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Quick! Who can bake a chocolate cake in only one minute? You can! With this miraculous Minute Microwave Cake, rich and delicious chocolate cake is only moments away!

Ingredients:
4 tablespoons All-Purpose Flour
4 tablespoons Sugar
3 tablespoons Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1/4 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1 Egg
3 tablespoons Milk
1 tablespoon Vegetable Oil

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Directions:

1. In a small bowl, mix all dry ingredients -- flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, salt.

2. Stir in egg, milk, and vegetable oil.

3. Pour batter into a single coffee mug, or two ramekins. Make sure they are microwaveable.

4. Microwave on high for one minute and 30 seconds in a (lightly-greased) mug, or 45 seconds in a ramekin.

5. If the batter isn't fully-cooked, microwave an additional 15 seconds on high, repeating if necessary, until fully

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What does a $100,000 prize-winning burger taste like? For Erin Evenson, who took home a giant check as the blue ribbon champ of Sutter Home's 2012 Build a Better Burger contest, it's cooked up from family memories and an ode to New York City's Number 7 train.

"This is my burger of a lifetime," the Brooklyn-based cook told Yahoo! Shine. "It kind of ties together my family [and] my love of New york City. When I finally put it all together I thought, 'that'll work.'"

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Erin, who grew up with parents who loved to forage for food, often ate watercress growing up. "I always thought it was the absolute best watercress in the world until I moved to New York about ten years ago. I went to a Thai restaurant in Woodside, Queens, and I had a fried crispy watercress salad there. And that just changed my mind entirely. 'OK, this is watercress.'"  Erin now jokingly calls the 7 train that runs to Queens the "The Crispy Watercress Express."

Her winning burger reci

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"I love meat loaf, but I hate that it's cooked all the way through," says chef Jamie Bissonnette. For these burgers, he mixes beef with ingredients you might use for meat loaf, like pickles. On top: a ketchup he doctors with hoisin (for sweetness), lime juice (for tang) and soy sauce (for umami).
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Cheesy Burgers with Soy-Spiked Ketchup

INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons ketchup
1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
1 1/2 teaspoons ancho chile powder
1 1/2 pounds ground beef chuck, preferably 80 or 85 percent lean
1/2 cup shredded Colby cheese
1/4 cup minced red onion
2 tablespoons minced kosher pickles
2 tablespoons plain dry bread crumbs
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 teaspoon Tabasco
Canola oil, for brushing
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
6 potato hamburger buns, split and toasted
Mayonnaise, lettuce and sliced red onion, for serving

DIRECTIONS
1. In a medium bowl

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Combine two classics to make a delicious summer salad. This dish is best served immediately, while the bacon is still warm.

Macaroni and Potato Salad

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3 large all-purpose potatoes, (2 pounds), peeled and cut into 3/4-inch cubes
1/2 teaspoon salt, plus more for cooking water
2 cups sugar-snap peas, (6 ounces)
1/4 pound elbow macaroni, cooked al dente and drained
1 pound sliced bacon
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons Homemade Mayonnaise, or prepared
3 tablespoons sour cream
1 1/2 tablespoons cider vinegar
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup loosely packed fresh mint leaves, torn into pieces

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1. Place potatoes in a small stockpot, and cover with cold salted water. Place over high heat, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium high, and gently boil the potatoes until fork-tender, about 7 minutes. Drain in a cola

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It happens to everyone: You buy a bunch of herbs for a recipe, then watch the leftovers decompose in your fridge. Carla Hall tells you how to use them up deliciously. REDBOOK.

Basil
"When you think of basil, you think of pesto, mozzarella cheese, tomato sauces, and pasta dishes. But basil is also great with corn, zucchini, eggplant, even fresh strawberries."

Chives
"Use them in place of scallions. They taste great with eggs. If you can, snip them with kitchen scissors instead of cutting them with a knife; if your knife's dull, you'll bruise them."

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Cilantro
"Did you know the stems are flavorful too? Add cilantro to Mexican food: guacamole, tomatoes, rice. I make a tuna salad with cilantro and lime, peanuts, ginger, and chili. If your dish has lime in it, you can usually use cilantro too."

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Mint
"I love it in salads, and it's great in marinades-mint, olive oil, and garlic-for meat. And it

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