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    Healthy Lunch Recipes

    Goodbye, unhealthy midday meals, and hello exciting lunch recipes you can make in minutes! Everything from grab-and-go sandwiches to meal-prep lasagnas, soups you can make days before, and hearty pasta salads. You'll find options for busy workdays and lazy weekends alike. Perk up your lunch routine with these fresh lunch ideas that are easy, nutritious, inexpensive, and delicious!

    • An oval serving platter with Yangzhou House special fried rice filled with shrimp, chicken, ham, egg, and vegetables.
      Easy Chinese Special Fried Rice 扬州炒饭 (Yangzhou Fried Rice)
    • Three crispy golden brown chicken flautas on a colorful Mexican platter on shredded lettuce topped with salsa fresca, sour cream, jalapeno slices, guacamole, and a lime wedge.
      Chicken Flautas (Crispy Flautas de Pollo Recipe)
    • bowl of tortilla soup with crispy tortilla strips, pollo asado, corn, cheese, avocado, crema, fried mulato chile, a lime wedge, and a cilantro leaf.
      Chicken Tortilla Soup (Easy Authentic Mexican Recipe)
    • Two grilled pollo asado chicken thighs with char marks and juices in a red-rimmed serving bowl resting before slicing, pollo asado recipe.
      Pollo Asado (Mexican Grilled Chicken)
    • A golden brown chicken quesadilla wedge on a plate topped with guacamole, salsa fresca, and sour cream with melted cheese, chicken, and corn filling visible, chicken quesadilla recipe.
      Chicken Quesadilla Recipe (Pollo Asado Quesadillas)
    • Fully loaded pollo asado chicken tacos with guacamole, salsa, shredded cabbage, diced onions, cilantro, jalapeno, and hot sauce with lime wedges, pollo asado tacos recipe.
      Pollo Asado Tacos (Grilled Chicken Tacos)
    • A pasta bowl filled with lightly creamy mushroom pasta sprinkled with grated Grana Padano and chives.
      Easy Creamy Pioppini Mushroom Pasta (Pasta con Funghi e Panna)
    • perfectly steamed Mussels Guazetto
      Mussels in Tomato & White Wine Garlic Sauce (Guazzetto di Cozze)
    • A pasta bowl filled with homemade spaghetti with beef and tomato sauce covered with grated parmesan and ready to eat!
      The Best Spaghetti Sauce with Beef (Spaghetti con Ragù)
    • A bowl of creamy mushroom risotto garnished with minced parsley made with porcini and wild mushrooms for an easy mushroom risotto you can make at home.
      Italian Mushroom Risotto Recipe (Using Any Mushrooms)
    • Sliced and stacked melty ooey gooey cheeseburger quesadillas with a speared pickle on top.
      Easy Cheeseburger Quesadillas (With Vegetarian Option)
    • Grilled red argentinian shrimp on a grill pan.
      4-Minute Perfectly Grilled Argentinian Red Shrimp
    • 3 turkey tinga tacos in hard tortilla shells with hot sauce drizzled on top
      Easy Turkey Tinga Tacos (Best Way to Use Up Leftover Turkey)
    • Closeup of 5 corn tortilla steak tacos in a round cake pan held up by each other and topped with salsa, jalapeños, and cilantro.
      The Best Way to Save and Repurpose Overcooked Steak (Tacos)
    • the best perfectly cooked carne asada steak with caramelized onions on a sheet pan
      Restaurant-Style Carne Asada Steak (For Two or a Crowd)
    • perfectly pan seared flank steak sliced and lying in a row on a cutting board revealing the crusty outside and pink middles
      5-Minute Pan-Seared Flank Steak For Two (or a Crowd)
    • Homemade plum and mozzarella caprese salad with basil leaves, olive oil, and sea salt on a serving platter making one of the best unique caprese salad options ever!
      Plum Caprese Salad (with Buffalo Mozzarella)
    • steamed black Sardinian mussels with bits of sausage and diced tomatoes in a white wine broth in a white bowl top down view
      Steamed Mussels With Sausage and Mushrooms in White Wine Sauce
    • Purple cauliflower steaks perfectly crispy and tender with a crispy sesame seed crust.
      Pan-Seared Purple Cauliflower Sesame Steaks
    • A saute pan of homemade linguine with clam sauce in a white wine clam sauce with shells on, linguine and clams recipe tossed made with Italian Veraci clams and linguine pasta.
      Linguine with Clam Sauce Recipe (Pasta alle Vongole)
