Author: Tuck & Tate
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Blueberry Coffee Cake Muffins
When Tuck’s mom graduated from culinary school, she took her first cooking job at a bakery in Portland, Maine. The bakery was known for a number of great dishes, but one of the standouts was coffee cake. Tuck’s dad gained approximately 15 lbs that baseball season eating said coffee cake because it really was that…
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Tuscan White Bean Soup
After a pretty mild winter, we have been hit nonstop with snow in Colorado for the last few days. When the weather changes and snow starts to fall, all we want to do is eat a big bowl of soup and binge Netflix on the couch. We love this recipe for Tuscan White Bean Soup…
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Ombre No Bake Oreo Cake Balls
Valentine’s Day at Tuck & Tate is often celebrated by our entire family through gift giving and of course, enjoying a meal together. Growing up, Nana would host a huge dinner decorating the table in pink, white and red M&Ms and other heart shaped candies. We grew up knowing that Valentine’s Day can be shared…
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Shaved Carrot Salad
Today we are giving the humble carrot a major glow up. We are in the camp that carrots are mostly a filler ingredient. In a mirepoix for our Short Ribs Bourguignon? Sure. As the star of their own show? Not so much. We wanted to challenge ourselves when brainstorming our Valentine’s Day menu to think…
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Herby Roasted Potatoes
This is a simple recipe to up your side dish game. When we get overwhelmed in the kitchen, the first thing that falls by the wayside are the side dishes. We love this recipe because once the potatoes are in the oven, you can forget about them for 40 minutes and focus your attention on…
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Beef Short Ribs Bourguignon
One of our favorite dishes that we had when we went to Paris was Beef Bourguignon at a restaurant called Atlas in the St. Germaine neighborhood. We had it the first night on the trip and haven’t stopped talking about it over a year later. Atlas’s recipe was different than a traditional beef bourguignon recipe…
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French Onion Soup
We recently went to dinner at a friend’s house to see him after he had spent time abroad in Paris. Having visited Paris last year, it was so great to reminisce about all of our respective Paris memories, and we were quickly reminded that we hadn’t recreated any of our favorite dishes since we returned.…
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Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Nothing says “simple elegance” like a good chocolate covered strawberry. We love this simple dessert for our Academy Awards celebration this Sunday because they can be made in advance and our guests can pick on them as they watch the show. No silverware and extra dishes necessary! The key to taking your strawberries to the…
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Pate & Cheese Board
We hope everyone has had a nice recovery from the Super Bowl this weekend! While February seems like a low key month after the holidays, we have a marathon of events including the Super Bowl, The Academy Awards, and Valentine’s Day all happening within weeks of each other. In contrast to our punny Golden Globes…
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Tofu Peanut Noodles
hen Tuck’s parents first started dating, Tuck’s dad did not eat Asian food. The Neistat girls (Tuck & Tate’s moms) believe they were Asian in another life, that is how much they crave dishes like pho, sushi, and Chinese dumplings on a regular basis. So, you can imagine, that when Tuck’s dad refused to eat…