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Please forgive the horrible orange hue in the above picture. Indoor lighting really doesn’t do such vibrant dishes justice! I would best describe this dish as having a fairly solid Mediterranean influence, but not strictly as Mediterranean food, largely because my knowledge of that cuisine is a lot more limited than I would like it to be. My dad actually lives in Greece, on a beautiful island called Kos just off the coast of Turkey. I’ve visited on any number of occasions and each and every time I have sought to better understand Greek cuisine. Unfortunately, somehow, time and time...

The classic melt-in-your-mouth chocolate oatmeal no bake bars are popular for a very good reason – they’re impossible to stop eating! At first glance, traditional chocolate no bake recipes—made with wholesome oatmeal instead of flour—might seem like a healthy choice. But with half a cup of butter and two full cups of refined sugar packed into traditional no bake bar recipes, they’re really not even close. These homemade chocolate oatmeal no bake bars offer the perfect healthy alternative: You get all of the wholesome ingredients, without all the extra butter and sugar. I swapped out the sugar here for pure...

oembed rumble video here Everyone's been there. You've been working through a recipe and you get to one direction when you realize you are missing an ingredient. It's a moment that can make or break a recipe. And who wants to run to the grocery store in the middle of cooking dinner? If you know what these common food substitutions, you can avoid last minute trips to the grocery store. You can also use food substitutes to cut down on things like fats and sugar in a recipe to make it healthier. Knowing food substitutions will come in handy time and...

...it's all still a bit same-y around here... ...we started off the weekend with pancakes...so that's always good... ...it rained with the sun shining...so odd when that happens...I went out to see if I could see a rainbow...but none in sight... ...I picked up some groceries...of note this week...I stocked up on tofu (which they didn't have last week)...and Silk...there was no 2 per person limit...so that's a good sign...everything else is pretty normal...I went ahead and got another bag of carrots... ...and then I did some food prep... ...vegan cornbread muffins for the coming week...I just keep them in...

Please take care of yourself and others. If that includes cooking, then I hope that these five weeknight recipes, which are nourishing and relatively easy to make, will help you through. 1. Braised Chicken Thighs With Greens and Olives Chicken breasts can overcook in a flash. Chicken thighs are more forgiving, making them great for distracted cooks; the braising technique in this recipe by Colu Henry is better still. Dinner will be a little brothy, like a stew, and very good with a hunk of bread. Yield: 4 servings Total time: 40 minutes Ingredients 1 1/2 pounds bone-in, skin-on chicken...