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Chickpea and Sweet Potato Stew
This healthy, delicious vegan stew will satisfy everyone.
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Slow-Simmered and Savory Pot Roast
Here's a whole, satisfying dinner in one pot, just waiting for you at the end of the day!
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Mollie Katzen’s Vegetable and Walnut Pizza
A good homemade pizza recipe is invaluable, and we’d go so far as to call Mollie Katzen’s Vegetable and Walnut Pizza truly great.
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Old-Fashioned Confectioner’s Icing
This simple icing can be colored for any type of sugar cookie occasion you need.
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Pear Spoon Bread
Here's a lovely dessert made hassle-free with the help of a slow cooker!
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Nanny Edith’s Sugar Cookies
These easy cookies are a blast to bake with kids. Even young tykes love to decorate them. And they survive quite well being shipped as treats for those special people not at home.
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Very Veggie Lentil Chili
Even your meat eaters will be satisfied with such a thick, rich chili. The texture is similar to “regular” chili, and the flavors are bold enough to transform this lowly, inexpensive legume to a real feast.
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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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Valentine Red Velvet Cupcakes
Martie Leming of Raleigh, NC., tried dozens of red velvet cakes before inventing this, the perfect easy and delicious recipe. We've turned it into cupcakes for Valentine's.
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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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“Butterless” Oatmeal, Raisin and Pecan Cookies
At only 79 calories per cookie and less than 2 grams of fat, it’s a perfect, guiltless cookie! Our thanks go to Karen Singer of San Diego for the recipe's inspiration.
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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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Bacon-Wrapped Cornish Hens with Corn Couscous
Here's an elegant party recipe that's easy enough for two on a weeknight. Double or triple to your delight.
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Eat Yer Veg Cupcakes
These delightfully different cupcakes come from Guest Blogger Sylvia Regalado. Gotta try 'em.
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Tea Cakes
Our thanks for this recipe go to The Kitchen Diva, Angela Shelf Medearis. Tea Cakes are from her book The New African-American Kitchen.
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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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Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Simple Balsamic Vinaigrette
Here's a slightly new take on sweet potatoes.
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Cranberry-Pineapple Stuffed Chicken Breasts
Here's a wonderfully simple, yet sophisticated entree for entertaining -- or any time!
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Marmalade-Glazed Ham
A glazed ham is a wonderful thing to have on hand for the holidays!
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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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Angel Slices from Joy of Cooking
This classic bar cookie from Joy of Cooking is Guest Blogger Liza Gyllenhaal's favorite Christmas confection.
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Pumpkin Pear Muffins
These delicious muffins combine the best flavors of fall for holidays or anytime you want a special treat.
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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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Roasted Garlic Artichoke Dip
This is everyone's favorite artichoke-cheese party dip revved up a bit with roasted garlic. It's a YUM!
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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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Granny Zeta’s Pecan Pies
Beverly has worked on her grandmother's pecan pie recipe for years, updating it for more modern tastes. The trick is to get a pie that's not too sweet with the taste of buttery toasted pecans in every bite!
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Turkey Tetrazzini
We've made Turkey Tetrazzini for so many years right after Thanksgiving that it's become as much of a tradition as turkey sandwiches. This is comfort food plain and simple.
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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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Three-Cheese Broccoli Quiche
Lighter on the egg and emphasizing the trio of cheeses, our broccoli quiches will turn any brunch into a special occasion.
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Broccoli Casserole with Two Cheeses
We've updated this retro casserole to lift a bit of the fat. It's still one of our top choices for the holiday table!
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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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My Favorite Gingerbread with Lemon Glaze
Eating fresh baked gingerbread is like gobbling up a warm hug. It's rare to find gingerbread made from scratch anymore, and yet it is so easy. You’ll love our inexpensive, authentic recipe!
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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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Banana Bread Pudding
Banana bread pudding is a delicious combination of traditional bread pudding and another traditional dessert -- hot banana pudding. Serve this hybrid pudding warm with vanilla ice cream and our Rich Caramel Sauce.
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Hot Fudge Sauce
This is ice cream parlor hot fudge sauce at its best!
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Peach Season Cobbler with Flax
Take advantage of summer's ripe peaches with this delicious and easy cobbler. The flax gives it a little something extra!
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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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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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