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Main courses
- Baked pasta (cheater lasagna) [post] [printable]
- Breakfast-for-dinner salad [post] [printable]
- Chicken adobo [post] [printable]
- Chicken and green bean stir fry [post] [printable]
- Chicken and veggie lettuce cups [post] [printable]
- Chicken Marbella [post] [printable]
- Chinese braised beef noodle soup [post] [printable]
- Chinese mini meatballs [post] [printable]
- Chinese takeout chicken (less the grease/guilt) [post] [printable]
- Chopped taco salad [post] [printable]
- Creamy stovetop macaroni and cheese [post] [printable]
- Crunchy curry chicken salad [post] [printable]
- Egg, cheese and sausage strata (breakfast casserole) [post] [printable]
- Eggs and zucchini in tomato sauce [post] [printable]
- Eggs over spinach, chickpeas and tomato sauce [post] [printable]
- Egg, spinach and feta strata [post] [printable]
- Fried rice (using Chinese takeout leftovers) [post] [printable]
- Getaway beef (slow cooker shredded beef) [post] [printable]
- Greek grilled chicken [post] [printable]
- Grilled flank steak with soy-honey marinade [post] [printable]
- Kung pao (gong bao) chicken [post] [printable]
- Kung pao (gong bao) shrimp [post] [printable]
- Lighter brighter caesar salad [post] [printable]
- Macho salad [post] [printable]
- Mom’s barbecue chicken [post 1] [post 2] [printable]
- Orzo with zucchini, mint, lemon and feta [post] [printable]
- Oven polenta [post] [printable]
- Pasta with butternut squash, sausage and sage [post] [printable]
- Pasta salad with tuna, celery and olives [post] [printable]
- Penne with fresh tomato and zucchini [post] [printable]
- Penne with tomato sausage sauce [post] [printable]
- Quinoa arugula salad [post] [printable]
- Quinoa with roasted vegetables [post] [printable]
- Quinoa with sweet potatoes, red pepper and feta [post] [printable]
- Ritzy chicken fingers [post] [printable]
- Rosemary roast pork loin [post] [printable]
- Shrimp tacos with tomato and cilantro [post] [printable]
- Shrimp with tomato, lemon, feta and parsley [post] [printable]
- Simplest soy-glazed fish [post] [printable]
- Sliced green bean and ground turkey stir fry [post] [printable]
- Sloppy joes with ground turkey [post] [printable]
- Slow-cooked Italian beef [post] [printable]
- Slow-cooked pulled pork carnitas [post] [printable]
- Slow cooker shredded beef (getaway beef) [post] [printable]
- Soy sauce poached fish [post] [printable]
- Spaghetti all’amatriciana [post] [printable]
- Spaghetti sauce with turkey meatballs [post] [printable]
- Super duper veggie burger [post] [printable]
- Taco salad [post] [printable]
- Taco seasoning [post] [printable]
- Teriyaki sauce for grilled meat or fish [post] [printable]
- Thai red curry with sweet potatoes [post] [printable]
- Tsukune (teriyaki meatballs) [post] [printable]
- Turkey meatloaf [post] [printable]
- Tuscan wild boar sauce [post] [printable]
- Zha jiang mian (noodles with meat sauce) [post] [printable]
- Zucchini carbonara [post] [printable]
Asian dishes
- Chicken adobo [post] [printable]
- Chicken and green bean stir fry [post] [printable]
- Chicken and veggie lettuce cups [post] [printable]
- Chinese braised beef noodle soup [post] [printable]
- Chinese green beans [post] [printable]
- Chinese mini meatballs [post] [printable]
- Chinese steamed sponge cake (ji dan gao) [post] [printable]
- Chinese takeout chicken (less the grease/guilt) [post] [printable]
- Fried rice (using Chinese takeout leftovers) [post] [printable]
- Fried won tons with sweet-sour sauce [post] [printable]
- Kung pao (gong bao) chicken [post] [printable]
- Kung pao (gong bao) shrimp [post] [printable]
- Magic mushrooms [post] [printable]
- Simplest soy-glazed fish [post] [printable]
- Sliced green bean and ground turkey stir fry [post] [printable]
- Soy sauce poached fish [post] [printable]
- Tea eggs [post] [printable]
- Teriyaki sauce for grilled meat or fish [post] [printable]
- Thai red curry with sweet potatoes [post] [printable]
- Tsukune (teriyaki meatballs) [post] [printable]
- Zha jiang mian (noodles with meat sauce) [post] [printable]
Soups/stews
- Alice Waters’s carrot soup [post] [printable]
- Carrot ginger soup [post] [printable]
- Chinese braised beef noodle soup [post] [printable]
- Creamy chicken and rice soup [post] [printable]