    • Italian 24-month aged prosciutto crudo wrapped around smooth white "liscio" (meaning smooth) cantaloupe melon wedges, brunch appetizers and brunch menu ideas for Mother's Day.
      Italian Prosciutto Wrapped Melon Slices (Prosciutto e Melone)
    • A skillet full of homemade pasta alle zucchine (or better known as pasta with zucchini with tagliatelle standing in for spaghetti and sprinkled with a handful of freshly grated aged Grana Padano cheese.
      Pasta alle Zucchine (Spaghetti with Zucchini)
    • Green spinach pasta mezzaluna-shaped spinach and ricotta ravioli on a serving platter topped with homemade Italian tomato sauce and freshly grated Parmesan.
      Homemade Spinach and Ricotta Ravioli Filling Recipe
    • Golden broiled shrimp gratin served in a natural scallop shell, bubbly and caramelized on top. A quick and elegant lenten seafood appetizer or dinner.
      10-Minute Italian Shrimp Au Gratin (Gamberi Gratinati)
    • Shrimp and vegetable stir fry in a light Cantonese white sauce with sauteed shrimp, carrots, asparagus spears, cabbage, and peas in a serving bowl. An easy and healthy lenten Asian seafood dinner.
      Easy Shrimp & Vegetable Stir Fry (w/Cantonese Style White Sauce)
    • Cajun royal red shrimp tossed with spaghetti pasta in a spicy seasoned sauce, showing bright red gulf royal red shrimp over al dente spaghetti. A bold and flavorful lenten seafood pasta dinner.
      Cajun Style Royal Red Shrimp Pasta For One (Or a Crowd)
    • Sesame scallion yellowfin tuna salad on whole wheat bread sliced in half to reveal the best tuna filling and crispy fried onions and shredded purple cabbage for extra texture, served with a side of potato chips. An easy and satisfying lenten lunch idea.
      The Best Tuna Salad Recipe (Easy Sesame-Scallion)
    • Naturally creamy triple shrimp pasta made without cream, featuring trighetto pasta in a rich tomato shrimp sauce that uses all parts of the shrimp including the heads to flavor the pasta in a deep pasta bowl. A decadent lenten seafood pasta recipe.
      Triple Shrimp Pasta (Creamy Shrimp Trighetto Pasta)
    • A perfectly boiled lobster tail sitting in a pool of warm clarified butter, showing the bright red and white tender lobster meat. An easy and elegant lenten seafood dinner in just 4 minutes.
      Delicious 4-Minute Lobster Tails (for one or a crowd)
    • A pile of bright red-orange pan-seared sauteed Argentinian Red Shrimp perfectly cooked and tender.
      4-Minute Sauteed Shrimp Recipe (Pan-Seared Garlic Shrimp)
    • summer fresh tomato and zucchini pasta sprinkled with Grana Padano cheese
      Italian Spaghetti With Zucchini & Fresh Tomatoes
    • Pasta bowl filled with creamy corn and zucchini pasta with radiatore pasta shape for the perfect summer pasta recipe.
      Sweet Corn and Zucchini Pasta (Summer Pasta)
    • A bowl of homemade egg drop soup with crispy fried homemade wonton strips, green peas, corn, and sliced scallions showing how easy it is to make this Chinese soup at home.
      Easy Egg Drop Soup with Crispy Fried Wonton Strips (Danhuatang 蛋花湯)
    • A bowl of homemade Italian ventricina and cicerchia bean soup garnished with grated parmesan and scallions and two parmesan crostini.
      Italian Cicerchie Bean & Ventricina Soup (Zuppa di Fagioli Cicerchie)
    • Pepperoni topped pizza in the shape of a heart that's been cut in a zigzag down the middle and slightly separated to reveal a broken heart pizza
      20-Minute Valentine's Day Heart-Shaped Pizza
    • Close-up of homemade cuttlefish ink pasta nests in various shapes on tray, fresh black pasta ready for seafood pasta recipes and nero di seppia dishes.
      Squid Ink Pasta (Homemade Pasta al Nero di Seppia)
    • A pasta bowl filled with black squid ink tagliatelle with crab meat sugo and chunks of crab with a hot pepper garnish on top.
      Easy Crab Linguine (Linguine Nero di Seppia al Granchio Blu)
    • Garlic butter shrimp scampi with extra virgin olive oil, grated parmigiano reggiano parmesan and scallions, garlic shrimp scampi recipe.
      Delicious Shrimp Scampi for Two (or a Crowd)
    • Argentinian red shrimp in tomato cream sauce with creamy tomato alfredo for shrimp pasta recipe.
      Shrimp Pasta with Spicy Tomato-Cream Sauce (Tomato-Alfredo)
    • 6-Minute Soy Ginger Miso Salmon (w/Crispy Skin)

