Tag: easy
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poblano black bean quesadillas with pico de gallo
how do you feel about spicy food? that’s a pretty broad term. we’re talking food that gives your mouth a red-hot blast of flavor. do you the fierce complexity of a spicy curry? the kick of a jalapeño? the deep intensity of a homemade chili? personally, i tend to opt away from super hot, mouth-on-fire,…
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breakfast pita pizza with bacon, eggs, and a trio of cheeses
makes two servings i woke up wanting something with eggs and heat. i briefly considered (boring) scrambled eggs or a (boring) omelette, but i always end up 1) forgetting the cheese until the last second, which leads to a mad scramble (pun intended) for the first cheese i see in the fridge – usually something moldy…
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cookie dough stuffed brownies
makes nine (huge) brownies i surprised myself by making these. i usually shy away from the ‘edible cookie dough’/’funfetti cake batter’ shit that’s plastered all over Pinterest (you know what i’m talking about), looking down on them haughtily while perched atop my cardamom-scented-gold-luster-dusted mille feuille. nothing against mille feuille, but these cookie dough stuffed brownies are…
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blackberry jam-packed dark chocolate cupcakes with whipped white and milk chocolate ganache frosting
makes nine cupcakes i rarely make cupcakes. they’re easy to overbake, underfill, overfrost, you get the idea. i also try to avoid the title of ‘cupcake girl.’ all of that being said, you should DEFINITELY make these. the rich darkness of the cake finds a divine pair in the tangy blackberry preserves. the white…
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superhero cake pops
themed b’nei mitzvot are making a comeback! themed bar and bat mitzvahs, though frowned upon by many a rabbi, used to be pretty common. mine was slightly music-centered, with sheet music centerpieces and eighth note table confetti. i hadn’t heard about anything like that for a while, however, until i was commissioned to make 80 superhero cake…
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fig newtons
makes two dozen cookies I think it’s safe to say I am the top consumer of figs in North Carolina? Maybe on the East Coast? That’s a pretty bold statement, I know. I eat about five every day (yes, every day – I brought a bag to Nicaragua) which equates to roughly 150 pounds a…
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deep dark chocolate truffle cake
makes one six-inch cake, eight servings My mom bought a huge bag of assorted Lindor truffles. Some are filled with white chocolate, some contain a rich peanut butter mousse, and some (my personal favorite) are wrapped in shiny black foil, with an extra dark chocolate shell enrobing a smooth dark chocolate center. This cake encapsulates the truffle’s bittersweet richness, and…
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a week of citrus
Have you ever had a chocolate covered orange? Back when my family hung up stockings (thank you so much to my parents for not depriving my brother and me of the joy of waking up to a stocking even though we’re J E W I S H), I’d always find a big, round, shiny foil-wrapped…
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gingerbread diner
Tehila and I like diners. Characterized by rows of booths and floor-mounted stools, personable wait staff, and a wide variety of comfort food, just thinking about diners triggers a certain, incomparable sentiment in both Tehila and me. Because of the template we used, the structure does look quite house-like, but the prominent D-I-N-E-R cutouts elucidate…
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deep-dish granny smith chicken pot pie with a cheddar crust
makes four servings This autumnal entrée takes everything you thought you knew about apple pie and throws it out the window. There’s no cinnamon, no nutmeg, no sprinkling of turbinado sugar to make for a caramelized crust. Instead, we’re taking onions, thyme, and sautéed chicken and sealing them in a flaky, buttery, made-from-scratch dough. I pressed the…
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