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I don’t think I have ever tried Mapo Tofu before.   This dish has such a depth of flavor, promise you’ll love it. Mariano’s hosted a Phoenix Bean tofu virtual cooking class, but my Cooking Club was the same night so I wasn’t able to attend. My friend Amanda sent me the recipe and at first glance I was like “one cup of minced garlic?!”  I...

My friend Justin posted a video several months ago making a pretzel pizza.  Huh. The premise is much like making pretzels, you dip the pizza dough in a baking soda bath. Why do you need baking soda to make pretzels? The short answer is that it starts to cook the dough before it goes into the oven and it also provides a chewy, yet crisp...

 Yesterday I had no idea I was going to make these buffalo garlic glazed chicken nuggets. Scrolling through IG like I do, I saw these glazed chicken nuggets from a restaurant in NYC. I immediately wanted to recreate the recipe and I am so happy I did! Do you count WW points for the oil it’s fried in? My deep fryer is electric so it holds...

My next column for The Daily Herald is going to be these Salisbury Steak Meatballs. I have to thank my WW friend Jim for the hookup. Almost a year ago, Jim asked if I would like to contribute to the local paper in their food column.  The immediate answer was “of course!”  He said there was no pay, and my immediate answer was “of course!”...

Drop the mic on this North Carolina Pork BBQ sandwich.  It ticks all the boxes for me:  juicy pork, with crispy bits, cheddar cheese, crisp red cabbage, pickles #swoon. I was told by quite a lot of people that my North Carolina BBQ sauce is actually a western style. North Carolina takes their BBQ very seriously, so since mine has ketchup (or tomato based) this...

These turkey burger parmesan sliders will soon go on your list of things to make.  If you think your family doesn’t like turkey burgers, I promise this recipe will convert them. How do you make a juicy turkey burger? Add fat.  Ha!  No seriously, just a small pat of butter in the middle of the turkey burger patty makes all the difference.  I also added...

This black bean and sausage stew is so delicious and it’s crazy how flavorful it is with only 20 minutes in an instant pot. I was watching Somebody Feed Phil on Netflix.  He was in Brazil and he was eating a dish called feijoada.  It’s a classic dish from Brazil and typically uses, let’s say, less used ingredients like pigs ears and feet. I went...

  If you haven’t tried pumpkin bisque, you are really missing out. It screams fall! I bought a small pie pumpkin, called a sugar pumpkin and had a small butternut squash and decided to use both in this soup. Can you roast vegetables in an air fryer? Yep! This is the best part of this recipe, you just air fry the pumpkin and butternut squash...

Pumpkin Chicken Chili Recipe I know pumpkin chicken chili sounds weird, but this is an amazing chili. My friend Ally (here is here blog!) recently came out with an eCookbook and I immediately bought it.  She had a recipe for a beef pumpkin chili and since I was using stuff I had on hand, subbed in ground chicken for the beef.  I grind my own...

My friend Bobby from FlavCity has SO many recipes.  I got his keto cookbook last year and I made a few dishes right off the bat. But like most things in life, it got put to the side and I recently rediscovered it. I made his Spicy Beef Lettuce Cups – I followed his recipe exactly for the beef filling (sans onions!) and made a...