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Main Courses

End your day well with delicious main courses that will satisfy your hunger and leave your family and friends raving.

Find main dishes like a rustic No-Knead Sourdough Pizza, tender slow cooker Pork Shoulder, and flavor-packed Corned Beef for your Reuben Sandwiches.

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Butternut Squash and Ginger Soup

Butternut squash and ginger soup has been a staple fall comfort food in my kitchen ever since I learned how to cook. Made with fresh ginger and coconut milk, this is a butternut squash bisque that is warming and perfect for a chilly day. Butternut Squash Bisque I have always loved winter squash, with butternut…

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Homemade Tomato Soup with Fresh Tomatoes

There is nothing quite like homemade tomato soup! This roasted tomato soup recipe is perfect for using up your surplus garden tomatoes, and is a homemade bowl full of comfort just as the weather begins to cool down. Roasted Garlic Tomato Soup This roasted tomato soup recipe is a super simple and very flavorful way…

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Mini Sourdough Appetizer Pizzas with Goat Cheese

{This post is sponsored by Mezzetta} If you are entertaining, or just want a fun recipe to try, these mini sourdough pizzas are perfect! Kids love them just as much as adults. Made with goat cheese and delicious Mezzetta ingredients, they are a great way to celebrate! Mezzetta Makes it Betta! These mini sourdough pizzas…

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How to Cook Dried Beans: Easy, Healthy, and Cheap

In this tutorial you will find out everything you need to know to learn how to cook dried beans from scratch. With so many methods, you’ll find the one that is right for you, from the pros and cons of soaking vs not soaking, the varieties of beans to use, and how to use them,…

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Homemade Reuben Sandwich (100% Home Fermented)

Yes, I did it! I made a completely homemade Reuben sandwich, where every single ingredient was made from scratch and home fermented. I have to admit it was a bit difficult to do, mainly because of the logistics involved in making sure that every ingredient was ready at the right time. But, in the end…

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How to Make Corned Beef (Nitrate Free)

This homemade corned beef recipe is easy to make and nitrate free! It is tender and delicious, just like real corned beef is supposed to be. The pickling spices and flavor from the brine make this corned beef have really amazing flavor. Here’s how to make corned beef, just in time for St. Patrick’s Day!…

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Slow Cooker Pork Shoulder

I don’t know about you, but cooking big hunks of meat used to really freak me out. I was a vegetarian for a lot of years, so once I started eating meat again all of the cooking was pretty much done by Joel. Although I was a pretty well accomplished vegetarian and vegan cook, I…

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Sausage and Peppers

Ahh, classic Italian food, how I love you. You are comforting, satisfying, and above all, delicious. Now, I don’t know if most of the Italian food I make actually constitutes as classic, but I like to think that it does. Unfortunately I don’t have an Italian grandma to tell me otherwise, so I usually just…

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Coconut Lentil Cauliflower Curry

Hello everyone, hope you had a lovely weekend! We had a wonderful mix of sun and rain which brought beautiful sunsets and mild temperatures. Happy spring, by the way! It excites me to no end to know that we are at the very beginning of warmer weather. Planting seeds, here we come! This recipe for…

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No Knead Sourdough Pizza

If you have no other reason to make your own sourdough starter, I’m telling you now, this is it! This no knead sourdough pizza has changed my life, and I know it will change yours as well. I promise! I’m not going to say that making this sourdough pizza is as easy as ordering out…

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