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		<title>Mexican Bean Salad with Creamy Cilantro Lime Dressing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>A bright and fresh bean salad with peppers and corn in a creamy avocado cilantro lime dressing! Salads are a summer staple and this Mexican style bean salad with creamy avocado cilantro lime dressing is great for any occasion! This is a simple bean salad with peppers, corn, onions and fresh home made dressing consisting...</p>
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		<title>BBQ Chicken Pasta</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kevin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 10:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>A quick and easy, one-pot pasta with BBQ chicken, bacon and cheese. This tasty pasta has it all! Bacon! Cheese! BBQ sauce! Chicken! Yum! The recipe is nice and easy! You start out by cooking the bacon, followed by the seasoned chicken, before adding onion and bell pepper. Next up is the sauce which is...</p>
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		<title>Spinach and Artichoke Chicken Salad</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kevin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 10:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>A creamy chicken salad with all of the flavours of spinach and artichoke dip! Spinach and artichoke dip is one of my favorites and it works well in a chicken salad! This recipe is the simple combination of the chicken salad and spinach and artichoke dip recipes. The chicken salad part includes: chopped chicken, celery,...</p>
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		<title>Cajun Dirty Rice</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>An easy one-pot meal with beef, rice and vegetables with cajun seasoning! Dirty rice (aka Cajun rice aka rice dressing) is a Cajun/Creole rice dish containing the Holy Trinity, of onions, bell peppers, and celery, along with ground meat, chicken giblets and cajun seasoning (link). This is a simple, one-pot, version where the meat and...</p>
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		<title>Sweet Chili Ground Chicken</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>A quick and easy ground chicken in a tasty sweet chili sauce! Sweet chilli sauce (link) is one of my favourite sauces and it&#8217;s so easy to make a tasty meal with it! This is a simple dish where ground chicken is cooked, along with onion and bell peppers, in a sauce with sweet chili...</p>
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		<title>Riso al Forno (Baked Risotto)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 10:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Layers of rice, a tasty beef and tomato sauce, and cheese baked until the sides are bubbling and the cheese is melted, golden brown and oh so good! Lasagna, a dish with layers of pasta, meat sauce and cheese, is one of my all time favourite meals and this dish replaces the layers of pasta...</p>
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		<title>Kluski z Serem (Polish Noodles and Cottage Cheese)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>A simple and tasty Polish style noodles and cottage cheese, aka lazy pierogies. Kluski is a Polish style dish with egg noodles and cottage cheese that’s great as a side dish or a main! The recipe is as easy as cooking egg noodles and tossing them in cottage cheese! I like to start with onions...</p>
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		<title>Creamy 40 Clove Garlic Chicken Pasta</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 10:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Chicken pasta in a creamy sauce with 40 cloves of garlic that&#8217;s simmered until tender mellow and oh so good! Garlic is a very common ingredient and when it&#8217;s raw it&#8217;s pretty pungent but when it&#8217;s cooked it mellows out nicely leaving it with an amazing flavour. This recipe takes plenty of whole cloves of...</p>
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		<title>Pumpkin Bolognese Tagliatelle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 10:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>A fall themed bolognese sauce with pumpkin puree and chunks of pumpkin! Bolognese sauce is an Italian style meat sauce that&#8217;s just packed with flavor! This recipe is a fall themed take on it with pumpkin puree and diced pumpkin. Normally a bolognese sauce would be made with beef and/or pork and it would be...</p>
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		<title>Roast Butternut Squash and Feta Pasta</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 10:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>A simple and tasty roasted butternut squash and feta sauce made on one-pan and tossed with pasta, a quick and easy meal! I&#8217;m a fan of enjoying butternut squash in a savory pasta and this is one of my favourites! This recipe is as easy to make as throwing everything onto a pan and roasting...</p>
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