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Filipino Eggplant Omelet
For this popular Filipino breakfast, the eggplants are heavily charred before being battered with egg and pan-fried, making them smoky, creamy, crispy, and totally satisfying.

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Nutella Grilled Cheese is the After School Snack of Childhood—and Adulthood—Dreams
It's a sweet-and-salty, melty-and-crunchy snack that satisfies at any age.

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Ground Pork Menudo
Using ground pork instead of stew meat is a practical and easy way of making menudo on a weeknight.

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Chicken in Pineapple Sauce
Pineapple is the main ingredient in this saucy Filipino dish and makes the chicken sweet, tender and tasty.

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Meatballs and Noodle Soup
Almondigas is a hearty Filipino soup consisting of meatballs and thin, salted Chinese noodles made from wheat flour that cook quickly.

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Nutella Grilled Cheese
Nutella and cheese melt together into a sandwich that's the ideal sweet-and-savory snack.

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Stir-Fried Rice Noodles with Shrimp and Adobo
Pansit has come to symbolize long life and health in Filipino culture, and is commonly served at birthdays, baptisms, and New Year’s celebrations.

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Seafood Sinigang
Sinigang is adobo’s close contender for the title of National Dish of the Philippines. Like many Filipino dishes, this soup is bold in taste: sour, salty, slightly sweet, spicy, and umami.

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Spaghetti Sauce Chicken Afritada
Afritada, a traditional chicken and vegetable stew, is a gateway dish to Filipino cuisine. Spaghetti sauce, instead of fresh tomatoes or tomato sauce, is used in this recipe for convenience and taste.

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Spicy Sizzling Squid
If you travel to the Philippines, though, you’ll discover that you can “sisig” pretty much anything. There’s chicken sisig, tuna sisig, goat sisig, and even vegetarian sisig. This squid iteration incorporates salmon caviar and crushed prawn crackers.

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Weeknight Tandoori Chicken
I almost never think to cook Indian food for some reason, but we received tandoori chicken in a Blue Apron box once and it turned out to be really good (love how those boxes help us branch out on occasion)! So I decided to make my own version of this flavorful recipe, and it’s quick and easy enough for any busy weeknight.

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Cardamom Knots
These Swedish morning buns, also known as Kardemummabullar, are traditionally paired with coffee and have an amazing floral and delicately peppery flavor.

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Big Apple Crumble Cupcakes
These flavorful cupcakes are studded with grated apple and bits of cinnamon crumble, then topped with a luscious cinnamon buttercream. It's fall all the way.

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Ricotta and Zucchini Cannelloni
This simple weeknight dish relies on zucchini ribbons instead of noodles, and is stuffed with a zippy ricotta-pea filling.

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Honey-Roasted Vegetable Salad
Mix and match your favorite fall vegetables into this delicious side dish.

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Oatmeal Cookie Energy Bites
My older daughter can put away some of these oatmeal cookie bites like it’s her job. Gymnastics helps her keep active, which means she’s often super hungry, and I love to have these on hand for when she needs a snack.

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Vinegar Chicken with Alabama White Sauce
Marinating chicken in vinegar and spices tenderizes the meat and makes it extra flavorful. The accompanying mayo-based white sauce is positively addictive.

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Bacon-Latticed Apple Pie
This pie is both sweet and salty, which is my favorite dessert combination. The smoky bacon, mingling with the spiced apples and bourbon crust, is heavenly.

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Lemon and Fig Cupcakes
Earthy-sweet figs and bright lemon zest and juice give these cupcakes worlds of flavor. If you'd like, take them one step further with a silky cream cheese frosting.

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Toasted Coconut Chia Pudding
Chia seeds thicken this dairy-free pudding as it sits: it's the perfect healthy, make-ahead dessert!