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Spice Trails: The Fundamentals of Latin Cuisine

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Whether you love to cook or you simply do it out of necessity, there are certain staple items and tools you should always have on-hand to maximize your cooking (and your eating) experience. This is especially true of Latin cuisine, which focuses…
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A Latin Twist on an Irish Classic: Chicken Tamale “Shepherd's Pie”

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You can please the whole family with this quick and easy weeknight dinner recipe shared with us  from the Food Network Kitchen. The chefs have turned classic tamales into an Irish shepherd's pie-style casserole with a cornmeal topping. Read…
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Hot to Trot: Our 15 Favorite Hot Sauce Brands Right Now

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Are you the type that keeps a bottle of your favorite hot sauce parked at your dining room table and even at your desk at work to put on everything you eat? And is it so bad that you are usually brought to tears at every meal because once…
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Stacking the Odds: 10 Healthy Pancake Recipe Ideas

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Most moms are on a quest for a healthy pancake recipe that kids will love just as much as the traditional carb and sugar loaded breakfast treat. Pancakes date back to Ancient Rome and they're still a crowd-pleaser today. As the Maltese proverb…
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Skipping the Salt for a Low Sodium Diet: Using Herbs to Flavor Your Food

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In case you haven’t heard, having a low sodium diet is the way to go. Too much salt in your diet is definitely a bad thing. From increased blood pressure to diabetes, even stroke, consuming more than the newly recommended 1,500 mg per day…
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Coupling Diet Plans: Can a Carnivore and a Vegan Cohabitate?

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Sharing a romantic meal is the ultimate lovey-dovey act, but what if the guy you’re dating and planning to live with is a meat eater and you are a vegetarian or vice versa? Don’t let diet plans put a strain on your romantic relationship,…
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8 Miso Soup Recipes that Feel Like Healing in a Bowl

If you thought miso soup was a dish you can only enjoy at a Japanese restaurant then good news: you were wrong! You can actually make this dish at home, and it's not nearly as difficult as you might think. If you haven't cooked with miso before,…
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Perfect For Potluck: The Homesick Texan Lisa Fain's Chicken Spaghetti Casserole

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Creamy chicken spaghetti casserole becomes even more irresistible when you add a Tex-Mex spin. Lisa Fain, the face behind the popular Homesick Texan blog and cookbooks shares her Chicken Spaghetti recipe that’s perfect for potlucks. But…
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Pears Please: 10 Pear Recipe Ideas to Get Into Now

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Don't underestimate the power of a good pear recipe. Pears are one of the few fruits that we could eat every day, pretty much year round. They’re not always in season so the sweetness ebbs and flows, and sure, we occasionally get a mealy…