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The Secret Ingredient In These Brownies Has Us Ready For Game Day

I have a soft spot for brownies. Actually, don’t we all? Brownies were the first thing I learned how to bake in the kitchen. My parents kept the flou

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Diet & Nutrition

A Delicious Way To Get Your Protein First Thing In The Morning

Some mornings are milkshake mornings. These also tend to be the kind of mornings that require old-school Mariah Carey blasting in the background. (It

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Food & Drinks

You’ll Love Eating Your Favorite Leafy Green In This Snack

Quesadillas are pretty close to rocket science, so I’m going to need you to pay attention here. The not-going-anywhere-anytime-soon, trendy kale is a

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Food & Drinks

This Salad Contains 2 Of Our Favorite Ingredients

Let’s talk the green things in this salad. Kale is chopped nice and fine. Since it's a raw and fibrous vegetable, smaller pieces are b

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Food & Drinks

This Might Be The Most Delicious Way To Eat Your Vegetables

My mom had a few things she’d repeat to my sister and me at our family dinner table night after night. My favorite/least favorite was, “Eat you

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Food & Drinks

Boost Your Immune System With This Flavorful & Easy Juice

Cold season? Flu season? Sniffles? Congestion? The general drags? Nobody has time for all that. To keep the sickness bugs at bay as the days frost over and

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Food & Drinks

Delicious Salad Dressing Made From Tofu — Seriously

I consider myself an occasional fan of tofu. My parents were early adopters of the stuff. Remember back when health food had as much cheese and potatoes as

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Food & Drinks

Super Easy Waffles Topped With Stuff You Already Have In Your Kit...

I use my waffles as bread. It’s not often that I stack these things and drench them in maple syrup. I just think that nice, thick waffles should be t

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Food & Drinks

The Rice Krispie Treat Gets An Irresistible Holiday Update

You know my tricks. You know the games I play around here. The more browned butter, sea salt, and chopped pistachios, the better! It’s just that&hell

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Food & Drinks

This Recipe Will Fill Your Home With The Scent Of Christmas

Nothing beats the smell of baking cake. Who needs air freshener when you've got an oven? That's why I love this Orange Gingerbread with Cream Che

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Food & Drinks

The S’more Goes Next Level

What makes a s’more a s’more, exactly? Is it the marshmallows and the chocolate? Is it the graham cracker? Is it the inherent toasty, gooey, cr

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Food & Drinks

These Cookies Will Beat Out Any Store-Bought Variety

It’s December. Let’s milk this chocolate and peppermint thing while we have the chance. You might remember these cookies. I made them before wi

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Food & Drinks

These Irresistible Candy Bar Cookies Are So Easy To Make

I like a good cut-out Christmas cookie, but you know what I like even more? Turning my candy stash into something thrilling. All we need to to is add butte

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Food & Drinks

Ricotta Toast Is The Answer To All Your Snacking Needs

Whipped Ricotta feels too good to be true. It’s just dairy transformed, but it’s sooo good! I tend to think of ricotta as the cheese I use to m

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Food & Drinks

Jump-Start Your Morning With This Superfood Smoothie

Certain unromantic things come with adulthood: putting away one’s laundry, paying one’s taxes, drinking one’s spinach. Certain amazingly

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Food & Drinks

The Best Thing To Ever Happen To Mornings: Breakfast Nachos

Just let this happen. Put an egg on absolutely anything and call it breakfast. That means putting an egg on top of this melty mixture of warm corn chips, c

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Food & Drinks

This Tuna Salad Update Will Have You Rethinking Lunch

I never don’t burn toast. Double negative. What I should say is…I always burn toast. The irony is certainly not lost on me. I’m a baker,

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Food & Drinks

The Baked Potato Gets An Upgrade With This Easy Recipe

I needed someone to talk me into making baked potatoes. Silly, really. Why would I need someone to hold my hand through placing a raw vegetable in the oven

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Food & Drinks

Your New Favorite Way To Eat Brussels Sprouts

Breakfast is one of those special things. Breakfast is one of those meals best lingered over with extra coffee and super fresh orange juice. It usually req

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Food & Drinks

This Recipe Will Give You A New Appreciation For Bananas

It’s so hard to keep that vacation feeling. That feeling that lets me linger in bed to read a book instead of jumping up to chase the alarm and caffe

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Food & Drinks

A Grilled Cheese To Please The Grown-Up Kid In You

I could totally just eat cranberry sauce with a spoon, so you can imagine my delight when I paired it with bread, cheese, and mustard. The result was ridic

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Food & Drinks

Superfood Salad To Jump-Start A Healthy Weekend

We’re all about salads and juice this month, right? I don’t want my salad to feel like a chore, ever. That’s the absolute worst. Every sa

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Work & Money

This Old-Favorite Comfort Food Gets A Delicious Update

There was a girl singing outside of my window as I made these sloppy joes today. I imagine that if I had the gall to sing in public, I’d be pretty av

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Food & Drinks

Oatmeal Cookie Granola For The Best Breakfast Ever

Photo: Courtesy of Joy The Baker. I always have the best intentions of making myself some sort of celery and grapefruit juice for breakfast. Maybe a green

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