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#mealprep: Expert Tips for Easy, Healthy and Affordable Meals All Week Long
$3 a meal for a perfectly portioned menu that also saves on time and energy. Here’s all the advice you need for this lifestyle. Yesterday I helped to cook a week of lunch and dinner for 2 people with...
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Healthier Dan Dan Mian: Spicy Sichuan Noodle Bowl with Turkey, Kale and Peanuts
Fresh, fast and extremely tasty. You’ll make this dish again and again. This is one of those dishes that you prepare for dinner and pack for lunch but then wind up eating before noon. It happens to me...
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Two Ways for Ham: Split Pea Soup ++ Ham and Cheese Sandwich with Apple Pie...
Glorious honeyed and clove-studded hams are in season around these parts. Equally majestic are ham leftovers, which lose no amount of their appeal in the days that follow. I always sneak into the...
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Collard Greens are the New Kale
I earned a bit of Twitter fame this September for this tweet: “Collard Greens Are The New Kale” #VogueArticles — Robyn Burgess (@runawayapricot) September 11, 2014 As the hashtag suggests, my tweet was...
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Roasted Butternut Squash and Apple Puree
Smooth as butter and sweet as a nut, butternut squash tastes great with a lot of different treatments. In the past I’ve shared recipes for a super simple Butternut Squash “Lasagnette with Sage and...
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Healthier Peruvian Chicken Skewers with Green Sauce
Sunday afternoon my sister sent me a worried text, “R u ready for this storm?” I racked my brain for a second and replied, “My fridge is full so I guess so.” In truth, that was the first news I’d heard...
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Watercress Two Ways: Baked Eggs + Sweet Potatoes with Salsa Verde
It’s no surprise why American Express and Whole Foods chose watercress as January’s #2Ways2Percent featured ingredient. After all, January is a month for healthy new beginnings. Watercress is ranked by...
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Sauteed Kale with Cherries
Sometimes I forget that the primary goal of Runaway Apricot is to convince the world to eat healthfully. Consequently I wind up posting about 4 desserts in nearly as many weeks instead of sharing easy...
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Spicy Chickpeas with Tomatoes and Spinach
This is one of those recipes that you should memorize. I say that because it’s the type of dish that you can quickly and easily whip up when you need something healthy and hearty. But going back and...
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Roasted Carrots and Potatoes with Carrot Top Pesto
I’m finally willing to admit that it’s fall. I have to wear boots, accessorizing with a scarf is now more functional than aesthetic, and the heat from the oven pleasantly warms my chilly apartment....
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Chickpea Chopped Salad with Apple and Avocado
I love the strange mix of pressure and joy from sitting by my contributions to a potluck and watching to see if it’s a hit or miss. At a picnic or cookout, where there’s so much variety and...
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Turkey-Mushroom Meatballs with Green Olives
These meatballs are flavorful. That’s a word my boyfriend uses whenever he likes something. Not spicy, not sweet, not herbaceous or salty or earthy. He just says “flavorful,” a word that means...
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Healthy, Varied, Delicious, Easy Food All Week with Meal Planning and Prep
Do you ever intentionally make leftovers? Not just a large enough batch of food that will make for a second or third helping, but leftovers in the form of par-cooked or pre-prepared ingredients that...
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Cranberry Pecan Granola
To tell you the truth – the first time I made granola I did so because I kinda just wanted to be one of those people who makes their own granola. Homemade granola gives me old lady vibes. It’s so warm...
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Kale Salad with Oranges, Carrots and Sunflower Seeds
I love waking up the day after I’ve hosted a party at home. My fridge is packed with delicious leftovers. Everything is clean and put away just as I designed it. And I’m just happy to have finished a...
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Chili-Rhubarb Roast Chicken
I’m up and cooking in the UK! In case you didn’t catch the big announcement on social media, I relocated to London in February to pursue a new career opportunity and adventures through Europe. The...
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Baked or Grilled Jerk Chicken
My childhood home came with a grill. Far to the back of our half-acre lot, the red brick grill was built by a previous owner alongside a large serving table; no doubt to encourage cookouts. And cookout...
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Vietnamese Chicken Curry
My favorite dish in London is the Vietnamese chicken curry from Banh Mi Bay. The curry is aromatic and so satisfying – like a full sensory escape from a busy day of work. The little takeaway restaurant...
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Chicken Taco Quinoa Bowl
There’s a meme going around. Some kid asks to go to McDonald’s and the mother’s reply is always, “we got food at home.” Sadly, the joke in the meme is often a picture of some awful meal composed of...
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How to Meal Plan for Your Summer Airbnb
Summer is here! The kids are finishing out their school year, summer Fridays have started at the office (lucky you!) and you finally have the time for a getaway. Now, if you’re like my family and...
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