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Quinoa bowls have been my jam lately. And by that I mean that I have become totally obsessed with them, not least because one-skillet meals are so damn easy to make, and the clean up is minimal. They are like crack. For real. I want to eat them all the time. I want to eat one now. And again, I really can't stress enough how little mess this meal makes.  It's okay, because I hate them back. I was originally turned on to this by my friend, Sheridan, who sent me this recipe . But of course, since I only had like three of the ingredients on the list, I just made things up as I went along, and while the original recipe was meant to be a breakfast item, I love it for dinner. It’s hearty and filling, and it feels like comfort food but is still pretty freaking good for you. And it is very easy to customize. Like, so easy. Like, you could make it every day and always be eating something different.   So, first, start with a very large pan. I use my 12” nonstick...

The state of Oklahoma has been home to many celebrities over the years. From Brad Pitt to Garth Brooks, Okies undeniably have the mettle to grow up and become famous. Joining the ranks of these notable Oklahoma natives is one Ree Drummond, better known as Pioneer Woman . Her blog is a sensation, encompassing everything from cooking, to homeschooling, to movies, to photography. It is a veritable Valhalla of domestic pursuits, providing wonderful advice and a real sense of community. This has, in turn, spawned  two cookbooks (the second of which is being released in March), a cooking show on Food Network , and a memoir about how PW met and fell in love with her husband, who she calls Marlboro Man. It is the latter that concerns me today. Pioneer Woman's memoir, Black Heels to Tractor Wheels tells the story of her ambitions--toward what is never specifically delved into. I can only presume this is because it didn't matter what career she was going to pursue--she ended up beco...

This is not me. This is Giada de Laurentiis. I love the Food Network. Few things are as entertaining or educational to me as watching professionals cook deliciously complicated dishes and telling me that I am fully capable of doing the same. I have tried and failed on numerous occasions to reproduce some of the things I have seen on the Food Network, and I have also tried and succeeded. But at the end of the day, I am really a more amateur cook who likes to be able to whip something up in fifteen minutes on a weeknight. Mostly because I usually only have about fifteen minutes to cook dinner on a weeknight. And through the course of my adventures in cooking I have discovered that you can create edible meals on a daily basis if you just make sure that you have some key ingredients and apparatus in your kitchen. I swear, this is not going to be one of those lists where you don't know where to get the items or how to use them. This really is meant for the average cook. And just rem...