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This is an an easy-to-prepare vegetarian dish bursting with flavor and “one pot meals” score high on my favorite list.  The fewer dishes I need to clean at the end of the meal, the more likely it is that I will visit a recipe again! One-pot meals are perfect as mid-week comfort food. They’re nice...

If I think a recipe is quick and easy, I always ask my wife for a reality check before I share that with you.  You see, I’ll gladly come home from work and spend two or three hours in the kitchen.  Our son is now old enough to help me measure or stir and our...

I’ve written about chili a number of times.  There’s my epic vegetarian chili which is free of meat and full of flavor.  If you’re more traditional there ‘s my chili con carne recipe (and I even share my secret ingredient). Today’s chili is something of a hybrid of the two and it is the ultimate baked potato...

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Ok, so I might have gone overboard with photos for this post, but I was just that excited.  When I saw Jewhungry’s Shakshuka post, I was itching to make this for my family too.  You see, shakshuka can be the the ultimate one-pot meal with eggs poached in fresh tomatoes, onions and peppers, served straight from the...

Running my best of 2013 contest has been a lot of fun.  Your nominations introduced me to a number of new and exciting food writers and their websites and it was super cool to see you nominate some of my favorite food writers too.  This celebration of food has reinforced my philosophy that our community of...

There’s something about that Gluten Free Naan bread that I shared last week that I can’t stay away from and lots of naan means lots of curry.  For our third curry night in two weeks, I stayed away from sweet potato curry and made a traditional red lentil dhal (known as masoor dal or kempu togari bele in...