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Slow-Roasted Salmon
Slow roasting salmon assures that it remains tender even if it's slightly overcooked. This is no-fail cooking! I've cooked salmon every...


Minestrone Salad
Hungry poodle William loves pasta.. This summery pasta salad is inspired by one of my wintertime favorites: minestrone soup. You get all...


Chickpea Salad
This recipe for chickpea salad comes from the New York Times cooking section, which referred to it as: "A lighter, easier take on classic...


Cobb Salad with Shrimp, Avocado & Bacon
Bacon and avocados used to be off-limits for those of us watching our weight due to their high fat content. Thankfully, times have...


Sheet Pan Chicken with Potatoes, Carrots and Asparagus
Sheet pan dinners are popular for a good reason: everything cooks together in one pan at the same time. Clean-up is a breeze. About the...


Strawberry-Chicken Salad with Pecans and Feta Cheese
Even though the summer heat hasn't quite set in, I'm already in my no-cook mode. To me, summer means casual, easy-to-assemble dinners...


Big Italian salad
Italians love salads almost as much as pasta, which may be why they have the lowest obesity rate in Western Europe. While salads have...


Sheet Pan Chicken with Baby Potatoes and Mushrooms
This wonderful, one-pan dinner was created by Dorie Greenspan, an award-winning American cookbook author who lives half of the year in Paris. Her most popular cookbooks are about baking delectable French cookies and cakes, which amazes me because Dorie says she eats what she bakes, and here's what she looks like: She must have a faster metabolism than me. Lucky Dorie. But I digress: this sheet pan Balsamic chicken is from Everyday Dorie, The Way I Cook. , and it's a winner!


Roast Chicken Provencal
Although I live in the American Midwest, I subscribe to the Sunday New York Times. It’s not that I crave “all the news that fit to...


Eat-the-Rainbow Salad
Chopped salads are a convenient way to add lots of vegetables to your meals. You don't even need to use a knife to eat them. In fact, a...


Sheet Pan Greek Chicken with Roasted Potatoes
Southern Living Magazine has been a reliable recipe source for Southern cooks since 1966 when it was introduced by the publishers of...


Smashed Pea and Barley Soup
One of the most popular items on the menu at California Pizza Kitchen, besides the obvious plethora of pizzas, is their Smashed Pea and...
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