And just like that — BAM! — it's the Christmas season. Time to shake off the turkey hangover, put away the pumpkin, and start thinking...
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Kickin’ Cranberry Sauce
It's well known amongst my family and friends that at the Thanksgiving table, I am the champion of constructing the Perfect Bite. You know what...
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My Favorite Thanksgiving Recipes
[photo] Although Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, I don't have a hard and fast menu for what I think makes the perfect celebration. I mean,...
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Grain-Free Apple Cake
I don't have much of a sweet tooth, but there are four kinds of cake I cannot resist:
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Turkey & Cranberry Meatballs
Thanksgiving – a.k.a, my favorite holiday – is just two weeks away. If you're anything like me, all of the recipes popping up in my...
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Persian Spice Blend: Advieh
I'm always super excited when I learn about new spice blends — or, more accurately, spice blends that are new to me, because most of...
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Crispy, Oven-Baked Sweet Potato Fries
There are good reasons for me to eat sweet potatoes – like these science-y ones in this blog post about women's health and carbohydrates, or...
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Egg-less Homemade Mayo
My husband Dave and I are on Day 61 of our elimination diet, and he recently learned that he has a mild sensitivity to eggs....
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WF2 Recipe: Elvis Burger
Fasten your seatbelts, because I'm about to tell you a story that will eventually weave together Thanksgiving; Elvis; a restaurant in Venice, California; Sunbutter; and...
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Thyme-Braised Short Ribs
The last time I placed an order for ground beef and steaks from TX Bar Organics, those friendly, sneaky people slipped a free bonus into...
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Ćevapčići, Take 2 (My Recipe)
As I mentioned in this post from back in May, I ate a lot (A LOT!) of the skinless Balkan sausages called ćevapčići while we...
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Ajvar (Balkan Red Pepper Relish)
On our travels in May and June, we ate this red pepper+eggplant condiment in almost every restaurant from Lubljana, Slovenia to Dubrovnik, Croatia. Each chef's...
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