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I had a big beet. I had some leftover grape tomatoes. I craved a refreshing salad. I ran through the beet preparations options: raw, roast or boiled. I love the crunch of a raw beet but they need to be either super julienned or mandolin…
Ironically, I have more time than ever during this pandemic but I have little desire to dig into long and complicated dishes, and that goes double for sweet recipes. I was looking for a chocolate recipe that was not a cookie or brownie that was…
I was getting tired of sweet potato fries but I didn’t want to spend too much time on a sweet potato side dish for dinner. I was perusing various Ottolenghi cookbooks for recipes and came across one for sweet potatoes with pickled onions, coriander and…
Tate’s cookies made me appreciate the joy of a crunchy cookie. But I also like a smaller size cookie that isn’t super flat as well. I have tried many oatmeal raisin cookies claiming to be crispy and while all were flavorful, they got soft after…