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Just for the Halibut Orange Glaze ... halibut

I wanted to make a Star Wars pun here, but then I didn't.  Please forgive. Just for the Halibut Orange Glaze ... halibut Ingredients 1 tsp grated ginger 1/3 cup orange marmalade 1/4 cup orange juice (with pulp, mmm) 2 tsp soy sauce 1 1/2 tsp rice vinegar 1 Tbsp butter 2 cloves garlic, minced A few shakes' red pepper 10-12 oz halibut Instructions In a 9" saucepan that you can put into the oven,* grate the ginger.  If it's frozen, this is considerably easier. Also into the pan, combine marmalade, orange juice, soy sauce, rice vinegar, butter, garlic, and red pepper.  Whisk until they're all playing nice together. Bring that to a boil, then reduce it to a simmer (note to self, that's a 3 on your stove). Preheat your oven to 425*F and simmer the glaze for 10 minutes while the oven preheats. Cut the halibut into 4 strips. Transfer the glaze into a cup or measuring cup or custard cup or whatever.  Don't rinse out the pan or anything. Put

Yogurt's Pumpkin Pie Yoda

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It ain't green but it's Yogurt and really, Yogurt > Yoda every day of the week, fight me. ... and may the schwartz be with you! Yogurt's Pumpkin Pie Yoda Ingredients 6 oz plain, unsweetened yogurt ---> 18 oz tripled 1/4 cup plain pumpkin puree ---> 3/4 cup tripled 1/4 tsp cinnamon ---> 3/4 tsp tripled 1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice* 3/4 tsp ---> tripled 1 Tbsp maple syrup ---> 3 Tbsp tripled Instructions Combine all of the above. Whisk to combine. Yeah, that's really it.   A few items of interest: This recipe makes two servings. I use a yogurt maker and make my own yogurt.  It's freakin' awesome.  Much nicer for the environment, too, since we're buying far fewer plastic yogurt containers, while still eating a tonne of yogurt. I can triple this recipe and get it all to fit into an old yogurt container, which means I don't have to measure every time, and at the end of a work day bookended by a bike commute?  That