K-Mex Beef Quesadillas with Avocado Crema & Pickled Radish

K-Mex Beef Quesadilla
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Welcome to my new favorite comfort food – K-Mex Beef Quesadillas with Avocado Crema and Pickled Radish. These bad boys are the direct result of a takeout-oriented fever dream. I’ve never been particularly reliant on fast food, but as more and more restaurants shutter in these bizarre times, I find myself craving it more and more. But luckily, I am perfectly capable of fixing my own problem. And that, everyone, is why being a competent home cook is a little like being a magician. Anything you crave is well within your capable grasp.

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Umami Bomb Spaghetti with Shiitake Mushrooms

Umami Bomb Spaghetti with Shiitake Mushrooms
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I want to start today’s post off with an apology. I’m sorry for the recent lag in content. I generally plan a lot of recipes in advance, but the COVID-19 crisis made quick work of those plans. So, I’ve been rebuilding my content calendar from the ground up. And now, I have the added challenge of limiting the ingredients in my new recipes to what I have on hand. I am fully aware that you may not currently have or have access to the same things I do. So, I will be providing possible substitutions in each of my posts from here on out. With all that out of the way, allow me to introduce the first of my new (weird) normal recipes – Umami Bomb Spaghetti.

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Banana Bread French Toast with Stewed Rhubarb

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The world is decidedly scary right now. Our household, like most around the globe, is prepping for weeks of social distancing and potential quarantine. My freezer is set to bursting but I can assure we only have a rational amount of toilet paper in reserve. But that’s not what this post is about. This post is about giving your nerves a break and nothing silences strung-out nerves like Banana Bread French Toast with Stewed Rhubarb.

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Chicken Farro Skillet with Green Olives & Preserved Lemon

Chicken Farro Skillet with Green Olives and Preserved Lemon

I’m not usually a source for hit-the-kitchen-running recipe ideas. I prefer to keep things chill, methodical, and occasionally, blissfully monotonous. Meditating on the vastness of the universe while pleating dozens of dumplings – that is much more my aesthetic. But I, like everyone one else, don’t always have time to parse the unknowable truths of the human experience one ravioli at a time. Sometimes I have places to go, people to see and a very small window of time in which to feed myself. And when I find myself in this position, I make this Chicken Farro Skillet with Green Olives and Preserved Lemon.

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