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Upside Down Peach Cake with Cardamom

Where I am, this is a hard time of year. The novelty of winter has started to wear off but it is still bitterly cold, and we are ready for some really good fruits and vegetables but the only thing that is technically in season is jam. The solution to this problem can be found…
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Make-Ahead Double Chocolate Cookies with Sourdough Discard

Never let anyone tell you that procrastination is a bad thing. If it weren’t for my tendency to put things off, I never would have discovered these incredible cookies. I originally planned to bake these the day I mixed up the dough, but life had other plans. The dough ended up chillaxing in the fridge…
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Hearty Bean and Lentil Soup

It is well and truly January, and while I don’t believe in restricting what I eat (too much!) it is nice to have some vegetables to help shake off the month-long cookie marathon that is the holiday season. However, at least where I live, it is also deeply winter, and a salad is just not…
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Spiced Sticky Toffee Pudding with Brown Butter Sauce

Some desserts never go out of style. Sticky toffee pudding is like the little black dress of desserts, if little black dresses were more fun. This dessert is warm, gooey, and unfussy. It can be made ahead, is impressive, and each person can decide how much sauce they want (all of it). Also, any leftover…
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Easy Stir Fried Vegetables and Tofu

It has been oh-so-gently suggested to me that if someone were to read my blog, they might get the idea that I live on nothing but cookies and cakes. Let’s pretend they are wrong and talk about vegetables for a minute. At the ripe old age of [redacted], I have come to accept that vegetables…
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Spice Cookies to Calm a Haunted Kitchen

Do strange things happen in your kitchen? Mysterious drafts, unexplained noises, objects going missing (especially chocolate chips)? I hate to break this news to you, but your kitchen might be just a teeny bit haunted. Don’t be embarrassed, it happens to the best of us, especially in late October. The good news is that there…
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Apple Crumble Pie with Pecan Topping (Dutch Apple Pie?)

I’ve always heard this kind of pie referred to as Dutch apple pie, although I have no idea whether this is accurate or not. I will say that wherever this apple pie comes from, the people who developed it are a patient bunch. I usually try to avoid 2 day recipes, but I’m sorry to…
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Thick and Creamy Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Parsnips and Carrots

This soup is substantial enough to keep you going for hours. It is also thick and comforting, with a hit of ginger that will warm you up from the inside out. And did I mention how pretty it looks? Just a friendly reminder that this is a soup recipe, not a science lab, so no…

