From: Food Network
Serves: 7 (with each person getting about 2 chicken tenders)
Difficulty: Medium
People In The Kitchen: 2
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15-20 minutes
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From: Food Network
Serves: 6
Difficulty: Easy
People In The Kitchen: 2
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
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From: Closet Cooking
Serves: 6
Difficulty: Easy
People In The Kitchen: 3
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
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From: Foodnetwork.com
Serves: 6
Difficulty: Easy
People In The Kitchen: 3
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
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The nice thing about hosting a community group is that you can use the meal to cater to your cravings, haha! Recently, I’ve had some insane cravings for falafel. And so:

From: Lauren, basically. Also a picture I saw at a Middle Eastern restaurant.
Serves: 10
Difficulty: Easy
People In The Kitchen: 3
Cost: Moderately expensive, depending on if you buy falafel mix + hummus or make your own.
Prep Time: 10 minutes with helpers, 15 minutes by yourself
Cook Time: about 10 minutes to fry the falafel
Toppings: Mint yogurt, hummus
Dessert: Hannah’s (no fat!) cheesecake squares
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Aloogobi is a type of Indian curry containing all sorts of yummyness.

From: Bend It Like Beckham. No. Seriously. Watch the special features.
Serves: 8
Difficulty: Easy (don’t let the 5 billion ingredients intimidate you)
People In The Kitchen: 2 or 3
Cost: Inexpensive
Prep Time: 5 minutes with helpers, 10 minutes by yourself
Cook Time: about 40 minutes
Sides: Rice
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Confession: I am a nerd. I like to know. And, most especially I like to know why. It isn’t enough that someone says something is true. . .I want to know why and how come. So, I think it makes sense that science has always held great appeal for me, because it answers a lot of “why’s” and “how come’s” in life.

You’re wondering how this relates to a food blog, aren’t you? Well, cooking is really just a great big science experiment. The better you understand the chemistry and biology (and even physics) behind food prep, the better your meals turn out.
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Hannah, one of our community group members, brought this cake to a recent get-together. It was a-mazing! She graciously provided the recipe.

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Tonight we did a little something different for community group!  Instead of preparing the meal ourselves, one of our group members, Leah, offered to bring her grandma’s homemade enchiladas.  Yuuuuum!  Other group members provided drinks, guacamole, chips, rice, and dessert.

From: Leah’s Grandma
Serves: 8
Difficulty: Seems easy
People In The Kitchen: 2 (Leah and her Grandma!)
Cost: Unknown
Prep Time: Unknown
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Sides: Rice, Guacamole, Tortilla chips
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I went to a ginormous library book sale yesterday and bought about 10 cookbooks. Currently, I rely pretty heavily on 2 books for recipes, but I’m hoping some of the ones I bought yesterday will become favorites. Anyway, this got me to thinkin’ that some cookbook reviews might be in order for Community Eats.

And so here you go!

Title: The Simpler The Better
Author: Leslie Revsin
Published: 2004
ISBN: 0471482315

I love this cookbook. In fact, I think I’m practically in love with this cookbook. Most of the recipes so far on this site come from The Simpler the Better, and for good reason: they’re straightforward, easy to execute, and delicious. Emphasis on delicious.
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