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Compared to cooked buffalo (a.k.a. bison), cooked beef chuck has almost twice the calories, 7 times the fat, 6 times the saturated fat, 33% more cholesterol, and slightly less protein.

- Fact #14
Hawaii’s Gold Macadamia Nut Oil

Deborah says: "Macadamia nut oil has an ultra-mild flavor and a high smoke point which makes it ideal for stir-frying and high-temperature roasting. It’s my go-to oil in ethnic cuisines whose flavors are not compatible with olive oil. Because it’s healthier than any of them, I substitute it for canola, peanut, vegetable, grapeseed, sunflower, and safflower in any recipe calling for a neutral oil. Oils of Aloha, a small family-owned Hawaiian producer, makes the finest macadamia oil on the market."

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Carbohydrate Recipes

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10-Minute Beets with Shallots, Garlic, and Chives

Beet the clock.

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4-in-1 Broccoli Rabe with Roasted Tomatoes and Peppers

A 4-day vegetable romp…

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Amazing Black Beans

The subtle and complex flavor of these beans is truly amazing.

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Amazing Black Beans with a Sofrito

A rumba of reduction: fat, calories, glycemic load and cooking time.

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Anabelle McLean’s Sweet Potato, Tomato, and Garbanzo Bean Soup

Ah-choo!

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Baked Peaches with Blackberry Sauce

A surfeit of peaches.

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Balsamic Basil Watermelon

Trufflehead summer, Part 1.

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Black Bean Salad with Avocado

A Trufflehead super bowl.

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Black Bean Salad with Grilled Corn, Red Onion, and Poblanos

Stirring up trouble.

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Black Bean Stew with Poblanos and Faux Sour Orange

Sour orange: friend or faux

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Black-eyed Pea Salad with Radishes and Cucumbers

Pure Texas.

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Buttermilk Ranch Dressing

For your Super (salad) Bowl.

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Cannellini Beans with Fennel, Red Onion, and Saffron

For the new year, get your beans in a row.

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Cannellini Salad with Crispy Pancetta

A little pancetta goes a long way.

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Cannellini, Kielbasa, and Escarole Soup

History as soup.

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Charred Tomato Ketchup

You’ll hug yourself in January.

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Chickpeas with a Smoky Pipérade

Not exactly a pipérade.

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Chipotle Sweet Potato Wedges

Where there’s smoke.

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Chock Full of Broccoli Soup

You don’t know what you’re missing, George.

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Coconut Pumpkin Soup with Apples and Pears

4 cans, one delicious soup.

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Cold Mango-Cucumber Soup with Mint

Chill-seeking behavior.

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Cold Spicy Tomato-Peach Gazpacho

Trufflehead summer, Part 8

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Creamy Chipotle-Orange Dressing

The dressings of Dr. Caligari, Part 1.

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Creamy Curried Orange Dressing

The dressings of Dr. Caligari, Part 2.

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Crudités with Roquefort Skinny-Dip

Skinny-dipping on Super Bowl Sunday.

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Curried Asparagus Soup

My trial balloon for the Recipe Lab is Curried Asparagus Soup, which I made on the fly for a couple of last-minute dinner guests.

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Curried Slaw with Fruit and Pistachios

Trufflehead summer, Part 3.

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Fennel with Garlic and Parsley

Fennel just can’t seem to break into the big time.

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Fresh Figs with Orange-Scented Mascarpone

Seasonal fruit.

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Georgie Fear’s Jalapeño Poppers

Betcha can’t eat just one.

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Georgie Fear’s Pear Gingerbread Cake

Georgie Fear takes the cake…

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Georgie Fear’s Whole Grain Barley Bread

Georgie Fear takes bread to a wholier new level.

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Green Bean Salad with Parsley-Buttermilk Dressing

Trufflehead 4th of July

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Grilled Beets with Orange-Scented Goat Cheese

Totally up-beet.

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Grilled Radishes with Curried Yogurt Dipping Sauce

No bark, little bite.

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Grilled Sweet Potatoes with Rosemary

BLOG POST: Trufflehead summer, Part 10

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Grilled Vidalia Onions

Trufflehead summer, Part 7

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Hot and Smoky Red Bean Stew

Thanksgiving antidote.

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Hot and Sweet Asian Slaw

Something hot and sweet to toss and eat.

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Macomber Turnip “Fries”

Guess what just fell off the turnip truck.

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Maple Walnut Brown Rice “Pudding”

Rice is (sometimes) nice.

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Minted Pea and Radish Salad

Spring in a bowl.

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Moroccan Chickpea, Eggplant, and Tomato Stew

Harissa finds a home.

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Pink Grapefruit Slaw

Pretty in Pink

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Red Cabbage and Celery Root Slaw

Disc-ography (continued)

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Roasted Chayotes

A chayote by any other name would taste as sweet.

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Roasted Pears with Gorgonzola

An ace of pears

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Roasted Radicchio with Gorgonzola and Hazelnuts

Appetizers in the world of Trufflehead.

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Salad of Carrots, Bean Sprouts, and Daikon Radish

A good no-call.

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Salad of Roasted Beets, their Greens, and Chives

A stolen sheep and tough love…

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Salad of Warm Apples and Pears with Frisée

A salad on its head.

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Shredded Zucchini with Deconstructed Pesto

What makes zucchini blossom?

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Skillet Cherry Tomatoes

Trufflehead Holiday Sides (Part 3).

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Spicy Edamame Hummus

Trufflehead summer, Part 9

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Turnip Silk Soup

A soup for Everyman.

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Wholier-than-thou Hot Cereal

Do you eat hot cereal for breakfast?