Recipe Skill Level: Easy

Apple Steel Cut Oatmeal

10 Minute Steel Cut Oatmeal


Pictured in Photo: steel cut oats with diced apple. If you have avoided making steel cut oatmeal due to the 40 to 50 minute cooking time, you now have one less excuse. You can reduce cooking time to as little as 10 minutes using the method in this recipe that ...

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Turkey Chili

Spicy Turkey Chili Recipe

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If you love chili but are concerned about using high saturated fat beef you can easily substitute ground turkey for all or part of the beef. Chili powder and other spices gives chili it unique flavor. Most beef eaters will not notice the difference. I use 93% lean ground turkey that ...

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Steamed Green Beans

Italian Style Vegetables


Southern Italian cooking is rustic, home cooking using simple, high quality ingredients. At it’s simplest this recipe has 5 ingredients; vegetable, salt, olive oil, garlic, and black pepper. When make with green beans, it is a low calorie alternate to green bean casserole. This simple Italian Style Vegetable recipe can ...

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Homemade Chocolate Brownie

Chocolate Brownies


Americans love chocolate brownies. Brownies are classified as a bar cookie. The trick to making good brownies is not overcooking or undercooking the batter. There is a fine line between perfectly cooked brownies, overcooked dry brownies, and gooey undercooked brownies. Since oven temperatures very use the cooking time range provided ...

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30 Minute Steel Cut Oatmeal

Steel Cut Oatmeal

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The popularity of steel cut oatmeal has increased in the United States over the past few years as more and more Americans demand and buy minimally processed foods. Unless cross-contaminated in the field or during processing, oats are a gluten-free whole grain. Several brands of certified gluten-free oats are available ...

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Pasta with Asparagus and Cauliflower

Pasta with Cauliflower and Asparagus


Pasta with fresh vegetables is as common in southern Italy as pasta with tomato sauce. More often than not in the United States, a large plate of pasta and frozen pasta meals are drenched in tomato or white sauce. Unlike low fiber Italian-American pasta dishes, one serving of Pasta with Cauliflower ...

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Green Chili Chicken Enchilada

Simple Chicken Enchiladas

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Mexican food, or what Americans believe is Mexican food, has taken the United States by storm. Some say it is the number 1 ethnic cuisine followed by Italian food. But most ethnic cuisines are nothing like their true origins. The simply, inexpensive Sonoran and Tex-Mex foods popular in the U.S. ...

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Baked Stuffed White Fish

Baked Stuffed Fish Fillets

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Fish is a regular source of protein for millions of Italians living along the coast of the Italian peninsula. Baked Stuffed Fish Fillets is an elegant recipe takes only minutes to prepare an you won’t find on the menu at most Italian-American restaurants. Nutrition Information Nutrition value is based on ...

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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies


Chocolate chip and oatmeal cookies are two of the most popular homemade cookies in the United States. This recipe substitutes up to 50 percent of the white flour in traditional chocolate chip cookie recipes with whole grain oats. While it may sound healthier, a 3-inch cookie has about the same ...

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Homemade Spanish Rice

Easy Spanish Rice

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Tomato infused Spanish Rice is usually served with Mexican food. Like most recipes there are dozens of varieties from simple to complex Spanish Rice. Use this recipe as a baseline and modify ingredients to your taste. Cook’s Tip When using stewed tomatoes, chop into bite size pieces using a blender ...

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