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10 Easy Frozen Treats to Cool You Down

This weekend, we’ll hit the first day of the last month of summer. It’s that time of year when we all should really, really take it easy. Try to go slow. Savor the long days of sunshine.

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pumpernickel

Homemade High Fiber Light Pumpernickel Bread (No Need to Knead!)

I have so much reverence for the craft of making bread and have utter respect for the talented artisans that make them. To me, it seems like the most meditative baking ritual, and only those blessed with the innate intuition would know how

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vegan

Quinoa Kasha Pilaf with Tamari Maple Tempeh

Trust me on tempeh. I know tempeh is one of those great dividers — that qualifier in your head that puts people left of the crunchy left. I must confess that this recipe was my rite of passage. I made tempeh once, years ago, to horrific res

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raw food

Raw Fetzucchini Alfredo

Time and again, my body would crave for food that is fresh and alive. In the summer, we try to have raw food as much as we can. In the winter, when warming food is most attractive to me and I have it constantly — after a long stretch, I get

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juice

It IS Easy Being Green….If You’re Green Lemonade

As you can see that is a picture of my 5-year old son, juicing. Now, this is not some staged photo-op. He asks to juice. He loves it. Granted, his Green Lemonade is less green than orange, although, everyday his tolerance for the “green par

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white beans

Spaghetti with Garlicky White Beans, Roasted Beets and Asparagus

I don’t think that “haste makes waste” is always necessarily true. I think sometimes, it becomes an opportunity for unplanned efficiencies. That’s what happened to me the other day. Distracted by a conversation of cascading causalities fixa

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vegan

Fall Fritters

October. The first real breath of fall. The air is crisp. The leaves are starting to turn. Summer’s bright white hue changes to a spectrum of browns, reds, rust, orange and yellow…And I start to yearn for winter squash.

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coconut

Carrot Spice Cake with Coconut Cream Frosting

Cinnamon. Nutmeg. Cloves. It seems like as soon as fall season hits, these spices find their way to the front of my spice rack. It’s the delicious aroma of fall.

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gluten free

Quinoa Cornmeal Skillet Bread

I haven’t posted in a while. Temporary single-parenting stints and multiple travel bouts in succession have resulted in what feels like a perpetual game of catch-up with routine. Now that summer has started in full force, I feel like I’m fi

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vegan

Love + Food: Raw Cheesecake with Chocolate Ganache

It is very easy to create metaphors between love and food. Food is divine – an appetizing allegory for love – which is definitely and infinitely delectable. Both are visceral, encompassing and intellectually impossible to reduce down to the

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avocado

Guacaboule

This recipe was an accident. I declare that because — while tempting — it would be absolutely disingenuous to take full culinary credit. It is dangerous. I can eat this whole thing in one sitting.

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kale

Garlicky Linguine with Maple Tempeh

I know. I know. I promised I would be gentle. And here I go, not even a month along and I’m already posting about tempeh. Wait, wait. Before you throw your hands up in “I-knew-she-was-going-to-go-all-vegan-granola-on-me” disbelief and close

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Lentil Chili with Chocolate

Its Cinco de Mayo. And this recipe has nothing to do with it. I say that because I fear the Mexican equivalent of the A.O.C. if I claim otherwise. While this is not in any way, shape, or form, claiming to be a version of Oaxacan mole, consi

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spring

Clean and Soba

Went to the library this past weekend and took out three books: Everyday Harumi, The Japanese Kitchen and Momofuku. Everyday Harumi and Momofuku are making the transition to my Amazon shopping cart.

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Grown-Up Iced Tea

NO. This is not about those kinds served in Long Island and don’t say “Arizona” and “Iced Tea” in one sentence in my presence. Unless you are actually enduring heat in Arizona, drinking iced tea, and not the kind from a gas station grocery

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gluten free vegan orange poppy seed cake

Persephone’s Revenge

We’ve all had our revenge fantasies. From the “involuntary” schadenfreude to the out and out Sesame Street-style “what would happen if I pop this balloon..?” But the best revenge is always the sweet kind. Which brings me to this cake. I can

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blistered peppers

Am I Hot or Not?

