time for baking sheets […]
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Celery & Apple Salad / Almost Waldorf Salad
I could’ve called this Celery & Apple Salad an Almost Waldorf Salad. A handful each of raisins or grapes, some toasted, chopped walnuts and lemon juice instead of lime and Waldorf it would be. But […]