- Cucumber avocado soup [post] [printable]
- Ham and cabbage soup [post] [printable]
- Lentil soup with andouille sausage [post] [printable]
- Risi e bisi (rice and peas) [post] [printable]
- Shrimp with tomato, lemon, feta and parsley [post] [printable]
- Turkey chili [post] [printable]
- Turkey chili with zucchini and corn [post] [printable]
- Veggie chili [post] [printable]
Salads
- Arugula, pear and parmesan salad [post] [printable]
- Balsamic vinaigrette [post] [printable]
- Breakfast-for-dinner salad [post] [printable]
- Broccoli salad with Greek yogurt, cranberries and almonds [post] [printable]
- Brussels sprouts Gjelina [post] [printable]
- California Greek salad [post] [printable]
- Chopped taco salad [post] [printable]
- Corn and black bean salad with chipotle dressing [post] [printable]
- Crunchy curry chicken salad [post] [printable]
- Fennel, orange and avocado salad [post] [printable]
- Greek salad [post] [printable]
- Green beans with feta and balsamic vinegar [post] [printable]
- Grilled peach and mozzarella salad [post] [printable]
- Kale, quinoa and apple salad [post] [printable]
- Kale salad with cranberries and toasted walnuts [post] [printable]
- Kale salad with honey-mustard peanut dressing [post] [printable]
- Lemony potato and green bean salad [post] [printable]
- Lighter brighter caesar salad [post] [printable]
- Macho salad [post] [printable]
- New potato and asparagus salad with lemon-dijon dressing [post] [printable]
- Northstar Café salad – [post] [printable]
- Orzo with zucchini, mint, lemon and feta [post] [printable]
- Pasta salad with tuna, celery and olives [post] [printable]
- Potato salad with lemon and fresh herbs [post] [printable]
- Quinoa arugula salad [post] [printable]
- Quinoa with roasted vegetables [post] [printable]
- Quinoa with sweet potatoes, red pepper and feta [post] [printable]
- Roasted brussels sprouts salad [post] [printable]
- Roasted cauliflower Gjelina [post] [printable]
- Shaved zucchini and parmesan salad [post] [printable]
- Shredded kale and brussels sprout salad [post] [printable]
- Summer tomato salad [post] [printable]
- Sweet vinegar slaw [post] [printable]
- Taco salad [post] [printable]
- Wild rice confetti salad [post] [printable]
Side dishes
- Applesauce [post] [printable]
- Bacon in the oven [post] [printable]
- Bread stuffing for a crowd [post] [printable]
- Brussels sprouts Gjelina [post] [printable]
- Buttermilk cornbread [post] [printable]
- Candied walnuts (or pecans) [post] [printable]
- Chinese green beans [post] [printable]
- Christmas colcannon (mashed potatoes with chard) [post] [printable]
- Cornbread stuffing with sausage and apples [post] [printable]
- Easy cranberry sauce [post] [printable]
- Everything muffins [post] [printable]
- Foolproof mashed potatoes [post] [printable]
- Fried won tons with sweet-sour sauce [post] [printable]
- Grilled pineapple [post] [printable]
- Green beans with feta and balsamic vinegar [post] [printable]
- Homemade croutons [post] [printable]
- Irish soda bread [post] [printable]
- Labneh party spread [post] [printable]
- Lemony potato and green bean salad [post] [printable]
- Magic mushrooms [post] [printable]
- Maple glazed sweet potatoes [post] [printable]
- New potato and asparagus salad with lemon-dijon dressing [post] [printable]
- No-cook cranberry orange relish [post] [printable]
- Oktoberfest obatzda (Bavarian cheese spread) [post] [printable]
- Orzo with zucchini, mint, lemon and feta [post] [printable]
- Oven polenta [post] [printable]
- Parmesan cheese toasts [post] [printable]
- Pizzatatoes [post] [printable]
- Potato salad with lemon and fresh herbs [post] [printable]
- Quinoa arugula salad [post] [printable]
- Quinoa with roasted vegetables [post] [printable]
- Quinoa with sweet potatoes, red pepper and feta [post] [printable]
- Roasted brussels sprouts salad [post] [printable]
- Roasted butternut squash [post] [printable]
- Roasted cauliflower Gjelina [post] [printable]
- Roasted cauliflower with parmesan and olives [post] [printable]
- Roasted fennel with parmesan [post] [printable]
- Roasted potatoes with garlic and lemon [post] [printable]
- Roasted tomatoes [post] [printable]
- Stovetop asparagus [post] [printable]
- Sweet vinegar slaw [post] [printable]
- Wild rice confetti salad [post] [printable]
