Mexican Lasagna

Feb 26

Mexican Lasagna

Don’t think lasagna is just an Italian recipe. Layer corn tortillas with ground seasoned beef, salsa, and cheese and you have the beginning of a Mexican-inspired lasagna. And thanks to corn tortillas, this recipe is gluten-free. From Unbelievably Gluten-Free by Anne Byrn.

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Fresh Peach Tart

Aug 10

Fresh Peach Tart

Frozen puff pastry is easily found in the supermarket freezer section. For fun variations to this recipe, substitute 1 cup fresh blueberries for 1 cup of the peaches. Or sprinkle ¼ cup finely chopped pecans on top of the tart before baking. Or, sprinkle ¼ cup fresh raspberries and another 1 tablespoon sugar on top [...]

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Heirloom Tomato Gazpacho

Jul 22

Heirloom Tomato Gazpacho

Gazpacho may be stored in the fridge, but for best flavor serve it at room temperature. Choose  ripe, locally grown tomatoes. These local, heirloom tomatoes, such as Cherokee Purple, begin dark green with more chlorophyll and ripen into splotchy red tomatoes that are sweeter, have more flavor, and contain more oxidant-fighting carotenoids, says DiscoveryNews.com, than perfectly [...]

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Nov 14

Saturday Night Fever Pasta

Don’t you just love angel hair pasta? The dry kind cooks in just four minutes! A full-bodied Italian puttanesca sauce is a perfect accompaniment for the delicate pasta. The version here is based on a jar of marinara that you doctor with store-bought black-olive paste, capers, and hot red pepper flakes.

Nov 14

Chinese Chicken

Doctor chicken tenders with a little sherry, soy sauce, garlic, and fresh ginger, to turn out a flavorful meal that’s just right for midweek family suppers or weekend company dinners.


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Chocolate from the Cake Mix Doctor

Chocolate from the Cake Mix Doctor

The Cake Mix Doctor goes chocolate! Anne Byrn brings her proven prescription for doctoring cake mix to an ingredient that inspires love bordering on obsession.

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Anne's Cake Mix

Anne’s Old-Fashioned Yellow Cake Mix

Anne’s Old-Fashioned Yellow Cake Mix

Put on your favorite apron, plug in the mixer, and get ready to bake some memories. I've dreamed of creating a yellow cake mix that gets its color from butter and eggs, not artificial colors, and its scent from Madagascar vanilla.

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