Spice/Sauce

Delicious apple sweet potato hash brown get dipped into orange basil yogurt. Whole orange and sprig of basil rest on the counter behind the dipped hash brown.
Spice/Sauce

Orange Basil Yogurt

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Plain yogurt, it’s like an empty page aching for life-giving words. I mean… except, instead of words, the yogurt longs for flavor. Don’t get me wrong, if you’re on team “Plain Yogurt For’eva” more power to you (I hear the t-shirts and pledge song are fantastic). But a few simple […]

A whisk of chocolate raspberry ganache dripping into a bowl, next to raspberries, mint leaves, and dark chocolate
Dessert, Spice/Sauce

Chocolate Raspberry Ganache

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Velvety chocolate blended with a tart raspberry reduction. Does it get any better? Probably not. This easy, chocolate raspberry ganache will have you searching for things to dunk. Strawberries? Apples? Pears? Potato chips? Carrot sticks? Baby kosher dills? Why not? Try it on rosemary lamb. Your mouth won’t complain. In […]

Bowl of Green Chile Dip with potato chips
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Hatch Valley Green Chile Dip

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If you’re a New Mexican, chances are pretty high that you’ve spent serious time speculating why the rest of the country doesn’t eat Hatch Valley green chile on everything; well, that and why New Mexican sand-flecks have the god-like ability of finding unsuspecting retinas. This green chile dip is a […]

Homemade cranberry sauce with turkey and mashed potatoes
Spice/Sauce

Cranberry Sauce

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Turkey. Sometimes it needs a little help sliding down. I’m convinced that unbrined birds necessitated the invention of cranberry sauce. Growing up, I never much fancied the stuff, then again, we ate the canned variation which was… well, it was something. This particular cranberry sauce is sans refined sugar, yet […]

Ginger Honey Ham Glaze
Spice/Sauce

Ginger Honey Ham Glaze

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The honey glazed ham is a holiday staple. A mainstay as much as waiting in line at the post office for 3-hours, losing your parking spot to an over-caffeinated SUV driver, getting the WORST Christmas song stuck in your head [“simmmmmmmmmmply having a wonderful Christmas time!”], receiving a thoughtful gift […]

Brown turkey gravy with mushrooms
Spice/Sauce

Turkey Gravy

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At most holiday gatherings, homemade gravy is a necessary lubricant, the only way chunks of powdery turkey and mouthfuls of mashed-cement slide down your festive gullet. This homemade gravy recipe might have you skipping the turkey and potatoes and searching for a straw. It’s that good. LET’S GET COOKIN Ingredients […]