magic apple plum cobbler

September is my favorite in food, weather and outlook. The number of days above 90 degrees finally peters off. I live for cardigan weather. I love that it goes in with a beach weekend and goes out with cinnamon sticks and warm cider. The markets are still teeming with peaches …

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Cheese Potato Pancakes

Watch the video for this recipe: Here is another quick and easy potato recipe that you can either prepare as a side dish or simply as a snack.  For these pancakes the potatoes are not cooked in advance but grated and squeezed well of any excess liquid. This step is …

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Low Carb/Paleo Vietnamese Jicama Noodle Salad Recipe

Get your vegetable spiralizer out! Ali Mafucci, the queen of spiral cut vegetables and fruit, is back with a collection of new recipes in her cookbook, Inspiralize Everything. This book is like an encyclopedia of ingredients that you can turn into healthy, fun spiralized “noodles” and even “rice.” Last year, …

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Chocolate Zucchini Bread

Watch the video for this recipe: Few people know that you can use zucchini in sweet recipes as well as in savory dishes.  Not only they bring a lot of nutritional value but also bring moisture and a great texture if used in loaf cakes, muffins, layer cakes and so …

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homemade merguez with herby yogurt

I had lunch with Julia Turshen a couple months ago (mostly so I could fangirl out and try to sponge up some curl tips for my moppet) and one of my favorite things she told me was that when she moved from Brooklyn to upstate with her wife her cooking …

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chocolate pavlova

Look, no one is ever going to marry me for my pavlova. (I mean, talking about dodging a bullet…) This one was particularly underachieving. First, I thought I’d be clever and try to add the cocoa at the start, mixed with the sugar, so that it would mix the best. …

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Crème Brûlée

Watch the video for this recipe: You can hardly beat a classic Creme Brulee during the summer. It’s creamy, elegant, refreshing  and the crispy caramelized crust on top is simply divine.   Creme Brulee is a French dessert consisting of a rich and soft custard made with cream and yolks …

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No-Bake Ombre Berry Cheesecake

Watch the video for this recipe: I am often asked for no bake desserts, so here is another no-bake recipe for Berry Cheesecake that is created in gradient layers and perfect for berry season. An homemade berry sauce is used for coloring the layers so no artificial colors are involved …

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piri piri chicken

My favorite part of our trip to Portugal is that it was almost accidental. Like we have done almost every summer, in the spring we began looking for a house to rent on one fork or another of Long Island because it us. Frustrated by prices and lack of appealing …

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Sriracha Chicken Wrap

Watch the video for this recipe: Sriracha Chicken Wrap is one of our favorite healthy and delicious recipes for lunch or dinner. It’s easy and quick to prepare and is loaded with lots of fresh vegetables which is a great way of including them in kids meals. If made with …

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