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Broccoli and Cheese Pasta Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 20 minutes Servings: 4 A quick and easy pasta with broccoli and plenty of melted cheese! Print Recipe ingredients 1 pound pasta (gluten-free for gluten-free) 3 tablespoons butter 1/2 cup onion, diced 2 cloves garlic, chopped 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour (rice
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The best ways to enjoy your Easter leftovers from the roast ham (or turkey, or lamb, etc.) to the hard boiled eggs and everything in between! As much as I enjoy a roast dinner for the holidays I usually have more fun coming up with tasty ways to enjoy the leftovers! Ham is a common
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The best grilled cheese sandwich recipes ever! A perfectly grilled/toasted cheese sandwich is one of the best things in life and a gourmet grilled cheese sandwich is even better! April is National Grilled Cheese Month and I have 30 amazing grilled cheese sandwich recipes for you, one for every day of the month! Grilled cheese
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A slow braised Italian style pot roast in a tasty tomato sauce. Pot roasts are among my favourite meals and this Italian style pot roast is just packed with flavour! This recipe is super simple! You brown the beef, cook pancetta (bacon) and veggies before adding broth, tomatoes, thyme, rosemary, and Italian seasoning braising until
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Ham and Cheese Croissant Casserole with Honey Mustard Sauce Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 40 minutes Total Time: 50 minutes Servings: 8 A ham and cheese breakfast casserole smothered in a sweet and tangy honey mustard sauce. Print Recipe ingredients 12 cups (about 12-16) croissants, torn/cut into large pieces 6 ounces ham (deli sliced
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The best recipes to celebrate Easter dinner! From easy mains like ham to strawberry desserts, carrot side dishes, asparagus eggs, etc. Easter is coming up and that means that it is time to start thinking about your menu! The Easter long weekend provides plenty of opportunities for feasting whether it be a special long weekend
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Greek Lemon Rice Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 30 minutes Total Time: 40 minutes Servings: 4 A simple, fresh lemon-y rice with plenty of fresh herbs! Print Recipe ingredients 2 tablespoons olive oil 1/2 cup onion, diced 4 green onions, thinly sliced and divided (lights and greens) 1 cup long grained rice 3 cloves
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Creamy Tomato Italian Sausage Pasta Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 30 minutes Servings: 4 A quick and easy pasta dish with Italian sausage in a creamy tomato sauce! Print Recipe ingredients 8 ounces of pasta (such as rigatoni) (gluten-free for gluten-free) 1 tablespoon olive oil 8 ounces Italian sausage, casings
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A collection of the best shrimp recipes around! The tastiest ways to enjoy succulent shrimp every day! Shrimp is one of my favourite foods and I was thinking that it was about time to roundup some of my best shrimp recipes, and there are a lot of them! Perfectly cooked shrimp is just bursting with
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Thousand Island Dressing Prep Time: 5 minutes Total Time: 5 minutes Servings: 16(~1 cup or 16 1 tablespoon servings) An American style dressing/condiment consisting of mayonnaise, ketchup and sweet pickle relish. Print Recipe ingredients 1/3 cup mayonnaise 1/3 cup sour cream 2 tablespoons ketchup 2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish (or chopped sweet pickles) 2 tablespoons
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Reuben Quesadillas Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 15 minutes Servings: 1 A reuben sandwich done quesadilla style with corned beef, sauerkraut, russian dressing and plenty of melted swiss cheese. Print Recipe ingredients directions Heat a pan over medium heat, place one tortilla in the pan, sprinkle half of the cheese
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Russian Dressing Prep Time: 5 minutes Total Time: 5 minutes Servings: 16(~1 cup or 16 1 tablespoon servings) An American style dressing/condiment consisting of mayonnaise, ketchup, and spices, often including spicy ones like horseradish an chilies. Print Recipe ingredients 1/4 cup mayonnaise 1/4 cup sour cream 1/4 cup ketchup 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 2 tablespoons
