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Goat Cheese-Stuffed Sweet Potatoes with Honey and Roasted Grapes

This recipe has immediately been added to my favorites list. It’s creamy, warm, sweet, not really all that bad for you (best part!) and all-around comfort food at it’s freakin’ finest. As soon as I saw these potatoes over at How Sweet It Is, I knew I would be making them as soon as humanly [...]

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Summer Corn 4 Ways: Thomas Keller’s Creamed Corn

  I don’t know how, but every time I come home from Florida, I somehow manage to bring a sinus infection along with me. I’m not sure if you’ve tried it, but flying when each and every sinus cavity in your head is completely blocked is not the most fun experience. And, of course, I [...]

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Panko-Crusted Pork Chops with Bacon-Dijon Green Beans

Obviously, I was in a serious pork mood the other night— pork as a main, plus a pork-laden side! Sometimes that’s just necessary, you know? While I often cook with bacon, I don’t make pork chops near enough. This recipe is actually fairly quick and easy, which makes it a great weeknight meal. First, let’s [...]

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Chicken Breasts with Shiitake-Thyme Cream Sauce and Roasted Baby Carrots

I feel like a lot of people tend to get pretty sick of chicken quite easily. In this sense, I am not at all like most people. There are so many options when preparing it, that I don’t see how I could ever tire of it! I think that the secret to delicious chicken is [...]

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German-Style Potato Salad

So, I’m not entirely sure how traditional this German-Style Potato Salad is. My brain just decided that since it had no mayonnaise, and instead bacon fat, it must be German potato salad. Good reasoning skills brain! This potato salad is served warm, which makes it all the more delicious because then the potatoes and bacon [...]

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