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Crispy Air Fryer Green Beans

Air Fryer Green Beans “Eat your vegetables,” is a wish not a command when that veggie is Air Fryer Green Beans! Crispy outside and tender within, they make that requisite green on your plate a whole lot more delicious…even fun! Pin this recipe on Pinterest to save for later Pin It! Thanks to its compact, high-heat convection cooking, the air fryer has a unique ability to make foods temptingly crispy, with very little oil. We often think of the air fryer as a means to create healthy alternatives to deep-fried favorites (like Air Fryer French Fries), but it’s equally as good at making classic vegetables enticing. From lightly charred Air Fryer Broccoli to deeply caramelized Air Fryer Brussels Sprouts, if...

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Pasta Primavera

Pasta Primavera Primavera means "spring" in Italian. In this recipe, the name refers to the crunchy and colorful mélange of vegetables in a creamy pasta dish. Be creative and use your favorite spring veggies or those suggested in the recipe. Substitute vegetable broth for chicken broth if you want a vegetarian dish. Roasted vegetables give the dish a more intense flavor. Any variety of pasta can be used when making this dish. For advance prep chop veggies ahead and refrigerate until needed. Chicken or salmon can be added to the dish. Suggested wine pairings include Pinot Grigio, Italian Soave, or Viognier. The recipe serves four and is an Ever Ready Special.Ingredients: 2 cups broccoli florets 1 cup each of sliced radishes,...

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Lemon Butter Baked Tilapia

Enjoy this 20-minute Lemon Butter Baked Tilapia for weeknight dinners or meal prep! Lightly seasoned and dressed in a luxurious lemon butter sauce, every tender and flaky bite of fish is perfectly lemony, garlicky, and melt-in-your-mouth delicious.  Did you know that fresh or frozen tilapia can be transformed into an impressive fish dinner? It’s true! This Lemon Butter Baked Tilapia recipe is proof that with simple seasonings and a butter sauce, you can take an everyday white fish and turn it into a restaurant-quality meal. Much like my baked Mediterranean cod and baked salmon fillet, you can have this lemon butter baked fish on the table in just 20 minutes! The recipe starts by coating the lightly seasoned fillets in...

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The Best Healthy Habits to Improve Your Gut Health Naturally

Hate to break it to you, but it’s true; your gut health is connected to everything. From mental health to chronic disease risk, even weight management and digestive health, the health of your gut microbiome plays a significant role in it all. And while many people online would say that a pill or a supplement can fix the problem, in truth, it is possible to improve gut health naturally. All it takes is a few healthy habits. But first, what is the gut microbiome? “The gut microbiome is comprised of an entire community of microorganisms that are living within our body,” says Raphael Kellman, MD, a physician of integrative and functional medicine and creator of Microbiome Medicine, a user guide...

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...4.11...Tuesdays with Julia...

...for Easter dinner we had the Vegan Gigot à la Moutarde... ...and so we got out the good dishes...haha...these are actually the Liberty Blue dishes that Mom and Daddy got at the old 'A&P' grocery store...in the seventies...and we ate on these every day growing up...they weren't fancy dishes to us...but they have become very collectable...about the time the Man and I got married...Mom got a 'new' set of Corelle dishes...and she boxed all of the Liberty Blue up and gave it to me...and we inherited the Man's Mamaw's old China cabinet so we kept them in there...and occasionally we would aquire a new piece...Mom actually had a lot of the 'special' pieces...the butter dish and the gravy boat...but at...

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