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The magical combination of the cuban and reuben sandwiches; corned beef, ham, pickles, mustard, sauerkraut, and russian dressing in a grilled cheese sandwich with plenty of melted swiss cheese! This sandwich combines all of the best things for two great sandwiches, the reuben with it’s corned beef, swiss, sauerkraut, and russian dressing, and the cuban
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Potato and Cabbage Soup Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 45 minutes Total Time: 1 hour Servings: 6 An Irish style potato soup with plenty of vegetables and bacon! Print Recipe ingredients 8 ounces bacon, cut into 1 inch slices (optional) 1 cup onion, diced 1 cup carrot, diced (optional) 1 cup celery, diced (optional)
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The best Irish recipes to celebrate St Patrick’s Day! St Patrick’s Day is coming and that means that it is time to start planning your menu! Corned beef is a classic recipe for St Patrick’s Day, one of my favourites, and it is so easy to make! You simply throw it in the slow cooker
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Breakfast burritos stuffed with chorizo sausage, potatoes, eggs, salsa and plenty of melted cheese! Burritos are one of my favourite foods and it’s fun to enjoy them for breakfast! These burritos are super easy to make! You simply cook spicy fresh Mexican style chorizo sausage, cook potatoes until golden brown and crispy, cook scrambled eggs,
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White Chicken Chili Corn Chowder Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 50 minutes Total Time: 1 hour Servings: 6 A creamy chicken and corn chowder with green chilies and salsa! Print Recipe ingredients 4 ounces bacon, diced (optional) 2 tablespoons butter 1 onion, diced 1 poblano pepper, diced (or green bell pepper) (optional) 1 jalapeno
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The top sandwich recipes, the best sandwich recipes on closet cooking! As many of you know, I am a huge fan of sandwiches! A sandwich is defined as two or more slices of bread with one or more fillings and there are just so many possibilities! At this point I have shared well over a
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All of the flavours of stuffed cabbage rolls in a simple, one-skillet, easy to make meal! Stuffed cabbage rolls are a classic dish, but it takes a bit of work to make them, and this is a much simpler, one-pan, skillet version! The recipe starts out by cooking beef and onions before adding garlic, tomato
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Creamy Mushroom Pasta Soup Prep Time: 10 minutes Soak Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 25 minutes Total Time: 45 minutes Servings: 6 A creamy mushroom soup with parmesan and pasta! Print Recipe ingredients 1/2 ounce dried mushrooms (optional) 2 tablespoons butter (or olive oil) 1 onion, diced 1 pound mushrooms sliced or diced 3 cloves
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Quick and easy recipes for meals that can be made in one pan or pot! All too often I find that my nights are super busy and I want a quick and easy meal, that’s homemade and most importantly, tasty! Quick is always good but sometimes I enjoy the simplicity of a meal that can
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Quick and easy, make ahead, breakfast egg bites packed with protein and flavour! I like to have quick, ready to go, breakfasts on hand and these tasty egg bites are easy to make ahead of time and warm up for busy mornings! These egg bites are the simple combination of eggs and cheese, a mixture
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All of the flavour of a white lasagna with chicken, mushrooms, spinach, cream, cheese and noodles in a comforting soup! Lasagna is one of my all time favourite foods, with a white lasagna being right up there, and in the winter a soup version is also amazing! Traditional lasagna is a dish with layers of
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The best soup recipes! Pure comfort food in a bowl that warms the soul! It’s never a bad time for a nice, hot, comforting bowl of soup, especially on a cool winter day! Soups can be pretty amazing; they are pure comfort food and they are able to pick you up when you are down,
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Slowly braised, melt in your mouth tender beef in a chili sauce! I’m a big fan of any chili and Chili Colorado is a great one! It’s a traditional Mexican dish where beef or pork is braised in a red chili sauce, hence the name chili colorado or chili ‘coloured red’. There are many different
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Mini Chocolate Cake Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 25 minutes Total Time: 30 minutes Servings: 4 A super easy, mix and bake, chocolate cake recipe in a smaller size; perfect for two! Print Recipe ingredients For the chocolate cake: 1/2 cup all-purpose flour (gluten-free for gluten-free) 1/4 cup cocoa powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
