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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Golden Root Vegetable Gratin
My alternate name for this recipe is "bright and sunny root veg gratin". Really, how can you not cheer up and forget about the below zero wind chill
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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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Vegan Olive Oil and Wine Cookies and 11 Ideas for Date Night at Home
As commercialized as Valentine's Day may be, there’s still a little extra motivation to make the evening special if we plan to partake at
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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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Meatless Mexican Chili and Cheddar Grits Super Bowls
It's as bad as it sounds. And by bad, I mean oh so good. Seven layers of southern and Tex-Mex comfort food rolled into a single, build-your-own game
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Greek Salad Bloody Mary
It's the first cocktail recipe on Natural Comfort Kitchen! Cheers! I hope you're having a lovely Wednesday that is warmer than mine. It's barely below
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Easy Cabbage Gratin and a New Cook-Through “Challenge”
Time to lighten things up a bit. As our dinner hosts this weekend would tell you, I could go on for hours about my dietary and life philosophy in
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