Recipes - 30 Minutes or Less
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Chickpea and Sweet Potato Stew
This healthy, delicious vegan stew will satisfy everyone.
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Two-Cheese Polenta
This Italian side dish is delicious with our Garlic Roasted Salmon or all on its own!
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Garlic Roasted Salmon with Two-Cheese Polenta
This salmon is delicious with either farm-raised or wild-caught fish.
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Cream Cheese Frosting
Oh so rich with a slight bite from the cream cheese, this frosting is delicious with Red Velvet Cupcakes or any cake you like!
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One-Bowl Chocolate Fudge
This recipe comes from Kraft Creative Kitchens. It's incredibly flexible and quick to make the perfect home-crafted Valentine!
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Greek Lemon-Rice Soup with Chicken
Avgolemono, a traditional Greek soup made from chicken broth, lemon juice, eggs and rice, is a simple soup that we’ve somehow neglected to concoct a desperate version of – until now.
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“New-Fashioned” Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
There’s nothing better than a real, old-fashioned grilled cheese sandwich -- unless it’s a real, “New-Fashioned” Grilled Cheese Sandwich.
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Crispy Baked Tilapia with Panko Crumbs
Japanese panko crumbs turn an ordinary fish fillet into a gourmet treat. Double or triple to make as many servings as you need.
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Black-eyed Pea Salad
This salad with black-eye peas and ham is perfect for a New Year's Day lunch -- or any day of the year.
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Simple Balsamic Vinaigrette
Here's a quick all-purpose balsamic vinaigrette.
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Mediterranean Turkey Stew with Artichokes
This delicious stew is different and light!
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Microwave Cashew Brittle
Here’s one of our fastest and favorite holiday food gifts. Think peanut brittle, only way better!
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Mountain Apple Compote
This simple compote lets the goodness of apples flavor everything from pancakes to French toast to delicate crepes.
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Pumpkin Granola Pancakes with Mountain Apple Compote
Served with our Apple Compote or plain, these pancakes are so festive no one will realize that they’re also good for you.
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Rustic Sweet Biscuits
These biscuits are great with everything from a savory beef stew or a mild vegetable soup. Of course they are delicious alongside just about any country breakfast.
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Easy Spiced Stewed Apples
Every fall we start falling for apples all over again. After the pies are baked, we start looking for yet another recipe to make the most of this glorious bounty. This is it!
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Cranberry Sauce with Port and Figs
Beverly says: I truly love Cranberry Sauce with Port and Figs. To me, it wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without it.
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Edamame Soup
When we spotted a recipe for Edamame Soup in a new cookbook by our friend Belinda Hulin, we got inspired and adapted Belinda’s luscious soup with its fresh, bright Asian flavors.
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Pear-infused Balsamic Reduction
Infused vinegars are a new favorite “secret ingredient” of ours for quickly elevating an ordinary dinner to extraordinary status. Whether flavored with figs, raspberries, pears or other fruits, these vinegars offer a little something extra to excite the palate.
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Pan-seared Sea Scallops with Pear-infused Balsamic Reduction
When this recipe ran in our Desperation Dinners newspaper column we got tons of fan mail. This recipe will make you a star!
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Black Bean-Red Pepper Salad with Shrimp
Whether you serve it as a side dish or a main, this hearty, low-fat salad will hit the spot.
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Pumpkin-Sweet Potato Bisque
Is there anything better for fall -- and Thanksgiving -- than Pumpkin Bisque? This version has sweet potatoes and peanut butter for a perfect combo.
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Lemon Glaze
Perfectly sweet-tart, this easy glaze is a nice compliment to spicy gingerbread or other dessert cakes and cookies.
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Pumpkin-Spiced Whiskey Walnuts
These nuts are versatile -- serve as a snack or on top of salad. Or make a sundae with vanilla ice cream and our Rich Caramel Sauce.
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Faux Maque Choux (Cajun Corn and Tomato Stew)
Maque Choux traces back to the Acadian French and Native American roots of Louisiana. This corn and tomato stew combines the best flavors of several culinary traditions.
