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The nervousness of carefully flipping an omelette can make some people stick to a scrambled or hard-boiled routine. If you have a round cake pan, don’t use it for just dessert. You can achieve a great omelette, too. Golden, sweet plantains are always in my Cuban kitchen; it was only right to try them out for breakfast. A little bit of yellow onions add some crunch, but you can add anything…

There’s almost nothing better than a soft, tender mango, or three. Mangos bring a certain, distinct sweetness that a regular apple or pear just won’t do. The kind of sweetness that would go great in chicken salad.

I like my chicken salad a tad more on the sweet side, and mangos definitely bring that to the table. This goes to show how fruit can be used to up the ante to a savory dish.…

These little faux cheesecakes involve absolutely no baking or freezing. Just a few ingredients will have your munchers blown away with how quickly cheesecake got on the table; just in time for them to stuff down their throats. It’s best to do a lot of these little wonders, as they will go down fast. Hungry…

Tater tots are those little potato buddies we never forgot about. Lucky for us, they’re always available in the freezer aisle at the market. The next time you’re yearning to visit your good ol’ pals, head to the spice cabinet and get your mustard powder and chopped dill. Combine with garlic powder and onion powder in a small bowl and sprinkle over your tater tots right after…