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Weekday evenings can be challenging times. When you're exhausted from a long day, putting dinner on the table can be a real chore. Eating out and ordering takeout are two options, but they can quickly become expensive, and these foods are often not as healthy or fresh as homemade. To help you cope with the challenges of the night, here are seven of our favorite one-pot recipes.
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Authentic traditional okra soup is a richly flavored stew that sits for a few hours before being placed on top of rice. This will be a truly memorable dinner if you have the time to invest, but it usually takes hours and some steps – like making dark batter – that require long hours of personal attention. This simple one-pot okra soup combines all of these traditional flavors with pasta instead of rice to create a dish that takes only 30 minutes to serve on the table.
Okra pasta is faster than the original, but just as delicious.
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Chili peppers are one of the most comfortable foods in the world, both as an original form of whole-meat dishes and as a common form fortified with beans. The basic dish is infinitely varied, and as long as you have all the right seasonings, it will still taste like a chili pepper. It's true, even if you don't eat meat at all, as we do in this truly engaging book with vegan chili peppers. All the flavors are very traditional and the chopped mushrooms replicate the texture of the ground beef very well.
Even meat eaters can eat delicious vegan peppers.
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On cold or rainy days, it's good to put a hearty, warm pasta casserole on the table. Unfortunately, these take time to prepare, assembling one usually consists of several steps and produces a large number of dirty dishes in the process. As such, it's much simpler to mix the same ingredients — pasta, vegetables, cheese, fragrant meats and creamy sauce into a hearth dish: walnut pumpkin and sausage pasta. It's just as comforting as your favorite casserole dish, but with much less work and cleanup.
Pumpkin, sausage and pasta are mixed together for a hearty, simple and delicious meal.
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Canned soup is one of the most convenient products ever made. Most traditional soups take time to make, and many chefs believe that they don't really taste the right taste until they have the opportunity to sit overnight, so the option of putting the soup on the table in a matter of minutes is very attractive. Unfortunately, canned soups don't fill very well, and they're not known for their fresh taste. If you want a quick soup full of flavor and more food, this creamy ravioli soup may hit the nail on the head. Made from delicious canned tomatoes and quickly cooked fresh Italian dumplings, it only takes about 20 minutes from start to finish.
A hearty, tangy soup is a meal in itself.
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Traditional beef stew requires steak strips to be added to a delicious mushroom sauce and a large amount of sour cream at the end to form a delicious soup. This simple one-pot stew updates the classic version, making it easier and faster. It requires quick-cooked ground beef, not steak strips, nor does it put the dish on the egg noodles cooked separately, but prepares the noodles directly in the pan. Not only is it convenient, but it also provides an opportunity for noodles to absorb the flavor from the broth as they cook. Plain yogurt is an unconventional finishing touch that provides a soup similar to sour cream with less fat and fewer calories.
One-pot stew is faster and easier than the classic version, but just as delicious.
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Dipping a spoon in a plate or bowl of pasta is a satisfying ritual, but inefficient – more pots need to be washed! If you care about this kind of thing, throw away pasta and sauces before serving it is a more authentic Italian dish. Our one-pot tomato basil chicken pasta is exactly the kind of dish that's perfect for busy weekday nights, coming together in just a few minutes with minimal effort and maximum flavor. It's rich, hearty, and satisfying, and you definitely won't miss washing those extra pots and pans.
Chicken, pasta, tomatoes and fresh herbs. What's not to like?
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Without the right dessert, no dinner is truly complete. So what does a pot of rice come with? A bowl of dessert, of course. These mint brownies follow a simplified method of first melting the chocolate in a bowl large enough to process the entire batch of batter. The rest of the ingredients are added in a specific order to create a thick, rich batter. The finished brownie, with a layer of melted chocolate and crushed mint candy, is the perfect complement to the brownie itself.
What's after a pot of rice? A bowl of dessert, of course!