Homestyle Biscuits

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Homemade biscuits add a personal touch to your meal. Serve this simple recipe alongside any of our wonderful soups or chilis to round out the meal. Tip: If you don’t routinely keep buttermilk on hand, you can achieve the same results by adding 1 tablespoon of lemon juice per scant cup of 1% milk.

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Pupusas Revueltas

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Step outside your comfort zone and try something exciting for dinner this weekend! If you can’t find corn flour easily in your grocery store, look for masa harina or, in a pinch, you can make your own by pulsing regular corn meal in your food processor until it’s a fine powder. Serve with a little hot […]

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Black Beans & Rice

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Rice and beans, beans and rice–however you name it, this dish is a classic and a staple worth knowing how to make well.

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Delicious Oven French Fries

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Perfectly crispy fries seasoned with an excellent blend of spices stand on their own, without need of condiments that might bring more sugar or salt to the table than you care to invite. The spice mix in this approach to fries makes it easy to appreciate a well-done fry, unadorned.

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Green Bean Sauté

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This quick and easy side dish that will compliment almost any meal. Fresh green beans will bring the most flavor to the dish, but frozen work beautifully too.

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Florets in Lemon Sauce

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The beauty of lemon and garlic is that there isn’t a vegetable they couldn’t improve. If you’ve got odds and ends of veggies in your freezer or crisper drawer, add them or swap them in. This simple concept is perfect for most veggies.

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Italian Vegetable Bake

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Don’t take the ingredients here as a directive, but as inspiration. If you’ve got an odd concoction of veggies waiting to be saved from the compost bin, bake them up together with canned tomatoes and garnish with a sprinkle of cheese to make sure they get enjoyed instead of tossed.

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Creamy Spinach Penne

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Low-fat cottage cheese provides the foundation of a creamy pasta sauce that won’t break the caloric bank. Roasted red peppers, whether jarred or home-made, bring wonderful flavor and a heap of vegetable. Mix up the options by adding in chopped tomatoes, chopped chicken breast, or a can of white beans.

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