Never buy baby Brussels sprouts. I don't care how cute they are--unless you're making a clever pregnancy announcement, there is NO REASON to spend 45
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Sample Menus for Personal Chef Service
Wondering what a week of dinners prepared by your personal chef might look like? Working together to design
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Tomato and Mushroom Polenta Pie “Gratin”
Can you believe I'm on gratin number seven already?! I don't really buy the whole lucky numbers thing, but this tomato and mushroom polenta pie
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Southwest Sweet Potato and Egg Bake
For a while now, I've been wondering if my cheesy caramelized onion tart would still work if I used sweet potatoes instead of russets as the crust. I
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Step-by-Step Fluffy Sweet Potato Rolls
Big, juicy hamburgers veggie burgers and buns--they go together like peanut butter and jelly, right? So how rude of me to give you a veggie burger
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Swiss Chard Gratin and Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
Sometimes when life gives you lemons, making lemonade isn't really in the cards.
I had a great weekend. A relaxing night at home with this chard
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Tex-Mex BBQ Black Bean Veggie Burgers
I won at dinner this week. First, there was eggplant stew with not one, not two, but three homemade sauces (see details below). Then there were the
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Essential Home Cookware and Spiced Eggplant Lentil Stew
Late last summer, as my sister was registering for her wedding, she called me to see what cookware she should add to her registry. I responded with a
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Baked Parmesan Kale Puffs
My cheese drawer has been looking unusually sparse these days. It used to be chock full of bits of goat cheese, a half block of cheddar, and almost
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Mediterranean Zucchini Gratin
I feel a little relieved that the scramble for Valentine's Day planning is over. What's that? You still want to plan something but have no idea where
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Winter Walnut Pesto Pasta and a Valentine’s Dinner at Home Menu
Valentine’s Day at home is not a copout. Nights out can certainly be special. I have to cover my bases, after all, because I’ve been extended an
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Gluten Free Brownie Tart with Dark Chocolate Glaze and Whipped Coconut Cream
Holy chocolate. I've been making this giant fudge-y brownie, from Jacques Pepin's Fast Food my Way, for over a year now, and with good reason. It's
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