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Sheet Pan Butternut Squash Dinner
Sheet pan butternut squash is a quick vegetarian main – made with squash, red onions, pine nuts, tahini yogurt sauce, za’atar, and cilantro!
WHAT I’M READING: Latest
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Sharing at Home: Takeaways from The Second Shift by Arlie Russell Hochschild
A discussion of Arlie Russel Hochschild’s The Second Shift, addressing how various working couples share the work at home (and a critique, because I can’t help myself).
DINNER IN UNDER 30 MINUTES
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Whole Wheat Dutch Baby
Simple recipe, with impressive results, and nearly irresistible for the little ones . . .
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Abruzzese Meatballs (tiny meatballs)
These tiny Abruzzese-style meatballs are cooked in a lemony white wine sauce – they’re super yummy tossed with pasta! They’re a great choice if your kids don’t like red sauce but do like tiny meatballs + pasta.
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Crispy Mushroom Salad
I love eating crispy mushroom tacos with our family. One night I accidentally made a delicious crispy mushroom salad, complete with turmeric yogurt, feta, corn and caramelized onions, and cilantro. Tacos are a popular family meal over here. Especially our crispy mushroom and steak tacos with turmeric yogurt. They’re ready in under 30 minutes, and…
FALL DINNERS
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Greek Lemon Chicken and Potatoes (or Celery Root) with Spinach
This Greek lemon chicken is roasted over potatoes – or, even better if you can find it, celery root. The chicken fat combines with lemon and oregano to roast the potatoes / celery root and doubles as a sauce for spinach, making this a true one-pot meal.
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Preserved Lemon Chicken with Saffron & Thyme
This preserved lemon chicken is a twist on the classic lemon pepper chicken . . . Continuing on my theme of finding the perfect lemon pepper chicken, this preserved lemon chicken, made with fresh and preserved lemons, saffron, thyme, and garlic, is a top contender. The recipe is based on one from the Ottolenghi Simple…
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Skillet Chicken & Gnocchi with Caramelized Fennel, Onion, and Apple
This skillet chicken and gnocchi with caramelized fennel, onion, and apple cooked in chicken drippings makes a perfect fall one-pot dinner . . . It’s also super simple. You basically throw everything together in a cast iron skillet and roast it for about an hour. You’re left with caramelized fennel and onion baked in chicken…
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Whole Chicken Roasted in Maple Rosemary Butter
Just in time for fall, this roasted chicken with maple rosemary butter makes our whole house smell amazing . . . For spring, I use thyme!
VEGETABLES FOR STUBBORN KIDS
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Mediterranean Lemon Pepper Chicken Thighs with Celery Root
Fresh oregano and thyme, plus garlic, lemon, and pepper chicken thighs. . . These lemon pepper chicken thighs with celery root are very easy to make and absolutely delicious. You can make this recipe either with a full chicken, or with just thighs. Either way, the celery root cooks in a combination of chicken fat,…
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Simple Sweet Potato Pancakes
Basic and very easy recipe for sweet potato pancakes that is very popular with my kids . . .
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Spanakopita-Style Greens Pie with Fresh Summer Herbs
Rainbow Chard, Ricotta, Feta, Cheddar, Lemon Zest, and Summer Herbs . . . This greens pie is my current favorite recipe. It is very similar to spanakopita, which I’ve always loved. In college, I would buy 5 or 6 packs of the little spanakopita triangles at a time. There were weeks where I would eat…
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Fast & Easy Oven-Roasted Asparagus
Vegetables for the Lazy (or time-pressed) . . . This is a super fast & easy oven-roasted asparagus recipe that produces perfect asparagus every time. Over the past 5 years or so, there’s been one nearly fail-safe method for cooking nearly any vegetable that has been my go-to. At this point, I barely need to…
WARM WEATHER BREAKFAST
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Buttermilk Cornbread Pancakes
This recipe makes a fluffy, delicately crispy, and comforting cornbread pancake. My ideal pre-Thanksgiving pancake (but we also eat them in summer with fresh peaches, whipped ricotta, and maple syrup!)
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Oatmeal Griddle Cakes
These oatmeal griddle cakes are made with whole wheat flour, oats, and tangy buttermilk – and they are currently our kids’ favorite pancake.
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All-Apple Butter (no sugar apple butter)
Delicious, sweet, no-sugar apple butter. No sweeteners of any kind needed – just apples and spices.
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Orange Fennel Chicken Breakfast Sausages
These orange fennel chicken breakfast sausages are sweetened with chopped dates and caramelized fennel and flavored with a hint of orange and nutmeg.


















