Quick and Easy Meals: Potluck Ideas & One-Pan Recipes

Simplify your routine with a 4-week meal-prep challenge and innovative one-pan recipes. From cooking frozen tilapia and shrimp without thawing to using a George Foreman grill for pork chops, easy cooking techniques save time and effort.

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8 Easy Potluck Recipes for the Last-Minute Chef in All of Us

Partaking in a potluck but don’t know what to make? Take your pick from these eight crowd-pleasers. All of the recipes serve 10 or more guests. Plus, they can be prepped in advance and take just about five minutes to make. You’ll love how little effort is needed to whip up these impressive dishes.

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7 Brunch Ideas to Make Your Morning Super Romantic

It's the weekend, and all you want to do is lounge in bed with your significant other. And we don't blame you; dealing with restaurant crowds can leave you feeling hangry. So stay in and make a healthy homemade brunch instead! You can prepare these brunch recipes together.

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Paleo centric meals for the Super Bowl.

10 Paleo Recipes for the Ultimate Super Bowl Feast

With the Super Bowl right around the corner, we’re celebrating with all things food. From baked wings to stuffed mushrooms, we’re bringing our A game with these 10 Paleo recipes. Consisting of muscle-building protein and fiber-rich fruits and vegetables, the [Paleo diet](https://www.livestrong.

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9 Holiday Superfoods You Can Actually Feast On

From fruitcake to eggnog and candied yams to pecan pie, popular holiday foods don’t exactly scream “healthy.” But there are ways to enjoy a holiday dinner without chucking all your diet goals out the window. Here are nine easy ways to incorporate nutrient-rich superfoods into your festive spread.

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The 4-Week Meal-Prep Challenge

The 4-Week Meal-Prep Challenge

Unless you’re a full-time chef, no one has time to spend all day every day in the kitchen cooking healthy, delicious meals. That’s where meal prepping comes in! But if you’ve ever scrolled through other people’s dazzlingly colorful and impeccably organized [#mealprep](https://www.instagram.

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8 One-Pan Meals That Will Change the Way You Cook

If you’ve had a long day, the thought of having to cook dinner and then wash multiple pots, pans and dishes might make you think twice. Enter sheet pan meals! The following eight dinner recipes can all be made using one or two sheet pans.

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How to Cook a Burger in the Toaster Oven

Throughout its long and storied history, the hamburger -- which traces its roots back to mid-1800s Hamburg, Germany -- has appeared in uncountable culinary variations, from simple cheeseburgers to intricate stuffed patties with exotic vegetables and artisan buns.

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Can You Cook Shrimp Without Thawing Them?

Few varieties of seafood can rival shrimp as an ingredient in fast, convenient meals. High in protein and low in fat, shrimp lend themselves to almost any healthful preparation method, from steaming to grilling.

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Can I Cook Frozen Tilapia?

For fat-conscious diners, lean white fish such as tilapia are a boon at mealtime. Tilapia's delicate flesh is naturally high in protein and low in fat, and culinarily, it's a blank canvas suitable for almost any combination of flavors.

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How to Cook Beef Hot Links on the Stove

Sizzling in flavor, beef hot links are a tasty dish for people who like spicy sausage. While the precooked links are ideal for grilling, they can also be cooked on the stove. The key to cooking links on the stovetop is to use water instead of direct heat.

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How to Cook Sirloin Medallions

Sirloin medallions, also called petite sirloins, differ from their full-size counterparts in both thickness -- they measure between 3/4 and 1 inch thick -- and width, at about 3 to 4 inches wide.

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Ways to Make Chicken With Shake 'n Bake

Shake 'n Bake is a type of flavored breadcrumb mix from Kraft Foods. It gets its trademark name because of the way that you prepare chicken, namely, by shaking pieces of chicken in a bag filled with the breadcrumbs and then baking them, rather than frying them.

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How to Reheat Chinese Food in the Oven

When you order takeout Chinese food, it is almost inevitable that you'll have leftovers, as takeout portions are notoriously generous. While you can reheat your leftovers in the microwave, it seems that shrimp fried rice, General Tso's chicken and crab rangoon are just not the same.

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Cooking Instructions for Frozen Tater Tots

Tater tots have been a cafeteria lunch favorite for years, and most people continue to love the crispy little potato treats long after elementary school graduation. Frozen tater tots, readily available and relatively inexpensive, are fully cooked and ready to heat and serve.

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How to Cook Pork Chops on a George Foreman Grill

Pork chops are a nutritious choice for any mealtime. One loin chop contains less than 200 calories and is full of protein and vitamins and minerals such as thiamin and selenium. Grilling your meat on the George Foreman grill helps to reduce fat because the excess fat drips off the meat as you cook it.

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Pierogi (dumplings with sauerkraut and mushrooms)

How to Cook Frozen Pierogies

Pierogies are a type of Eastern European -- Polish, Russian and Ukrainian -- dumpling stuffed with potatoes, cheese, sauerkraut, meat and even fruit. They often make an appearance at European Orthodox churches at Christmas Eve, yet many grocery stores carry frozen varieties that you can cook at home.

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