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Instant Pot Turkey Chili with Small Red Beans

Instant Pot Turkey Chili with Small Red Beans Instant Pot Turkey Chili with Small Red Beans. Small red beans, pressure cooked from dried, are the backbone of this ground turkey chili. Canned beans are an add-on to bulk up chili. Homemade beans, cooked from dried, are the main ingredient, giving chili backbone and depth. (Now, Im not a purist. I do make quick chilis with canned beans when I have a serious time crunch. Chili is always better than no chili. But all it takes is the foresight to start soaking beans the night before, or the extra hour to do a quick soak right before cooking.) I call this wimpy chili I mean, it has turkey and beans in...

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Best 50 Holiday Dinner Recipes with Beef

Its finally the holiday season, which provides many of opportunities to share a delicious meal with loved ones. Looking for recipes to make the ultimate holiday dinner? From Easy Mexican Beef Cornbread Muffins to a show-stopping Smoked Prime Rib, weve got you covered. Weve rounded up some of our favorite dishes including holiday classics and Texan favorites. And of course, whats more Texan than a Smoked Brisket at Christmas dinner? Want more holiday dinner ideas? Try our Holiday Party Appetizers and Ultimate Texan Holiday Beef and Wine Pairings. 1.Holiday Mini Beef Meatball Skewers Get in the holiday spirit with these festive beef meatball skewers! 2. Beef and Blue Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms Mushroom caps filled with bubbly blue cheese and savory...

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Lunch At Amandari / Mexican Inspired Quinoa Salad

3() Lunch at Amandari. I hadQuinoa Salad, which my husband loved yesterday. It has a sort of Mexican inspired flavour, I think. Really good. Ill try to recreate it at home. What was used in the salad were, I think, 3 kinds of quinoa, onion, red pepper, chilli, sweet corn, edamame, small bean (pinto?) and orange, cashew nut & coriander on top. The dressing was lime juice based but quite sweet. My husband had Chicken Caesar Salad.

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~ Doritos Taco Salad w/Catalina &/or Ranch Dressing ~

If you were a mother in the 80's, or if you were a kid in the 80's, you likely know all about this salad. It showed up everywhere: birthday party buffets, weekend sleepovers, support-the-team sports benefits, potluck school functions, Summer pool parties, neighborhood block parties, etc. There was never a doubt it would be served. Anyone organizing a get-together assigned someone in the neighborhood or group to make the Doritos salad -- everyone had a recipe. From a small tacup to a large taco salad to the Doritos taco salad: The history of the taco-bowl salad, as per this book, Taco USA, How Mexican Food Conquered America: The earliest record of taco salad dates back to the 1960's, with its...

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'The Mexican bolognese: Thomasina Miers recipe for venison picadillo | The Simple Fix

A Mexican ragu-style sauce full of gentle spicing and comforting warmthPicadillo is to Mexico what bolognese is to Italy: a homely mince dish. Here, I have used venison, an underused meat that is low in fat and rich in protein and essential minerals. The picadillo is seasoned with the soft flavours of allspice, cinnamon and clove, and uses the sweetness of fruit for balance (the finished rag is often used to stuff dried chillies). Continue reading...

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