The Hungry Wife

Mushroom Pasta Recipe is a simple dish to make, perfect for those busy weeknight meals.  The best thing about this recipe though, is that it is low fat so you can feel good about serving it to you and your family.  The recipe results in a creamy dish, full of flavor with no heavy cream in sight.  So much so, that you will have a hard time believing it is low fat.
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If you couldn’t tell by now, I am a soup lover.  I love trying out new soups, finding new ways to delicately simmer ingredients until their flavors meld together.  With Spring in full bloom and Summer just around the corner, soon grocery stores and farmers markets will be flooded with local sweet corn.  What better way to celebrate the great corn harvest, then to make and amazing Corn and Cheddar Chowder.
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Quiche Lorraine is an awesome dish, with lots of flavor, simple ingredients, and easy preparation.  In French cuisine, a quiche is an oven-baked dish made with eggs and milk or cream in a pastry shell.  What makes a Quiche Lorraine is the addition of cheese and bacon.  And we all know, cheese and bacon makes everything better.  Although I have classified this Quiche Lorraine Recipe as a breakfast, it can also be served as an entree for  lunch, dinner, or an evening snack.
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Raspberry Pudding Cake is a delightful little dessert, full of fruity flavor and easy to put together.  When they bake, pudding cakes magically separate into a cakey layer and a custardy pudding layer.  This old American dessert classic has re-emerged in recent years to the joy of many.
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Banana Pudding Pie is the perfect recipe for all those up coming spring/summer parties and picnics.  It is incredibly easy to make, taking no time at all, and requires no baking unless you choose to make your own pie shell.  Unlike some other banana pie recipes, Banana Pudding Pie has a very delicate flavor.  Using vanilla instant pudding layered with bananas, helps infuse the flavor without making it overpowering.
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Spinach, Artichoke and Feta Pizza is an amazing recipe and a great way to curb those pizza cravings without all the guilt.  The great thing about this recipe is how perfectly seasoned the toppings are, requiring non of the traditional oily, buttery, garlic white pizza sauce.  Sauteing the veggies together with the addition of garlic, dill and salt brings out an awesome flavor everyone will love.
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Healthy Mac and Cheese is an amazing recipe!  Honestly, I think it is the best macaroni and cheese you can make with great flavor, but a fraction of the fat and calories of the old fashioned kind.  This is a true comfort food.  Just remember to taste it for proper seasoning, and don’t overdo it.

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I’m always looking for new salads to make, getting away from the tradition potato, pasta, egg, ect.  During the warm spring and summer months, salads can be so much more then a side dish.  I like to make several different salads and have them as the main meal.  Summer Rice Salad is wonderful!  I love that Summer Rice Salad is a refreshing, cooling, and flavorful dish that is unlike all those other summer salads.  Using rice as the main ingredient in salads is a nice departure from the tradition, and is lighter to eat on hot summer days then a heavy potato or pasta.
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Broccoli Casserole is the perfect way to sneak vegetables into dinner.  This dish is creamy and flavorful, and my favorite part, cheesy.  One of the things I love best about this recipe, is that you can really play with the ingredients.  Your not going to make any major mistakes if you decide to add a little something extra to it.  This allows you to really make Broccoli Casserole Recipe your own.
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Swiss Steak is another great recipe for those days when you don’t really feel like cooking.  There is minimal preparation and does not need to be tended to when simmering over low heat.  The best thing about Swiss Steak Recipe is how great it tastes.  When choosing the diced tomatoes for this dish, I like to get zesty seasoned diced tomatoes.  Seasoned diced tomatoes add nice flavor to the steak and really makes it something special.
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There is nothing I like better then eating homemade soups, stews, and chowders.  I love how the longer ingredients simmer the more the flavor develops, and you can get completely different tastes from similar ingredients depending on how they are combined.  Soups are multi-talented, they can be served nearly any time of the day.  They can be hearty and warm on those cool days, or they can be chilled and light when it’s warm out.  Soups are simply fabulous!
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Baked Pork Chops are a classic dinner item.  There are several ways to prepare the average pork chop; breaded, fried, seasoned, sauced, and baked are just a few examples.  Baked Pork Chops recipe is the perfect solution for when you’re looking for something really easy and different for your dinner.  Baking is always a healthier alternative to frying your food, and this dish has simple ingredients that work awesome together.
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Chicken Swiss Casserole is easy to make and uses only six ingredients, things that many people have around the house.  You don’t need much extra seasoning in this dish, the ingredients bring the flavor and work together perfectly.  The Swiss cheese has a delicate but distinct flavor, and it melts so perfectly.

There are a lot of chicken casserole recipes out there, but this is my ultimate go to recipe.

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Broccoli Salad is the perfect side dish to welcome the spring.  Even though many people are still dealing with the snow, and will be for a little while longer, here in South Carolina the temps are warming.  You can smell spring in the air as trees start budding and flowers start to push through the soil.  To celebrate the coming of spring, I decided to make this delicious and super easy broccoli salad.
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Best Meat Loaf is a recipe that has been handed down from my Great, Great Aunt.  You might think Meat Loaf is a pretty standard recipe, but there are many variations out there.  Some Meat Loaf recipes can actually get a little complicated and calling for a bunch of ingredients.  Best Meat Loaf Recipe keeps it simple, but has a ton of flavor.
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My Best Chocolate Chip Cookies have finally made an appearance on The Hungry Wife!  There are many recipes for Chocolate Chip Cookies out there, and most are pretty similar with slight changes in ingredients that make them special.  Best Chocolate Chip Cookies are rich and hearty thanks to the dark brown sugar, whole wheat pastry flour, sweet butter, and extra vanilla.
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Chicken Parmesan is a good recipe everyone should have…or two, as this is the second one found on The Hungry Wife.  Although similar recipes, this one is particularly wonderful for a weeknight meal.  Easy to prepare, I like using thin cut chicken breast halves so I don’t have to pound the chicken thin.
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With March just around the corner, I start to get the craving for Corned Beef and Cabbage in preparation to celebrate my Irish heritage.  Even though I love this dish, I seem to forget about it until St. Patrick’s day rolls around.  Corned Beef and Cabbage deserves more respect then it typically gets.  The meat is super flavorful, with a subtle and unique taste.  Leftovers are perfect to use in homemade Corned Beef Hash and sliced on sandwiches.
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Chicken Enchiladas is an awesome dish, and this recipe is a bit unique.  A super creamy and flavorful white sauce is makes these enchiladas so special.  If you do prefer a red sauce on your Chicken Enchiladas, omit the soup, sour cream, and 1 cup of milk.  Stir the reserved chile peppers into 2 1/2 cups of canned or homemade red sauce.  Bake as directed.
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There is nothing better then to wake up to the smell of fresh baked cinnamon in the morning.  Most people are not going to make fresh baked goods everyday, but for those special Sunday mornings, Monkey Bread is super delicious and easy to make before the rest of the family crawls out of bed.
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