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When we asked Alison Roman, the mastermind behind Instagram’s favorite chocolate chip cookie, for her favorite cookie recipe, she dropped a pretty big truth bomb: “I don’t really like cookies that much.”

Once we regrouped from a brief initial shock, Roman did admit that there is at least one other cookie recipe out there that she swears by: Dorie Greenspan’s Korova sable cookie. “I think it’s one of the best recipes out there. It’s just classic. It’s almost like an Oreo, but crunchier because it’s thicker.”

Equipped with this glowing review from the cookie queen herself, I decided that I needed to give this recipe a try — and see if these cookies live up to the hype.

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The best healthy dinners for families are the ones that require just a few ingredients (ideally most of them vegetables!) and minimal equipment, and can be made quickly.

Weeknights are busy enough without having to spend an hour making and cleaning up dinner when you want to eat well. Here are 10 of our favorite healthy family dinners for busy weeknights.

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Summer produce brings to mind plump, juicy tomatoes, perfectly round peaches and plums, and overflowing bundles of vibrant green herbs. But you know what’s just as delicious as a picture-perfect peach? A slightly bruised or misshapen one, puréed into a smoothie, sliced into wedges and nestled into cake batter, or stewed into a sweet peach jam.

Supermarkets often reject “ugly” or “imperfect” produce because it doesn’t meet their display standards. This could be anything from an eggplant with funny curves to an apple with scars to a bell pepper that’s somewhere in between red and green. Although most of it is perfectly edible, these fruits and veggies (as well as unplanned-for surplus produce from farms) often end up in landfills.

“Innovative companies use it as animal feed or compost it, but that’s more expensive than paying a trash company to throw it away,” says Evan Lutz, CEO and founder of Hungry Harvest, a farm-to-doorstep produce delivery service founded on the belief that every fruit and vegetable — regardless of how it looks — deserves to be eaten.

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Is there a summer quick bread more ubiquitous than zucchini bread? It is our favorite vehicle for the overabundance of zucchini that comes in August. We love zucchini most for its keen ability to play either sweet or savory. Bake up this tender loaf of zucchini bread and you’ll feel like you’re getting a sweet treat and a serving of vegetables all in one.

This zucchini bread recipe is our tried-and-true method that uses up a full pound of zucchini and will make you two gorgeous loaves — one for now and one for the freezer.

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I thrive off the unknowns when I enter my kitchen to cook dinner — what bits of produce did my roommate bring home from work? What almost-expired dairy product do I need to use up ASAP? — but there are certain parts of the cooking process that I prefer to be consistent. Quinoa, for example, should cook up perfectly tender every single time, so it can act as the reliable starting point for whatever it is I throw together.

When done right, quinoa is a quick-cooking, fiber-rich, gluten-free base for any number of dishes, from breakfast porridge to lunchtime grain bowls to hearty vegetarian chili. Similar to couscous, it’s both fluffy and yet slightly creamy, with a mild, nutty, easy-to-love flavor.

And yet all too often quinoa is mushy and flavorless, past the point of saving by the time it’s gummy and overcooked. Luckily, since I’m a vegetarian and routine meal prepper, quinoa has become a staple in my diet; I’ve cooked so many pots of it over the past several years that I’m confident I can help you make a perfect batch every time. For starters, you’ll want to avoid these common mistakes.

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In recent years, the ubiquitous fiddle leaf fig has dominated all other entrants in the competition for most popular in-house tree-like plants. But we think it’s time to give another understated-but-stately tree — with its large, deep green leaves — a second look and another chance. Here’s how to maintain a rubber plant as a striking part of your dining room decor for years to come.

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Like chicken or pasta, fish is really a blank slate when it comes to preparing it for dinner. Yet, unlike chicken or pasta, fish has a reputation of being hard to prepare, which makes it feel a bit daunting. The truth, however, is fish is just as easy to turn into a quick, flavorful dinner as those other guys. The key is to embrace a few simple tricks that will jazz up just about any fillet you bring home.

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Cool, briny pickles straight from the fridge are one of the simplest pleasures of summer. Quick pickling is also a brilliant solution for preserving a plethora of vegetables from the market or your garden. Quick pickling doesn’t require canning or a bushel of vegetables. Best of all, you can adapt this simple formula for any fresh vegetables; try a mixture of vinegars and spices for a truly custom pickle pleasure.

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In honor of the approaching back-to-school season, we’ve been talking a lot about snacks lately (both on the site and amongst ourselves). Not surprisingly, it turns out that lots of us Kitchn editors have been stocking up on Amazon. Here’s what we’ve been buying lately.

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I don’t click through to online sales much, but only when I think there’s a really think it’s a good deal — and today, friends, this is a good deal. One of my favorite All-Clad pans of all time is on sale at TJ Maxx as part of their summer clearance sale (yes, online! You don’t have to drive there!).

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