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Cooking School

How to Cook Apple Pie Steel-Cut Oats in a Slow-Cooker

by Aimee
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This week I wholeheartedly embraced the slow-cooker challenge along with dozens of other bloggers. I stewed beans all day, simmered a vegetable stock, and combined ginger, coconut and chicken into a fragrant dinner. I even used my slow-cooker for breakfast, something I’m going to be doing a whole lot more of, thanks to an ingenious technique [...]

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Bakeshop

A Healthier Autumn Cookie (Recipe: Pumpkin Spice Snaps)

by Aimee
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When developing this particular recipe I had two goals in mind: to create a healthy cookie as equally desirable to my children as their beloved (yet overly sugar-filled) gingersnap, and to make a prettier pumpkin cookie than the standard lumpy brown drop cookie versions. These pumpkin spice snaps are a success on both accounts. I’ve [...]

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Pantry

Stocking Your Pantry for Success

by Shaina
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One of the very first keys to successfully eating as a family and cooking meals on a regular basis is having a good base to start from in your pantry. Having food on hand and available makes this process less stressful and much less work. Can you imagine if you had to purchase every spice [...]

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Link Love

Weekend Reading: Spice Edition

by Aimee
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We’ve been talking plenty of shop in our Spices 101 series, and a few of you might be wondering: how does this Simple Bites editor know about spices anyway? If you’ve got a few minutes, let me share how I learned about spices and back up some of this information I’m dishing out. We’ve also [...]

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