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Post includes Weight Watchers points. We’re talking creamy and comforting crockpot pasta full of delicious Mediterranean flavor, tender chicken, and good for you veggies that the whole family will love. And in true dump and start recipe style, this Tuscan chicken pasta comes together with almost no effort at all and requires just a handful of basic pantry ingredients. Weekday dinners, solved! #slowcookerforthewin Why You’ll Love This Comfort Food – pasta and chicken in a rich, creamy sauce is the kind of comfort food we all crave....

1/4 cup olive oil 2 tbsp unsalted butter 3/4 cup white onion, or yellow onion, diced 1 ½ tbsp garlic, minced 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1 ½ cup chicken stock , or 2 tbsp crumbled bouillon cubes 1 ½ cup heavy cream 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese, freshly grated 1 ½ tbsp lemon juice, freshly squeezed 1 tsp sugar 3/4 cup sour cream 12 oz frozen spinach, defrosted, drained, & chopped...

Ingredients 12 flour tortillas, burrito sized 3 cup refried beans 1 lb ground beef 1½ cups nacho cheese sauce 1 cup cheddar cheese, finely shredded 1 cup light sour cream Preparation Wrap tortillas in damp paper towels and microwave for 20 seconds on 50% power. Add the nacho cheese sauce to half the tortillas and spread evenly leaving a 1 inch border. Top with remaining tortillas and gently press down....

1½ lb shrimp , fresh or thawed, peeled and deveined ⅓ cup Kikkoman Teriyaki Marinade & Sauce 1 tbsp vegetable oil 2 tbsp unsalted butter ½ cup green onions, thinly sliced ¼ cup garlic, minced 1 cup tomatoes, coarsely chopped ⅓ cup parsley, roughly chopped For Serving: rice, cooked Coat shrimp with teriyaki marinade and sauce. Let stand for 10 minutes. Reserve ¼ cup of teriyaki sauce and drain shrimp thoroughly....

Curry Chicken Salad Recipe I often get questions on how I create my recipes. Inspiration is plentiful, but there are generally 3 main things that help me to create a new recipe. The first is that it is a family recipe that we have been making as long as I can remember. I have shared many of these in the past and am making an effort to get even more of them up, not only to share them with you but have a personal chronicle for our own family....

Chances are you may not be familiar with too many of them depending on where you live in the world. There are many Y foods out there that are fruits, vegetables, desserts, and everything in between. Curious as to what they are? Here is a list of 28 foods that start with Y to teach you. FOODS THAT BEGIN WITH Y 1. Yams Yams are often confused with sweet potatoes, but there are some differences between them....

That soft, flaky, creamy, buttery goodness infused with the biscuits only adds more texture and flavor to the dish you wish to make. With this one ingredient, your recipes will quickly go from 70% love to 150%! In search of a fast, easy, and delicious recipe for the whole family to enjoy? For a side, bread dish check out the easy garlic parmesan knots, ready in only 20 minutes! The 15-minute maple bars aren’t only fast and easy to make but convenient for an on-the-road treat!...

Not only is it a healthier choice, since you know exactly what is going into your dish, Air Fryer Chicken Fried Rice is ready to serve in less than 30 mins. Much faster than ringing up your local takeout joint and waiting for them to deliver. And it is sooooo much tastier too. Leftover Air Fryer Chicken Fried Rice And making fried rice in the air fryer is suuuuuuch great way to use up those leftovers....

This is officially my new favorite cookbook. Like, seriously. Every cake in there sounds like one I want to make. You know how typically cookbooks will have a handful of recipes that appeal to you, while the others are just, meh? Not this one. Every. Single. Cake. The pistachio petit-four cake? This book. Vanilla cake with tiramisu buttercream (well, the cake part of it at least)? Also from this book....

2 pounds fresh beef brisket, cut into ½-inch pieces 1 large onion, finely chopped 2 tbsp vegetable oil 32 fl oz kidney beans, 2 cans, rinsed and drained 1 pound smoked kielbasa or polish sausage, halved and sliced 16 fl oz salsa, 1 jar 14½ fl oz tomatoes, 1 can, diced and undrained 8 fl oz tomato sauce, 1 can 8 fl oz green chiles, 2 cans, chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced...

