Author: Chef M

Traditionally, panzanella is made using stale bread. I prefer to toast fresh bread. Citrus adds just the right amount of sweetness to balance the salt of the chicken and the bread. Arugula can be strong for young palates. A lettuce blend works well as an alternative.

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Nothing warms the tummy on a cold morning like a nice bowl of sweet oatmeal. Aaaahhh. It feels like slippers for your taste buds. So easy, yet it packs a powerhouse of nutrition in just 1 bowl.

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This is essentially a muhammara, a pretty traditional Middle Eastern spread. It’s usually made with roasted peppers, but we do it with roasted beets because you get more of an earthiness with that same roasty flavor thanks to roasting the beets, marinating them, and then charring them like taking a beet salad and tossing it in a crushing hot pan. It’s something we’ll get into more in chapter 4 (along with why you shouldn’t be afraid of beets, ’cause they’re delicious), but this basically brings out all of the beets’ natural sugars and caramelizes them. Then they get tossed with…

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