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Posts tagged with ‘herbs’

  • Mexican Meatballs with Fire-Roasted Tomato & Coconut Sauce

    I’m super excited to share this recently-created Mexican Meatballs recipe and use it as an example of how easy it can be to create your own recipes. Even if you’re not an experienced cook, you probably are an experienced eater and that’s the only qualification you need to develop recipes. Just start paying attention to what you like, why you [...]
    February 8, 2013
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  • Mediterranean Chicken or Turkey Meatballs | Recipes for Cooking Basics

    I had cooked these healthy Mediterranean chicken / turkey meatballs last week for this week’s meal plan. After snapping all the photos I needed, I tucked them away in a large Tupperware container. One of the best parts of food blogging is eating all the leftover goodies, and I was certainly looking forward to munching on these later. Sadly I never [...]
    October 31, 2012
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  • Using Pasta Water in Spaghetti Aglio e Olio with Slow-Roasted Tomatoes | Cooking Basics

    Pasta is probably the first dish that everyone learns to cook. Turning an orange powdered packet into mac ‘n cheese or combining boxed pasta with a jar of tomato sauce is how most lose their cooking v-card. While some graduate from the boxes and jars to making homemade sauce or pasta from scratch, many prefer to stick to the basics. Regardless of [...]
    September 26, 2012
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  • Sauteed Red Pepper, Eggplant, Tofu Tacos to Pasta with an Herb Sauce | Repurposed Meals

    This is now officially “Herb Week” on the CS blog. On Wednesday, we showed you how to best store herbs for longest shelf life, and before that we showed you how to make a quick herb sauce that can flavor-dazzle (can I trademark that phrase?) dozens and dozens of dishes. Today we’re going to show you two different ways to utilize [...]
    August 31, 2012
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  • Best Way to Store Herbs for Longest Shelf Life | Cooking Basics

    It’s looking like “Herb Week” over here at CS HQ. On Monday, we featured a quick herb sauce that can be used to dress up any routine weeknight dish, and today we’re going to share the best way to store herbs. Store herbs correctly and they’ll go from a few days of shelf-life to a few weeks. It will require [...]
    August 29, 2012
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  • Quick Herb Sauce | Dear Cook Smarts

    One of the most common complaints I hear from my clients is, “I cook the same thing every week, and I’m bored!” Instead of giving them a list of 50 new ingredients they need to purchase (because then we’d be giving them a new problem – filling their  pantries with items used once and then left to collect dust), I [...]
    August 27, 2012
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