The first time I had real honest-to-goodness Italian pesto in Riomaggiore, Italy in 1994, I thought that I might swoon right off the craggy Ligurian coast and into the deep blue Mediterranean sea.  Basil grows in Liguria better than any place else in the world, 
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It’s hot outside.  Damn hot.  If you wanna keep the house cool, don’t even bother turning on the stove or the oven.  Crank up the grill or the slow cooker.  Today is a slow cooker kind of day. I am obsessed with short ribs.  They 
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There were a few things that happened in the several times I tried to finesse this simple recipe, and every time, I came up with sweet potato mash, not hash. I advise drying the sweet potato pieces after you first boil them, gently, with a 
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                                                    Don’t say you don’t care for the word “moist.”  You’ll like it plenty good when you’re eating these perfectly 
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This brightly colored salmon dish is always a crowd pleaser.  It’s an easy go-to salmon recipe in my house that you can whip up in less than 25 minutes if you are into speed cooking, and who isn’t.  If you use wild-caught sockeye salmon, the 
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  This two ingredient taste sensation can work for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.  We make it as a go-to quickie meal in our house.  Sometimes you don’t have time to make a big feast.  Sometimes you just gotta eat and get back to it. Use 
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I’m trying something new.  I’ve recorded an MP3 of instructions on how to make the Multi-Vitamin shake.  Call it a little experiment, call it the wave of the future, but I intend to record a lot more of these for future recipes.  Maybe I should 
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Guilt free pie, can you even imagine? This recipe has half of the amount of sugar as a traditional GF pumpkin pie, and I promise you won’t miss it.  Also, it is completely grain free AND uses organic coconut sugar which makes it a Paleo 
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I am invited over to a friend’s house for Thanksgiving, and while I will be making the Bacon Broccoli recipe using brussels sprouts (I gotta represent some NSNG, what what??!!), I will also be making the Best Dang Candied Yams On The Planet.  These sweet 
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There could be a million variations on an egg cupcake, depending on what you have in your fridge.  I like packing them with veggies, a little meat, and some cheese.  Then you can keep them in the fridge for a quick breakfast or snack.  They’re 
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