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Compound Butter Recipes
Pesto butter Compound butter is essentially butter with flavors added to it (herbs, spices, sauces, etc.) What a compound butter can do to a dish is nothing short of amazing! Using a flavored butter...
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Sun-Dried Tomato and Chickpea Dip Recipe
If it were up to me, there would be more bean-based dips in the world. More hummus. More black bean dip. More refried bean dip. You get the idea. I came up with this cheap recipe idea the other day...
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Crispy Baked French Fries Recipe With Raspberry Ketchup
There are two types of people in this world: Those who like soft French fries, and those who like crispy French fries. I fall into the latter camp. Extra crispy is the only way to go! If you feel the...
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Thanksgiving Leftover Recipes: Turkey Empanadas
Here’s a fun and creative idea for using up leftover Thanksgiving turkey. Empanadas! Empanadas are little meat and/or veggie-filled pockets. They’re popular in the Caribbean and Latin America, where...
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Thanksgiving Leftover Recipes: Turkey Mole Bowls
Nothing cramps my style more than having a mouse in the kitchen. And you truly won’t know what I’m talking about unless you have musophobia like myself. Yes, that’s a real word. I had intended to...
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Gift-Worthy Recipes: Salty Hot Fudge
I was reading The New York Times the other day, and stumbled upon this recipe for salty hot fudge. I hit the jackpot, because I had been searching for another good recipe to feature in my gift-worthy...
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Cheap Quinoa Tabouli Salad Recipe
Did you know that there are multiple ways to spell “tabouli”? In my search for the correct spelling for this blog post, I saw tabouli, tabbouli, tabbouleh, and tabouleh. But I digress. The spelling of...
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Roasted Cauliflower and Greek Yogurt Dip Recipe
I’m kind of a hoarder when it comes to magazines. In the past few years, I’ve subscribed to Rachael Ray Magazine, Everyday Food (which was sadly discontinued), Martha Stewart Living, Real Simple,...
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Homemade Hot Sauce Recipe
The other day, I was browsing cookbooks at the local book store. I stumbled upon Alana Chernila’s cookbook, “Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying and Start Making” – and I couldn’t put it...
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Gift Worthy: Spicy Homemade Mustard Recipe
(First things first: You have until next Sunday to enter my foodie gift box giveaway! Enter the holiday giveaway here). If you are stressing out about Christmas shopping, take a deep breath and...
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Green Pea Guacamole
Oh, you guys. I have been waiting for over a month to share this fabulous recipe with you! Guacamole is one of my all-time favorite foods. And although traditional guac is really healthy – I have...
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Top 5 Sriracha-Based Sauces
True story: I’ve been dreaming of sharing this post with you for more than two years. You see, I’m a little bit obsessed with Sriracha sauce. If you’re not familiar, it’s a hot sauce that is made out...
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Lentil Dip With Fried Lemons
I decided to give up sweets this year for Lent. I also decided to give up telling white lies, so I feel it necessary to tell you that my sugar fast hasn’t been 100 percent successful. This is the...
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Sauteed Grape and Goat Cheese Dip
Everyone needs a go-to party appetizer recipe that can be prepared at the very last minute. This is mine. A couple of years ago, I attended a cookbook signing event hosted by Michael Natkin, author of...
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All-Purpose Dipping Sauce
A few years ago, I visited a friend in Kansas City. One day, he brought us to nearby Lawrence, Kansas, to one of his favorite restaurants: The Burger Stand. They had the most delicious fries, served...
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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Greek Yogurt Dip
Ten years ago, a dip like this might have been made with cream cheese and sour cream as a base. Today, health-conscious cooks everywhere have discovered the awesomeness of Greek yogurt in everything...
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How To Make Greek Yogurt Dips
For those of you who love recipes that take less than 1 minute to make – give or take – this idea is for you. The concept is simple. Start with a container of flavored Greek yogurt (like Yoplait...
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5-Minute BBQ Sauce
Every resourceful cook has to have a few basic sauce recipes up his or her sleeve. At the top of that list is homemade BBQ sauce. Homemade barbecue sauce is one of the easiest sauces to make. You...
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Homemade Sweet Chili Sauce
Why make your own sweet chili sauce at home? It’s versatile. Use it on burgers, sandwiches, as a pizza sauce, in Thai dishes, in stir fries, as a dipping sauce for egg rolls, cream cheese wontons,...
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The $10 Mezze Platter: An Academy Awards-Inspired Recipe
Hey guys! I am THRILLED to be participating in an Academy Awards-inspired blog party with 7 of my favorite blogger friends! I am a huge movie buff, and every year, I attempt to see as many of the...
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