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If you’re looking to incorporate more veggies into your diet, you may be focusing on how you can add them to dinner. But if you’ve got a sweet tooth, may I suggest working them into dessert, too?

I know this isn’t a new concept. Our uber-popular double chocolate zucchini bread packs in the nutrients, but tastes just like a decadent chocolate loaf cake. We’ve stuffed grated beets into chocolate beet cupcakes, and of course eaten our fair share of classic carrot cake. But a few weekends ago, I baked a batch of cinnamon rolls that featured an ingredient that totally took me my surprise: mashed sweet potato. Since then, I’ve realized how versatile the veggie can be.

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Your body has amazing ways to communicate with you. It can tell you, long before you feel overwhelmingly symptomatic, that there is a problem. Learning how to understand your body’s language is vital for good health. Like other parts of your body, your breasts actually talk to you. Not in the way that we are […]

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I’ve always preferred living in pre-1940s buildings for all their historical and architectural charm (so far, six different places and counting, ranging from 1907 through 1931). But my affinity for the old doesn’t always align with my modern-day needs — most notably the absence of overhead lighting inside closets.

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Admittedly, it’s hard to believe that a chocolate cake made in a microwave without flour or sugar could taste any good. This low-carb mug cake defies the odds. It has dark chocolate flavor, a soft, cakey texture and bits of real dark chocolate that melt in your mouth.

This low-carb mug cake recipe works because it has the right balance of ingredients—one egg yolk, a little butter and cream, almond flour and dark chocolate. In less than a minute the ingredients bake together into a perfect little treat, and your kitchen is filled with the amazing aroma of chocolate cake.

Make this mug cake even more decadent by pouring melted dark chocolate or whole cream over the warm cake when it’s done.

Time in the Kitchen: 5 minutes

Servings: 1 cake

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter (15 grams)
• 2 tablespoons super fine almond flour (14 grams)
• 1 tablespoon raw cacao powder (5 grams)
• ½ teaspoon baking powder (2.5 ml)
• Pinch of salt
• 1 tablespoon heavy cream (15 ml)
• ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract (1.2 ml)
• 8 drops liquid stevia https://www.marksdailyapple.com/stevia-vs-truvia/ (add more, or less, depending on your preference)
• 1 large egg yolk
• 9 grams (3 squares) dark chocolate (85% cacao), chopped

Instructions

Melt the butter into a small mug, in the microwave (about 20 seconds).

Mix in the almond flour, cacao powder, baking powder and a tiny pinch of salt until thick and smooth.

Add the heavy cream, vanilla extract, and liquid stevia. Mix until smooth, then add the egg yolk and mix again until smooth.

Stir in the dark chocolate.

Put the mug back in the microwave and cook for 50 seconds. Microwaves vary, so the exact cooking time can vary as well, but overcooking the mug cake will make it dry and burn the bits of dark chocolate. Error on the side of undercooking, rather than overcooking the cake.

This low carb mug cake has the best texture and flavor when it’s freshly baked and warm, so enjoy immediately!

• Calories: 362
• Fat: 33.6 grams
• Protein: 7 grams
• Carbs: 10.4 grams

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If there’s one tool that we rely on more than most here at Kitchn, it’s a trusty sheet pan. Sadly, though, in a sea of Instant Pots, air fryers, and fancy blenders, the humble sheet pan doesn’t get enough credit. How else would we make all of our miracle sheet pan dinners, two-ingredient chicken bites, and the best roasted veggies?

Let’s finally give our favorite sheet pan the respect that it deserves.

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Pick up a carton of eggs during your next grocery shopping trip, and you just might be surprised at how many breakfast options are right at your fingertips. It’s the solution to pulling off a satisfying, inexpensive breakfast — from grab-and-go egg sandwiches to egg casseroles — that comes together without killing your weekly food budget. Here are 10 favorites to get you started.

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Let’s face it — cooking is a messy job. While you’re trying to bring home the bacon and fry it up in a pan, that grease is splattering every which way it can. Over time, grease splatters build up and leave a residue over all your kitchen surfaces, but relax — we have a solution that makes cleanup as easy as wipe, wash, rinse, and done!

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Nobody thinks divorce is easy, but today on Al Roker’s Cold Cuts, Giada De Laurentiis points out that not only was it hard in general, but it was also her biggest career setback. “In a field about family,” she explains, “your whole career is about family.”

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If you set aside an hour for meal prep over the weekend, you’ll find that breakfast and lunch quickly become less of a pain point, and weeknight dinners come together a whole of faster. Part of the secret to successful meal prepping is choosing the best recipes for the job. The truth is, not all recipes are ideal for your meal-prep session. Here are five telltale signs a recipe is up to the task.

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Every year, Bon Appetit‘s September issue reveals the editors’ picks for America’s Best New Restaurants, and accompanying that much-lauded and anticipated list is usually a stunning cover. Last year, it was a single green dumpling held aloft by a pair of chopsticks. Simple, striking, and elegant.

Bon Appétit is known for this kind of out-of-the-box thinking when it comes to its aesthetic (remember that time the cover’s only edible element was half a peach?), but the magazine has surpassed expectations for this issue. The cover is weird and wonderful.

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