If you are old enough to have lived through Tech Bubble 1.0 (a.k.a. “the dot-com bubble” – who even uses the word dot-com anymore?!), you know what I’m talking about (and you also know what hampsterdance is).

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corn

The Last Plate of Summer

And there it is. And I didn’t know it at the time. Like so many “lasts.” The next thing I knew, I needed a sweater in the early morning. Its dark at 7:30. Hot baths feel good again. I start to smell cinnamon and nutmeg in the air.

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I love Plov

I’m a fan of one pot meals. Who isn’t?

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Crispy Caramelized Brussels Sprouts over Miso Lime Noodles

In a Facebook exchange asking my friends for fiction recommendations, (I fear that reading fiction has been elevated/relegated(?) to “bucket list” level for me) a few people could not help but recommend a nonfiction book, Seabiscuit. It got

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no bake vegan pumpkin pie

No Bake Pumpkin Pie {Silky Smooth}

Its almost Thanksgiving Eve. Your friends are posting about baking marathons, turkey frying woes and “the best stuffing” wars on Facebook. You? You still haven’t decided on what to bring to your potluck and Homer Simpson’s “You don’t win fr

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vegan celery root soup

Celery Root Soup {Antidote for Alleged Chinese Curses}

“May you live in interesting times.” So goes the [allegedly] Chinese curse. This adage leaves me constantly vacillating between clarity and skepticism. Is it really a curse? Is it truly better to live a life of measured mellowness? Or will

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cleanse macrobiotic

Cleansing Comforting Miso Noodle Soup with Seaweed

Now that the seemingly unending bacchanalia that started on Thanksgiving is over, I am ready for a break. And this weather has me craving for my favorite cleansing soup. It is effortless to prepare. And like a great mathematical construct,

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chickpea fries

Chickpea Fries with Garlic Mayo

I know. I know. I just posted about a cleansing soup and now I turn around and post this chickpea fry atrocity. I am not trying to sabotage you. I’m trying to help you. The fact is, when you are transitioning to a more healthful way of life

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gluten free pancakes

Valentine’s Day Pancakes

Pink and fluffy and…”rustic” (if you don’t have fancy heart molds). These pancakes, while yummy, started out quite “empty” in my book until the impending arrival of Valentine’s Day pushed for pinkness to please the kids. Eschewing food colo

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vegan moroccan chickpea soup

Harira {Hey. Hot stuff.}

Valentine’s Day is over but the love doesn’t have to end. In fact, the embers should have been stoked and this soup is perfect for keeping the fire going. Traditionally served after Ramadan to break the fast, I think Harira (or Moroccan Chi

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chocolate

Chocolate Chia Pudding

Its that time of year! My oven starts to take a break and I get more and more into un-cooking. I also like to spend more time outdoors so “quick and easy” are paramount. And I would like to share with you one of my family’s favorite spring/

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vegan taco recipe

The Brazen Kitchen Cinco de Mayo Menu

Cinco de Mayo es manana (how do you do an en-ye, looks like I’m saying something altogether different, hmmm). Here’s your menu to beat out all other menus in existence. A taco like you’ve never had it, a chili with chocolate (yep) and the m

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“I Love Me” Smoothie

May is So Delicious SO MUCH TO LOVE Month! What does that mean? So Delicious is having a weekly contest with each week themed Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack/Dessert. My recipes are finalists in three categories and I will post them as they

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gluten free chickpea fries

Chickpea Fries (Part 2. It deserves a sequel.)

I know I posted a recipe for these already but I love these so much I had to write about it on Pittsburgh Magazine. In this post, I give you a great NEW variation: Curried Chickpea Fries with Chili Mayo. #drool.

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vegan burger

The Best Veggie Burger Ever. {Bonus Miso Mayo Recipe)

Ah, just in time for Memorial Day weekend! Your new favorite veggie burger – packed with as much umami as I can think of and so worth the gamut of ingredients (make a double, triple batch — the whole summer is ahead of us!)

