The mighty eggplant is loved and adored by many — that is, until you bite into a bitter one. Luckily, there are a few things you can to do tame bitter eggplant.
3 Things You Can Do to Temper Bitter Eggplants — Eggplant of Desire
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5 Quick Meals for Couples Who Loathe Leftovers — Go it Alone
Cooking for two can undoubtedly feel like a challenge. With most recipes serving four to six people, it might as well be that the entire culinary world is up against you and your small household. Because, to be honest, having leftovers for every single dinner you make isn’t that great — leftovers get boring by day two and rarely taste very good. To avoid that, you’re then stuck dividing every single ingredient until your head starts to hurt. We have a solution: Five easy meals that perfectly serve two — no complicated calculations required.
There are a few keys to easy, small-format dinners. Embrace them and cooking for two is a pleasure. And the best part is that you won’t be left with days of leftovers to swallow.
5 Small Ways to Make Your Salad More Interesting — Tips from The Kitchn
If you’re trying to eat more vegetables, there’s a high chance you’re trying to bring salad to the table more often. It’s such an easy way to up your vegetable intake, but eat the same formula day after day and it becomes pretty boring pretty quickly.
To combat this, all you have to remember is that a salad is a blank slate for ingredients and flavors. Bring a few new elements to your bowl and suddenly your salad is interesting again.
Salmon with Tomato, Onions, and Capers
One of the best ways to prepare salmon is to poach it, in just a little liquid. We often use this “shallow poaching” method with a little white wine and herbs.
You can also make a simple sauce and poach the salmon in it, which is what we are doing here with these fillets, cooking them in a sauce of onions, tomatoes, white wine, and capers. Preparing salmon this way perfect for a quick and and easy midweek meal, and elegant enough for company.
The Best Way to Store Eggplant — Eggplant of Desire
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Falling in love with eggplant isn’t just about learning to cook this humble nightshade. No, to really love an eggplant, we must know how to care for it at home. If storing eggplant seems simple to you, the answers of how and where to store your eggplant might surprise you.
Recipe: Grilled Chicken Breast with Blackberry-Corn Salsa — Recipes from The Kitchn
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Cumin is a spice that makes friends easily. Its earthy, warm flavor shows off just how well it pairs with a number of ingredients including blackberries, corn, and smoky grilled chicken. When you feel like dinner has lost some of its flair, this is the dish to add to the rotation.
Try This One Simple Trick for Washing Fewer Dishes — Apartment Therapy
How I Learned to Love Traveling Alone — Go It Alone
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I recently spent a week in France with a friend of mine. We had a grand time laughing, gorging on croissants, and knocking back Champagne — forging such pleasant memories amid exceptional settings are, of course, why people choose to travel together. But I am just as content to navigate a foreign locale solo. In fact, I prefer it. On this sojourn, like any other where I am in the company of others, there were moments I yearned for solitude.
But this unbridled independence wasn’t always the case. Here’s how I learned to love the lone nomadic life.
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