Recipes & Cooking Ideas

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Fish on grill grates
The Simply Recipes Guide to Grilling Fish
Hunk of steak on the grill
The Simply Recipes Guide to Grilling Meat
Papaya cubes in a white bowl on a blue napkin
How to Cut a Papaya
5 mins
Dinner Recipes 
Easy Tofu Stir Fry served with rice.
Spicy Tofu Stir-fry
50 mins
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Rack of Lamb
Classic Rack of Lamb
35 mins
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Grenadine in a glass cocktail mixer.
Easy Homemade Grenadine
35 mins
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Lunch Recipes 
Peeled and sliced Instant pot hard boiled eggs on a plate
Instant Pot Easy-Peel Hard Boiled Eggs
4 mins
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Tex-Mex Chopped Chicken Salad with Corn, Tortilla Chips, and Cojita
Tex-Mex Chopped Chicken Salad with Cilantro-Lime Dressing
35 mins
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Bread and Butter Pickles
Bread and Butter Pickles
4 hrs
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Breakfast Recipes 
The Best Shakshuka in a skillet.
Shakshuka with Feta, Olives, and Peppers
50 mins
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Tahini Breakfast Cookies
Oat and Tahini Breakfast Cookies
27 mins
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Biscuits and Gravy - Buttermilk Biscuit Covered in Sausage Gravy
Biscuits and Gravy
35 mins
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Dessert Recipes 
Gingerbread House
How to Make a Gingerbread House
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14 Dessert Recipes Packed with Fresh Summer Fruit
15 Dessert Recipes Packed with Fresh Summer Fruit
Salted Caramel Brownies
Caramel Brownies
55 mins
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Snacks And Appetizer Recipes 
Easy Pepperoni Calzones on a plate
Pepperoni Calzones
55 mins
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Swedish Meatballs
Swedish Meatballs
80 mins
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Homemade dark rye bread on a wooden board
Homemade Rye Bread
70 mins
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Drink Recipes 
Two blender margaritas in wide glasses garnished with strawberries.
Frozen Strawberry Margaritas
15 mins
Homemade orgeat in a pitcher behind a cocktail and a scoop with almonds.
Orgeat (Almond Syrup)
8 hrs
Two glasses of pitcher cucumber margaritas garnished with lime and cucumber.
Frozen Cucumber Margaritas
10 mins
Holiday And Seasonal Recipes 
Baked Brie
Easy Baked Brie in Puff Pastry
35 mins
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How to make scalloped potatoes
Creamy Scalloped Potatoes
2 hrs
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Gougeres Cheddar Cheese Puffs
Cheddar Cheese Puffs
50 mins
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Recipes By Time And Ease 
Wax Beans with Mint
Wax Beans With Mint
25 mins
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Easy French Toast on plate with butter and syrup
French Toast
20 mins
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The best asparagus in a serving bowl.
Quick and Easy Asparagus
20 mins
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World Cuisine Recipes 
Chimichurri Sauce in bowl
Chimichurri
8 mins
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Moroccan Grated Beet and Carrot Salad
Moroccan Grated Carrot and Beet Salad
15 mins
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Orange Blossom Carrot Salad
Orange Blossom Carrot Salad
15 mins
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A burger patty on a parchment lined baking sheet to show the best way to season a burger.
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Bowl of watermelon cubes with watermelon slices behind it on a wood serving platter
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5 mins
Two ears of corn with husk pulled back showing kernals on a wood cutting board
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Trimmed green beans in a plastic ziptop bag
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Three ears of cooked corn on the cob on a blue flower plate
How to Cook Corn on the Cob
9 mins
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Conversion measurements illustration
Ounces to Cups to Tablespoons Conversion Chart
Head of green lettuce on a wood cutting board
How to Store Lettuce and Keep it Fresh for a Long Time
Collection of anchovies cans, jars, tubes
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Close up grouping of multi colored onions
How to Store Onions
garlic bulb cloves and peeled garlic in glass container
How to Store Garlic
Fresh ginger in a plastic bag on a wooden cutting board
How to Store Ginger
Greyhound cocktails on a table with a dark background behind them.
Greyhound
5 mins
Frozen mango daiquiris in martini glasses garnished with curled mango peel.
Mango Daiquiri
5 mins
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Homemade orgeat in a pitcher behind a cocktail and a scoop with almonds.
Orgeat (Almond Syrup)
8 hrs
Two blender margaritas in wide glasses garnished with strawberries.
Frozen Strawberry Margaritas
15 mins
Best frozen margarita in a blue rimmed glass with limes in front and another glass and linen behind it.
Pitcher Frozen Margaritas
5 mins
How to Grill Ribeye steak add the steak to the grill
The Best Cuts of Steak for Grilling
A bone-in raw steak seasoned with salt and set on a worn baking sheet.
How to Salt a Steak for Grilling
Grill with hot coals to show how to grill shrimp.
How to Heat Your Grill to Cook Steak
Seasoned bone in steak on a hot grill
How Long to Grill Steak
A coupe glass filled with an Authentic Peruvian Pisco Sour.
Pisco Sour
5 mins
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Nashville hot chicken sandwich with pickles and served on a plate.
Nashville Hot Chicken
44 mins
Two glasses of pitcher cucumber margaritas garnished with lime and cucumber.
Frozen Cucumber Margaritas
10 mins
Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies with Chocolate Chips cooling on a rack.
Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
24 mins
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Creamy French buttercream frosting in a bowl with chocolate cupcakes to the right of it.
French Buttercream
21 mins
German buttercream piped in a prep bowl and a piping bag next to it.
German Buttercream Frosting
35 mins
Asian pantry essentials miso soy sauce kimchi on a wood cutting board
The Essential Ingredients of an Everyday Asian Pantry
Packaged Impossible burger patties and beyond beef patties
Everything You Should Know About Impossible and Beyond Beef Burgers
Four burgers in a cast iron skillet
5 Tips to Help You Cook a Burger on the Stove
Classic Tom Collins cocktail garnished with lemon with a plate of lemons to the left and a bottle of gin behind it.
Tom Collins
5 mins
A large bowl of strawberry frosting with strawberries, a red spatula, and frosted cupcake around it.
Strawberry Buttercream Frosting
20 mins
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