Dinner Recipes

Easy heart-warming individual puff pastry chicken or turkey pot pies — perfect for using up leftover poultry!

February 4, 2012
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These hearty family-friendly pot pies are a great way to use up leftover chicken or turkey, and puff pastry sheets speed up the process. My kids and husband would eat these every week, if I allowed it.

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Spicy Slow Cooker Chicken Vindaloo — Soooo much better than it looks!

January 20, 2012
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If you read The Taste Place regularly, you know we love spicy food.  One of our favorite cuisines that regularly features a bit of spice is Indian.  We both enjoy Indian restaurants, but our experience making Indian food at home has been a bit mixed.  We’ve used Trader Joe’s Curry and Masala Simmer Sauces with [...]

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Our most popular recipes of 2011

January 5, 2012
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our most popular recipes of 2011, based on the number of page views (total and unique) racked up between January 1 and December 31, 2011. Paula Deen, pork and slow cookers seem to be the theme.

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Roast Goose with Bourbon Gravy — A Christmas Classic!

December 17, 2011
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Roast Goose is a Christmas or holiday classic, and is easier than you’d think. Pair it with our bourbon gravy and chestnut stuffing, and prepare to wow your crowd!

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Slow Cooker Minestrone Soup with Spicy Italian Sausage

December 4, 2011
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Great crockpot minestrone soup, with spicy turkey Italian sausage as our secret ingredient! Terrific flavors, and yet still quite healthy! 8 PointsPlus per serving.

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Closet Cooking’s fabulous Creole Split Pea Soup with Andouille

November 30, 2011
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A delicious Creole twist on a classic soup. And with andouille sausage! At 10 PointsPlus per serving, even your Weight Watchin’ guests can enjoy this wonderful soup.

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Easy Classic Turkey Noodle Soup

November 23, 2011
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This easy classic delicious soup is a great kid-approved way to use up that leftover turkey carcass and meat. Make the stock ahead of time, or use store-bought, for a quick hearty work night meal. Only 4 Weight Watchers PointsPlus!

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Rachel Ray’s Pumpkin Soup with Chili Cran-Apple Relish

November 19, 2011
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This delicious Rachel Ray pumpkin soup is easy, cheap and perfect for your next Thanksgiving, Christmas or Autumn dinner party. 7 Weight Watchers PointsPlus per first course serving.

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Healthy tangy Manhattan clam chowder

October 27, 2011
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An easy tasty clam chowder that just screams out Fall cooking! 3 PointsPlus per serving.

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Red Shrimp Chowder with Corn and Bacon

October 12, 2011
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A hearty delicious and healthy chowder packed with shrimp, potatoes and corn. Only 8 PointsPlus per serving.

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Comfort Food: Mom’s Pork Chops and Rice Casserole

September 26, 2011
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Pork chops and rice casserole is classic, easy comfort food from my childhood, and one of the three favorite dishes my mom used to make. 10 PointsPlus per serving.

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Barefoot Contessa’s Scallops Gratin

September 23, 2011
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A delicious elegant simple dish for those special occasions, 10 Weight Watchers PointsPlus per serving.

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