Baked “Fried” Chicken with Mango Avocado Salad

Top down view of fired chicken strips on a mango avocado salad stacked on a white, ceramic plate.

In our protected pocket of middle-class America, it’s hard to believe that one in six Americans (!) is struggling with hunger. But unfortunately, according to the USDA, that is exactly the case. What’s even harder to believe is that we can do anything to help when we’re just small people with small budgets ourselves. Because …

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Leafy Sprouts Salad with Sorghum Chili Vinaigrette

Leafy Sprouts Salad with Sorghum Chili Vinaigrette on a white ceramic plate. Oblique view.

We occasionally link to goods offered by vendors to help the reader find relevant products. Some of these may be affiliate based, meaning we earn small commissions (at no additional cost to you) if items are purchased. Here is more about what we do. The other thing everybody talks about in January, I mean, besides …

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Winter Lettuce Salad with Roasted Peppers and Feta

Slightly oblique side profile view of a Winter Lettuce Salad with Roasted Peppers and Feta on a white, ceramic plate.

Looking for a winter lettuce salad recipe? Welcome! And if you’re finding this post not in winter, substitute in some summer greens and enjoy. Since we’ve last talked over here, as you might expect, Tim and I have been spending all our spare moments in the kitchen. This weekend, we’ve tested 12 recipes in two …

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Easy Radish Panzanella

Top down view of a glass mixing bowl full of Easy Radish Panzanella.

Telling you I like panzanella is a little like telling you my teenage self liked pizza. I don’t like panzanella; I want to eat it every day. In the same way I grew up buying Tombstone and Jack’s and, let’s be honest, eating any pizza anyone would give me, now I want panzanella, and I …

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Beet and Lettuce Salad with Green Onion Vinaigrette

Beet and Lettuce Salad with Green Onion Vinaigrette on a white, ceramic plate setting on a dark wooden dining table.

Tim and I got a new bathroom ceiling this week. First, we got a massive ceiling bubble that Tim had to pop with a knife, straddling the toilet and the tub, a five-gallon bucket in his other hand while water shot from the ceiling cyst like milk from a cow; but then, beginning Wednesday and …

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Creamy & Colorful Raw Kale Salad with Avocado-Lemon Dressing

Top down view of a white porcelain plate full of Raw Kale Salad with Avocado Dressing.

Are you looking for a healthy and tasty cool weather dish full of leafy greens? Try this creamy, colorful, flavorful kale salad made with diced apples, pumpkin seeds, grated carrots and a smoothing dressing made with avocados and freshly squeezed lemon juice. Get the details on now!

Shredded Brussels Sprouts Salad with Toasted Walnuts & Dates

Close up of a bowl of shredded Brussels spouts topped with a lemony oil dressing and toasted walnuts and pitted dates.

Raw Brussels sprouts are shredded into a nice soft mixture that has a lemony oil dressing applied which lightly softens them and then the mixture is topped with walnuts and dates. This salad is incredible and words cannot adequately describe the taste. Get the details now!!

Butter Lettuce Salad with Mango and Avocado

Top down view of Butter Lettuce Salad with Mango and Avocado on a white, ceramic plate.

Today is Tim’s birthday, which makes it the perfect time to tell you how another year of living life with him—cooking together, working side by side, analyzing the nuanced details of relationships with each other, budgeting, traveling, laughing, yelling, learning about each other and from each other—has been such a gift. What is also a …

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