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previous issues of weekly articles and columns, from Christmas recipes, Fourth of July parties, quick and easy five ingredient recipes, crockpot and slow cooker recipes and information, desserts, quick sweets, side dishes, nutrition information, cooking lessons, and more from your Busy Cooks Guide.
Last Minute Appetizers
Last minute appetizers can be lifesavers during the holiday season. Last minute appetizers are quick and easy. Fast appetizers for unexpected guests.
Steak and Corn Salad Dinner for $10
Steak and Corn Salad Dinner for $10 is an easy menu for an inexpensive meal. Grill some inexpensive steak for a delicious main dish salad recipe under ten dollars.
Last Minute Chicken Breast Recipes
Last minute chicken recipes are super quick and easy, perfect for unexpected company or when you need a fast meal. Make chicken recipes in minutes with these simple recipes.
Parmesan Chicken Meal for $8.64
Ten dollar meals are delicious and quick to make. Parmesan Chicken paired with carrots and rice pilaf is an easy meal for $8.64.
Got $10? Make a Meal!
$10 meals and recipes. If you have a ten dollar bill, you can make these quick and easy dinners. Ten dollar meals and menus.
Cinco de Mayo Recipes
Find some of my favorite Mexican inspired recipes for a Cinco de Mayo celebration. This holiday, which occurs on May 5, celebrates a victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla in 1862.
Quick and Easy Tex Mex Recipes
These quick and easy Tex Mex recipes are a combination of Mexican cuisine and American influence. Simple Tex-Mex recipes are delicious and easy.
Start With - Fresh Salmon
Find delicious, quick and easy salmon recipes for dinner. Start With Salmon is a collection of delicious recipes for salmon steaks and salmon fillets.
Start With - Shrimp
These easy and delicious recipes start with fresh or frozen shrimp, add a few ingredients, and end up with wonderful entrees. Start with shrimp main dish recipes.
All About Chicken
Find quick and easy recipes for chicken. Chicken recipes for main dishes, tips for cooking the perfect tender chicken, and five ingredient and crockpot chicken recipes.
Five Ingredient Stir-Fry Recipes
Five ingredient stir fry recipes have got to be the fastest ever! Once your ingredients are prepped, stir-frying takes just a few minutes when you use just 5 ingredients.
Meatballs and Orzo Menu for $9.99
This inexpensive meal for under ten dollars is quick and easy to make. Meatballs and Orzo is a simple skillet meal that lets you make dinner for under $10.
Poultry Products and the Bird Flu
Is there a link between chicken products and the bird flu? Should you be concerned about working with raw chicken and poultry products since the bird flu is associated with birds?
Passover Leftover Recipes
Quick and easy recipes that use leftovers from Passover, including roast beef, chicken, turkey, and matzos in sandwiches, casseroles, and desserts. Leftover Passover recipes.
Spring Fruit Recipes
Spring fruit recipes are fresh, easy, and quick. Recipes using all the fresh spring fruits appearing in the market.
Molded and Frozen Salads
Cool molded and frozen salads are an excellent food to have in your refrigerator or freezer for a chilly breakfast on a hot day, a quick snack, or an easy light dessert.
More Passover Recipes
These delicious recipes for Passover are quick and easy. Passover foods and recipes that are simple and delicious.
Bread 101
Bread making tips, hints and recipes. Learn how to make yeast bread from scratch, along with ingredient science, methods, and recipes.
Batter Breads
Learn how to make yeast batter breads. Yeast batter breads are an easy introduction to working with yeast; serve warm yeast breads baked in loaf pans or casseroles with breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Easter Leftover Recipes
Quick and easy recipes that use leftovers from Easter, including ham, hard cooked eggs, jelly beans, and turkey in sandwiches, casseroles, and desserts.
The Weekend Cook
In the continuing series 'The Weekend Cook', get menu plans and recipes for a busy holiday weekend, including great ideas for leftovers of ham, hard cooked eggs, and more. Menus and recipe for Easter weekend.
Alternative Easter Menus
Alternative Easter menus are quick and easy and one is for smaller families. Quick and easy menus for Easter breakfast, brunch, and dinner.
Start With - Pesto
Start With Pesto includes easy recipes that start with basil pesto. Recipes beginning with pesto.
Passover Recipes
Recipes for Passover that are quick, easy and make ahead, including Chicken Pizzuta, Charoses, Macaroons, a make-ahead Kugel, sponge cake, and Beet Borscht.