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Classic Hummus
Prepared hummus is available in the deli of larger supermarkets, but it’s very quick (and more delicious) to make your own.
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Hot Fudge Sauce
This is ice cream parlor hot fudge sauce at its best!
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Rich Caramel Sauce
Just about anything you pour caramel sauce over is vastly better for it. It may only have five ingredients, but this easy caramel sauce tastes like a gourmet delight.
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Fragrant Indian Rice Pilaf
This rice pilaf has assertive flavors and is a perfect complement to most any grilled or roasted meat.
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Steak Diane with Egg Noodles
Traditional Steak Diane is prepared tableside in a flourish – butter, tenderloin, cream, brandy and a burst of flames. Here's a slightly lightened version that's quick and easy.
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Garlic Parmesan Pita Chips
Homemade pita chips are an easy and economical treat. The results are simply fantastic. Use them to scoop hummus or even to take the place of crackers.
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Overstuffed Twice-Baked Potatoes
This steakhouse favorite is considered a side dish in a restaurant but our recipe makes a filling entree.
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Strawberry-Feta Side Salad
Here's the perfect go-to side salad -- a little bit dressy but oh-so-easy. And it goes with practically everything.
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Raghavan Iyer's Shrimp with Peanut-Garlic Sauce
The word “curry” is unknown in the Indian vocabulary, says cookbook author Ragavan Iyer. “In my India, curry is never added – it just IS!” And his Shrimp Curry IS fabulous!
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Pre-Race Chicken-Veggie Pasta
If you have tri-athletes you know the lingo. But even if the only “tri” you do is shopping, cooking and cleaning, this is a winning combination of chicken (lean protein), fresh vegetables (vitamins and nutrients) and pasta (crucial carbs).
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Chicken Stew the Easy Way
Here's a modern version of a kid-friendly classic -- Chicken Stew or Chicken and Noodle Soup -- whichever name makes you hungrier. This recipe combines the best of both.
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Portabello Mushroom "Steak" Sandwiches
Expand your grilling horizons with these portabello "steak" sandwiches. They're meatless but so hearty you won't miss the beef.
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Ciabatta, Chicken and Cheese Sandwich “To Go”
This is our go-to sandwich when times call for “to go.” We’ve tried to cover all the bases – safety, health, transport and taste.
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Tomato and Cucumber Salad
Here's a salad for summer's peak with cooling cukes and ripe-red tomatoes. It's simple and satisfying.
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Poppy Seed Dressing
If you like sweet salad dressings, you’ll love this unbelievably easy one.
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Iceberg Wedge Salad All the Way
We only indulge in the classic iceberg wedge salad at a “nice” steakhouse. But how easy is that salad? If served it with bacon, tomatoes and hard cooked egg, it morphs into dinner.
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Jennifer’s Special Stir-fry
When a Desperation Dinners reader sent in her own easy stir-fry, we were thrilled to share it with our readers. "It’s fast, cheap and good enough to serve to company," says Jennifer McKee.
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Petra’s Guacamole
Guacamole recipes abound, but this is Alicia's personal favorite recipe because it came from a special friend in Mexico. To say this recipe is authentic is putting it mildly.
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Peachy Peach Daiquiris
From the TGIF department comes this amazing Fresh Peach Daiquiri. It's our newest "signature" after-work cocktail. Just add friends.
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Turkey Provolone Wraps
With or without the avocado, this turkey wrap is sensational.
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Crab and Artichoke Appetizer Pizza
This appetizer pizza is essentially topped with a jazzed-up version of an old Junior League cookbook standby – artichoke dip. It's decadent and delicious.
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Strawberry-Blueberry Parfait
Here are the rules for making this amazing summer dessert: Do not cook, throw it together in a jiffy, eat and enjoy!
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Mango and Tomato Salsa
This quick salsa can go just about anywhere and go with just about anything.
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Amazing Steaks
A steak that has a man begging for it every week? A recipe that has three ingredients? In our Humble Opinion, it doesn’t get any better than this!
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Fred's Red Barbecue Sauce
This is Beverly's family's favorite BBQ sauce -- slightly sweet with an undercurrent of complex spices and the faintest bit of burn in the back of your throat.
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