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The best recipes for Valentine’s Day on Closet Cooking from decadent chocolate desserts to steaks, oyster, seafood and pasta! Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and that means that it’s time to start thinking about what recipes you want to make for that special person in your life. Homemade food is a great way
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Moist and tender, cajun seasoned, roast beef in hoagies; pure comfort food! Roast beef and pot roast are some of my favourite comfort foods and this cajun inspired roast beef has been on my meal plan a lot lately! This roast beef is as easy as coating beef roast with cajun seasoning before browning it
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The best recipes to celebrate Mardi Gras! Easy and tasty Cajun and Creole recipes from gumbo to etouffee, BBQ shrimp, chargrilled oysters, etc. Mardi Gras is next Tuesday and even though I will not be in New Orleans to celebrate, I take it as an excuse to whip up some NOLA inspired dishes since I
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101 of the best easy super bowl recipe ideas for your football playoff party! Eat well on game day whether at home or tailgating! The Big Game is coming! Good food and snacks are an essential part of watching the game whether you’re watching alone, throwing a party, going to a party or even tailgating!
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Crispy Baked Honey Buffalo Chicken Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 30 minutes Servings: 4 Seasoned chicken coated in cornflakes and baked until golden brown and crispy before being smothered in a honey buffalo sauce! Print Recipe ingredients 1/2 cup all-purpose flour (gluten-free for gluten-free) 1 teaspoon smoked paprika 1/2 teaspoon
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A hot melted cheese dip with all of the flavours of white chicken chili! If you’re looking for a tasty snack to eat while watching The Game, this white chili chicken cheese dip is a great option! It takes all of the amazing flavours of the white chicken chili and places them in a hot
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Taco Spaghetti Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 30 minutes Servings: 4 A quick and easy spaghetti dinner with a tasty taco beef sauce! Print Recipe ingredients 8 ounces spaghetti (gluten-free or gluten-free) 1 pound ground beef (or turkey) 1 cup onion, diced 3 cloves garlic, chopped 2 tablespoons taco seasoning
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A collection of the best healthy recipes on Closet Cooking for watching the game. whether you are throwing a party at home or you are out tailgating! The Big Game, aka the football playoffs, are coming! This years party will be a little different but one essential part of it will be plenty of tasty
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Mac and Cheese Soup Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 30 minutes Servings: 6 A super creamy mac and cheese in soup form! Print Recipe ingredients 1/4 cup butter (or oil) 1 cup onions, diced 1 cup carrots, diced (optional) 1 cup celery, diced (optional) 3 cloves garlic, chopped 1/2 teaspoon
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Queso Beef and Bean Chili Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 30 minutes Servings: 6 A quick and easy beef and bean chili with plenty of cheese melted into the sauce! Print Recipe ingredients 1 pound lean ground beef 1 onion, diced 4 cloves garlic, chopped 1 tablespoon ancho chili powder
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A collection of The Best Gluten-free recipes on closet cooking! Most of these recipes are quick and easy and all of them taste great! Update: Jan 17, 2021 – It’s January I was thinking that it’s the perfect time to update my collection of the most popular gluten-free recipes! I’ve added a lot of new
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Mongolian Pork Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 20 minutes Servings: 4 A light and tasty stir-fry pork in a tasty Mongolian beef style sauce! Print Recipe ingredients 1 pound pork (tenderloin, loin, or butt/shoulder), cut into bite sized thin strips 1 bell pepper, diced (optional) 4 green onions, thinly sliced
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The best Chinese recipes to celebrate the Lunar New Year! The Lunar New Year, aka the Chinese New Year, is February 10 in 2024, and it’s the year of the Dragon, and it’s the perfect excuse to to pull out some of my favourite Chinese recipes in addition to trying some new ones! I am