Sweet treats
- 90-minute cinnamon rolls [post] [printable]
- Apple pie with crumb topping [post] [printable]
- Apple snacking cake [post] [printable]
- Banana bread Lisa [post] [printable]
- Banana chocolate chip muffins [post] [printable]
- Banana cream pie (in a cup) [post] [printable]
- Best yellow birthday cake [post] [printable]
- Blackberry cobbler [post] [printable]
- Blended root beer float (aka White Turkey Black Cow) [post] [printable]
- Blueberry muffins [post] [printable]
- Blueberry sour cream pie [post] [printable]
- Butter cake [post] [printable]
- Buttermilk scones with chocolate chips and citrus zest [post] [printable]
- Candied walnuts (or pecans) [post] [printable]
- Caramel dip for apples [post] [printable]
- Chinese steamed sponge cake (ji dan gao) [post] [printable]
- Chocolate caramel matzoh [post] [printable]
- Chocolate chip cookie cake [post] [printable]
- Chocolate pie [post] [printable]
- Cinnamony apple crisp [post] [printable]
- Derby pie [post] [printable]
- Dried fruit cream scones [post 1] [post 2] [printable]
- Everything muffins [post] [printable]
- Five minute chocolate cake [post] [printable]
- Flourless oatmeal lace cookies [post] [printable]
- Fresh strawberry cake [post] [printable]
- Genius blondies [post] [printable]
- Gingerbread cake [post] [printable]
- Hamantaschen cookies [post] [printable]
- Hot fudge sauce [post] [printable]
- Huckleberry (wild blueberry) pie [post] [printable]
- Hula pie [post] [printable]
- Irish soda bread [post] [printable]
- Kettle corn [post] [printable]
- Lemon blueberry coffee cake with crumb topping [post] [printable]
- Lemon cake with lemon buttercream [post] [printable]
- Maple vanilla Greek yogurt [post] [printable]
- Marian Burros’s fruit torte [post] [printable]
- Mascarpone cream cake with boozy berries [post] [printable]
- Matterhorn macaroons [post] [printable]
- Nutella banana crepes [post] [printable]
- Nutty fruity granola [post] [printable]
- Oatmeal chocolate chip (or cranberry-raisin) cookies [post] [printable]
- Pavlova [post] [printable]
- Peach crisp [post] [printable]
- Pear torte [post] [printable]
- Pecan pie (no corn syrup) [post] [printable]
- Persimmon bread [post] [printable]
- Pumpkin applesauce cake [post] [printable]
- Pumpkin bread with chocolate [post] [printable]
- Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies [post] [printable]
- Seven layer cookies (aka Hello Dolly bars, aka Magic cookies) [post] [printable]
- S’mores cookies [post] [printable]
- Snowy honey roasted almonds [post] [printable]
- Soft ginger cookies [post] [printable]
- Soft pretzels [post] [printable]
- Spiced Mexican wedding cookies [post] [printable]
- Strawberry oatmeal shortcakes with maple vanilla cream [post] [printable]
- Summer blueberry cake [post] [printable]
- Texas sheet cake [post] [printable]
- Yellow birthday cake, best [post] [printable]
Breakfast/brunch
- 90-minute cinnamon rolls [post] [printable]
- Applesauce [post] [printable]
- Bacon in the oven [post] [printable]
- Banana bread Lisa [post] [printable]
- Banana chocolate chip flaxseed pancakes [post] [printable]
- Banana chocolate chip muffins [post] [printable]
- Banana nog [post] [printable]
- Blueberry muffins [post] [printable]
- Breakfast of Hawaiians (rice, egg, Portuguese sausage) [post] [printable]
- Buttermilk pancakes [post] [printable]
- Buttermilk scones with chocolate chips and citrus zest [post] [printable]
- Dried fruit cream scones [post 1] [post 2] [printable]
- Egg, cheese and sausage strata (breakfast casserole) [post] [printable]
- Eggs and zucchini in tomato sauce [post] [printable]
- Eggs over spinach, chickpeas and tomato sauce [post] [printable]
- Egg, spinach and feta strata [post] [printable]
- Everything muffins [post] [printable]
- Flaxseed pancakes [post] [printable]
- French toast [post] [printable]
- Fruit smoothie [post] [printable]
- Honey (or maple) fried ham [post] [printable]
- Lemon blueberry coffee cake with crumb topping [post] [printable]
- Maple vanilla Greek yogurt [post] [printable]
- No-cook overnight oatmeal [post] [printable]
- Nutty fruity granola [post] [printable]
- Persimmon bread [post] [printable]
- Pumpkin bread with chocolate [post] [printable]
- Steel cut oatmeal [post] [printable]
- Tea eggs [post] [printable]
