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5 Fast From-Scratch Salad Dressing Recipes

By Lorraine Thompson4 Comments. Leave another...

Inspired by Michael Pollan’s recent article, No One Cooks Here Any More, I’m newly motivated to evangelize about easy, fast scratch cooking. You say you don't have time to make your own salad dressing? Pshaw. If you have one minute—literally—you can throw together any of ... [Read More] [4 Comments. Please leave another.]

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No-Cook Summer Tomato Pasta Recipe

By Lorraine Thompson4 Comments. Leave another...

You wait all year long for them: locally grown tomatoes—fat, red and bursting with sweet-acidic flavor. If you’re like me, in August you gorge on these summer-only delicacies, tirelessly eating them for lunch, dinner and snack day after day. The less you fuss with perfect ... [Read More] [4 Comments. Please leave another.]

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10×10 Grilled Chicken: 10 Quick and Easy Marinades for Grill-Ready Grassfed Chicken in 10 Minutes

By Lorraine Thompson29 Comments. Leave another...

In an ideal kitchen, the cuisinière maintains a flawlessly organized pantry. She plans all meals ahead. And she always remembers to soak chicken in marinade a day before grilling. But I work in Copywriters' Kitchen where a home office, writing projects and tight deadlines ... [Read More] [29 Comments. Please leave another.]

Filed Under: Chicken, Marinades, Popular Posts, Recipes, Sauces, Tofu, Vegetarian Tagged With: Chili Lime Chicken Marinade

Gingery Teriyaki Chicken

By Lorraine Thompson3 Comments. Leave another...

This versatile recipe for Gingery Teriyaki Chicken can be cooked on the grill, in the oven or even on stove top. When grilling chicken, reserve and reduce marinade for a deliciously sticky sauce. Teriyaki chicken 4 tablespoons soy sauce 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 ... [Read More] [3 Comments. Please leave another.]

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Need an antidote to Bacon Explosion? Try Recipe-Ready Tofu.

By Lorraine Thompson2 Comments. Leave another...

Half my family are blood-thirsty carnivores who lust after food like the Bacon Explosion. The other half are vegetarian. How do I pull off a family-pleasing meal without heated philosophical debate—and hours slaving over a hot stove? My favorite solution is to cook dishes so ... [Read More] [2 Comments. Please leave another.]

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