December is the month where my home-cooking goes in the toilet and I need fast foods that I can nevertheless make at home. Here’s one of my favorite quick dinners that’s relatively healthy but tastes like yummy junkfood — just what you need after stressful shopping excursions or long days at the keyboard.
THIN-CRUST TORTILLA PIZZA
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I rarely cook beef, never ever cooked Stroganoff, but wanted to indulge my boyfriend, who suffers regularly through my 70-percent vegetable creations because he’s sweet like that. I’ve noticed that men like meat covered in goo, and food that is of uniform color. Yeah, I know there are foodie men out there. But there’s been […]

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This is a hearty, elemental meal best enjoyed a glass of wine and a loved one. (Or alone on the couch, or in an earthquake, or on the run from the mafia …)
Some of you will balk at anchovies. If I can’t convince you to try them, use sun dried tomatoes in oil instead. The […]

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