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Beet Pickled Eggs

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There are some meals that you will always love and think of your childhood as you enjoy them – mac n cheese, Oreos, square pizza . . .  pickled eggs. All those foods that are bad for you and you can’t eat on a regular basis.  Unless you have a very high metabolism.

There are also foods that people just won’t understand why you like them. This is me and pickled eggs. I understand. I get it. Pickled eggs . . . They sound gross if you’ve never had them. Plus, they’re pink eggs. Eggs aren’t supposed to be pink. I’ve had friends asked me to send pictures because they’re so confused as to what a pickled egg could be. They’re response? “Girl, eggs aren’t supposed to be pink. But they are beautiful and delicious. I promise.

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Early Spring Veggie Egg Bake

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Spring is here and all the signs of its splendor are welcomed with open arms. The bulbs are pushing up through cold, dark earth. The trees are pink with their cotton-candy blooms and the rains come and go, quenching the land and making us feel as if the best place on earth is by the window wrapped in a well-loved quilt, hot cup of tea in hand.

It is easy this time a year to get a little too excited about all the spring bounty to then come crashing down when you pop over to your farmers market. Spring is here, but only barely and though we have some new baby greens peeking out, spring onions and green garlic of course is here, mostly it’s our winter veggies that are still at the harvest; after all things need a chance to grow!

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Smokey Chocolate Chip Caramel Cookies

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I am in the camp that chocolate chip cookies should not have very many chocolate chips. I prefer to love on all the flavors. However, I realize I’m one of the few. So after much searching, I found a secret ingredient that makes them good enough for me and good enough for everyone else . . . liquid smoke.

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As the name suggests, liquid smoke is a liquid that tastes like smoke—it replicates the flavor produced by smoke-curing without actually requiring you to smoke anything. When shopping for liquid smoke, be aware that some brands add seasonings, flavorings like molasses or vinegar, or colorants like caramel. Liquid smoke should just be smoke and water, and there are brands that are exactly that simple.

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Bacon Hashbrown Breakfast Pie

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I absolutely love fresh produce. I mean, most people do, right? When I studied abroad in Italy, I really started to love a lot of new vegetables because the produce was so fresh over there. In North Carolina, we have this thing called the Produce Box, where each week you can choose to have a box of produce picked by local farmers delivered to your house. I have been skipping the last few weeks because we have been out of town like crazy. But last week, I accidentally received a box instead of skipping one. It was packed full of leafy greens, cherry tomatoes and strawberries.

The thing about leafy vegetables (and fresh produce in general) is that it can go bad pretty quickly if it’s left unused. So after receiving a whole lot of kale and tomatoes, I tried to think of something I could make to use up the veggies before they went bad.

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