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Creamy Chicken Tortilla Soup Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 40 minutes Total Time: 50 minutes Servings: 6 A warming Chick-fil-A inspired creamy chicken tortilla soup! Print Recipe ingredients 1 tablespoon oil 1 cup onion, diced 1 cup red bell pepper, diced 4 cloves garlic, chopped 1 tablespoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon smoked paprika 4
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Salsa Verde Chicken Nachos Prep Time: 15 minutes Total Time: 15 minutes Servings: 6 Easy chicken nachos with a salsa verde cheese sauce! Print Recipe ingredients 1 (12 ounce) bag tortilla chips 2 cups chicken (such as salsa verde chicken), cooked, shredded/diced, and warm 1 (14.5 ounce) can of white beans, drained and rinsed 2
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A collection of some of the best light and healthy recipes on Closet Cooking to help you keep your New Years resolutions without sacrificing in flavour! With all of the eating over the Holidays I was looking for some lighter fare to start off the New Year right! With this in mind I thought that
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The best low-carb recipes on Closet Cooking! Everything from, light and healthy to quick and easy with breakfasts, snacks, dinners, sides, etc. Due to popular demand I have made it easier to find all of the low-carb recipes on Closet Cooking! I went through all of my recipes and labeled/tagged the low carb ones so
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Salsa Verde Queso Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 5 minutes Total Time: 10 minutes Servings: 6 (~3 cups or 6 1/2 cup servings) A super easy and tasty salsa verde queso or nacho cheese sauce! Print Recipe ingredients 2 cups salsa verde 4 ounces cream cheese, warmed 1 cup Monterey jack cheese, shredded directions
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A light and tasty Greek style chicken with tomatoes, olives, feta and plenty of fresh herbs! I am a fan of Greek and Mediterranean flavours like this dish with tomatoes, olives, and feta with fresh herbs. This recipe is a quick, easy and tasty dish where chicken is marinated in olive oil, lemon juice, garlic
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Happy New Year! What better way to start off the New Year than by giving away my new cookbook, The Best of Closet Cooking 2024, for free! This cookbook contains which contains the 25 tastiest and most popular new recipes on Closet Cooking in 2023. The Best of Closet Cooking 2024 is available completely for
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The ultimate collection of the best bacon recipes for National Bacon Day! Baconlicious! I can’t believe that it’s here already, one of my favourite days of the year, National Bacon Day! National Bacon Day (December 30) is a day where we celebrate one of my favourite foods, bacon! On this most hallowed of days bacon
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The best recipes for an amazing New Years Eve! I can’t believe that it’s that time of year again but it’s almost over and that means that it is time to start planning your New Years Eve! This year will be a little different with staying in but you are going to need some tasty
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Closet Cooking Cooking adventures in a small, closet sized, kitchen. – I came to realize that my meals were boring and that I had been eating the same few dishes over and over again for years. It was time for a change! I now spend my free time searching for, creating and trying tasty new
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Closet Cooking Cooking adventures in a small, closet sized, kitchen. – I came to realize that my meals were boring and that I had been eating the same few dishes over and over again for years. It was time for a change! I now spend my free time searching for, creating and trying tasty new
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The best recipes for the perfect holiday food from breakfasts, to snacks, dinner, sides and dessert! The holidays are coming! For me the holidays are all about family, friends and good food so I like to have a lot of recipes on hand for everything from breakfasts to snacks and appetizers to the all important
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All of my cookbooks are now available to order in print/softcover on Amazon! Previously some of the Closet Cooking cookbooks were available from another provider but Amazon now provides a cheaper and faster option with the same print quality! These cookbooks contain the exact same recipes as the electronic versions! Most of the recipes in
