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Arroz Rojo
I’ve always truly loved peanuts – they’re just so easy to love! But it wasn’t until my palate matured beyond chicken nuggets, Lik-M-Aid Fun Dip, and pudding pops that I really learned to cook with...
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Baby Ancho Hasselback Potatoes & A Giveaway!
It’s the first official day of summer! Let’s celebrate with a dance around the maypole! Brain’s Better Half: “Uh, M.? This isn’t King Arthur’s court. Perhaps these lords and ladies would prefer to...
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Monterey-Style Corn
I may have mentioned that I like to assign themes to my weekends, even when it’s just A. and me. Themes set the tone. Themes provide direction. Themes get people excited about what’s to come. And...
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Chihuahua Twice-Baked Potatoes
Hey! Let me tell you what I did this past weekend… I threw a wish in the well. Don’t ask me what it was! I’ll never tell. I looked at you as the wish fell down there, and now, everywhere I go, you...
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Hatch Chile Rice Casserole
It’s Friday! It’s Friday! Let’s talk current obsessions! First I’ll tell you mine! Then you tell me yours! And at some point I’ll stop using exclamation marks! Promise! Current Obsession #1:...
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Best Baked French Fries
Perfect French fries really are a science, wouldn’t you say? And maybe also an art – the art and science of the perfect French fry. With a side of perfect, spicy ketchup for dipping. This will be our...
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Spicy Mashed Potatoes
Sundays are for relaxing, don’t you think? Relaxing by tuning in to watch ridiculously beautiful people walk down a ridiculously fancy carpet on their way to receiving ridiculously glitzy awards for...
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My Family’s Favorite Green Beans
I’ve been doing a fair amount of nervous-anxious-comfort eating lately. Here’s what that looks like: Gee, that doughnut sure looks good. And so does that cupcake. Hey! You got your doughnut on my...
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In Skillets: Cheesy Sage Baked Rice
Well look-uh here, finishing up Skillet Week right on Earth Day… it’s almost like someone, you know, got their planning on! I do find my skillet to be the most environmentally responsible tool that I...
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Green Creamed Corn Cups
I realized the other day that fresh yellow corn in the market has always, always signaled the true start of summer. There was some surprise in this conclusion given that, as an adult, I have lived in...
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Making Peace With Potato Salad
Dear Potato Salad, If I’m honest, I’ve spent the last 25 years responding to even the mention of your name with hateful thoughts. I’m sorry! I’m sorry… but you’re just so cold. And high-maintenance –...
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Dr. Pepper Chicken Tostadas
I can’t believe the summer is already almost over! Sorry, I shouldn’t have spilled my cliché juice all over you, but I just had to say it. Because I really can’t believe it! I mean, who authorized...
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Late Summer Baja Salsa
You’re freaking out about this salsa. Don’t freak out about this salsa. I’m freaking out about this salsa. Let’s talk about this salsa. You may imagine that I’m slightly selective when it comes to...
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Margarita Pie
Assembling a pie can be a cathartic, thoughtful process, don’t you think? I’ve actually thought some of my deepest, most Jack Handey-esque thoughts while assembling pies. And this boozy summertime...
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Queso-ized Breakfast Burritos
Dang it, Robin Thicke! Why did you have to come up with such a ridiculously playable song?!? Why did you have to lure me in with Pharrel and lock me down with a little T.I.?!?! Your dulcet tones have...
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Ancho Yogurt Brownies In Jars
My brain is saying to me ‘M.? Now that you’ve had the idea to bake some spicy brownies in jars, why would you bake your spicy brownies in anything else?’ Touché, brain. Touché… I could say that I...
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Chipotle Chicken Cemita Sandwiches
Are you familiar with cemitas poblanas? No? Please allow me to handle the introductions… Cemitas are specialty sandwiches that originate in the Mexican state of Puebla. The term ‘cemita’ refers to...
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Epic Late Summer Vegan Cupcakes
I hate housekeeping. I hate it! And you can’t make me stop hating it! But just like sands through the hourglass and the loads of laundry that refuse to clean themselves, some things are just...
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It’s A Peanut Butter Comfort Giveaway!
Do you have one of those friends who’s always having the best ideas? She’s showing up at parties with the cutest outfit on. She’s serving up the wittiest remarks over cocktails. She’s got the...
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Roasted Peach Milkshakes
I may have mentioned that I really don’t care for fruit. I think it’s that aggressively sweet flavor. Plus that aggressively cheerful appearance. (Stop it, cherubic little peaches! I’m the boss of...
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