- Un-granola [post] [printable]
- Yogurt at home [post] [printable]
Beverages
- Banana nog [post] [printable]
- Blended root beer float (aka White Turkey Black Cow) [post] [printable]
- Cranberry tea [post] [printable]
- Fresh ginger ale with basil [post] [printable]
- Fresh citrus sangria [post] [printable]
- Fresh grapefruit tonic [post] [printable]
- Fresh herb tea [post] [printable]
- Fruit smoothie [post] [printable]
- Get-well tea (ginger lemon honey mint) [post] [printable]
- Lemonade with mint [post] [printable]
- Mango bellini [post] [printable]
- Watermelon agua fresca [post] [printable]
Dips/spreads
- Caramel dip for apples [post] [printable]
- Fromage fort [post] [printable]
- Ghetto guacamole [post] [printable]
- Jalapeño greek yogurt dip [post] [printable]
- Kopanisti (feta and mint spread) [post] [printable]
- Labneh party spread [post] [printable]
- Mediterranean dip [post] [printable]
- Oktoberfest obatzda (Bavarian cheese spread) [post] [printable]
- Spinach dip (without the mix) [post] [printable]
- Three-ingredient artichoke dip [post] [printable]
Other
- Balsamic vinaigrette [post] [printable]
- Better peanut butter and jelly sandwiches [post]
- Candied walnuts (or pecans) [post] [printable]
- Fried won tons with sweet-sour sauce [post] [printable]
- Grilled pineapple [post] [printable]
- Heidi’s celery salt [post] [printable]
- Homemade croutons [post] [printable]
- Homemade ketchup [post] [printable]
- Hurricane popcorn [post] [printable]
- Kettle corn [post] [printable]
- Maple vanilla Greek yogurt [post] [printable]
- Mediterranean popcorn [post] [printable]
- Nutty fruity granola [post] [printable]
- Parmesan cheese toasts [post] [printable]
- Snowy honey roasted almonds [post] [printable]
- Soft pretzels [post] [printable]
- Tea eggs [post] [printable]
- Un-granola (trail mix) [post] [printable]
- Yogurt at home [post] [printable]
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THANKSGIVING
- Thanksgiving planning timeline (Google doc)
- A host’s guide to Thanksgiving
- Thanksgiving meal planning
- Buying a turkey
Appetizers/starters
- Cranberry tea [post] [printable]
- Alice Waters’s carrot soup [post] [printable]
- Spinach dip (without the mix) [post] [printable]
- Three-ingredient artichoke dip [post] [printable]
Turkey
- Thanksgiving turkey, dry brined
- Thanksgiving turkey, split and roasted
- Creamy chicken and rice soup (for leftover turkey) [post] [printable]
- Macho salad (for turkey leftovers) [post] [printable]
Salads
- Balsamic vinaigrette [post] [printable]
- Quinoa arugula salad [post] [printable]
- Arugula, pear and parmesan salad [post] [printable]
- Fennel, orange and avocado salad [post] [printable]
- Candied walnuts (or pecans) [post] [printable]
- Kale salad with honey-mustard peanut dressing [post] [printable]
- Shredded kale and brussels sprout salad [post] [printable]
- Kale salad with cranberries and toasted walnuts [post] [printable]
- Wild rice confetti salad [post] [printable]
Sides
- Bread stuffing for a crowd [post] [printable]
- Brussels sprouts Gjelina [post] [printable]
- Buttermilk cornbread [post] [printable]
- Easy cranberry sauce [post] [printable]
- Foolproof mashed potatoes [post] [printable]
- Green beans with feta and balsamic vinegar [post] [printable]
- Maple glazed sweet potatoes [post] [printable]
- No-cook cranberry orange relish [post] [printable]
- Quinoa with sweet potatoes, red pepper and feta [post] [printable]
- Roasted brussels sprouts salad [post] [printable]
- Roasted butternut squash [post] [printable]
- Roasted cauliflower Gjelina [post] [printable]
- Roasted cauliflower with parmesan and olives [post] [printable]
- Roasted fennel with parmesan [post] [printable]
Desserts
- Apple pie with crumb topping [post] [printable]
- Apple snacking cake [post] [printable]
- Cinnamony apple crisp [post] [printable]
- Gingerbread cake [post] [printable]
- Pear torte [post] [printable]
- Pecan pie (no corn syrup) [post] [printable]
- Persimmon bread [post] [printable]
- Pumpkin applesauce cake [post] [printable]
- Pumpkin bread with chocolate [post] [printable]
- Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies [post] [printable]
- Soft ginger cookies [post] [printable]
- Derby pie [post] [printable]
- Caramel dip for apples [post] [printable]
