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		<title>Pesto Chicken Meatballs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Tasty chicken meatballs with plenty of basil pesto mixed in! Fresh homemade basil pesto is one of my summer time favourites and in this recipe it’s used to season some chicken meatballs! This recipe is pretty much a basic chicken meatball recipe with basil pesto added to it. It starts out with ground chicken with...</p>
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		<title>Sun Dried Tomato Chicken Salad</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>A quick and easy chicken salad with sun-dried tomatoes and spinach! (aka Tuscan Chicken Salad, aka Marry Me Chicken Salad). Tuscan style dishes usually contain sun-dried tomatoes and spinach in a creamy parmesan sauce which is a tasty combination of flavours that also works well in a chicken salad! Chicken salad is a dish that...</p>
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		<title>Creamy Pepperoncini Chicken Pasta</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>A chicken pasta in a creamy parmesan sauce with mildly spicy pepperoncini peppers! I am a big fan of all sorts of pickled peppers from pickled jalapenos, to pickled banana peppers to pepperoncini peppers and this chicken pasta places pickled pepperoncini peppers as the stars of the show! The recipe starts out by cooking chicken,...</p>
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		<title>Chicken Parmesan Meatballs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Juicy and tender chicken meatballs filled with parmesan and italian seasoning served on marinara sauce over pasta! Chicken parmesan is a classic dish where chicken cutlets are coated in breadcrumbs and fried until golden brown before being topped with marinara sauce and melted mozzarella cheese. These chicken meatballs are inspired by the flavours of chicken...</p>
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		<title>Creamy Cottage Cheese Tuscan Chicken Pasta</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>A creamy tuscan style pasta with sun-dried tomatoes, parmesan, and spinach that swaps the heavy cream for pureed cottage cheese! A so-called &#8216;Tuscan&#8217; recipe generally contains sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, and parmesan, and a Tuscan pasta like this usually uses plenty of heavy cream. This is a slightly different take on the classic where the heavy...</p>
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		<title>Slow Cooker Italian Beef Sandwiches</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 10:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Juicy slow cooker Italian style beef sandwiches with provolone and a tasty dipping sauce! This is a super simple and tasty slow cooker beef recipe with Italian style flavours, including spicy pepperoncini peppers, that&#8217;s perfect in sandwiches with provolone cheese! It&#8217;s as easy to make as throwing everything into a slow cooker and turning it...</p>
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		<title>Chicken Piccata Pasta</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>A light and tasty chicken pasta in a piccata sauce with butter, garlic, lemon, and capers! Chicken Piccata is a dish with chicken in a lemon, butter, garlic, caper and parsley sauce and this is a pasta version that&#8217;s quick, easy and just packed with flavour! The recipe starts out with sliced chicken that&#8217;s cooked...</p>
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		<title>Tuscan Pasta e Fagioli Soup</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>A simple and tasty creamy bean and pasta soup with sun-dried tomatoes and spinach! This is a tasty vegetarian take on pasta e fagioli soup using the tuscan flavours of sun-dried tomatoes, cream and spinach! The recipe starts out with onion, carrot, and celery that are cooked in olive oil before adding garlic, rosemary, and...</p>
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		<title>Italian Penicillin Soup</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>A quick and easy soup with onions, carrots, and celery that are simmered and then pureed before adding tiny pasta. The perfect soup for when you are feeling a little under the weather, or any other day! Italian penicillin soup is a take on chicken noodle soup where the vegetables are pureed and tiny pasta...</p>
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		<title>Rose Pasta Sauce (aka Pink Sauce)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>A quick and easy Italian pink sauce pasta which is a combination of a tomato sauce with a cream sauce! A rosé sauce (aka pink sauce) is the combination of a tomato sauce and a cream sauce with the half red and half white giving it a pink colour! This recipe is essentially the offspring...</p>
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