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The Frozen Bagged Chicken I Could Eat Every Day Is Finally Back in Stock (and on Sale!)

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When in doubt, I’m ordering chicken strips. It’s truly a comfort food for me. And while I love a classic chicken strip, I’ve also become quite fond of Popeye’s blackened version. They’re juicy and full of Cajun flavor, thanks to a proprietary marinade. Recently, I discovered that QVC also sells blackened chicken tenders, but unlike the fast-food joint’s grilled version, these are breaded.
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8 Best Le Creuset Deals to Shop If You Can’t Make It to the Factory to Table Sale (Up to $265 Off Right Now)

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If you are chronically online, then it’s possible you’ve stumbled across videos of folks shopping Le Creuset’s massive Factory to Table Sale in convention centers across the country. This traveling IRL sale (that is also sometimes online) allows shoppers to pick up Le Creuset items at a fraction of the original cost. We’re talking as much as 60% off Le Creuset favorites — Dutch ovens included.
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simple chicken tacos

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Twenty years ago, I started this website because I wanted a place to share recipes I was excited about, as it’s practically coded into my DNA to be an unfettered yap about the things I love. [This is me.] The larger context was that upon reaching so-called adulthood, I’d found that while I knew how to cook, there were still so many things I hadn’t figured out, such as: how to turn a can of tomatoes into not just an okay pasta sauce, but a spectacular one; how to make really good meatballs; perfect hummus; and a crumb cake I’d want to make forever.

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You’d think that 20 years and more than 1400 recipes later, I’d be closing this chapter. What could there possibly be left to know? Haven’t we kale salad-ed and tomato soup-ed and apple pie-d our way to fulfillment yet?

Well no, absolutely not. In fact, most days, I feel like I’m just getting started.

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I Tried 7 Loaves from This New Bread Subscription Service, and They Taste Just as Good as Homemade

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There’s truly nothing like a good, freshly baked loaf of sourdough to me. And as much as I enjoy baking sourdough myself, tending to a starter can get tedious. When I moved recently I had to say goodbye to my starter, and now if I want sourdough I need to buy it. That’s where Bittman’s comes in. The frozen sourdough delivery service gives me lots of delicious loaves in an assortment of flavors that I can pull out of my freezer and bake fresh whenever I want.
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