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spork fed

Vegan Spinach Pie {Yes It Can Be Done} + GIVEAWAY! {Read ON}

Yum….here’s a spin on spinach pie that uses no dairy. How can that be??? It uses — hold your breath — tofu! I know. I know. How dare I. But one bite of this puff pastry-enrobed nibble and you’ll understand why. I will never let you down.

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coconut

How to Make Coconut Whipped Cream

Today I bought a hand blender. I’ve never owned one and have always made do with my KitchenAid. Or my stick blender. Never really had a pressing need for a hand blender. Until today. My trip to the Farmers’ Market yesterday required me to m

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pina colada

Pineapple Coconut Mint Slush

Here’s reason number 1 why I love this recipe – you can use things you may otherwise just throw out: the pineapple core and the water leftover from making coconut whipped cream. Heck, you can TOP this with coconut whipped cream!

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Happy New Year and The Top 5 of 2012!

Hello everyone! A belated Happy New Year! (or a very early one if you celebrate other “New Year” dates — because you know, it happens all year!)

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vegan brownies

Five-Minute Fudge Brownies

Its 10 o’clock. Do you know where your brownies are? That’s the question that confronted me last night as I bolted to the kitchen, hyperventilating, realizing, that NO, I didn’t know where my brownies are. And I had an excruciating craving

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pittsburgh magazine

A Berry Good Smoothie

“Winter fashion” may be an oxymoron but this “healthy treat” is not! Head on over to Pittsburgh Magazine to get the skinny on spring cleaning (not with a broom – with The Clean Plate Cleanse) and FREE tickets to the Farm to Table Conference

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How to Make Avocado Sandwiches (Thug Kitchen-Approved!)

Its not every week that I swoon over a tweet. But last week I did. Thug Kitchen tweeted me. You know it. I favorited and retweeted that thing quick. And its all because of these avocado sandwiches.

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locavore

How to be a Locavore Lush

It was 1:00 p.m. on a Tuesday, and I needed a designated driver. One of the benefits hazards of my job is that indulging shamelessly is a midday necessity from time to time. This week, I had an appointment with my friend, Elizabeth Gilgunn,

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Aloo Gobi {Cauliflower Curry}

A quick post to share one of my favorite Indian dishes Aloo Gobi {Cauliflower Curry}. It goes so well with another favorite: Rajma Masala. Read all about Indian food and how to make it at home on Pittsburgh Magazine.

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Asian-Style Peaches and Cream

Wonder Woman. That’s who your friends will think you are after you make this mind-bending dessert.

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vegan celery root soup

Celery Root Soup Recipe

“May you live in interesting times.” So goes the [allegedly] Chinese curse. This adage leaves me constantly vacillating between clarity and skepticism. Is it really a curse? Is it truly better to live a life of measured mellowness? Or will

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Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia Pudding Parfait Recipe

Quelle horreur! Am I really asking you to eat seeds that we know germinate into inanimate pets? Us Gen-X’ers have all seen this infomercial enough to ensure that it is forever seared in our brains.

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Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia Pudding Parfait

Dessert for breakfast was never this good (for you). And fancy parfaits make it look like its all complicated. Ssssh. It’s not. Which makes it perfect for Back-to-School Breakfasts!

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Chickpea Fries with Garlic Mayo Recipe

I know. I know. I just posted about a cleansing soup and now I turn around and post this chickpea fry atrocity. I am not trying to sabotage you. I’m trying to help you. The fact is, when you are transitioning to a more healthful way of life

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Chickpea Plov Recipe

I’m a fan of one pot meals. Who isn’t? This is one heck of a one-pot meal from my friend, of the Easy Access Cookies fame). I am jealous that she’s done what I have not been able to bring myself to do – veganize a dish I grew up with. I’m c

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Cleansing Comforting Miso Noodle Soup with Seaweed Recipe

Now that the seemingly unending bacchanalia that started on Thanksgiving is over, I am ready for a break. And this weather has me craving for my favorite cleansing soup. It is effortless to prepare. And like a great mathematical construct,

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vegan

Crispy Caramelized Brussels Sprouts over Miso Lime Noodles Recipe

Now my experience has shown me that appetizers and starters are almost always more interesting than entrees. And once again, it is true in this case. I love cucumber soda. A mix of cucumber juice (not through a juicer, but pureed in a Vitam

