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// SOFTWARE ENGINEER BY DAY — FAMILY COOK EVERY DAY

Make ordinary days more delicious.

Food should not be just another checkbox. These are family meals, new cuisines and kitchen experiments for finding more joy around the table, even on a busy Tuesday.

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THE HOME KITCHEN · REAL FOOD · MORE JOY

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Latest from the kitchen

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    New recipe · Main Dishes

    My Go-To Roasted Chicken Thighs

    Mustard-and-oregano chicken thighs with golden skin, built for busy days with a quick marinade and almost no hands-on cooking.

    5 hr · Easy · Serves 6

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    Baked mac and cheese with a browned cheesy top in a casserole dish

    recipe · Main Dishes

    Temple's Mac & Cheese

    Baked mac and cheese with a thick Dijon Mornay sauce, mozzarella, Gouda, and white cheddar, finished with a properly cheesy top.

    1 hr · Intermediate · Serves 8

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    Golden buttermilk waffles stacked on a plate

    recipe · Breakfast & Brunch

    The Fluffiest Buttermilk Waffles

    Buttermilk waffles built on my pancake batter, lightened with whipped egg whites folded in right before they hit the iron.

    35 min · Easy · Serves 4 to 6

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Thiago, in a black apron, at the kitchen counter with a cutting board

THIAGO TEMPLE · SOFTWARE ENGINEER / FAMILY COOK

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Debugging dinner.
Making room for joy.

I'm Thiago: software engineer, family cook and endlessly curious home cook. I share the weeknight meals that work, the weekend projects worth taking on, and the experiments that make eating at home more interesting.

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