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Cinnamon-Glazed Baby Carrots

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 Cinnamon-Glazed Baby Carrots
Cuisine American
Prep Time 3 minutes
Cook Time 11 minutes
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Cuisine American
Prep Time 3 minutes
Cook Time 11 minutes
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Instructions
  1. Place the carrots in a small saucepan.  Add just enough water to barely cover the carrots. Cover.  Bring to a boil.  Reduce heat to medium.  Cook for 7–8 minutes, just until the carrots are easily pierced with a sharp knife.
  2. While the carrots are cooking, combine margarine, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a small saucepan, and melt together over low heat (or put in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave for a few seconds on high power, until margarine is mostly melted).  Stir well to combine ingredients.
  3. Drain carrots, leaving them in the saucepan.  Pour cinnamon mixture over carrots.  Cook and stir over medium heat for 2–3 minutes, just until carrots are thoroughly coated and the glaze thickens slightly. Serve warm.
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Cauliflower With Whole-Wheat Breadcrumbs

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 Cauliflower With Whole-Wheat Breadcrumbs
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
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Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
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Instructions
  1. Place the bread in a toaster oven on very low heat.  Toast as long as possible without burning (about 5 minutes).
  2. While bread toasts, trim leaves and stalks from cauliflower. Cut into individual florets.
  3. Place 1 inch of water in a 4-quart pot with lid.  Insert steamer basket, and place cauliflower in basket.  Sprinkle with salt.  Cover.  Bring to a boil over high heat.  Reduce heat to medium. Steam for 5–8 minutes, until easily pierced with a sharp knife.  Do not overcook.
  4. While cauliflower steams, break toast into small pieces.  Pulse toast in food processor until medium-sized crumbs form.  Tip:  If you don’t have a food processor, break or crush the toasted bread into finer pieces or buy whole-wheat breadcrumbs and use 2 tablespoons.
  5. When cauliflower is done, remove from heat.  Melt margarine in another pan over medium heat. Add breadcrumbs and pepper.  Cook and stir, about 5 minutes.  Add cauliflower to pan with breadcrumbs.  Toss until well coated.  Serve immediately.
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Baby Spinach With Golden Raisins and Pine Nuts

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 Baby Spinach With Golden Raisins and Pine Nuts
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
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Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
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Instructions
  1. In a medium nonstick pan over high heat, cook and stir the pine nuts until they begin to brown lightly and smell toasted, but not burnt.  Set the pine nuts aside in another dish.
  2. Return the pan to the burner over medium-high heat.  Add ¼ cup water.  As it begins to boil, add a small handful of the spinach.  Cook and stir just until it begins to wilt.  Then push it to the side of the pan, and add another ¼ cup water and handful of spinach.  Continue until all the spinach has been cooked, adding the raisins with the last handful of spinach.
  3. Sprinkle with nutmeg and salt.  Cook and stir until all the spinach is wilted and the raisins are warm.
  4. Remove from heat.  Press out excess water.  Place 1 cup spinach and raisins in a serving bowl. Top with pine nuts.
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Asparagus With Lemon Sauce

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 Asparagus With Lemon Sauce
Cuisine American
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
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Cuisine American
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
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Instructions
  1. Place 1 inch of water in a 4-quart pot with a lid.  Place a steamer basket inside the pot, and add asparagus.  Cover and bring to a boil over high heat.  Reduce heat to medium.  Cook for 5–10 minutes, until asparagus is easily pierced with a sharp knife.  Do not overcook.
  2. While the asparagus cooks, grate the lemon zest into a small bowl.  Cut the lemon in half and squeeze the juice into the bowl.  Use the back of a spoon to press out extra juice and remove pits.  Add mayonnaise, parsley, pepper, and salt.  Stir well.  Set aside.
  3. When the asparagus is tender, remove the pot from the heat.  Place asparagus spears in a serving bowl.  Drizzle the lemon sauce evenly over the asparagus (about 1½ teaspoons per portion) and serve.
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Red Beans and Rice

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 Red Beans and Rice
Course Main Dish
Cuisine American
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
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Course Main Dish
Cuisine American
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
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Instructions
  1. Heat oil in a 12-inch sauté pan over medium heat.  Cook onion, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes, until pieces begin to soften, but not brown.
  2. Meanwhile, dice green pepper into pieces about ¼ inch in size.  Tip:  Slice pepper lengthwise into ¼-inch strips.  Holding the strips together, cut crosswise in ¼-inch pieces.  Add green pepper to cooking onion.  Cover.  Cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  3. While the green pepper and onion cook, mince the garlic.  Add garlic, cumin, and oregano to the sauté pan.  Cook and stir for 1 minute.
  4. Add broth and rice to sauté pan with green pepper and onion.  Stir well, cover, and simmer for 10 minutes.
  5. Meanwhile, drain beans and rinse thoroughly.
  6. Add beans to sauté pan.  Stir well.  Cover.  Simmer for 5 minutes to heat beans and blend flavors.
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Whole-Wheat Bow Tie Pasta With Puttanesca Sauce

