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Recipes
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Stainless Steel Cookware
Learn to cook confidently with stainless steel: preheating, browning, deglazing, cleanup, and practical kitchen tips from Laura.
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Deluxe Multi-Cooker (Pressure Cooker)
See how I use the Pampered Chef Deluxe Multi-Cooker, plus easy tips, accessories, and cooking videos.
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Onion in Water Tip
Raw onion can be delicious in salads, tacos, burgers, salsa, and sandwiches—right up until it becomes the only thing you can taste.
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Coffee Ice Cubes
You made a perfectly good iced coffee. Why are you slowly watering it down? Instead of tossing leftover coffee, pour it into an ice cube tray and freeze it. The next time you make iced coffee, use the coffee cubes instead of regular ice.
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Freeze Rice
If you’re freezing cooked rice, don’t wait until it has completely cooled and started drying out. Portion and package the rice while it’s still warm. That helps trap some of the steam and moisture inside the container or freezer bag. When you reheat it later, that retained moisture helps steam the rice again so it…
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Why Salt Your Pasta Water?
If you’re going to cover the pasta in sauce anyway, does salting the water really matter? Yep. Because the pasta itself needs seasoning too.
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Baked Mac ‘N Cheese with Shrimp
Creamy baked mac and cheese gets a seafood upgrade with tender shrimp, white cheddar, fontina, and a crisp panko topping.
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Blackberry Cheesecake Cookie Pizza
This is one of those desserts that looks a whole lot fancier than the amount of work involved. A sugar cookie crust, blackberry cheesecake topping, white chocolate—and suddenly you’re the person who brought the pretty dessert.
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One-Pan Dumpling Bake
Frozen dumplings are doing most of the work here, which is exactly the kind of dinner I can get behind. In the video, I made the Pampered Chef coconut version and then showed how easy it is to take the same one-pan idea in a totally different direction with a creamy peanut-chili sauce.
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Marry Me Chicken
Tender chicken in a creamy sun-dried tomato sauce with garlic, a little heat, and fresh basil. It sounds fancy enough for date night, but it is still a one-pan dinner you can make on a regular Tuesday.
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Dirty Cabbage
Ground beef, andouille sausage, peppers, Cajun seasoning, and cabbage all cook together into a hearty one-pot dinner with plenty of flavor and a little heat. This is cabbage with an attitude.
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Mexican Shrimp Cocktail
Cold, fresh, tangy, a little spicy, and loaded with shrimp and crunchy vegetables. This is the kind of meal that tastes especially good when it is way too hot outside to turn on the oven.
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Molasses Cake
Deep, warm molasses flavor, a little spice, and a cup of hot coffee that does more than wake you up. This simple cake stays wonderfully moist, with that slightly sticky top that makes an old-fashioned molasses cake so good.