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Fudgy Chocolate Brownies

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Fudgy Chocolate Brownies Larger photo These super-fudgy brownies are for chocolate lovers only! Made with melted chocolate, butter, sugar, eggs, flour, and chocolate chips. Great for picnics, potlucks, or mailing to a friend. Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 25 minutes Yield: 16 regular brownies or 25 brownie bites Ingredients 3/4 cup (105 grams) all-purpose flour 1/8 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 6 tablespoons (3 ounces) unsalted butter, cut up 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, broken into 1-inch pieces 1 cup (200 grams) granulated sugar 2 large eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup (6 ounces) mini bitte...

Easy Beef Brisket

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Easy Beef Brisket Larger photo Easy! Beef brisket roast, slathered in a mixture of BBQ sauce and soy sauce, wrapped in foil, and baked until falling apart tender. Simple and delicious. Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 3 hours Yield: Serves 8 Ingredients 3 to 4 lbs of a brisket cut of beef 3/4 cup barbeque sauce 1/4 cup soy sauce 1 cup of water Method 1 Preheat oven to 300ºF. 2 In a bowl, mix together the barbecue sauce, soy sauce, and water. 3a Place the brisket roast on a large piece of aluminum foil. Spread the ...

Quick & Easy Hamburger Soup

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Quick & Easy Hamburger Soup Larger photo Hamburger Soup -- so QUICK and EASY! Great last-minute weeknight meal. Ready in 30 minutes. Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 30 minutes Yield: 4 to 6 servings Ingredients 1 to 1 1/3 pound ground beef 1 cup diced yellow onion (from 1 small onion or 1/2 large onion) 2 stalks celery, diced 2 large carrots, diced 1 sweet bell pepper, seeded and diced 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 can (14.5 oz) diced tomatoes 2 tablespoons tomato paste 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper 2 cups beef broth 1/2 cup red wine, optional 1 cup elbow macaroni...

Soba Noodle Bowls with Spinach and Poached Eggs

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Soba Noodle Bowls with Spinach and Poached Eggs Larger photo EASY and FAST Soba Noodle Bowls. With spinach, poached eggs, and sesame seeds. 20 minutes to make. Prep time: 5 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes Yield: 4 servings Ingredients 2 tablespoons white vinegar 6 cups chicken or vegetable stock 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh ginger 2 to 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil (plus more for garnish) Salt, to taste 4 large eggs 8 ounces soba (buckwheat) noodles 2 cups (3 ounces) packed fresh baby spinach leaves 6 scallions, thinly sliced (for garnish) 4 teaspoons sesame seeds (for garnish) ...

Spring Minestrone Soup

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Spring Minestrone Soup Larger photo You can either make fresh pesto for this recipe, or you can just buy some high-quality pesto in the market. Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 40 minutes Yield: Serves 4-6 Ingredients 2 Tbsp olive oil 6 green onions 2 green garlic stalks, or 2 large garlic cloves 1 pound baby potatoes, or Yukon gold potatoes cut into 1-inch chunks 1 15-ounce can of diced tomatoes 4 cups vegetable stock or chicken stock (use vegetable stock if cooking vegetarian or vegan) Salt 1/2 pound artichoke hearts (fresh or frozen), chopped roughly 1 15-ounce can of chickpeas (garbanzo beans), rinsed and drai...

Turkey Meatball Soup with Spinach and Orzo

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Turkey Meatball Soup with Spinach and Orzo Larger photo If you want to skip the instructions to brown the meatballs, just drop them off a long-handled spoon directly into the simmering stock. To make the meatballs in advance , set the rolled meatballs on a rimmed baking sheet and freeze until firm. Then drop the meatballs into a plastic freezer bag. Defrost them overnight in the refrigerator before cooking. Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 25 minutes Yield: 6 servings Ingredients For the meatballs: 2 slices white bread or 1 soft dinner roll (about 3-inches across), left out overnight 1/4 cup whole or reduced-fat milk (6...

Fish Stew with Ginger and Tomatoes

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Fish Stew with Ginger and Tomatoes Larger photo Use a Microplane or the smallest, finest holes on your cheese grater to grate the ginger. Ginger is juicier and less fibrous in spring, but you can use any fresh ginger you find. As written, this recipe has you cook the potatoes and the sauce in separate pots so they cook at the same time, which gets dinner on the table sooner. If you'd prefer to cut down on the number of dirty pots instead, you can cook the potatoes and sauce in the same pot: Cook the potatoes first (in a steamer basket with some water in the bottom of the pot and the lid tightly on), then remove the potatoes, pour out the water, and make the sauce. Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: ...