30 Minutes or Less
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Yellow Rice
Just a touch of ground turmeric is all it takes to give this easy side dish it's beautiful color.
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5-minute Spicy Butternut Squash and Pear Soup
While you do have to open a few cans, this is not "canned" soup! You're gonna love this soup!
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White Bean and Fennel Stew with Spicy Italian Sausage
Simple to make, yet immensely complex in flavor, this warm dinner takes only 30 minutes to stir together.
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Penne with Gorgonzola Cream and Cranberries
Easy-peasy but special enough even for a holiday dinner.
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Italian Beef and Vegetable Stew
Easy 20 minute stew when you already have
Italian Stewed Beefon hand.
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Italian Stewed Beef over Cheese Ravioli
Use your stash of Italian Stewed Beef for this easy dinner for one or more!
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White Bean and Chicken Chili
Slightly spicy, this quick chili is just what you need for tonight's dinner!
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Vegetable Fried Rice
A great way to use leftover rice, but worth cooking several cups just to enjoy!
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Pumpkin Raisin Biscuits
Using a buttermilk biscuit mix as base, these delicious treats go together in under 20 minutes.
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Small Batch Béchamel
Using a technique from Barbara Kafka, author of the Microwave Gourmet (1998), I’ve perfected a small batch Béchamel sauce that is so easy, you won’t believe it. That’s right! You make the sauce in the microwave, and it’s as easy as pushing a few buttons. Including measuring and cooking, the whole Small Batch Béchamel takes under five minutes.
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Parisian Ham and Cheese Sandwich (Croque Monsieur)
I thought I knew what a good ham and cheese sandwich was all about until I tasted my first Croque Monsieur. If you’re not familiar with the Classic French toasted ham and cheese sandwich, then you are in for a real treat.
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Bacon Cheddar Garlic Biscuits
Served by themselves, with butter or a slice of fresh tomato. MMMmmm.
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Lentils with Sautéed Veggies
Using already cooked lentils means dinner is ready in 15 minutes.
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Old Fashioned Hamburger Stroganoff
Before reduced fat and reduced sodium cream of mushroom soup was around, I had all but banished this old favorite from the 80's. This beef mixture is just as good over jasmine rice, as well.
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Lucky 32 Bloody Mary Mix
Full of sharp pepper and horseradish, this Bloody Mary Mix will not disappoint. Thanks go to Chef Jay Pierce and Lucky 32 Restaurant in Cary, NC for sharing this delicious recipe.
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