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You might want to be careful with the spices, because this can get hot if not careful. Slow cooking seems to do this, but it's a very yummy soup. Great with rolls and butter on a cold day.
Make your own ravioli appetizer with ricotta cheese and sun-dried tomatoes.
This recipe came from my pastor's wife who's really into vegetables. The crisp-tender green beans and the crunch of the toasted almonds make this a wonderful spring and summer side dish!
If fresh late spring peas are available, substitute for the frozen peas. This chilled soup tastes of springtime, and makes a perfect first course before an elegant ham dinner.
This is a traditional red beans and rice recipe. The calories are modest, but the fat -- particularly the saturated fat -- make this a recipe best left for special occasions. Try substituting lower-fat meat for a more healthy version!
This makes a very large bowl of noodle salad, which tastes even better the next day!
Thanks to Victorrey for this recipe!
This variation of the traditional Middle Eastern dish, replaces cracked (bulgur) wheat with whole-wheat couscous.
Yummy and filling soup. Black beans and orange sweet potatoes look great together for Halloween!
I vary the portions of vegetables in this soup depending on my mood (i.e., more carrots and less zucchini or vice versa). It's a delicious soup no matter what vegetables you put in it, and very low calorie as long as you stick with non-starchy vegetables.
The key to this salad is chopping all the ingredients into very small pieces, so you can get a taste of everything in one bite.
Chicken and beef stocks are easy to find on store shelves, and many of them taste almost as good as homemade. It's a bit trickier to find seafood stock, and I've never found one that I really like. Thankfully, making your own is fairly easy.
The hot pepper seasoning in this soup does not overpower, but rather brings out the flavor of the crab.
When I have roasts cooked a bit on the tough side, using them again in recipes fixes them right up. Serve this tender and juicy soup with fresh bicuits!
This is a very nutritious modified classic gumbo that omits the usual carbs from roux and fats from bacon. It has no seafood and keeps or freezes well. High in vitamins and minerals, it is complimented with cornbread.