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    Casseroles for Cooler Nights

    • A casserole dish filled with cheese enchiladas covered in sauce, melted cheddar cheese, and minced white onions.
      Cheese Enchiladas with Red Enchilada Sauce Recipe (Authentic Tex-Mex + Video)
    • A slice of prosciutto cotto and mozzarella lasagna with cheese and tomato sauce oozing out.
      Italian Ham & Mozzarella Lasagna (Lasagna di Prosciutto Cotto e Mozzarella)
    • Traditional homemade lasagna bolognese with eight layers, showcasing rich meat sauce and handmade spinach egg pasta noodles in classic Italian culinary style.
      Authentic Lasagna Bolognese Recipe (Lasagne alla Bolognese +Video)
    • A portioned square of "almost lasagna bolognese" pasta bake with beef ragu, porcini bechamel, mozzarella cheese, and parmigiano-reggiano cheese.
      Beef Lasagna w/Tomato White Wine Sauce and Porcini Béchamel
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    Easy Fall Pumpkin Recipes

    • Homemade pumpkin puree in glass mason jar for pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin bread, pumpkin waffles, pumpkin pasta, pumpkin, etc. (image showing fresh pumpkin puree for making pumpkin pancakes from scratch instead of canned pumpkin).
      How to Make Pumpkin Puree (30-Minute Method)
    • A bottle of McCormick's pumpkin pie spice next to a glass weck jar filled with homemade McCormick's substitute with two spoons filled with the respective spice mixes to show the color of each.
      Pumpkin Pie Spice Recipe (Best McCormick Copycat)
    • Stack of hot pumpkin pancakes with a wedge removed so you can see how tender and fluffy they are.
      Pumpkin Pancake Recipe (Easy, Extra Fluffy + Video)
    • Creamy pumpkin pasta with sausage and kale in a cast iron skillet featuring trottole pasta coated in pumpkin cream sauce, an easy pumpkin pasta sauce recipe.
      Creamy Pumpkin Pasta Sauce with Sausage and Kale

    Tasty Pizza Night Recipes

    • Homemade 00-thin crust pizza with pioppini mushrooms, pepperoni, shallots, mozzarella, buffalo mozzarella, and large green and black olives.
      Best 00 Flour Pizza Dough Recipe (Thin-Crust, 5 Ingredients)
    • Pizza dough recipe for a homemade pizza with sausage and onion on a crispy bread flour pizza crust recipe, how to make pizza dough for the best homemade pizza dough.
      Best Bread Flour Pizza Dough Recipe (5 Ingredients)
    • Super crispy sliced whole wheat Supreme pizza with green olives, spicy ventricina salami, salsiccia, prosciutto cotto, mushrooms, red bell peppers, and onions.
      Best Whole Wheat Pizza Dough Recipe (For Thin Crust Pizza)
    • Perfect thick-crust pizza dough with pizza margherita toppings (including homemade pizza sauce, shredded mozzarella, and mini buffalo mozzarella balls.
      Thick-Crust Pizza (Fluffy 00 Flour Pizza Dough Recipe)
    • A platter with three golden brown fried pizzas topped with burrata cheese, mozzarella, prosciutto di parma, olives, and sun dried tomatoes.
      Italian Fried Pizza (Easy Abruzzese Pizza Fritta)
    • St. Louis style thin crust whole wheat pizza cut into squares topped with artichoke hearts, Taggiasche olives, caramelized onions and melted mozzarella cheese - no yeast pizza dough recipe.
      Easy 20-Minute Thin & Crispy St. Louis-Style Whole Wheat Pizza
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