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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!

    • a beautifully broiled diver sea scallop in its shell with slightly crispy and golden brown edges and glistening in oil
      Italian Diver Scallops au Gratin (Capesante Gratinate)
    • A large pile of light and crispy beer-battered chicken tenders (chicken fingers copycat recipe of Chili's Chicken Crispers with twice fried french fries on top of the sunday comics newspaper section.
      Crispy Beer Battered Chicken Tenders (Chili's Copycat)
    • deep red glistening prosciutto sugo pasta sauce in a navy blue Silit Brand braising pan looking so scrumptious you just want to take a big bite of it!
      Italian Prosciutto Sugo (4-Ingredient Pork Tomato Sauce)
    • An italian ham and asparagus lasagna fully baked with beautiful wild asparagus spears decorating the top of the cheesy crispy mozzarella topping.
      Italian Ham & Asparagus Lasagna w/Asparagus Bechamel
    • 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
    • The best shrimp burger recipe served up in red burger baskets on a vintage carhop tray - crispy shrimp burgers on two potato buns with burger toppings including spicy wasabi mayo, shredded cabbage, pickles, cilantro and shallots with twice-fried french fries for a real classic drive in burger experience.
      Crispy Shrimp Burger Recipe (Homemade Teochew Shrimp Patties + Video)
    • 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 (Lasagne alla Bolognese +Video)
    • Grilled red argentinian shrimp on a grill pan.
      4-Minute Perfectly Grilled Argentinian Red Shrimp
    • cantaloupe wedges draped and wrapped with beautifully soft and luscious paper-thin sheets of prosciutto di parma on a marble round platter in the sunlight with a view of Italy in the background
      Italian Prosciutto Wrapped Melon Slices (Prosciutto e Melone)
    • Deli-Style Prosciutto and Turkey Provolone Sandwich
    • Perfectly pleated chicken dumplings on a sheet tray ready to be steamed.
      Chinese Chicken and Zucchini Dumplings w/Video (Chicken Jiaozi)
    • The Best Spaghetti Sauce with Beef (Spaghetti con Ragù)
    • 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)
    • 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)
    • Large Greek salad piled high on a serving platter and sprinkled with grated parmesan cheese.
      Greek Salad (Easy 15-Minute Salad With Video)
    • A pasta bowl filled with black squid ink tagliatelle with crab meat sugo and chunks of crab with a hot pepper garnish on top.
      Quick and Easy Crab Linguine (Linguine Nero di Seppia al Granchio Blu)
    • turkey breast cutlet frying in a cast iron skillet
      Crispy Italian Turkey Breast Cutlets (Cotoletta di Tacchino)
    • Mediterranean pasta salad with pasta, olives, fresh mozzarella, shrimp, sauteed asparagus and carrots, sun dried tomatoes, celery, cucumbers, and more.
      Best Mediterranean Pasta Salad (Pasta Fredda)
    • Sweet Corn and Zucchini Pasta (Summer Pasta)
    • Delicious Cheeseburger Quesadillas (With Vegetarian Option)
    • a top down view of delicious spaghetti all amatriciana in a navy blue braising pan
      Spaghetti all'Amatriciana (Spicy Tomato Pasta Sauce w/Cured Pork)
    • A piping hot bowl of cicerchie and spicy ventricina soup garnished with grated parmesan cheese and chopped chives with 2 pieces of toasted Italian bread tucked into the bowl.
      Italian Cicerchie Bean & Ventricina Soup (Zuppa di Fagioli Cicerchie)
    • a bowl of warm and slightly creamy turkey and wild rice soup on a vintage pink and gold venetian serving tray
      Maggie's Turkey & Wild Rice Soup (Using Thanksgiving Leftovers)
    • shrimp pasta in red sauce piled high on top of triangular spaghetti noodles in a white pasta bowl
      Triple Shrimp Pasta (Creamy Shrimp Trighetto Pasta)
    • A dutch oven filled with chicken and dumpling.
      Best Chicken and Dumplings From Scratch (With Video)
    • Homemade Lemon-tomato vinaigrette with herbs in a glass Weck canning jar on top of a decorative vintage tray with pink, white and green flowers.
      Lemon-Tomato Vinaigrette (Easy Summer Vinaigrette Recipe)
    • Sausage + Mushroom Maccheroni Pasta in the pot looking scrumptious and glistening
      Easy Sausage and Mushroom Pasta (For Busy Weeknights)
    • closeup of sesame egg salad on whole wheat bread that's been cut into triangles and the middles facing out and up towards you
      Best Sesame Egg Salad Sandwich (Tamago Sando たまごサン)
    • closeup of a braiser dish filled with spaghetti with zucchini and Grana Padano cheese
      Pasta alle Zucchine (Spaghetti with Zucchini)
    • chicken ceasar salad on a large round platter
      Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad (Homemade Dressing & Parmesan Croutons)
    • Garganelli pasta noodles in a shrimp and tomato pasta sauce.
      15-Minute Shrimp Pasta with Garganelli (the Italian Way)
    • British Style Fish and Chips (Crispiest Fried Fish Ever)
    • Iceberg lettuce and purple cabbage salad with tomatoes, carrots, eggs, french fried onions, avocado and toasted sesame and pepita seeds.
      Lazy Day Refrigerator Salad (A Hearty and Healthy Salad)
    • 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
    • Creamy blue crab risotto served in a white pasta bowl with whole cooked blue crab garnish, topped with fresh chives and a single fresh red chili pepper.
      Easy Crab Risotto Recipe (Risotto al Granchio Blu Classico + Video)
    • golden brown chicken and pork meatballs in a ceramic dish sprinkled with grated parm and chives
      Best Chicken and Pork Meatballs (with Chicken-only Option)
    • a sauté pan full of just tossed creamy sausage and wine sauce with rigatoni
      Creamy Sausage Pasta With Wine Sauce (Almost Pasta alla Norcina w/Video)
    • A pasta bowl filled the ultra creamy lemongrass shrimp risotto.
      25-Minute Lemongrass Prawn Risotto (Shrimp Risotto)
    • A bowl of simple chicken and dumplings with two dumplings surrounded by creamy chicken soup.
      Mom's Easy Chicken and Dumplings (6 Ingredients: 100% From Scratch)
    • a pasta bowl plate filled with spring green asparagus risotto with three pan seared spears and three pan seared scallops on top with a sprinkling of crumbled crispy-fried prosciutto on top
      Asparagus Risotto w/Pan-Seared Scallops & Crispy Speck

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    Fall Comfort Food Recipes

    • 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 (Lasagne alla Bolognese +Video)
    • a bowl of warm and slightly creamy turkey and wild rice soup on a vintage pink and gold venetian serving tray
      Maggie's Turkey & Wild Rice Soup (Using Thanksgiving Leftovers)
    • A golden brown turkey pot pie with an extra piece of dough cut into the shape of a turkey baked right in the middle of the pot pie.
      A Better Homemade Turkey Pot Pie (The Ultimate Pot Pie Recipe)
    • 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)

    Pumpkin Pleasing Recipes

    • Stack of hot pumpkin pancakes with a wedge removed so you can see how tender and fluffy they are.
      Pumpkin Pancakes Recipe (Extra Fluffy + Video)
    • 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).
      20-Minute Pumpkin Purée (100% Homemade)
    • 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)
    • Beautiful orange crispy-edged pumpkin focaccia with rosemary and dimpled everywhere on top.
      Easy Pumpkin Focaccia Bread (Focaccia alla Zucca)
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