The day after Thanksgiving calls for simple food that's quick to make. Oh, and it should be able to feed your crew and be made ahead and work well with leftovers and be comforting. Heh. No pressure … wish granted!
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The telltale sweetness of a Korean-inspired marinade brings together sweetened wine and soy sauce with garlic and ginger to pair with tender mushrooms, crisp peppers, and quick-searing steak strips. Venison is great if you have it, but lean beef steak will also work.
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Once reserved for weekend or holiday gatherings, sweet corn on the cob has become a regular occurrence at my house. Moreover, I've even been known to give it a quick Mexican Street Corn treatment. My secret? The Instant Pot.
If you think turkey is only a Thanksgiving thing, you really ought to explore it as a summer option, particularly if you have an Instant Pot. Get all the steps you'll need to have tender, delicious turkey in less than an hour!
Every once in a while, I can find avocados for about 25-cents a piece at the market and, when I do, I put together one of my favorite meals that blend the taste of fajitas with the taste of guacamole in a dish that falls together in about a half hour!
Give your fajitas the seafood touch with tender shrimp and sizzling vegetables tucked into warm flour tortillas. What's more, have this amazing dinner on the table in well under a half hour! It's the perfect meal for this busy time of the year.
You're just a few steps away from a meal that's creative, delicious, and nutritious! Tangy lemon-garlic shrimp are paired with a curried spinach orzo. Add some skillet-seared lemon slices and some of your favorite olives and dinner's done!
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Forget take out. You can just keep things all in the kitchen when you put together your favorite Chinese restaurant favorites right at home. A handful of ingredients and less than half an hour of effort will get you one of your favorites on the table.
If you are a fan of cajun cuisine, you might crave blackened fish more often than you have the opportunity to order it from a menu. But give yourself a little time and a heavy skillet and you could find yourself the master of this relatively simple technique for taking chicken and fish to the next level.
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I love creamy risotto, but not the long simmer time and sore arm I get from all that stirring. So when things get busy, especially during the holiday season, I like to skip the rice and turn to orzo for a deceptively good stand in that's faster and low effort.