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Easy-Access Cookies

My friend Jennet, who loves food and loves to talk about food (makes you wonder why we’re friends) brought these cookies to a potluck once. My other friend, and I, immediately pounced on them, repeatedly, unable to marshall the strength to

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spring

Easy Japanese Noodles Recipe

The recipe below is really about the sauce. It’s a simple basic Japanese Noodles base called Mentsuyu. It is a mixture of konbu broth, soy sauce, mirin and sugar. You can make this sauce in bulk and store it in your fridge to dress any vege

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kale

Garlicky Linguine with Maple Tempeh Recipe

I know. I know. I promised I would be gentle. And here I go, not even a month along and I’m already posting about tempeh. Wait, wait. Before you throw your hands up in “I-knew-she-was-going-to-go-all-vegan-granola-on-me” disbelief and close

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kuzu tea

Grown-Up Iced Tea Recipes

This is not about those kinds served in Long Island and don’t say “Arizona” and “Iced Tea” in one sentence in my presence. Unless you are actually enduring heat in Arizona, drinking iced tea, and not the kind from a gas station grocery stor

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vegan moroccan chickpea soup

Harira {Moroccan Chickpea Soup} Recipe

Traditionally served after Ramadan to break the fast, I think Harira (or Moroccan Chickpea Soup) is the sexiest soup ever. That’s right. I suppose all the metaphors I impute to this soup is naturally subjective but I’m confident you’ll unde

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blistered peppers

Hot Blistered Shisito Peppers

These peppers are Shisito peppers and if that question’s answer was in Scoville units, this would be a 0 or 1. (Answer: NOT). The Scoville is an organoleptic test that measures the heat or capsaicin content of peppers. (Really, I just wante

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How to Cleanse in a HeartBEET

Its that season! This arctic cold and the illnesses going around is pushing me to support my immune system with some nutrition-packed vegetables. One of the easiest ways to boost your immunity is to actually gently “cleanse” with vegetables

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Lentil Chili with Chocolate Recipe

While this is not in any way, shape, or form, claiming to be a version of Oaxacan mole, consider it a good first foray into the flavor possibilities that chocolate-as-savory presents.

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chocolate banana bites

Love Nuggets: Frozen Chocolate Banana Bites

Just wanted to share something I saw over at Pinterest — among the plethora of other pinteresting things. This isn’t even really a recipe — it takes so little to make this and the rewards are so great.

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Mashed Potato Quinoa Puffs with Sriracha Mayo Recipe

Fiddling with mashed potatoes sounds like a Rube Goldberg exercise, but, dear reader, to come up with a way to liberate it from the confines of a table and fork setting, to be enjoyed wherever we please – this is a necessary complication.

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Mashed Potato Quinoa Puffs with Sriracha Mayo

Fiddling with mashed potatoes sounds like a Rube Goldberg exercise, but, dear reader, to come up with a way to liberate it from the confines of a table and fork setting, to be enjoyed wherever we please – this is a necessary complication.

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no bake vegan pumpkin pie

No Bake Pumpkin Pie {Silky Smooth} Recipe

Its almost Thanksgiving Eve. Your friends are posting about baking marathons, turkey frying woes and “the best stuffing” wars on Facebook. You? You still haven’t decided on what to bring to your potluck and Homer Simpson’s “You don’t win fr

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Pizza Stuffed French Toast

I promised my kids I would always make either pancakes or French toast every Sunday. But last weekend, I had none of the ingredients for either one. And I hate breaking promises. So I improvised.

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Quick & Rustic Peach Tart Recipe

All of my friends know I’m a lazy baker. And I declare this almost every time I post a baked good. Which you should find encouraging because you can be quite assured that everything I post, took as little effort as possible to achieve maxim

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Quinoa Cornmeal Skillet Bread Recipe

Herbes de Provence and Cornbread. Definitely an unexpected and unlikely coupling but I assure you are the most suprisingly compatible things.

