Recipes - 30 Minutes or Less
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Pecan Pie Dough Cookies with Ice Cream
A trip to a favorite Mexican restaurant inspires Alicia to invent a new cookie. Try it and let us know what you think!
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Orangeade
Orangeade reminds us of childhood and visiting the soda fountain after school. You can whip it up very easily!
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Limeade or Lemonade
Whipping up a soda-fountain quality Limeade or Lemonade takes only 2 minutes when using simple syrup.
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Mini Feta and Artichoke Tarts
The ingredients are exotic, there’s almost no preparation -- what's not to like?
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Pasta with Pesto, Tomatoes and Mushrooms
Quick, fresh and healthy -- that's what we love in a pasta dish. This one has it all!
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Orange Pomegranate Cocktail
This cocktail is pretty to look at and pretty fun to drink!
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Avocado Butter
Avocado Butter is a real treat with all kinds of breads. This is a splurge worth having every now and again!
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BLT Dip
Here's an easy-as-pie dip with the flavors of our all-time favorite summer sandwich.
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Guacamole Salad
A bit more sophisticated than plain guacamole, this salad is a gourmet delight. Serve it with chilled shrimp or grilled chicken skewers.
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Pesto Pizza with Cherry Tomatoes
Pesto gives this quick and easy pizza zing. Homemade pesto? Even Better!
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Classic Basil Pesto
Homemade pesto is more intense and flavorful than already prepared pesto from the supermarket and a bit thicker as well.
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Creamy Swiss Chard with Cheese Ravioli
Quick and Easy, here's one dish to help with your Swiss Chard abundance.
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Five-Grain Turkey BLT’s with Heirlooms and Arugula
Here's a healthier BLT with every bit of the flavor you crave! Only 7 grams of fat? It's true!
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Shrimp Pasta Salad with Tomatoes and Capers
Makes a lovely addition to a lunch buffet or summer brunch with its bright lemony flavor. It’s easy, and it’s beautiful.
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Guatemalan-Style Rice
This rice pilaf is inspired by a Guatemalan recipe that Alicia’s girls ate daily when they visited Antigua, Guatemala, several years ago.
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Summer Squash Sauté
Simple, fresh and a great way to use summer's bounty of squash.
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Roasted Beet Salad with Melted Swiss and Beet Vinaigrette
If you like beets, you're going to love this. It's beet heaven.
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Chopped Margherita Salad
Chopped Margherita Salad is a cross between a margherita pizza and a buffalo mozzarella salad -- with a little romaine thrown in for summer crunch.
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Spinach Manicotti
So simple, so easy, so delicious!
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Greek Salad Dressing
Here's our take on a traditional Greek Salad Dressing.
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Greek Greens with Potato Salad
A traditional Greek salad with potato salad? It's different for sure, but dates back to the Greeks living on Florida's west coast.
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Meatloaf Sliders
In case you haven’t seen them, “sliders” are miniature hamburgers, and they’ve been all the rage at trendy restaurants. These are a take-off on meatloaf.
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California Chicken Burgers
While our California Chicken Burgers are delicious on their own, they’re even better with our Fresh Avocado Salsa.
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Mrs. McDaniel's Southern Potato Salad
When I first tasted this potato salad two decades ago, I thought it was the best on the planet. My husband said: “This elevates potato salad to a whole new dimension.”
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Greek Meatballs For Two
Once you taste these mini-marvels, you’ll never want to be without them, so make extras for the freezer!
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So-Sweet Sopapilla Chips
Awesome enough to eat straight from the oven, but drizzled with a little warm honey or chocolate, they are simply heavenly.
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Nutty Muesli
Muesli is wonderful served cold, topped with milk, or soaked overnight in yogurt or milk as the Europeans usually do. It’s similar to oatmeal but decidedly different, with whole grains, nuts and fruit as essential components.
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Sausage, Asparagus and Mushroom Risotto
Our readers love risotto in the microwave so much we decided to do another one!
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Pillsbury Bake-Off's Tomato-Basil Eggs Alfredo in Bread Baskets
Niki Plourde of Gardner, Mass., won the Breakfast & Brunches category for her Tomato-Basil Eggs Alfredo in Bread Baskets in the 44th Pillsbury Bake-Off.
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Pasta with Asparagus
This recipe from Jo Ann Farrell of Keswick, Va., pairs asparagus spears with penne, red pepper and Parmesan.
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Sesame Asparagus
My family loves this, says Ra Nae Christensen, a reader from Mona, Utah.
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Sauteed Asparagus with Garlic
Ready in just minutes, this simple asparagus is tops.
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Lemon-Thyme Vinaigrette
This is terrific over steamed asparagus or any other steamed vegetable (hot or cold) or salad.
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Romesco Sauce
Here’s an easy twist on a classic Spanish sauce that transforms everything it touches.
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Three-Cheese Mashed Potatoes
Thanks to an array of cheeses, these mashed potatoes are loaded with flavor.
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Fresh Avocado Salsa
This is great as a side to sandwiches or fish.
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Cabbage Quarters with Dijon Butter Drizzle
This easy crisp-tender cabbage is perfect for St. Patrick's Day -- or any day!
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Black Bean and Veggie Chili
We think you’ll love our recipe for Black Bean and Veggie Chili and are betting you’ll never miss the meat.
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Quick and Creamy Tomato-Basil Soup
We love this soup. It’s easy. It’s flexible. It tastes like something from a fancy bistro yet flies together in 10 minutes flat.
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Chickpea and Sweet Potato Stew
This healthy, delicious vegan stew will satisfy everyone.
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Truly Vegetarian Minestrone
For a vegetarian, even vegetable soups aren’t always safe. Minestrone doesn’t usually have any actual meat but is classically made with beef and chicken broth. Our solution provides a delicious alternative.
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Salmon with Pan Sauce
Salmon with Pan Sauce is delicious with wild-caught salmon since the hint of cream in the sauce makes up for any lack of fat in your fillet.
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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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Chantilly Cream
Use Chantilly Cream to top chocolate custard, Apple Betty, chocolate bread pudding or any gooey dessert.
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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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