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What is your best "poor" recipe? : AskReddit. Caprese Grilled Cheese. You're probably hoping that I'm back from Florida by now.

Caprese Grilled Cheese

You're hoping that I'll shut up about my endless days of sunshine and beaches and just get on with the food. You're hoping that I'll go back to the frostbitten netherworld of Michigan where I belong. Well, I'm not going to. Do you know why? 1. 2. Top Left: Piggie sitting under a tree. Obviously this is all very important business. Don't you want to just lay there in that toaster oven amid all that deliciousness?? Don't actually do it though. This is the lunch of kings.

Actually, more like the lunch of queens, because I imagine kings eating just a bunch of meat all day. The Best Macaroni and Cheese I've Ever Made. We make a lot of mac and cheese at my house.

The Best Macaroni and Cheese I've Ever Made

Not the orange, powdery mac and cheese, but the real stuff. The winter makes mac and cheese some how imperative in one’s weekly diet. Well, maybe not at your house, but it most definitely is at ours. Despite my endless attempts at making totally fabu mac and cheese (and believe you me, there have been more than a few), I can hands down say that this weeks most recent recipe was a superb victory. Resplendent with creamy, gooey cheddar, topped with buttery panko breadcrumbs. The Best Macaroni and Cheese Ever1 (8-ounce) package elbow macaroni, cooked and drained 2 tablespoons butter 1 clove garlic, crushed 1 teaspoon onion powder 2 cups whole milk 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 6 cups sharp cheddar cheese 2 cups panko breadcrumbs 1/2 cup butter, melted Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a small bowl, stir together the breadcrumbs and melted butter. Crack-n-Cheese. Cajun Chicken Pasta Recipe. There are so many good chicken pasta dishes out there but this recipe for Cajun chicken pasta is definitely one of the best!

Cajun Chicken Pasta Recipe

Cajun chicken pasta is Cajun seasoned chicken tossed with a cream sauce and linguini. The highlight of this recipe is the cream sauce, this well seasoned alfredo style sauce is nothing short of amazing. The good news is, you probably have a lot of the ingredients for this recipe on hand. I really enjoyed the sundried tomatoes, but they can be left out if you choose. For the chicken, you can season the breasts, fry them whole and then slice them instead if you choose. Ingredients: 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts (cut into small strips) 4 ounces linguini (cooked all dente) 2 teaspoons Cajun seasoning 2 tablespoons butter 1 green onion (thinly sliced) 2 cups heavy whipping cream 2 tablespoons sun-dried tomatoes (chopped) ¼ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon dried basil 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder ¼ cup parmesan cheese Cooking Instructions:

Craving Curly Fries? Biggest Loser chef, Devin Alexander Shares Her Healthy, Easy Recipe. As host of “Healthy Decadence with Devin Alexander” on FitTV and the bestselling author of numerous cookbooks including “The Biggest Loser” cookbook series, Devin Alexander is dedicated to making good food with a healthy twist.

Craving Curly Fries? Biggest Loser chef, Devin Alexander Shares Her Healthy, Easy Recipe

Her passion for the subject began 15 years ago, when she lost 55 pounds. Since then, she’s been able to keep the weight off by focusing on delicious (even decadent!) Parmesan Roasted Potatoes. Individual Parmesan Hash Brown Cups. I made these hash brown cups to serve at the bridal shower brunch I co-hosted a couple of weeks ago.

Individual Parmesan Hash Brown Cups

They accompanied quiche (made by my friend Becky), Mango Fruit Salad Salsa with Sugar and Spice Tortilla Chips, and Make-Ahead Sticky Buns. I love hash browns with a crispy exterior and moist tender interior. Traditional hash browns cooked on top of the stove are difficult to make in a big batch and serve to a crowd. So I tried baking these in individual portions in muffin tins that could be baked in the oven along with the sticky buns and quiche, and would be easy to serve buffet style. By cooking these hash browns in muffin tins, a large part of each individual serving forms a crispy, brown crust around the cup shape of each muffin portion. Use mini muffin pans for bite-size morsels. Step 1. You also need shredded potatoes. Step 2. Step 3. Garlicky Baked Fries. Perfect Mac-n-Cheese « My Cooking Quest. Linguine with Garlicky Bread Crumbs.

With My Husband away on a business trip for a few days this week, I kept the cooking simple.

Linguine with Garlicky Bread Crumbs

Often letting the boys choose their dinner, thankfully, a vegetable was always chosen as part of the meal since they both have been learning about eating healthy foods. Mmm...is for Mommy: Easy Barbecued Ribs. I’ve never cooked ribs before.

Mmm...is for Mommy: Easy Barbecued Ribs

It’s something I’ve left to the pros, like my favourite, favourite, favourite BBQ joint, Boneheads BBQ. When we were out shopping Thursday night though, there was a pretty good deal on some small packs of pork back ribs, so I decided to give it a go. Friday morning, I remembered that there was a barbecue rib recipe in my new America’s Test Kitchen Slow Cooker Revolution cookbook and I knew it was going to be what I used.

Like most good slow cooker recipes, this one does have a couple extra steps, but I loved that the extra steps were after the slow cooking, not before, because sometimes my cooking skills at 8 AM are not the sharpest. The original recipe is fairly large and should be made in a large oval slow cooker. Easy Barbecued Ribs In a small bowl, mix together paprika, brown sugar, cayenne and S&P. Now comes the only stove/oven work involved, we need to reduce the sauce and then brown the ribs under the broiler. Oven Fried Chicken. This recipe takes more effort to write than it does to make.

Oven Fried Chicken

So, so simple, it is also pretty inexpensive, versatile and relatively diet friendly. Oh yeah – it tastes reeeeeeally good! That is kind of important. The amounts I am giving you here were sufficient for 3 medium sized chicken breasts. Begin by combining, in a shallow dish, like a pie plate: 1/2 cup buttermilk 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 8-10 grinds of pepper Mix Trim the chicken beast of fat and other nasty bits. and gently pound to an even thickness. Man-Approved Spicy Oven Fries.