Thai Beef Salad with Cara Cara Oranges & Chili Lime Vinaigrette

Thai Beef Salad with Cara Cara Oranges and Chili Lime Vinaigrette

Listen, I get it, the Internet needs another Thai Beef Salad recipe like I need another labneh post, but I don’t care, it’s just the rebel in me. I wanted to share this recipe with you because I love it deeply, passionately, obsessively. Also, it’s kind of healthy and there’s still a lot of January to get through and, let’s face it, I ’m not swimming in healthy recipe ideas. My brain is generally awash with fried chicken and the like. So, although you don’t need it, although you didn’t ask for it, I’m going to give you MY recipe for Thai Beef Salad and you’re going to sit there and take it…or just click away. Don’t click away. 

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Honey Cardamom Labneh with Clementine Curd

Honey Cardamom Labneh with Clementine Curd

Labneh has made its fair share of appearances on this blog. Here it is getting friendly with some falafel and here it is curling up in some tortellini. But in each instance, the labneh has been left to thrive in all its natural savory glory. So, out of fear of becoming repetitive, I’ve decided to put a sweet spin on it and today’s Honey Cardamom Labneh is the result. Consider this to be my one and only January-friendly dessert offering. Healthy desserts that don’t leave you wanting are not my forte. Now, sugary debaucherous affairs? That’s where my true talents lie.

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Roasted Eggplant w/ Apricot Lamb Meatballs & Artichoke Hummus

Roasted Eggplant with Apricot lamb Meatballs and Artichoke Hummus

Today’s Roasted Eggplant with Apricot Lamb Meatballs and Artichoke Hummus represents another successful step in my journey to eggplant appreciation. It’s been a long, fraught road but with each recipe I enjoy, I get closer to making peace with the eggplant. And loving this recipe is, frankly, a no-brainer. It’s hard to deny the charms of lamb meatballs, artichoke hummus, and a tangy lemon yogurt sauce. They could be served together on a boot and I’d still eat them. But I’m getting ahead of myself. You’re probably stuck wondering what the eggplant ever did to me. And if you’re not, fear not, because there’s a Jump to Recipe button located below.

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Sweet Potato Bean Burritos with Avocado Rice

Sweet Potato Bean Burritos with Avocado Rice
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Today’s recipe for these Sweet Potato Bean Burritos with Avocado Rice is near and dear to my heart. They kept me alive through the later years of my university life. You know, that special time when you’re old enough to want to stop eating instant noodles, but you still have to exist on an instant noodle-sized budget? Yeah, it’s a time of creation out of desperation. A time of ingenuity due to necessity. It’s…it’s terrible, I would not do it again. But one good thing did come out of this rocky time and no, I’m not talking about my (super useful) art history degree. I’m talking about the recipe for these stellar Sweet Potato Bean Burritos.

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