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Cheesy Eggplant Bake

Cheesy Eggplant Bake

I love the rich aubergine colour and fat rounded curves of eggplant — surely the most elegant and mysterious of vegetables. The only problem with eggplant, as I see it, is finding a way to cook and serve it that won’t have the household running madly off to a fast-food joint. Enter the dinner-saving low-fat [...]

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15 Easy Ways with Leftover Ham

15 Easy Ways with Leftover Ham

I didn’t cook a big Easter ham this year, because our dinner guests were all vegetarians, but normally at this time of year I’d be scraping for quick-and-easy recipes to use up those ham leftovers. Ham sandwiches are dandy, of course, but one can only eat ham sandwiches for a couple days in a row [...]

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Getting Fat on the Fort

Getting Fat on the Fort

When Scramblejam dropped a comment about partying at a Napoleonic island fortress near Portsmouth, UK, of course I urged him to tell us more — and he’s doing it here today, with the recipe for his decadent Chocolate Traybake given up to tempt your tastebuds and blow your diet. Enjoy! ~ Jen Getting Fat on the [...]

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Make Your Own Fruit Roll-Ups

Make Your Own Fruit Roll-Ups

Fruit roll-ups, you know? I mean the chewy snack that we used to call fruit leather, back before you could get it all plastic-packaged in every corner store. It’s not only a great way to use up your past-its-prime fruit, but a wonderful energy-giving snack you can grab for a busy family on the go. [...]

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Homemade Pretzels? Homemade Pretzels!

Homemade Pretzels? Homemade Pretzels!

photo by daxiang stef Eleven-year-old Kelly came over to visit this afternoon, with her heart set on making “big fat pretzels” — her current fav snack food. Unfortunately, my old recipe called for the dough to rise for at least an hour, a luxury of time that we just didn’t have today. With a few [...]

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