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Seared Zucchini with Pine Nuts and Mint

Seared Zucchini with Pine Nuts and Mint / Bev Cooks

Another summer side dish in our Summer Side Dish Series this summer of side dishes! (I can chill.) Took a brief hiatus last week for a little vacation (isn’t it obnoxious when people remind of you how you’re suppose to miss them?) but we’re back today, bruh! And I messed up this recipe. BECAUSE I […]

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Cucumber, Mint and Feta Bruschetta

Cucumber, Mint and Feta Bruschetta / Bev Cooks

Oh, that rhymed! This is the thing: this topping? UNREAL. I’m calling it bruschetta because it’s on toasted baguette and it sounds super cute, but do you want to know how I ate it after a bite of the toast? Besides spooning it with a shovel into my unhinged jaw? Salad! I sprinkled it over […]

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Quick Soba Noodle Salad

Quick Soba Noodle Salad / Bev Cooks

As in, QUICK quick. The quickest. Blink your eyes and boomsy. Done. Well I mean, it takes as long as it takes to jammy boil an egg. Which for me is like, a five minute egg. Plus the time it takes for the water to simmer. So ten? Ten-ish? Around nine? Something like eleven or […]

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Maple Braised Pork with Apples and Israeli Couscous

Maple Braised Pork with Apples and Israeli Couscous / Bev Cooks

Look at me, coming at you with something completely different today! We’ll be fine. Sometimes I forget about pork tenderloin. Don’t tell it I said that. It’s just one of those proteins that lives in the back corner drawer of my cerebrum with quinoa and liquid smoke. (does one ever use liquid smoke? I’m still […]

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Mediterranean Turkey Lettuce Wraps

Mediterranean Turkey Lettuce Wraps / Bev Cooks

You’ve been craving lettuce wraps lately, haven’t you? I knew it! But not anything boring, noooo. You want something with a lot of crunch, a hint of sweet, a bit of zing and a kiss of tang. And then we should talk about these lettuce wraps. (BA DOMP.) I’ve been dying to show you these […]

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Summer Steak Salad

Summer Steak Salad / Bev Cooks

Also known as, probably definitely my favorite food in summer life. And I didn’t even grill anything! #humidityofdeath #mosquitoesofdeath #sissy But GUYS. Steak salad in the summer is some serious summer living in the summertime. Summersummersummer. Let’s break this down. OKAY, before you start waggin’ that index at me, yes the corn is frozen. Because […]

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Chinese Pork Tacos

Chinese Pork Tacos / Bev Cooks

Taco Thursday! Just go with me. This recipe is actually a riff of another pork dish on my site, except for some reason I called that one Thai Pork Salad. And I’m calling this one CHINESE Pork Tacos. Things that make you go hmmmmm. I’m actually calling these Chinese Pork Tacos because of the Chinese […]

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Cucumber Mint Sorbet

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WHY IS IT SO HOT OUTSIDEEEE. Sorry to scream. Please tell me Kansas City’s not the only town sitting on the face of the SUN. It is crazy brutal right now. Heat indexes of five thousand. Humidity of 3 billion percent. Ozone layer on the verge on quitting its job it’s so pissed off. It […]

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