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Ramp Crepes Recipe

Ramps Crepes (or wild leeks) are perennials whose flavor is the best “2-in-1” of the sauté world: garlic and onion together. How can one resist that magic coupling? Ramps Crepes grow early in the spring for a brief period of time and their

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Raw Cheesecake with Chocolate Ganache Recipe

It is very easy to create metaphors between love and food. Food is divine – an appetizing allegory for love – which is definitely and infinitely delectable. Both are visceral, encompassing and intellectually impossible to reduce down to the

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Red Cabbage and Arame with Caramelized Radishes Recipe

I figured I can’t pay a straight up St. Patrick’s Day homage without putting some “fusion” into the mix. Really, the extent of this tribute is that it uses cabbage — more often associated with Irish cooking than anything I know of except ma

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Savory Oatmeal

I have a confession. I’m a member of a group with a certain, um, proclivity. It’s not unique. Everyone has these particular fantasies. We just go one step further and make these fantasies reality. Then we take photos and share it with every

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8 Soups to Warm Your Bones This Winter

Record low temps are upon us and this tropical fish is planning to spend those days in her super thermal pajamas under an arctic-grade comforter. This weekend, I am cooking up a few batches of soup and getting ready. Here are my 8 go-to’s i

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Start The Year Right Salad

The mother of all Mondays is the first day back at work in January. That day has two sides. The glass-half-empty side is like, “Ugh, I can’t believe the food bender that started at Thanksgiving has to end.” (Suuuure, you can soften the blow

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The Best Salad Dressing Ever… Recipe

I know that sounds hyperbolic but take it from someone who thinks salad is anathema in the cold months. And here in Pittsburgh, that would be 3/4 of the year — in this tropical girl’s definition of “cold”.

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The best salad dressing ever.

I know that sounds hyperbolic but take it from someone who thinks salad is anathema in the cold months. And here in Pittsburgh, that would be 3/4 of the year — in this tropical girl’s definition of “cold”.

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The Best Veggie Burger Ever Recipe

Ah, just in time for Memorial Day weekend! Your new favorite veggie burger – packed with as much umami as I can think of and so worth the gamut of ingredients (make a double, triple batch — the whole summer is ahead of us!)

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Hack the Mac!

I don’t think I need to write a long preamble to mac and cheese.

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Two-Minute Blackberry Ice Cream

Before I hear one word out of you about the heat and humidity, let’s take a moment to remind ourselves where we came from. We are a mere five months removed from The Polar Vortex. Remember?

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Fake Bake

Apologies if your search engine mistakenly led you here as you were looking to beat George Hamilton at his own game. But, don’t fret, it is a fortunate misdirection. Because now you can enjoy cookies without dealing with a hot oven. A feat

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Valentine’s Day Pancakes Recipe

Pink and fluffy and…”rustic” (if you don’t have fancy heart molds). These pancakes, while yummy, started out quite “empty” in my book until the impending arrival of Valentine’s Day pushed for pinkness to please the kids. Eschewing food colo

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coconut caramel

Vegan and Paleo Caramel Sauce

Could it be true? A vegan AND paleo-friendly* caramel sauce? Move over olive branch, I think this may bring peace on Earth.

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garlic mustard

Vegan Potato Latkes with Wild Greens Recipe

These vegan potato latkes are simple to make, and you can easily add ANY wild green such as dandelion (tastes like watercress or arugula), chickweed, lamb’s quarters etc. It gives your latke an unexpected twist (AND a nutrient boost).

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What Does Trevett Hooper Eat at Home?

Among many other things – including the flawless flavors coming from his kitchen at Legume that garnered his prestigious James Beard Award nomination in 2013 – Chef Trevett Hooper has been known for his vision of sustainability that tends t

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Chocolate Avocado Pudding

Chocolate Avocado Pudding Print Recipe Pin Recipe Equipment Food Processor Ingredients 2 large avocados 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder ½ cup melted chocolate 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ¼ cup coconut milk 2 tablespoons maple syrup 1

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Basil and Parsley Pesto

Basil and Parsley Pesto Print Recipe Pin Recipe Equipment Food Processor Ingredients 2 cups packed basil leaves 1 cup packed Italian parsley 2 garlic cloves 4 teaspoons lemon zest 1/4 cup toasted slivered almonds 1/3 cup lemon juice 2 table

