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Adding one more cookie to the arsenal of holiday cookies that by now I am sure are piling up in your kitchen! These gingerbread cookies are a little bit of work (the chilling, the rolling, the cookie cutting, etc.) but …

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We pinned this recipe for West African Peanut Stew almost 5 months ago, but I rediscovered it last weekend while trying to plan my lunches for the upcoming week. This seemed like the perfect stew to cook up a big …

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There really is no excuse for not eating more fish. It’s healthy, delicious, and readily available in the supermarket. As a kid, eating fresh seafood was a special treat reserved for summer beach vacations and old habits die hard. Sometimes …

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In honor of Garlic Month, we wanted to roundup our best garlic recipes to give you something to make this weekend! 1) No good dinner is complete without garlic bread. This easy recipe will have you hot, delicious garlic bread …

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A few weeks ago, we set out to create the perfect lamb stew recipe. Naturally, we bought double the ingredients and made two different batches. This prune and parsnip tagine turned out better than we even hoped! First, stick your …

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I love a good yogurt-marinated chicken recipe, but I am terrible at planning ahead. I always think about using yogurt at the last possible minute, when a marinade is no longer an option. Well, that will never happen again, because …

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Sometimes you need a little something different. I love pumpkin soup as much as the next gal, but coming out the other side of the holiday season, I start to experience pumpkin fatigue. This recipe is a revelation when you’re …

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Don’t you wish that recipes would include the time it takes to chop the vegetables in their estimate of how long it’s going to take you? I mean, if you have to cut up jalapeno, ginger, scallions, chicken, and cabbage, …

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This weekend, I took a dive into my cumin recipe of choice. I had seen it in the Real Simple February, and knew it would accomplish several things: the need for cumin, a new cuisine, some lamb (something I’d been …

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Cucina Fresca was all about highlighting our favorite foods and our favorite ways to cook them. Since next year’s challenge will be about expanding our horizons and getting out of our comfort zone, I jumped at the chance to make …

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