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This is salmon with some soul. It’s groovy.

A lower-carb alternative to pot stickers and other dumplings.

Montalcino, Italy, is the city I married in. I will make this dish for John every September 24, for our wedding anniversary. The way to anyone’s heart, forever and ever, is through their stomach! This is not your average chicken dinner.

Unreal! Forget Buffalo wings—not only are these healthier than deep-fried wings and way lower in fat, they simply are the best chicken wings you’ll ever have! They are super, über-snacks that can be a simple supper, with salad or veggies on the side. The only carbs come from natural juice and honey. Unlike the small, snipped wings served in some bars and restaurants, homemade wings are larger and have more meat. Allow three or four for a full dinner portion per person, though my sweetie and I can eat all twelve if we’re watching a double feature that night!

Better than burritos and tacos, these wraps have crunch and the lettuce lets the flavors of the fillings shine through.

Why roast the carrots? Well let me tell you, a roasted carrot will kick a boiled carrot’s you know what, any day. That’s why.

Wow! Is this one a looker!

Exotic, easy, and healthy, too, this simple dish is just delish.

East Coast meets West Coast in this dish. Chowder plus Tex-Mex equals a really good idea in any direction!

I often throw holiday parties with a casual theme. This dish was the centerpiece of a holiday-style Make Your Own Take-out gathering. You will never find anything like this delivered to your door in a brown paper sack, but if you do a little bit of chopping you’ll be famous for many holidays to come. P.S. Don’t wait for a holiday to make it.

This is my latest version of what has become one of my classic 30-Minute-Meals, Beefy Brutus Salad, a Caesar-style salad with Italian thin-cut steak! Why should chicken have all the fun?

For me, this is chicken and rice recipe number 14,655. And for you?

Rich, but not heavy, this dish is delish.

Here’s a hipster menu for urbanites or just hep hicks from the sticks like me.

I’m always trying to come up with yet another version of chili and yet another chicken dinner. Here’s both in one meal in another new way.

This dish is preventative medicine; it prevents one from ordering and pigging out on bad Mexican-style take-out food. If you make this instead you won’t end up feeling too fat or too full.

This is one of my fancy fake-out meals. It looks like it came out of an Asian influenced bistro, but the difference between your Express Lane receipt and your dinner check, not to mention the prep time, is substantial.

When you’re watching the big game it’s important to have some smashmouth, tough-guy food like this.