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September 10, 2025: Red Pepper Pasta based on this recipe but adapted
- Sauce: 3 red peppers (roasted in an over), 3 shallots and 4 cloves of garlic (sauteed in oil), ~2 tbsp
tomato paste, ~1/3 c ricotta, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, pasta water all blended up in a blender.
Simmer al dente pasta in blended sauce until set nicely (a couple minutes)
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July 30, 2025: Raspberry Frangipane
Bars
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July 26, 2025: Strawberry Chia
Seed Popsicles
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July 25, 2025: Coconut Yogurt
- Apparently the brand of the coconut milk matters! The one I used ended up with a bit of a grainy
texture but I'll try it again with another brand
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July 24, 2025: Giant Strawberry
Shortcake
- A real winner! Goes together quick, looks great, good size, very nice sour cream whipped cream
component
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July 21, 2025: Carrot Top Pesto
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April 18, 2025: Kachumber Salad
- The serrano pepper is key! Don't need too much of it but a bit is really good
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April 18, 2025: Jeera Rice
- Really I just made basmati rice, but with 2 tsp of cumin seeds toasted in butter in the pot before
adding the washed rice
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January 26, 2025: Vanilla Cake Pan Cake but with
brown sugar instead of white
- I was low on granulated sugar so I subbed in brown sugar, resulting in a great cake with a darker color
and deeper caramelly flavor. Next time maybe I'd try still adding in a fraction of brown sugar
- Topped with Vanilla Ermine
Frosting - a real high impact frosting to have on hand
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January 23, 2025: Cute and Small Chocolate
Cake
- Great 2 (or 4!) layer six-inch round cake
- I didn't have buttermilk but had great results using 1/3 c milk and 1 tsp white vinegar
- Topped with KA's Chocolate Ermine Frosting -
very good, worth the extra bit of mixing time it takes
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January 22, 2025: Big and Bubbly Focaccia
- King Arthur's recipe of the year and my new go-to focaccia recipe. It takes 4 hours start to finish
(with a couple rises in there) and is just way better than my regular focaccia recipe
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December 1, 2024: Greek Tofu and Veggies
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November 13, 2024: Tomato-Butter Pasta
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October 29, 2024: Apple Crisp
- I'm surprised I didn't have a crisp recipe on here already!
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October 8, 2024: Thai Red Curry Noodle Soup
- This is a favorite I've made a bunch, but somehow it didn't make it on the list until now!
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August 19, 2024: Frangipane and
Fruit-Filled Wool Rolls
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August 4, 2024: Lemony Olive Oil Zucchini Bread
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August 1, 2024: Tofu Rice Paper Dumplings
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July 20, 2024: Blueberry Galette
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July 15, 2024: Roasted Beet Pesto
- A favorite! I'm surprised I didn't get it on this list sooner
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July 14, 2024: Tinto de Verano
- Basically 2:1 ratio of Sprite to pinot noir, maybe with a half-ratio or so of vermouth too
- Served with ice and a lemon wheel
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July 12, 2024: Virgin Mojitos
- Basically minty limeade with bubbles. Great in a pitcher to share
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July 10, 2024: Kung Pao Tofu from NYT Cooking
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June 9, 2024: Perfect Black and White
Cookies from Melissa Clark and NYT Cooking
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May 16, 2024: Gin martinis
- 2:1 gin to vermouth, shaken over ice, with a twist of lemon
- 1 oz gin and 0.5 oz vermouth was a perfect fit for some fun mini coupe glasses
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May 12, 2024: Fermented Watermelon
- Came out good! Really interesting result
- Made a batch with just watermelon and lemon, and another batch with watermelon, lemon, and garlic
- I aimed to use an amout of salt that was 2% the mass of all the water and ingredients I used
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May, 2024: Grated tomatoes as a pizza sauce
- I've been experimenting with making pizzas where instead of using a pizza sauce or canned diced
tomatoes, I grate a fresh tomato through a cheese grater, strain that, and add salt and little red
pepper
- This gives a really nice fresh, bright tomato flavor that's different than what I get from canned
tomatoes
- This approach was inspired by the Tomato-Butter Pasta recipe from 2023
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April 27, 2024: Everyday Olive Oil Cake
- Went together quick and came out great!
- Fun departure from the regular vanilla and chocolate cakes. Has a great subtle orange flavor
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March 24, 2024: No-Bake French Silk Pie
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March 23, 2024: Thai Red Curry Noodle Soup
- Could have been spicier! I'll add some chilis next time
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March 10, 2024: King Arthur's Original Cake Pan
Cake
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March 4, 2024: Shakerato, a shaken iced
coffee
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February 5, 2024: One-Banana Banana
Bread
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January 6, 2024: King Arthur's Supersized
Super Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Cool recipe that incorporates a tang zhong into the cookie dough!
