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DinnerPrecook the mushrooms and chicken and the stock to reduce the time to cook on the stovetop at the end to 30 minutes or less, pouring stock and stirring. Try this chicken and mushroom risotto recipe for one method of using precooked chicken in a creamy, slightly firm rice dish with porcini and cremini mushrooms.
Snacks & AppetizersBake four loaves at a time for sandwich and other bread uses or freezing; baked bread will keep for 1 to 2 days. Make unbaked dough and finish each loaf with butter, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, and two kinds of cheese to create a soft interior and a golden cheese-topped crust.
DinnerChoose jumbo shrimp without shells or veins but with tails intact as the protein for this recipe. Jumbo shrimp cook quickly and are the main ingredient in this 15-minute shrimp scampi recipe. Cooked shrimp are mixed into a garlic-butter and white-wine sauce. Shrimp scampi is topped with parsley and lemon zest.
DinnerMake four servings to take for lunches all week. Have milk or pasta cooking water on hand to add to leftovers for reheating. Creamy Cottage Cheese Pasta with lemon sauce and garlic and Parmesan is served over penne, rigatoni, or fusilli.
DinnerButter beans and leeks are nutritious weeknight main or side dishes. Cannellini beans and leeks, which have a sweet flavor, are sautéed with garlic, rosemary, thyme, white wine, and broth. Cheese, including cheddar and vegetarian pecorino, and lemon juice are added to thicken the dish.
DinnerThis 50-minute pasta dish for four uses products you likely have on hand and little preparation time to prepare a skillet sauce. Caramelized onions and Parmesan cheese, combined with cream and chili oil, provide sweet and spicy flavors to this dish using a simple sauce.
DinnerFor a family meal, Chicken Alfredo Pasta includes fettuccine boiled in a homemade Alfredo sauce with mascarpone cheese and a fried chicken dish coated with Parmesan cheese. The Alfredo sauce is creamy, and the chicken is coated with corn flakes to add texture to the moist meat.
DinnerThe sauce for this ravioli dish can be prepared up to 2 days early and stored separately from the ravioli to keep the pasta coated rather than dry. This tomato sauce with Parmesan and basil can be prepared in 20 minutes and served with a 20-ounce package of ravioli.
LunchThis Tuscan butter bean skillet dish can be prepared in advance for two meals, lunch and dinner. The complete creamy sun-dried tomato sauce can be made in advance and reheated for serving. The butter beans keep their currylike texture. Stir fresh basil into reheated servings and serve with toast.
DinnerChoose a lean, flavorful ground beef option, such as 97/3 ground beef, for your slow cooker sauce to prevent excessive fat in the layers of your lasagna. The Slow Cooker Lasagna recipe includes browned ground beef marinara sauce and other ingredients layered with dry lasagna noodles for a dish that is easy to cut and serve. It has tender noodles, ricotta cheese filling, oregano-seasoned meat sauce, and mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses.
DinnerFor a large family or holiday meal, this lasagna recipe for 12 serves uses tender noodles baked with a rich tomato sauce and ground beef and Italian sausage mixtures as well as ricotta and Pecorino Romano cheeses. A small amount of cinnamon added to the sauce gives it additional flavor. Layers of cheese in the lasagna firm up for slicing.
DinnerPeel the chicken breasts to reduce cooking time and make the chicken main dish in Marry Me Chicken Pasta. Other dish ingredients include rigatoni pasta and a creamy sun-dried tomato and garlic sauce with Parmesan cheese and optional red pepper flakes for a slightly spicy flavor.
DinnerGround beef is the highlight of this easy lasagna, providing rich flavor along with a satisfying texture. Layered with a seasoned cottage cheese mixture along with melty mozzarella, this dish is hearty yet comforting.
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