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Weeknight Taco Soup

My family loves this taco soup made with ground meat (beef, pork, chicken, and turkey all work), veggies, beans, and a simple homemade taco seasoning. It has everything we love about taco night made into a delicious soup! The dill in the recipe is a substitute for store-bought Ranch seasoning (a common ingredient in taco soup). It really does make the soup delicious! If you’d like to use a slow cooker, see the tips below the recipe.

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Prawn cocktail platter

What’s better than classic prawn cocktail? A prawn cocktail platter for sharing! This recipe has stood the test of time for a reason – but the sauce can be a strangely sweet, claggy affair. Here, a proper marie rose dip made with homemade mayonnaise, quality prawns and crisp lettuce for dipping make the ultimate al fresco dish.

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Easy Sheet Pan Chicken Thighs

Our easy sheet pan chicken thighs recipe is fuss-free and perfect for busy nights. We keep the seasoning simple, but feel free to throw your favorite spice blend on top of the chicken and potatoes.

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Tomato Basil Baked Chicken Breasts

For juicy, tender baked chicken breasts remember these three things: marinate, bake loosely covered, and use a meat thermometer. In our photos, we show baking 2 chicken breasts, but the marinade shared below is enough for 4 chicken breasts. The chicken does not need to be completely immersed in the marinade, just coated by it. If you plan to double the recipe, simply double the amount of chicken, tomatoes, and the mozzarella.

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Emily Scott Cornish crab toast and mayo

Cornwall-based chef Emily Scott’s recipe for crab on toast is delightfully simple but special, enriched with just a little lemon and garlic.

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Rick Stein arroz verde green rice with garlic, parsley and mussels

Mussels and rice are a winning combination in this sunny dish, flavoured with parsley and garlic. “I love these Spanish paella-type dishes,” says Rick Stein. “There’s a similar, but slightly more complicated and expensive, version of this recipe in my book Long Weekends. I remember filming it at a restaurant on the beach in Cádiz. I chose the arroz verde, but the crew went for seafood paella coloured with the extremely bright yellow of fake saffron. The camera pulled away from my demure green and white bowl to reveal everybody else wearing sunglasses while eating.”

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Easy Shredded Chicken Tacos

These easy shredded chicken tacos are a mix up of two of our favorite things — tender shredded chicken and our creamy cilantro sauce. You can make both the chicken and the sauce in advance. The chicken will keep in the fridge up to 3 days and in the freezer up to a month. The sauce keeps in the refrigerator for about a week and is delicious spooned onto salads, rice bowls, and eggs.

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Crispy Carnitas

How to make carnitas that are unapologetically porky, juicy, and tender with crisped-up edges. This Mexican slow cooked pulled pork is surprisingly simple to make and delicious. I use an oven, but tips for using a slow cooker are below the recipe.

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Lemon, garlic and rosemary leg of lamb with mint sauce

You just can’t beat the flavours of lamb leg roasted with garlic and rosemary. Our method rewards you with perfectly tender pink meat. Here’s why it’s so good…

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Easy Cilantro Lime Slaw

Salting the cabbage before adding the dressing keeps this cilantro lime slaw crunchy and brings out so much more flavor than without. The dressing is simple — lime, honey, and olive oil. This slaw goes with just about anything, but it is especially good with tacos (especially fish tacos).

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Hot Honey Chicken Meatballs

These ground chicken meatballs are juicy, tender, and coated in spicy honey butter. It’s impossible to eat just one. The hot sauce you use is up to you! We love original Tabasco and Crystal hot sauces, but I’d imagine almost anything will work. We recommend one tablespoon of hot sauce, but you can adjust this based on how spicy you’d like them. If you need to substitute for honey, try maple, golden, or brown sugar.

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aromatic shrimp curry

“This is one of those brilliant I-can’t-believe-it-was-so-quick dishes that comes together in under an hour,” says Andi Oliver. “The fragrant broth is packed with succulent prawns.”

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Perfect Beef Stew

Our homemade beef stew with potatoes and root vegetables is so good that you’ll make it again and again! The beef is incredibly tender, the vegetables are perfectly cooked, and the sauce is rich and flavorful.

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Perfect Overnight Oats

I’m always happy knowing I have these overnight oats in the fridge. They make hectic mornings so much easier! It took me a little while to perfect my overnight oats recipe because I can be quite picky with oatmeal. But I’m happy to share my go-to recipe below, and then you can top it with your favorites. Don’t miss the tiny bit of sweetener, cinnamon, and vanilla, as they make these taste so much better than plain oats.

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Steamed carrots with spring onion and chive butter

Take classic steamed carrots to the next level with a flavoured butter and toasted seeds. Here why we love this easy yet elevated side dish…

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Easy Turkey Meatballs

We love these easy turkey meatballs cooked in our homemade tomato basil sauce. Instead of searing or baking the meatballs in this recipe, we simmer them in our simple Italian tomato basil sauce, making them incredibly tender and delicious. Use a light touch when mixing and forming the meatballs. When adding these to the sauce, be careful not to stir it for 10 minutes so the meatballs can firm up. You can stir them once they’ve cooked and firmed up a bit.

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