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December 31, 2023: Easy Hummus
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December 31, 2023: Taiyaki Fish Waffles
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December 16, 2023: Super-Quick Mocha Yule Log
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December 7, 2023: Gingerbread Blondies
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December 4, 2023: Georgian
Khachapuri
- I wish the cheese was soupier! I might not add egg to the cheese mix next time to see if that
helps
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November 23, 2023: Brown Butter Mashed
Potatoes
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November 18, 2023: Potato Gratin with Herbs and
Shallots
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November 15, 2023: Carrot Tart with Ricotta and
Feta
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November 14, 2023: Rhubard
Syrup
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November 14, 2023: Simple Hot Cocoa for
One
- Just cocao powder, sugar, milk, and a splash of vanillia and pinch of salt!
- 2 Tbsp cocoa, 1-2 Tbsp sugar, 1 c milk, pinch salt (1/4 tsp per quart of milk), and 1/4 tsp
vanilla
- Combine powders and a little milk and warm up, then add remaining milk and finish with a splash of
vanilla
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November 13, 2023: Miso-Ginger Sweet
Potatoes
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November 2023: Lacto Cauliflower
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October 15, 2023: Tomato-Butter Pasta
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October 4, 2023: Lemon Posset Brulees
- I combined the recipes Easy Lemon Posset Brûlée and Lemon Posset, ending up with 2c heavy cream, a scant
cup of sugar, 6 Tbsp. lemon juice, and a teaspoon of vanilla extract set in hollowed-out lemon halves
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September-October 2023: Lacto-fermented hot sauce
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September 29, 2023: Quick Vegan General Tao's
Noodles
- Another iteration on the crumbled fried tofu with sauce approach
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September 8, 2023: Tiramisu
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August 20, 2023: Pineapple Tepache
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August 17, 2023: Brined Cherries
- Whole cherries in 2/3 c water and 1 tsp. Kosher salt
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August 14, 2023: Nectarine Umeboshi, follow the salt-preservation instructions here
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July 24, 2023: Blueberry Pancakes
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July 19, 2023: Tomato Galette
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July 12, 2023: Scallion Chili Oil
from Lottie and Doof
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May 11, 2023: Simple and Rich Chocolate
Cake
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April 24, 2023: Green Curry Glazed Tofu
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April 3, 2023: Scallion Egg Wrap
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March 19-25, 2023: J. Kenji López-Alt
Chicago Thin-Crust Pizza
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March 16, 2023: Miso ginger dressing
- Pretty good, but I'd like to add more ginger next time. And maybe a bit of pepper or garlic
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March 14, 2023: Chocolate Cream Pie with
Oreo Crust
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February 28, 2023: Coconut Oatmeal Chocolate Chip
Cookies
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February 20, 2023: French onion pasta
- Crazy good! I used veggie broth but added some marmite and soy sauce for some extra glutamate
oomph!
- Also added a little extra salt
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January, 2023: Chocolate
from Cacao Pods
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January 27, 2023: KA Ultimate Chewy
Brownies
- Maybe my new favorite brownie recipe to have on hand!
- Super quick and simple
- Recommend under-baking slightly
- Kinda sweet - maybe dial it back to 70% the sugar?
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January 24, 2023: Chiang Mai Curry Noodles
- Subbed in veggie broth and raw firm tofu
- Used Maesri curry paste after a number of recommendations - much more flavorful than the curry paste
available at my usual grocery stores
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January 22, 2023: Crumb-lovers Coffee Cake
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January 9, 2023: Brothy Thai Curry
with Silken Tofu
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January 1, 2023: Shredded tofu
- Run your tofu through a cheese grater! Nice to have some variety in tofu preparation textures
- This recipe takes the tofu in a barbecue direction but I think it would be great with many other
seasoning combos as well
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September 7, 2021: Fried squash blossoms!
- The farmers market had loads of squash blossoms available for cheap, and frying them up with a ricotta
filling was amazing
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August 21, 2022: Blueberry slab pie from Dessert Person
- Enormous! So big! Requires 3 pounds of blueberries!
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August 10, 2022: Burnt Basque
cheesecake
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July 26, 2022: KAB's Chocolate Zucchini Cake
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July, 2022: Seitán from vital wheat protein
- Basically just hydrated gluten with some salt and herbs (like garlic powder and sage and black pepper),
fried up a little on a pan
- First saw this in a video from Sauce Stache
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July 19, 2022: BA's Whole Wheat–Oat Waffles as pancakes
- My favorite pancake recipe for years. Not sure how it didn't get on the list sooner!
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July 12, 2022: Another Clafoutis
- Used some plums I picked from a friend's backyard!
- Went way lighter on the almond extract this time - big improvement. That's a strong flavor
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June 28, 2022: A blueberry pie you don't have to bake! Very good for hot
summer kitchens. Also tasty!
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June 17, 2022: Key Lime Pie
- This one's a little odd because even though there are 6(!) egg yolks, the pie is not baked! I guess
freezing is supposed to do the trick
- I misunderstood the task sightly and ended up baking thispie for 15 minutes at 350F. Went great! Set up
very nicely actually.
- So much better if you make your own graham cracker crust! Very easy too - just need grahams and
butter
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June 18, 2022: Watermelon margaritas
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June 11, 2022: Sizzlin' tofu sisig!