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A winter pot roast with a balsamic cranberry sauce! Cranberries are a classic winter ingredient that I normally think about using in sweet dishes, but they also work in savoury ones like this cranberry balsamic roast beef! This is a pretty simple roast beef where the beef is brown before being slowly braised until falling
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Creamy Cranberry Salsa Dip Prep Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 10 minutes Servings: 6 A creamy cheese dip with a fresh cranberry and jalapeno salsa! Print Recipe ingredients 12 ounces cranberries 4 green onions, sliced (or 1/4 cup red onions, diced) 1 jalapeno, stem and seeds removed and diced 1 lime, juice and zest 2
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The best homemade Holiday food gift ideas! The holidays are nearly upon us and that means that it is time get cracking and finish up those homemade food gifts! Nothing says I love you like the gift of homemade food products! Top on my list this year has to be the Maple Bourbon Bacon Jam
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Honey Balsamic Roasted Carrots Cook Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 30 minutes Servings: 4 Tender roast carrots tossed in a honey balsamic sauce! Print Recipe ingredients 2 pounds carrots, peeled and cut into bite sized pieces 1 tablespoon oil salt and pepper to taste 2 tablespoons honey 2 tablespoon balsamic vinegar 1 clove garlic, minced/grated
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The best dessert recipes for an amazing Thanksgiving including pies, cakes, tarts, chocolate, pumpkin, apples, etc. The turkey may be the star of the show but it’s definitely the dessert that gets all the attention! I often like to go all out with the dessert and with falls harvest around there are plenty of options.
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The best Thanksgiving leftovers recipes to enjoy your leftover with the next day! The Thanksgiving dinner is a truly amazing thing and one of the parts that I enjoy most is just getting started when the dinner comes to an end and that is thinking about creative ways to use all of the leftovers. In
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Philly Cheesesteak Pasta Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 30 minutes Servings: 4 A quick and tasty pasta with all of the flavours of cheesesteaks! Print Recipe ingredients 8 ounces pasta (gluten-free for gluten-free) 1 pound ground beef 1 onion, diced 1 green pepper, diced 3 cloves garlic, chopped 1/2 teaspoon
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Closet Cooking Cooking adventures in a small, closet sized, kitchen. – I came to realize that my meals were boring and that I had been eating the same few dishes over and over again for years. It was time for a change! I now spend my free time searching for, creating and trying tasty new
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A collection of the best pasta recipes! Quick and easy pasta meals from simple noodle dishes topped with sauce, to soups, salads, lasagnas using all sorts of pastas shapes like macaroni, linguine, penne and many more! Pasta has to be one of my favourite go to meals! It’s so easy just to toss a few
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20 Minute Teriyaki Beef Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 15 minutes Total Time: 20 minutes Servings: 4 A quick and easy version of beef teriyaki using ground beef that’s ready in less than 20 minutes! Print Recipe ingredients 1 pound lean ground beef 1 onion, diced 1 tablespoon ginger, minced/grated 1 tablespoon ginger, minced/grated
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Italian Style Chicken Noodle Soup Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 25 minutes Total Time: 40 minutes Servings: 6 An Italian themed chicken noodle soup with tomatoes, Italian herbs, and parmesan. Print Recipe ingredients 1 tablespoon oil 1 cup onion, diced 1 cup carrots, diced 1 cup celery, diced 1 cup red bell pepper, diced
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The best cookies, bars, and treats for you holiday cookie platter! These classic, traditional and new cookie recipes are all super easy to make! I can’t believe that the Holidays are upon us already and that means that it is time to start thinking about Holiday cookie baking! You can never have too many cookies
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Buttertarts Prep Time: 10 minutes Chill Time: 30 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 1 hour Servings: 12 Buttery tarts with crispy all butter pastry shells filled with a sweet maple custard, walnuts and raisins. Print Recipe ingredients 1 pie crust pastry, chilled 1 egg 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed 1/2 cup maple syrup
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