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Recipe: Homemade Corn Tortillas

I found my tortilla press at my favorite grocery store for around $15. Why make your own tortillas? Try these reasons: 1) They’re fast and easy, especially if you get a designated tortilla press. As...

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Recipe: Mexi-Thai Fusion Delusion

What a fun combination of flavors and texture — and the drink? It’s Kombucha. Photo credit Steve Henderson Fine Art. Cross-cultural food marriages add spice — literally — to life, and this fusion of...

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Recipe: Creamy, Dreamy Corn Chowder

It’s creamy, dreamy, inexpensive, yummy, and easy. Photo credit Steve Henderson Fine Art It’s soup season! Finally, after a summer of sweltering our way through quick stir-fries that don’t heat up the...

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Recipe: Sexy, Brooding, Dark Chocolate Muffins

Muffins are a great food for any time. Photo courtesy Steve Henderson Fine Art Let’s face it: food is sensual, and lest you think that the kids can’t read this column, get a grip on the word “sensual”...

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Recipe: Peanut Butter Muffins

What a way to say “love” — a warm, homemade muffin. Photo credit Steve Henderson Fine Art. I love muffins. They’re fast, easy, inexpensive, and easily adaptable to any meal. If you’re facing the dinner...

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Recipe: Scalloped Potatoes

I used some blue potatoes in this dish — you can see them sliced, in the background next to the plate. Photo Credit Steve Henderson Fine Art The other day I was standing in the kitchen, staring at the...

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Recipe: Simple Breaded Chicken

Isn’t that Polish pottery something else? So is the chicken. Photo credit Steve Henderson Fine Art. In our house, boneless skinless chicken thighs or breasts are fast food, because they take 20-30...

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Recipe: Kale That’s Worth Eating

It’s bright, green, and delicious. Kale, with Yukon Gold French Fries and baked fish. Photo courtesy Steve Henderson Fine Art. I chatted with a man the other day who announced that he had made kale a...

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Recipe: Sweet Italian CARROTS!

Learning to grow, and cook, your own food is a major component in Living Happily on Less, which I discuss in my book of the same name. Photo credit Steve Henderson. I have never been a fan of cooked...

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Recipes: Pumpkin Pancakes and Pumpkin Ice Cream

What a great way to incorporate pumpkin in your life! photo courtesy Steve Henderson Fine Art. With Thanksgiving kicking off the holiday season this week, it’s a given that this week’s recipe will...

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Recipe: Risotto Resztki (Leftovers)

Reposing on another of my Polish plates, Risotto is a soothing comfort food, both in the making and the eating. Photo courtesy Steve Henderson Fine Art. Risotto is an Italian rice dish, but I’m an...

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Recipe: Good Food

We hate to waste food, but since we couldn’t eat it, we played with it. It’s alarming how well it gums and sticks together. Don’t ask me how food imitation products made it into my breadbox and...

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Recipe: Easy Roasted Vegetables

It’s quick, easy, inexpensive, nutritious and delicious. Photo courtesy Steve Henderson Fine Art. As a writer who also runs the Norwegian Artist’s fine art gallery, I don’t have a lot of time to cook....

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Recipe: 5-Ingredient Pumpkin Soup

This tastes great with a salad and/or bread, but we’ve had it all on its own when time is short. Photo courtesy Steve Henderson Fine Art. “Oh yuck. I hate pumpkin.” Did you really just say that? My...

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Recipe: Easy Chai Tea

What takes the most about this recipe is figuring out which tea pot you want to put the finished beverage in. Photo credit Steve Henderson Fine Art Chai Tea is not an unfathomable concoction that...

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Recipe: Shockingly Simple Spaghetti Sauce

Other than opening a can of prepared stuff with unpronounceable ingredients, it doesn’t get much easier than this. Photo courtesy Steve Henderson Fine Art. When I was a child, my dad was in charge of...

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Recipe: Soft Bread Sticks

Soft bread sticks are relatively fast and easy, and they don’t last long! Photo courtesy Steve Henderson Fine Art. Generally, we eat around the dining room table — with place mats, no less! — but...

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Recipe: Pancakes

Pancakes are fast, easy, nutritious, and popular with all ages. Photo credit Steve Henderson Fine Art. Pancakes are pretty much the fastest food on the planet to make — and that’s without a mix. If...

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Recipe: Hot Chocolate — the Real Thing, Not the Powder

Hot chocolate — the real thing — is worth the 15 minutes it takes to make it. Photo courtesy Steve Henderson Fine Art. Those of us who grew up in the 1970s know that it was not an era of of high taste...

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Recipe: Cream Cheese and Raspberry Coffeecake

Yup, that frosting’s pink. That’s because I used raspberry juice as the liquid in the frosting. If you use milk or water, then the frosting won’t be pink. Photo courtesy Steve Henderson Fine Art. The...

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