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Sweet Shortcrust Pastry

Sweet Shortcrust Pastry Print Recipe Pin Recipe Equipment Food Processor Ingredients 1 ½ cups plain flour 125-gram chilled unsalted butter 1 ½ tablespoon chilled water ¼ cup pure icing sugar Instructions Add the flour, cold butter, and suga

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Cool as a Cucumber

Kick me for the cliche. My writing teacher would circle it and write C-L-I-C-H-E in big red letters. My writer friends would flinch. Groupon will never hire me. But its late and I want to post this before I go to bed. It was either that or

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marshmallow icing

Klassy HoHos

And such is my loving relationship with that word. Come on. Have you heard anyone who was actually, truly what “classy” aspires to describe say that word? As Guy Kawasaki said, its like bragging that you’re modest. There you have it. As soo

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Girl Crushes and Bars

Come on. You have one. Me? I don’t have one. Not at all….I’m a playa. I have a lot of them. And let me say that Leah H. is one of them. Check out this bad ass photo and let me hear you say “no doubt.” (Let’s pretend that that’s a toothpick

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Chocolate Hazelnut Eggnog Pie {Nuff Said}

CHOCOLATE! HAZELNUT! EGGNOG! PIE! You need no more words. Chocolate Hazelnut Eggnog Pie Adapted from Bryant Terry Ingredients Your favorite pie crust – I used vegan puff pastry Filling ¾ cup So Delicious Coconut Nog (I cannot get enough of

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vegan taco

Turkmen Tacos {Beet Tacos with Arugula and Crunchy Tofu}

If greens are the new black then tacos are the new cupcakes. You remember. That seminal “Sex and the City” episode with Magnolia Bakery was an auspicious moment in cupcake history. Spawning ultra-expensive designer cupcake stores culminatin

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Uzbek Tacos {Beet Tacos with Arugula and Crunchy Tofu}

If greens are the new black then tacos are the new cupcakes. You remember. That seminal “Sex and the City” episode with Magnolia Bakery was an auspicious moment in cupcake history. Spawning ultra-expensive designer cupcake stores culminatin

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Posh Nosh: Your Superbowl Menu

Ooooh, game day is coming! But first, try this I.Q. Test = Gowns:Academy Awards as _____________:Superbowl. Hint: its the only time I await these interruptions. That’s right. Notwithstanding GoDaddy commercials, its the only time of year th

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The BK on Pittsburgh Magazine Launches!

Did you see? Did you hear? I am so excited to share that The Brazen Kitchen on Pittsburgh Magazine Online launched this week! The BK on PghMag will be a weekly online column that will feature recipes the BK way – shamelessly good for you. I

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momofuku cereal milk custard

Cereal Milk Panna Cotta with Caramelized Cornflakes and Strawberry Puree

Here’s an homage to Momofuku and mommy. And a kudos to the imagination of Milk Bar‘s brilliant Christina Tosi – James Beard Rising Star Chef of the Year! A wonderful reimagining of your favorite childhood breakfast. Just in time for mother’

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Easy Summer Rolls

We’ve hit it. Summer Solstice. 93 degrees. Heat index 100. Cooking is a bad word. RAW is good. Now while these rolls are technically not 100% raw (the rice had to be turned into paper rolls at some point!), let’s not split hairs. You will n

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The Best Summer Cocktails (or Mocktails, if you will)

Originally published on Pittsburgh Magazine Virgin is not a pejorative term. I’m talking about food and drink here, people. Now “mocktail” – don’t even get me started. No one ever says, “I think I’m going to have a mocktail.” If I’m wrong,

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Raise the {Taco} Bar!

Originally published on Pittsburgh Magazine En fuego! Is what everyone will think you’re in because you will be the hottest ticket on this last weekend of summer. Why? Because you will be making the baddest a$$ taco bar for miles around. Ho

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How to Fancify Your Everyday Pasta

Beat that weekday dinner rush with some amped up pantry staples! Originally published on Pittsburgh Magazine We all have our personal “high–risk” stores. These are the stores that you go to where you go in with an efficient little list and

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