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(Golden) Soy Milk

My caretaker used to make huge batches of soy milk when I was a kid, and I was so in love with it because of how fresh and warm it was. She sweetened it at the time, but in this recipe, I'm going to go for the unsweetened

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Instant Pot Butter Chicken

Praise be! As of roughly a 1.5 months ago, I am now the proud owner of an Instant Pot. You can expect to see more recipes using that coming...if I remember to take photos... Anywho, the SO lives for butter chicken and after the lessons from the Skinny

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Mango Lassi

A grocery store near by had a killer sale on mangoes at 3/$1, so we stocked up big time to enjoy mango lassi, mango smoothies, mangoes straight up by the spoon... This drink is super delicious and pretty substantial because of the thicccccness the yogurt provides. Ingredients * 1 mango

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Chai Bread Pudding

Don't toss away stale bread! It can be salvaged into an easy, comforting dessert. In an ideal world though, if you're going to buy bread, finish it before it gets stale and don't forget that you have it. Sigh. :'( Ingredients * 1/2 loaf

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Chickpea Tuna Patties

The SO has made the observation that I'm really into sneaking beans into random recipes lately. We do it for the protein, fam. If you recall the Sweet Potato Tuna Patties from last year, I would say this recipe is a huge improvement over that. Forget the sweet

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Freezer Breakfast Burritos

The burrito is a classic from /r/SundayMealPrep. To be honest though, the tortilla calories turn me away from burritos, but seeing them everytime I go to reddit has made me want to eat some. Along with that, my stash of frozen [black bean and chicken taquitos] (https://quantumlion.com/

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Vegan Chickpea Chocolate Chip Cookies

A video by Nikki Limo was recommended to me by YouTube, and I was intrigued. I had heard tons about black bean brownies (maybe coming in a post soon!), but I didn't know chickpea cookies were a thing. You guys know how I feel about calories and plant-based

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Cauliflower Crust Pizza

This is a high effort dish, but totally worth it if you're trying to eat fewer carbs or calories or are just trying to incorporate more vegetables into your diet or switch things up. I had been doubtful that this could actually be good for a while, so

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Skinny Dip (very misleading name)

Aeghrur will be very familiar with this recipe since it was a popular late night college snack that accompanied many Friday/Saturday nights of homemade mead and ghetto YouTube karaoke. We may never know why it is called skinny dip when it has no relation to being naked in a

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Pi Day: Chicken Pot Pie

Happy belated pi day, my friends! To celebrate the great day, my SO and I put together a modified chicken pot pie that doesn't use any cream, and I would say this one is just as good as the full-fat version. Ingredients For the filling: * 4 carrots * 5

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Stuffed Peppers

Peppers have been on sale lately, and we had a some remainders of ground beef sale sitting in the freezer from a couple weeks back (10 pounds at $.99/lb!!), so I figured it was time to try out stuffed peppers. I've only ever made these while playing

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Chicken + Black Bean + Corn Taquitos

My no-sick streak since middle school finally ended at the beginning of February, as I was out with fever and non-stop mucus production. During that time, I binge-watched my fair share of grocery hauls and cooking videos on YouTube, which included a few on the taquito--a cousin to the taco

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Vegan Jackfruit Tacos

While making these, the SO popped in to take a peep and asked, "Oh, are we having chicken tacos tonight?" Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha... I've watched a ton of vegan cooking channels featuring jackfruit as shredded meat, so I had to see if

Fruit and Fish

Two fish dishes, dressed to impress

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Garlic Knots (aka the easiest bread ever)

To pair with the zucchini rollatini, I whipped up a batch of garlic knots from skinnytaste. I usually hate dealing with dough, but this was amazingly easy. Highly recommend. Ingredients * 1 cup flour + extra for dusting * 2 tsp baking powder * 1 cup fat free plain greek yogurt * garlic powder * salt

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Seafood Ramen!

Ramen, one of the quintessential foods for winter. I love how warm and nourishing the meal is, and batch cooking it in the winter is one of my favorite ways to prepare meals for the week. Personally, I've always done Tonkatsu ramen before thanks to Kenji's

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Zucchini Rollatini

In their Vegetable-based Lasagna recipe, aeghrur, RZ, and Jimmy reminded me that I hadn't made any baked pasta dishes since the first meal I made at my current apartment. I wanted to take it a step further. They eliminated meat...what if I eliminate pasta? Back when I

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Skinny Chicken Tikka Masala

This recipe doesn't use fatty parts of chicken or excessive amounts of butter or cream, so apologies in advance. Ingredients * 1 tbsp butter * 1 onion * 2 cloves garlic * 1 knob ginger * 4oz greek yogurt * 1/2 cup milk of your choice * 1 can crushed tomato * 2 cubed boneless

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Vegetable-based Lasagna

As part of a Quantum Lion challenge, we (aeghrur, RZ, and I) make a vegetable-based lasagna. With the absense of meat, we chose to focus on the strong flavors of mushroom and eggplant. Making the noodles Ingregients * 4 eggs (240 g) * Flour (1.5x the weight of the eggs -

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A Glitch in the Goulash

Nothing goes according to plan this week as I make a ground beef recipe. Inspired by a surprise meat grinder which showed up at my doorstep earlier last week, I promptly searched the internet for recipes, ultimately settling on a Goulash for Americans dish (I will note that adding "

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Aloo Curry

I'm sure my fellow posters can share the love for Taste of India that I have. It was one of my favorite places to eat on on campus because I loved the spices, but also because I was able to get such a ridiculous amount of food for

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Cheese Garlic Biscuits

Again for friendsgiving, we also made cheese garlic biscuits because cheese alllllll the things! This recipe sadly makes a small batch of only 12 biscuits that will be gone in no time at all. Ingredients * 1 3/4 cup flour * 1/2 tsp salt * 1/2 tsp pepper * 1/2

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Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes

On most days, part of my commute home from work includes stopping in at Trader Joe's to pick myself up with a free sample (my favorite so far has just been the simple combination of crackers and cheese, interestingly), and during the Thanksgiving season, one of the samples

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Home Made MaLa Dry Pot

I tried my hand a MaLa Dry Pot over the summer, when chilis were plentiful, and it turned out pretty well. I didn't get a chance to write about it until now, but honestly, this dish is pretty fun to make no matter what season we're

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Greek Yogurt Bark

In the spirit of bulk season, I have been trying to incorporate more protein into my diet, but it's just so hard. Especially with the goal of 1 gram per 1 pound of bodyweight every day. My meals are usually chock-full of fresh veggies and a little bit