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Slow roasted tomato & garlic spaghetti

I make garlic spaghetti, or spaghetti aglio e olio, at least once a week. It’s the perfect go-to weeknight dish, because it’s fast, comforting, and can be as healthy (or not) as you want to make it, depending on your mood (or more often, what’s in the fridge). I have plenty of variations: sometimes with shrimp and a little white wine, often with asparagus or peas, … Continue reading Slow roasted tomato & garlic spaghetti

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Baked egg, spinach & black bean tostadas

One of the nice things–among many–about working from home occasionally is being able to cook yourself a proper breakfast or lunch, and take your time eating, like a civilized person, rather than scarfing down something on the way to a meeting. Unfortunately, if you haven’t planned well, you might wake up on a “WFH” day to realize that you’re out of many things, because you … Continue reading Baked egg, spinach & black bean tostadas

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Quick blueberry scones for two

My absolute favorite scone recipe is this bacon asiago scallion one, which produces a scone I could truly eat all day, every day. However, there are times something lighter is called for, particularly when you just discovered a small zipper bag of last summer’s blueberries sitting in your freezer. Fruit scones can be lovely, but I have two problems with most recipes I come across: … Continue reading Quick blueberry scones for two

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Irish-Italian fusion, or bangers & mash with a twist

It’s no secret that there are lots of Irish pubs in Boston, some (but definitely not all) of which serve very good food. One of our favorites is the Black Rose, near Faneuil Hall, which serves a really good plate of “bangers & mash” – basically a pile of silky mashed potatoes, a couple of sausages and plenty of delicious onion gravy. Comfort food at … Continue reading Irish-Italian fusion, or bangers & mash with a twist

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Kitchen basics, Recipes

Cracker junkies

I’ll admit it: we are cracker junkies. We love crackers in this house. Other people have cookie jars; we have a cracker jar, which usually contains at least three, usually four different varieties. We eat them between meals, to stave off eating something worse; or for breakfast, with a smear of peanut butter. And my go-to after work snack is a few crackers with slices … Continue reading Cracker junkies

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So easy it’s almost not a recipe: slow-cooker chipotle chicken

One of my favorite recent discoveries is the versatility of canned chipotles en adobo. Now, before you go saying that you don’t use canned products, hear me out. I generally don’t either. But there are a few exceptions, and canned chipotles in adobo sauce is one of them. If you’ve never used this ingredient, you are really missing out. The word “chipotle” is becoming ubiquitous … Continue reading So easy it’s almost not a recipe: slow-cooker chipotle chicken

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Spicy Moroccan meatballs with butternut squash and tomato sauce, lemon couscous

While this is not exactly an authentic Moroccan dish, the flavors and spirit of the food we had in Marrakech are there, from the harissa spiced meatballs and sauce, to the lemony couscous, and even the butternut squash, which we were rather surprised to find in one of the several tagines we tried. Even the yogurt, which is the secret ingredient that makes these meatballs … Continue reading Spicy Moroccan meatballs with butternut squash and tomato sauce, lemon couscous

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