A Life in Food by real-life Chef Cheryl Bennett
Are you ready for the most delicious taco? These pumpkin tacos are not only vegan, they are also gluten-free. Roasted pumpkin is tossed with chili powder and cumin, giving these tacos a ton of flavor. Pumpkin isn’t just for sweet recipes. It also makes a great turkey pumpkin chili, perfect for fall.
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Mediterranean chicken and vegetables is a healthy dinner that is also quick and easy. A one pan meal that is ready in about 30 minutes, it is packed with lean protein and vegetables. This recipe is a great Mediterranean meal prep lunch. Mediterranean baked chicken meatballs are also one of our favorite healthy Mediterranean recipes for making ahead.
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…Langostino pasta for two is a perfect date night dinner. Pappardelle pasta is tossed with a creamy garlic butter white wine sauce before adding delicate langostino tails. You can find all of my langostino recipes here – everything from langostino étouffée to buttered langostino lobster rolls.
This langostino pasta is simple and delicious. It is fancy enough for a date night at home, but not overly complicated. A nice white wine compliments this seafood pasta, making it feel special, but easy enough for a weeknight.
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The Dinner Divas Meal Plan provides 5 dinner recipes plus 2 extra recipes, each and every week. Our meal plans feature easy, mostly healthy dishes that aren’t overly complicated and they won’t take all day to cook. Looking for something from a past menu? You can find all of the Dinner Divas menus here.
Get ready to make your shopping list, we have so many delicious meals this week. We’re here to help you plan your dinner menus plus make an extra treat or two! We hope this meal plan makes getting dinner on the table easier and provides you with some inspiration.
On the menu this week, the dinner divas are bringing you some delicious, comfort food dinners and plus two delicious bonus recipes! Easy weeknight dinners plus two fantastic extras, this week and every week.
But, before we get to this week’s meal plan, let me share a few more dishes that will happening in Pook’s kitchen this week: turkey pumpkin chili, corvina with citrus salsa, and cinnamon rum balls.
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Broccoli cakes are a delicious way to eat your vegetables. These vegetable cakes are baked, not fried, to make them an even healthier choice. Inspired by my original veggie cakes recipe, these broccoli cakes are approved by even the pickiest eaters.
Broccoli cakes are perfect for tucking into lunch boxes or meal prepping for the week. This recipe makes a dozen, but it can be easily doubled and I often make a double recipe because they disappear so quickly!
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Food in bowls is always the most comforting kind of food. Soup is one of those foods that I could happily eat all year, regardless of the season. Today, I’m sharing a dozen easy soup recipes for fall, including my easy lentil soup recipe.
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…White chocolate rum balls are an easy no bake treat that is perfect for your holiday cookie exchanges and dessert table. Cover with colorful sprinkles for a sweet, homemade gift. A variation on my easy rum ball recipe, this version is dipped in creamy white chocolate for an extra sweet treat.
Rum balls are an easy, no bake cookie that is perfect for your holiday dessert table or cookie exchange. I like to have a batch of these around for everyone to nibble on after holiday dinners.
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Each week, the Dinner Divas Meal Plan provides a week’s worth of dinner recipes plus 2 extra recipes. Our meal plans feature easy, mostly healthy dishes that won’t take all day to cook. Looking for something from a past menu? You can find all of the Dinner Divas menus here.
Get your pen and paper ready (or your phones!). We’re here to help you plan your dinner menus for the week ahead! We hope this meal plan makes getting dinner on the table easier and provides you with some inspiration.
On the menu this week, the dinner divas are bringing you some delicious, comfort food dinners and plus two Halloween desserts! Easy weeknight dinners plus two fantastic extras, this week and every week.
But, before we get to this week’s meal plan, let me share a few more dishes that will happening in Pook’s kitchen this week: Butternut Squash Risotto, Autumn Minestrone Soup and Mexican Day of the Dead Cupcakes.
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Risotto is one of those foods that demands a long, leisurely approach. It is a labor of love and shouldn’t be rushed. Butternut squash risotto is version of this dish that I come back to again and again. This fall vegetable, featured in my butternut squash arugula salad is one of our favorites.
Roasting the squash brings out it’s natural sweetness, making it even more delicious.
The whole key to risotto is the slow process allowing the creaminess of the rice to come out and that can only be achieved by taking your time. The frequent stirring and actively watching the pot can be a welcome change of pace from the frenzied dinner preparation most of us normally experience.
This is comfort food on every conceivable level. On days when you need a bit of a mental break, I wholeheartedly recommend making risotto. A bit of stirring while you lovingly watch the pot of rice in front of you transform into something creamy and ethereal may be just what you need.
Some people may feel intimidated by making risotto. Don’t be – it really isn’t more than pouring in a bit of stock and stirring for the better part of the cooking.
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Chocolate covered rum balls are a sweet, boozy grownup treat. Made with dark rum and dark chocolate, these chocolate covered rum balls are a variation on my easy rum ball recipe. They make a great addition to the holiday dessert table and they are perfect for holiday cookie exchanges.
Most often, we make rum balls around the holidays. Which is the time of the year when many of us are indulging in two things: booze and sugar. Check and check.
And, because we usually make these around the holiday season, I need a recipe that doesn’t require much time or energy when I have a to do list that’s a mile long. Enter: rum balls.
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