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Celery-Spiked Guacamole with Chiles
Fresh celery lightens this guacamole and adds some serious crunch.
Escarole Salad with Horseradish and Capers
Soaking the onion mellows its sharpness. If you can't find fresh horseradish, add 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish to the crème fraîche mixture.
Endive Salad with Toasted Walnuts and Breadcrumbs
Mattos says to get both the walnuts and the breadcrumbs very toasty and dark brown; he loves the contrast between the rich, crunchy bits and the bright, juicy endive on top.
Chicken and Brown Rice Sloppy Joes
Hot, hearty and, yes, sloppy. This flavorful favorite is a meal in a bun. Serve it up and watch your family run to the dinner table.
Hot Toddy
Hard liquor, served hot.
In times past, hot toddies were often prescribed as a head-cold remedy. Today, liquor as medication is generally frowned upon because of its dehydrating effects. However, if you're one of those people who can't tolerate over-the-counter pharmaceuticals, this beverage may offer the relief you need—just drink an extra glass of water to replenish your body.
Chicken Salad with Roasted Root Vegetable Vinaigrette
This is a great way to use up leftover roasted vegetables and chicken and turn them into a light salad. The roasted veggies are more interesting the second time around in a vinaigrette as opposed to just on their own. Even when I don't have leftover roasted veggies, I have been known to toss some raw ones in the oven just to make this delicious dressing, which I eat on everything: pasta, grilled fish, and, obviously, chicken. The chicken for this salad can be warm or cold, straight from the fridge.
Egg, Kale, and Tomato Breakfast Wraps with Hummus
When Jade says, "Make me my breakfast sandwich," we know she means this recipe. This is an all-in-one, colorful, hearty wrap that's perfect for making your own. Customize this according to what's in your fridge, swapping spinach for the kale or jarred red bell peppers for the tomatoes. And if you don't have time to poach the eggs, just scramble them instead.
Chocolate Soda
A refreshing homemade soda that can quench a thirst as well as feed a chocolate fix.
Refrigerate the leftover chocolate syrup for another use.
Perfect Instant Ramen
You can have almost no money and still have enough to live off this stuff for weeks, months, years. Eat enough and you'll start to look for ways to make it different: add a little more sauce, a little less sauce, cook the noodles less, cook them more, add more water, less water, add an egg, scramble the egg, etc. Me, I've become a freak when it comes to my instant ramen. Don't fuck wit it, don't fuck wit me, let me do my thing. This is how I do my own thing.
Sautéed Kale with Lime Pickle
This is not your usual garlic-and- oil sauté: Lime pickle brings a spicy and pungent kick.
Poached Cod with Tomato and Saffron
You're going to want to add this gently spiced and meltingly tender fish to your simple weeknight meal rotation.
Chocolate Brownie Cookies
No one has to know these moist, chewy, decadent chocolate cookies are totally wheat-free.
Perfect Grass-Fed Beef Burgers
Adding onion delivers moisture; forming thicker patties prevents them from cooking too fast and drying out. Both steps are key when working with grass-fed ground beef.
Gluten-Free Raspberry-Ginger Muffins
Most gluten-free flour mixes rely on rice flour or cornstarch, which can create a gummy texture. But the main ingredient in Bob's Red Mill Gluten Free All Purpose Baking Flour is garbanzo flour. The muffins we made with it had the best flavor, texture, and color out of all the brands we tried.
Butter-Basted Halibut Steaks with Capers
Get the pan smoking hot so the fish won't stick. Let it get a good sear on the first side, which will also help it release.
Spicy Pork and Mustard Green Soup
It might look like a lot when the greens are raw, but add them all anyway. They'll quickly wilt down to a silky texture.
Teriyaki Salmon
The salmon absorbs more teriyaki flavor as it sits, making it even better (and breakfast that much quicker) if done in advance.
Tuscan Kale with Sesame Oil
Sesame oil will become bitter if it gets too hot, so cook over gentle heat.
Collard Green Salad with Cashews and Lime
Collards and kale have some chew to them. Use your hands to work the dressing into the leaves until they soften and start to wilt.