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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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Easy Baked White Fish with Tomatoes, Olives, and Capers
This fish with tomatoes, olives, and capers comes together quickly and is full of bright Mediterranean flavors.
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Crispy Mushroom Tacos with Turmeric Yogurt
Easy crispy mushroom tacos ready in under 30 minutes (with an option to add beef!) . . .
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Sourdough Flatbread Pizza
If you have some sourdough discard on hand, this whole wheat sourdough flatbread pizza is a perfect cross between focaccia and pizza, but also healthy and fast . . .
FALL DINNERS
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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!
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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!
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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.
VEGETABLES FOR STUBBORN KIDS
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Pumpkin Gingerbread Muffins
These delicious pumpkin gingerbread muffins are made with dates, honey, and loads of spices . . . A Healthier Pumpkin Muffin Option Sometimes, on a very cold morning in fall, nothing is more comforting than warm gingerbread. But typical gingerbread is essentially cake. So I wanted to see if I could make a gingerbread that…
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White Ragu (Pasta Abruzzese with pork sausage and fennel)
White ragu over pasta is a quick Friday night dinner that makes both the adults and the kids happy. Plus, multiple easy variations for those who like red sauce or don’t eat pasta.
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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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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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Ginger Apple Bran Muffins
If you could put an apple crisp into a muffin, these ginger apple bran muffins would be how . . .These are relatively healthy, super-fiber apple and bran muffins. Because they are made with apple, dates, and bran, they are packed with nutrients and natural sweetness (no refined sugars in the recipe!), making them both…
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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.
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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.

















