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almond butter dark chocolate blossom cookie recipe | writes4food.com

Christmas Cookie Palooza: dark chocolate almond blossoms.

Here’s a new take on the classic peanut blossom cookie recipe, with almond and dark chocolate. Get the recipe!

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Terrific Thanksgiving starters and desserts.

Doing a little last-minute planning for your Thanksgiving feast? Here are some ideas for appetizers and desserts. Get the recipes.

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Easy Thanksgiving salads and sides.

Break out of the ordinary with a few new seasonal salads and side dishes for your Thanksgiving table. Get the recipes!

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apple fennel slaw

Apple-fennel slaw with pecans.

A lunchtime visit to LaSoupe with Karen Gibson inspired this fall-fresh slaw made with fennel and apple. Get the recipe!

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recipe for old-fashioned cut-out sugar cookies | writes4food.com

The Clara Project: Sugar cookies.

These leaf-shaped cutout cookies in festive autumn colors are perfect for the season. Get the recipe!

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easy low-calorie roasted carrot-bell pepper soup recipe | writes4food.com

Roasted red pepper and carrot soup.

An abundance of red peppers in my garden and a bunch of gorgeous carrots at the farmers’ market inspired this simple roasted veggie soup. Get the recipe!

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potato, leek & greens soup | writes4food.com

Potato, leek and winter greens soup.

This soup has fall written all over it: now-in-season golden potatoes, sweet leeks and bright-tasting Swiss chard. Get the recipe!

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black pepper skillet biscuits | writes4food.com

The Clara Project: Salt and pepper skillet biscuits.

I’ve updated an old-fashioned buttermilk biscuit recipe with a generous kick of freshly cracked black pepper and baked them in a skillet. Get the recipe!

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healthy lunchtime salad recipe with barley and roasted vegetables | writes4food.com

Barley salad with roasted fall vegetables.

My heart will always belong to the PB&J, but I’ve been craving something a bit more healthful for lunch lately, like this barley and vegetable salad. Get the recipe.

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