One of the hottest crazes in the food scene is the Hawaiian favorite - the Poké Bowl. Usually made with sushi rice and very rich and heavy sauces, I wanted to give it a healthier spin by making it with antioxidant and fiber rich black
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Pork is often given a bad name for being very fatty and greasy, but actually certain cuts of pork is a great source of lean protein. It's also a wonderful alternative to your usual chicken breast that packs in a lot of flavor. I love pork
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I stepped out the other day, rushing to the car and stopped for a moment on the street to appreciate this incredibly beautiful weather. The sky was the perfect shade of periwinkle blue with a few clouds softly floating by. The coconut tree by our
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This pasta was born out of sheer necessity. We were in Bukidnon, on our ranch with friends and we had pretty much ran out of all the food we had planned for the trip. I had forgotten to account for the last lunch before heading
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My dessert skills are awful. I was once the queen of soggy undercooked cakes or hard rock carbonized brownies, but as they say practice makes perfect. I've gotten much better at it over the past two years but I still gravitate to foolproof recipes. This
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On busy days there's nothing more comforting than a hot, thick bowl of tomato soup. Contrary to what most people think, you don't need to let tomato soup simmer for hours. This is an incredibly quick recipe that is absolutely delicious and has saved me
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This is one of our favorite meals on a lazy, rainy night. It's almost always made with leftovers of our bolognese sauce. As soon as we cook a bolognese I can almost guarantee the next day we are having this. The easiest is to simply
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Growing up as a child of the ’80s in the Philippines, spaghetti Bolognese meant, for the most part, mushy pasta topped with a bright red sauce of ground beef, sweet tomato sauce and grated quick-melt cheese. Fast food sweet spaghetti in a Styrofoam container eaten
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Frittata's are the perfect no-brainer brunch food. For as long as you have a box of eggs you can pretty much throw anything that's lingering in you're refrigerator into the mix. I like having a mix of vegetables and cheese and don't necessarily ever feel
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In the early months of my first pregnancy, I had quite a bit of downtime. I enjoyed relaxing on my lanai, watching the leaves rustle as the occasional breeze blew in and read long, indulgent novels. One of my favorites was Shantaram by Gregory David
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