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 Whole-Wheat Bow Tie Pasta With Puttanesca Sauce
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
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Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
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Instructions
  1. In a 4-quart saucepan, bring 3 quarts of water to a boil over high heat.
  2. Add pasta, and cook according to package directions for the shortest recommended time, about 10 minutes. Drain.
  3. Meanwhile, in a large nonstick pan, heat olive oil over medium heat.  Add onion.  Cook and stir for 5 minutes, until onion begins to soften.
  4. Add garlic, cayenne pepper, and anchovy paste.  Cook and stir another 5 minutes.
  5. Add chopped tomatoes, capers, and olives.  Cook and stir until heated through. 6 Divide pasta among four dinner plates (about 1½ cups each).  Spoon sauce over pasta.  Garnish with parsley if desired.
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Turkey Bolognese With Shell Pasta

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 Turkey Bolognese With Shell Pasta
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
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Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
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Instructions
  1. Optional step: Bring the wine to a boil in a medium saucepan.  Break up the mushrooms, then stir them into the wine.  Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 20 minutes.
  2. Finely chop the onion, celery, carrots, and garlic.  Or you can coarsely chop them, place them in a food processor, and pulse until all vegetables are finely chopped.
  3. In a 4-quart saucepan, bring 3 quarts of water to a boil over high heat.
  4. While the water is heating up, warm the olive oil in a large nonstick pan over medium-high heat.  Crumble in the ground turkey.  Sprinkle with anise seed and salt.  Cook for 5–10 minutes to brown, stirring occasionally.
  5. Meanwhile, when the water comes to a boil, add pasta to boiling water.  Cook according to package directions for the shortest recommended time, about 10–12 minutes.
  6. Add vegetables to cooking turkey.  Reduce heat to medium.  Cook and stir 10 minutes until all vegetables are soft, but not browned. And tomato paste, and simmer for an additional 5–10 minutes. (Continue to optional step 7 if including the optional ingredients; otherwise, skip to step 8.)
  7. Optional step: While the pasta and turkey mixture cooks, strain mushrooms, draining unabsorbed wine directly into the turkey mixture.  Place mushrooms on a cutting board and chop finely, or place in food processor and pulse once or twice to more finely chop mushrooms.  Stir mushrooms into turkey mixture.  Simmer for 10–15 minutes to blend flavors. 
  8. Drain pasta.  Add pasta to turkey mixture (the minimum internal temperature of cooked turkey should be 165 °F). Stir to blend well. 9 Divide pasta mixture evenly (about 2 cups each) among four dinner plates.  Top each with 2 tablespoons of shredded parmesan cheese. 
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Pasta Caprese

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 Pasta Caprese
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 6 minutes
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Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 6 minutes
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Ingredients
Instructions
  1. In a 4-quart saucepan, bring 3 quarts of water to a boil over high heat.
  2. Add spaghetti, and cook according to package directions for the shortest recommended time, about 6 minutes.  (Whole-wheat pasta tends to fall apart if overcooked.)
  3. Reserve 1 cup of the cooking water and set aside.  Drain spaghetti.
  4. Add the spaghetti back into the pasta pot.  Toss with olive oil and just enough reserved water to coat well.
  5. Add the tomatoes, basil, mozzarella, and olives.  Toss gently until well mixed.
  6. Divide pasta evenly among four dinner plates (about 2¼ cups each).  Serve immediately. 
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Heavenly Chicken With Angel Hair Pasta

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 Heavenly Chicken With Angel Hair Pasta
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
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Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
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Instructions
  1. In a 4-quart saucepan, bring 3 quarts of water to a boil over high heat.
  2. While the water heats, chop onion, mince garlic, and cut broccoli into tiny florets.  Set aside.
  3. In a large nonstick pan, heat olive oil until very hot.  Add the chicken.  Cook and stir until lightly browned on both sides, about 5–8 minutes.  Place chicken on a clean plate, and cover to keep warm.
  4. Coat pan with cooking spray.  Over medium heat, cook and stir the onion for about 3 minutes.  Add the garlic and broccoli.  Cook and stir for 2 more minutes.
  5. Return the chicken to the pan.  Add entire jar of pasta sauce, cayenne pepper, and salt.  Gently mix to blend ingredients.  Cover.  Simmer until chicken and vegetables are warmed through, about 4 minutes.
  6. Drop pasta into boiling water.  Cook according to package directions for the shortest recommended time, about 2 minutes.  Drain.
  7. Divide pasta among four dinner plates (about 1 cup each).  Top each with one-fourth of the chicken and sauce mixture.  Serve immediately.
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Cold Fusilli Pasta With Summer Vegetables

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 Cold Fusilli Pasta With Summer Vegetables
Cuisine American, Italian
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
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Cuisine American, Italian
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
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Instructions
  1. In a 4-quart saucepan, bring 3 quarts of water to a boil over high heat.
  2. Add pasta, and cook according to package directions for the shortest recommended time, about 8–9 minutes.  Drain.  Rinse pasta under cold running water to cool, about 3 minutes.
  3. Place all the vegetables and beans in a large salad serving bowl.  Season with basil, salt, and pepper.
  4. Add the cooled pasta.
  5. Combine olive oil and vinegar in a small bowl.  Mix until completely blended.  Pour over vegetables and pasta.  Mix gently until well coated.
  6. Divide into four equal portions.  Top each with 2 tablespoons shredded parmesan cheese.
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