Chili Verde with Sausage and Pumpkin

Chili Verde with Sausage and Pumpkin

Ingredients: For the tomatillo salsa: 1 1/2 pounds tomatillos (6 to 8 medium) 5 serrano or 10 jalapeno peppers, stemmed (plus seeds, if you can take the heat) 3 cloves garlic, peeled 1 large white onion, peeled and sliced 1/2 inch thick 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil Kosher salt 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro Freshly

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Butternut Squash Alfredo Pasta

Butternut Squash Alfredo Pasta

Ingredients: 3/4 cup heavy cream 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces 1 pound butternut squash, cubed (about 4 cups total) 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg, plus more for serving Kosher salt 1 pound fettuccine 2 ounces freshly grated Parmesan (about 3/4 cup), plus more for serving Add the cream, butter, squash and 3/4

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Slow cooker chicken casserole

Slow cooker chicken casserole

Ingredients: knob of butter ½ tbsp rapeseed or olive oil 1 large onion, finely chopped 1 ½ tbsp flour 650g boneless, skinless chicken thigh fillets 3 garlic cloves, crushed 400g baby new potatoes, halved 2 sticks celery, diced 2 carrots, diced 250g mushrooms, quartered 15g dried porcini mushroom, soaked in 50ml boiling water 500ml stock

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Sausage & white bean casserole

Sausage & white bean casserole

Ingredients: 1 red or yellow pepper, deseeded and cut into chunks 2 carrots, cut into thick slices 2 red onions, cut into wedges 8 chipolatas, cut into thirds 400g can peeled cherry tomatoes 400g can white beans, drained 200ml low-salt chicken stock 2 tsp Dijon mustard 100g frozen peas potatoes, pasta or rice, to serve

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Pasta with salmon & peas

Pasta with salmon & peas

Ingredients: 240g wholewheat fusilli knob of butter 1 large shallot , finely chopped 140g frozen peas 2 skinless salmon  fillets, cut into chunks 140g low fat crème fraîche ½ low salt vegetable stock cube (we used Kallo) small bunch chives, snipped Method: Bring a pan of water to the boil and cook 240g wholewheat fusilli

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Does Your Microbiome Hold the Keys to Losing Pounds?

Does Your Microbiome Hold the Keys to Losing Pounds?

When Howard Wolinsky was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, he expected to kiss bagels goodbye — too many carbs. But a personalized diet based on his own gut microbiome offered a pleasant surprise: “It turns out those little bugs in my guts seem to like bread, if it’s combined with fats and proteins,” he says.

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Best Foods for Those with Low Blood Pressure

Best Foods for Those with Low Blood Pressure

Low blood pressure is officially known as hypotension. (High blood pressure is hypertension.) The condition is diagnosed when blood pressure levels linger under 90/60 mm Hg and cause troubling symptoms including dizziness, fainting, weakness, confusion, blurry vision, and nausea with or without vomiting. In the worst low blood pressure episodes you may experience shock, which

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Easy Birthday Cakes

Easy Birthday Cakes

On the Dot To make this colorful cake, press rows of mini, regular, and peanut M&M’s into the icing in bold patterns. Bake a Barnyard Stand frosted animal crackers on mounds of green-tinted coconut. Then build a fence with pretzel sticks and icing to create this cool cake your little animal lover will adore. Eat

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Is Caffeine Fueling Your Anxieties

Is Caffeine Fueling Your Anxieties

If you struggle with anxiety, you might want to skip that second cup of coffee, new research suggests. For some people, caffeine may help with concentration and provide an energy boost, but it can cause problems for those with general anxiety disorder, said Dr. Julie Radico, a clinical psychologist with Penn State Health. “Caffeine is

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Taco Seasoning Recall

Taco Seasoning Recall

A Kansas food company ordered the recall of two kinds of taco seasoning sold at Walmart and H-E-B stores for fears it may be contaminated with salmonella. Williams Foods LLC ordered the recall because the cumin spice included in the mixes was separately recalled by the Mincing Spice Co. A sample lot from Mincing was

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