Ingredients 1 pkg brownie mix 2 eggs ⅓ cup water ¼ cup Oil 30 mini peanut butter cup candy, wrappers removed Preparation Preheat oven to 350 degrees F Place 30 2-inch foil cupcake liners in small muffin pans or on a cookie sheet. Combine brownie mix, fudge packet from mix, eggs, water and oil in large bowl. Stir with spoon until well blended, about 50 strokes. Place 2 level tablespoons of batter in each foil cupcake liner....

9 oz. bittersweet chocolate, fine quality 2 oz. unsweetened chocolate, chopped 2 cup heavy cream 1 cup milk 6 large egg yolks 1/3 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed 2 tsp. cinnamon 2 tbsp. Kahlua 1/2 tsp. crumbled pequin chilies , wear rubber gloves 1/2 cup blanched whole almonds, toasted, cooled, and chopped In a metal bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water, melt 6 oz. bittersweet chocolate and unsweetened chocolate, stirring until the mixture is smooth....

6 tbsp butter, divided 1 ½ cups carrots, diced, about 3 carrots worth 1 cup celery, diced 1 large onion, minced 1 cup white button mushrooms, thinly sliced 10 oz frozen peas, thawed 4 cups turkey, cooked, shredded 1 ½ tsp fresh thyme, minced 1 tsp fresh sage, finely minced 2 tsp salt 1 tsp black pepper, freshly ground 3 tbsp all-purpose flour 2 ½ cups turkey stock 6 cups mashed potatoes, leftover...

This post was created in partnership with our friends at Organic Valley. A salad with many names. If you grew up in the upper midwest or have family that did, the chances are good that at some point in your life you ran across a salad that was, without a doubt, ‘unique’ to this region. Perhaps it was a ‘Snickers Salad’ made with chopped apples and chunks of the famous peanut-y, nougat-filled candy bar that lent the ‘salad’ its name....

Ingredients 4 tbsp brown sugar 4 tbsp onion powder 4 tbsp garlic powder 4 tbsp herbes de Provence 4 tbsp dried oregano 2 tbsp mild paprika 2 tbsp mustard powder 2 tbsp kosher salt 4 tsp cayenne 4 tsp ground coriander 2 tsp black pepper 4 rib-eye steaks, 10 to 14 oz. each Extra-virgin olive oil 3 medium yellow onions, trimmed and peeled, each cut crosswise into four ½-inch thick slices...

10 pcs egg yolks 14 fl oz condensed milk, (1 can) 1 cup fresh milk, or evaporated milk 1 cup granulated sugar 1 tsp. vanilla extract Using all the eggs, separate the yolk from the egg white (only egg yolks will be used). Place the egg yolks in a big bowl then beat them using a fork or an egg beater Add the condensed milk and mix thoroughly Pour-in the fresh milk and Vanilla....

Just the thing needed to celebrate National Garlic Day right? How To Make Bacon Pasta This recipe really is incredibly simple. It is made from 5 core ingredients aka garlic, pasta, spring onions (scallions), harissa and bacon. Do make sure you use some really good quality bacon – my preference has been the rather fab British spolitpig bacon, of which I have a whole drawer in the freezer. Then it is also about making some really freshly fragrant garlic paste as smooth as you can....

Ingredients 1 ½ cup dry Gewurztraminer white wine, barrel-fermented 1998 Apex recommended 6 dried apricot halves, cut in half 1 large firm pear, unpeeled, cored and cut into 1-inch chunks ½ cup dried sour cherries ¼ cup water 1 cup sugar 2 tsp lemon zest, finely minced 3 whole dried dark figs, cut into quarters 1 large crisp apple, such as Braeburn, unpeeled, cored and cut into 1-inch chunks 1 cinnamon stick...

Ingredients 3½ lb whole chicken, cut into 8 pieces 3 cups all-purpose flour 5 cups vegetable oil, up to 8 cups, for frying 4 cups buttermilk 2 tsp salt 2 tsp black pepper, ground 1 tsp cayenne pepper, or chili powder dipping sauce of your choice potato fries Preparation In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients for the marinade. Whisk to evenly incorporate. Add the chicken in the buttermilk marinade....

As this year’s canning season draws near, I figured now would be a good time to start using up what’s left of last year’s preserves. It was, in essence, that objective that led us to create these extraordinary burgers. Rather than building from the ground (meat) up, and instead from the top(ping) down, starting with a rather unconventional topping incorporating the last jar of pickled cherries I had been hoarding since last summer....