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Low-Fat Recipes: Quinoa Pudding
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3.93 / 5 Stars | 116 Reviews
by Graycat
“Tender quinoa is simmered with apple juice, raisins, and lemon juice and spiced with cinnamon and vanilla and served warm.”
From My Childhood — Weekend Meditation
Neeley came home and he and Francie were sent out for the weekend meat. This was an important ritual and called for detailed instructions by Mama.
“Get a five-cent soup bone off of Hassler’s. But don’t get the chopped meat there. Go to Werner’s for that. Get round steak chopped, ten cents’ worth, and don’t let him give it to you off the plate. Take an onion with you, too.”
Francie and her brother stood at the counter a long time before the butcher noticed them.
“What’s yours?” he asked finally.
Francie started the negotiations. “Ten cents’ worth of round steak.”
Low-Fat Recipes: Chicken and Bok Choy Soup
Low-Fat Recipes: Chicken and Bok Choy Soup
4.76 / 5 Stars | 26 Reviews
by freshfoodie
“Bok choy, chicken, and potatoes are simmered together for a quick and easy weeknight soup the family will love.”
Low-Calorie Recipes: Apple Oatmeal Cookies II
Low-Fat Recipes: Fluffy French Toast
4.61 / 5 Stars | 2025 Reviews
by Bonnie
“This French toast recipe is different because it uses flour. I have given it to some friends and they’ve all liked it better than the French toast they usually make!”
What’s Cooking This Weekend? — Weekend of October 4-5, 2014
It’s a big weekend around here — the last one before The Kitchn Cookbook launches itself into the world. We’re so excited to share it with you! And Sara Kate and I hope to meet many of you at our west elm book parties in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, Columbus, and Philadelphia. Check out the tour dates and come on out for treats, books, and Kitchn fun.
Also, our first ever Cooking School kicks off Monday — are you enrolled? It’s a busy fall but dinner still has to happen, so take a look at some of my favorite dinner posts from the past week. Tell us what’s cooking tonight!
- Do you really have to rinse quinoa?
- I think all of us want to cook dinner in this kitchen now.
- 10 things Ariel learned in culinary school.
- Hello there, Mexican chicken soup.
- 5 ways to make your freezer work harder for you.
Recipe: The Brooklyn Cocktail — The 10-MInute Happy Hour
Everybody knows that Brooklyn has made a huge comeback in real estate, restaurants and the cocktail scene. It’s only fitting this old school sip, named after the popular New York borough, is also showing face again.
14 Absolutely Free Ways to Improve Your Cooking — Life in the Kitchen
When you think about making your meals taste better, or becoming a better cook, what presents itself to your mind? Do you wish you had the money to splurge on luxurious ingredients like really high-end olive oil and aged cheese? (Personally, I wish I had a white truffle perched on my windowsill all the time.) Or do you wish you could go to culinary school and learn the fine arts of French cooking?
All of these things are well and good, but there are so many ways you can improve your cooking right now, without spending a dime. Here are 14 absolutely free ways to take your cooking up to the next level.