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Southern Fried Okra

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HEY, Y’AAAAALLLLLL. We’re breaking new boundaries today! We’re covering new territory! We’re broadening our horizons! And we’re using an obnoxious amount of exclamation points! We’re frying okra. But not just any okra! Purple okra. Which, okay you can just ignore that because it’s the exact same as green okra. It totally turns green when you […]

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Roasted Tomato Hummus

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T-minus 48 hours until I go on vacation, y’alls. Okay so what does “T-minus” mean anyway? I always feel like whoever says it needs to be wearing aviators, small headphones and a brown bomber jacket. Teddy bear-minus? Thunderstorm-minus? Tap shoes-minus? Tomato hummus-minus? I’m going to look it up. Hold on real quick . . . […]

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Homemade Ricotta Cheese

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So you know how we went to Arkansas last weekend for the holiday and I got that enormous tree log splinter stuck in my thigh? Well I have good news. We got the splinter out. And then we made cheese. And the cool thing was, the very tools and chemicals we used to get the […]

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Fried Zucchini Chips

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It all started one unassuming summer afternoon. (Oh great, is she seriously going to tell us one of her blah blah blah omg and then this craaaazy thing happened stories that make me want to arrange teeny grenades inside my eardrums?) THAT’S RIGHT CHACHI, SO SIT. Sorry to scream at you. It was Sunday afternoon. […]

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Asian Turkey Lettuce Cups

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I have a kitchen. A real life kitchen with lights and electricity. A real life kitchen with water and soap and hand lotion. A real life kitchen with a sink so large, Hugh Hefner himself would glow at the possibilities. A real life kitchen with drawers so soft and slick, I’ll no longer look like […]

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Hot Ham and Cheese Dip

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Well that’s over. What am I supposed to do with my time now that March Madness is behind us!? Oh, right. Finish Downton Abbey. But I only have half an episode left and we’re watching it tonight and THEN WHAT? Oh, right. Look at Phillip Phillips. But that’s only twice a week and WAAAAH. Oh, […]

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Cauliflower Stuffed Tomatoes

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Hi! So it’s Saturday and I wouldn’t normally bug you this morning, BUT I have to show you these cauliflower stuffed tomatoes topped with BACON before I come undone at the seams. Let me ask – are you watching KU play tonight? (because you need to.) I have an idea – you should totes watch […]

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