- It would be shame not make this alongside some Garlic Rice
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June 8, 2022: Cherry clafoutis
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June 5, 2022: Mint simple syrup
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June 4, 2022: Cauliflower tacos with
romaneso
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May 1, 2022: Robin Egg Cake
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April 2, 2022: Cake-mix-based coffee cake
- I used Greek yogurt in place of the sour cream because that's what I had on hand
- I also added a coffee ribbon in the middle, inspired by Claire Saffitz's coffee coffee cake
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March 27, 2022: Banana bread from
The Kitchn
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March 24, 2022: Creamy red pepper tortellini
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March 21, 2022: No-churn chocolate ice cream
- Added a teaspoon of espresso powder and a splash of rum
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March 20, 2022: Maple donuts
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March 1, 2022: Beignets!
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February 23, 2022: Peanut butter-miso cookies
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February 10, 2022: Almond butter banana bread
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February 1, 2022: Clementine cake
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January 27, 2022: Lemon Chai Cake
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January 24, 2022: Ethan Chlebowski's Weeknight
Chopped Cheese
- Subbed in Impossible burger to create a solid approximation of the Harlem Style Chopped Cheese Hero at
Cambridge's own Veggie Galaxy
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"Best salted chocolate chips cookies"
from Food 52
- Only calls for one stick of butter - handy in a pinch!
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January 13, 2022: Saucy Tofu Noodles With
Cucumbers and Chili Crisp
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January 9, 2022: Ciabatta rolls
- Maddening website but good recipe. I added 1/8 tsp. citric acid to try to get a bit of sourdough-y tang
and I think it worked - might play with the levels more in the future
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January 1, 2022: Levain cookies
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December 31, 2021: Cheese saganaki, a flaming
cheese dish
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Vegetarian skillet chili
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December 2021: Buttercrunch!
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December 9, 2021: Ginger molasses cookies
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November 20, 2021: Garlic confit
- really just simmer peeled garlic cloves in olive oil until they're super soft. Added in some rosemary
and peppers for extra flavor!
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November 19, 2021: Mason jar whipped cream
- (this didn't really work but fun idea!)
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November 18, 2021: Buttermilk oatmeal pancakes
- This recipes comes pretty close to the ones I used to get at a restaurant called the Corner Shop back
in the day. I was low on oatmeal on the 18th so I subbed in some shredded coconut which worked pretty well
too
- Actually I did this again a few days later and it definitely works better with the oats!
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November 4, 2021: Pumpkin pie! From Claire Saffitz. Used the pumpkin puree
made below!
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November 2, 2021: Pumpkin puree
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October 16, 2021: Apple fritter cake
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Sept. 22, 2021: Simmered greens with garlic sauce
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Video
from J. Kenji López-Alt
- He references the recipe from here
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August 31, 2021: Chipotle Cauliflower Tacos
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August 31, 2021: Zucchini Bread
- I did 1 1/4 c sugar instead of the recommended 1 3/4 c, but in the future I might go with even less!
Plenty sweet at 1 1/4 c
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August 23, 2021: Grilled pizza with caramelized onions and green tomatoes. Similar to this recipe and made
following J. Kenji Lopez-Alt's NYT
video
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August 16, 2021: Sesame noodles with
chili oil and scallions
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Early August, 2021: Shortbreads!
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July 13, 2021: Black pepper tofu
- Also tried this recipe -
good as well (July 20). The key with these seems to be a sauce of soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, sugar, and
cornstarch poured over sauteed onions, garlic, ginger, and chiles mixed with some crisped up tofu
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July 13, 2021: Banana bread
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June 19, 2021:
Toasted coconut no-churn ice cream.
- Added 1/4 tsp salt and used 3/4 cup toasted sweetened coconut instead of the required 1/2 cup.
- Also, couldn't find sweetened shredded coconut so I sweetened some unsweetened stuff myself as
described
here.
- In the future, might try swapping out the heavy cream for coconut cream as described here
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June 14, 2021: Chocolate chip cookies with a
touch of cinnamon. I also added a bit of espresso powder - very good!
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June 3, 2021: No-Churn Ice
Cream
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May 11, 2021: Buffalo sauce from Ethan Chlebowski
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Trader Joe's Falafel Mix. Plated with spinach, cilantro, mint, jalapeno, tahini, harissa, and pickled
onions
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April 22, 2021: French Silk Pie
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April 10, 2021: Creme brulee
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March 14, 2021: Coconut Cream Pie
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March 14, 2021: Blueberry Pie
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March 7, 2021: King Arthur's Perfectly Pillowy Cinnamon
Rolls
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Feb. 25, 2021: Jacques Torres' NYT Cooking Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Very similar version of this recipe can be found at Smitten Kitchen,
in case the NYT Cooking paywall presents a problem
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Feb. 20-21, 2021: King Arthur's Extra Tangy Sourdough
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Mid-Feb. 2021: Brad Leone's Ginger Beer
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Feb. 7, 2021: Adam Ragusea's Condensed milk and browned butter brownies
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Feb 6, 2021: Ethan Chlebowski's Vegetable Korma
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Jan. 9, 2021: King Arthur's "Easiest Loaf of
Bread"
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Jan. 8, 2021: Earl Gray Yogurt Cake