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Bready or Not: Buttery Beer Bread
My husband loves beer. He recently decided to start collecting beer growlers from small breweries. I do not like beer. Therefore, he ends up with a sizable amount of artisan beer that needs to be...
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Bready or Not: Buttermilk Biscuits
I failed at buttermilk biscuits. For years. This grieved me. This recipe, finally, is the one that has repeatedly produced lofty, flaky, perfect biscuits. This is an important heritage thing. My dad is...
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Bready or Not: Mini Muffin Irish Soda Bread
Irish soda bread is traditionally a big round. I took a shrink ray to it. Here’s the problem: standard recipes make way too much bread for the two of us to eat. I halved the recipe a few years ago, and...
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Bready or Not: Maple Brussels Sprouts
I’m here to convert you to the goodness of Brussels sprouts. Also known as: maple syrup makes everything better. If you’re like me and a lot of other folks, you have scarring childhood memories of...
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Bready or Not: Lemon-Basil Vinaigrette with Spaghetti Squash
It’s getting hot (ugh) but that also means it’s time for light, fresh salads and pasta dishes. Today that means two recipes: lemon-basil vinaigrette and an easy technique to make spaghetti squash in...
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Bready or Not Guest Post: T. Frohock with Spinach with Raisins and Pine Nuts
Today I welcome T. Frohock, a fellow Harper Voyager Impulse author and a generally awesome person. Her first novella in the Los Nefilim series is In Midnight’s Silence and it is fantastic–I happily...
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Bready or Not: Legendary Macaroni and Cheese
I needed a make-ahead macaroni and cheese recipe. I already have several other reliable ones like Civil War Macaroni and Cheese and the Pioneer Woman’s recipe, but I didn’t need to babysit boiling milk...
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Bready or Not: Homemade Tortilla Chips
When you make tacos, do you ever use up all of the tortillas? I sure don’t. There always end up being half a pack wallowing in the fridge. They come in handy for quick-fix quesadillas, but here’s...
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Bready or Not: Chili Lime Mozzarella Sticks
Hot, melted cheese is one of the finest things in life. Add some flavor oomph and you have the perfect yumminess to stuff in your face. The concept is simple: freeze cheese sticks. Wrap them in egg...
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Bready or Not: Roasted Edamame
Roast your own edamame to make a delicious protein addition for salads, noodle dishes, or sandwiches–or as a healthy snack by itself! Dry edamame is expensive in stores, often sold in small bags. My...
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Bready or Not: Soft Dinner Rolls
Back when I first started Bready or Not in 2011, one of my first recipes was for Soft Dinner Rolls. I’m featuring it again today because it’s still a family favorite, and one I make regularly. I used...
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Bready or Not: Butternut Squash and Quinoa Salad
Bready or Not has featured a whole lot of sweets in recent weeks. Let’s switch to something delicious and healthy instead: Butternut Squash and Quinoa Salad. This still has a little bit of sweetness...
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Bready or Not: Churro Chex Mix
Churro Chex Mix is addictive. It is dangerous. It might cause a sugar high that keeps you awake for a full day. This stuff has made the rounds on lots of food blogs. I looked at about five different...
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Bready or Not: Japanese Milk Bread Rolls
This recipe for Hokkaido-style milk bread rolls makes 8 delicious soft, airy, amazing rolls. I couldn’t help but be intrigued when I saw this recipe featured in a King Arthur Flour catalog. It relates...
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Bready or Not: Gougeres (French Cheese Puffs)
Eat your cheese in delicious, airy form in Gougeres, aka French cheese puffs! This is a savory version of pate a choux, the dough used for cream puffs and eclairs. In this case, though, you fold in a...
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Bready or Not: Cheese and Chives Yorkshire Puddings (Small Batch)
Yorkshire puddings are what many Americans also know of as popovers–light, airy, crisp sponges perfect to eat with a roast and gravy! This recipe is for a small batch of puds. Since they are so airy...
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Bready or Not Original: Honey Cornbread Loaf
Cornbread is good ol’ basic American comfort food, perfect to warm up bellies at this time of year. Sometimes, though, you don’t want a huge batch of cornbread. Just enough for a meal or two, maybe....
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Bready or Not: Honey Oat Pie with a Cinnamon Pie Crust
This is a pie like none I have made before: like a gigantic chewy oatmeal cookie with a spiced crust, embodied with a refreshing zing of whiskey. This Honey Oat Pie in a Cinnamon Pie Crust will blow...
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Bready or Not Original: Pancetta Risotto
This Pancetta Risotto is a fantastic meal for two people, or a delicious side for a group. It’s time-consuming but very straightforward to make. I confess, I spent years being intimidated by the very...
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Bready or Not Original: Prosciutto-Parmesan Palmiers
The holiday season is nigh, and these Prosciutto-Parmesan Palmiers are the perfect appetizer for a couple or an entire gang! These really have three ingredients, plus some flour for dusting a counter....
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