Monday, June 17, 2019

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Grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken

Grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken! Marinate skinless boneless chicken breasts in lime juice and cilantro marinade and then quickly grill to perfection. So easy!

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15 Great Reasons to Plug in Your Slow Cooker This Summer

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Quick, what comes to mind when we say “slow cooker”? Soup? Braised short ribs? True, cold weather is the perfect time to let something comforting simmer away in the Crock-Pot, but so is warm weather. Summer, arguably, is even more appropriate for slow cooking than winter, since in summer, you want to be able to plug in an appliance and get the heck out of the kitchen. Here, to keep you cool and well fed all season long, are 15 summer slow cooker recipes from breakfast to dessert.

1. Easy Slow Cooker BBQ Beef Brisket

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Smoking brisket is a worthy pursuit, but the cut’s need for long, slow cooking perfectly suits the Crock-Pot too, just like this recipe perfectly suits summer’s need for delicious, fall-apart BBQ sandwiches. Get our Easy Slow Cooker BBQ Beef Brisket recipe.

2. Slow Cooker Quinoa-Stuffed Peppers

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Have a vegetarian in the family or just want to do without meat for dinner? No problem; vegetarian slow cooker recipes are doable too, and these quinoa-stuffed peppers with salty feta and herby scallions make a great meatless main. Get our Slow Cooker Quinoa-Stuffed Peppers recipe.

3. Slow Cooker Chicken Adobo

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Filipino adobo is a perfect summer party dish. Set it out in a big platter to let guests help themselves—it’s equally good hot, warm, or even cold. This recipe is so easy—the Crock-Pot does all the work, while you go do something else. Get our Slow Cooker Chicken Adobo recipe.

4. Easy Slow Cooker Pulled Pork

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Rub the pork shoulder with dark brown sugar, chili powder, cumin, and cinnamon, then cook it on a bed of garlic and onions in the Crock-Pot. When you come back six to ten hours later, you’ll have juicy pork you can shred and serve in a sandwich with your favorite BBQ sauce. Get our Easy Slow Cooker Pulled Pork recipe.

5. Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Enchiladas

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Pork, dried chiles, and tomatoes slowly turn luscious over as many as 10 hours in the slow cooker, then get turned into a memorable filling, rolled into sauce-dipped tortillas and baked under a blanket of cheese. Serve these at a chill backyard party. Get our Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Enchiladas recipe.

6. Slow Cooker Chipotle Chili

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Your chili game should be strong this summer—make a whole delicious crock of this chicken and smoked-chile recipe, then set it out on the warm setting for your guests to help themselves, after an afternoon of swimming. Get our Slow Cooker Chipotle Chili recipe.

7. Slow Cooker Bourbon Ribs

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For these easy, tasty ribs, you make a bacon-bourbon barbecue sauce for marinating and simmering the ribs. After 4 or 5 hours, when the ribs are tender, you brush them with more sauce and give them a quick turn in the broiler. Get our Slow Cooker Bourbon Ribs recipe.

8. Slow Cooker Asian-Style Chicken Thighs

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The versatile combo of soy sauce, fresh ginger, orange zest, brown sugar, star anise, cinnamon, and sherry forms both a cooking and flavoring medium for chicken thighs on the bone in this super-easy recipe. Get our Slow Cooker Asian-Style Chicken Thighs recipe.

9. Slow Cooker Chicken with Olives and Fennel

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The Provençal combination of olives and fennel is ideal for summer. Here, it flavors moist, slow-cooked chicken thighs. Open a bottle of rosé, slice some good bread, and toss a salad: a nearly effortless dinner is done. Get our Slow Cooker Chicken with Olives and Fennel recipe.

10. Slow Cooker Chicken Chile Verde

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This spicy chicken chile verde is packed with flavor from the garlic, onions, peppers, and tomatillos in the mix. Serve with a side of rice or black beans and continue Taco Tuesdays even through the hottest months. Get our Slow Cooker Chicken Chile Verde recipe.

11. Easy Slow Cooker Baked Beans

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We figure if the original Boston settlers had had Crock-Pots (instead of analog bean pots and wood-burning ovens) they would have made baked beans this way. Combine the ingredients and let them simmer for 6 hours. Get our Easy Slow Cooker Baked Beans recipe.

Read More: Easy Slow Cooker Summer BBQ Sides

12. Slow Cooker Cheesy Sausage Breakfast Casserole

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Chill the rosé, a six-pack of Franziskaner, or maybe even a cucumber salad. This is a perfect base for a lazy summer day lounging at home. Depending on when you want to eat, you could start cooking right before going to bed, or prep and refrigerate the ingredients the night before, then pour the mixture into the Crock-Pot in the morning. Get our Slow Cooker Cheesy Sausage Breakfast Casserole recipe.

13. Slow Cooker Party Mix

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Poolside snacking table, cooler full of beverages, and a bowl of this crunchy, salty, slightly spicy, and reviving munch. Everybody wash your hands before returning to the pool, now. Get our Slow Cooker Party Mix recipe.

14. Slow Cooker Chocolate Cake

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Even making a cake should be a breeze in summer. This may be the ultimate dump cake—you actually cook the cake right in the mixing bowl. Get our Slow Cooker Chocolate Cake recipe.

15. Slow Cooker Peach Crumble

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Peaches’ peak season is during the hottest parts of summer, so use your slow cooker to whip up this peach dessert. By using the slow cooker, you avoid turning on your oven and heating up your kitchen. Don’t forget the ice cream when serving this (maybe homemade with an easy food processor ice cream hack). Get our Slow Cooker Peach Crumble recipe.

Keep Reading: What Else to Eat, Drink, and Do This Summer



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The Best Meal Kit Delivery Services for 2019

You’ve probably noticed cheerful boxes from meal kit food delivery services like Home Chef, Martha & Marley Spoon and Terra’s Kitchen on your neighbor’s stoops. They’re a type of convenience service that combines the efforts of chefs, nutritionists, and personal shoppers, and delivers them into the hands of willing home cooks, with weekly menus and preportioned ingredients.
Despite my initial hesitations and culinary school credibility, I found the services valuable. I liked having ingredients I didn’t know of or would rarely seek out, and was especially moved by the idea of decreasing my food waste thanks to being supplied with the exact portion of each ingredient needed per recipe.
There are now dozens of these meal kit delivery programs to choose from like Sunbasket and others, many of which provide promotional offers for new customers. Nearly all include the ability to customize menus, skip weeks and cancel anytime. With no-to-limited commitment, if you’re a calendar master, you can dabble in any or all of these services and choose, week-by-week, which best suits your circumstances.

Special Offer: For a limited time! 6 Meals for $36 at Gobble


Home Chef

Best For Those Who Are Really HungryHome Chef

With over 38 different meal kits to choose from—includng grill packs and one pan dinners—in any given week Home Chef has great diversity in it’s offering and you are able to customize some of the meal choices, too. For example, with some options, you can order double the protein without doubling the overall portions. With other options, you can choose to order antibiotic-free protein instead of the standard version it typically comes with. Meal kits are usually pretty standard in their offering (which is what keeps them efficient to the masses), so this is a way for Home Chef to stand out among the crowded marketplace.

Subscription: $9.95 per serving for two or four servings per recipe, with additional premium recipes offered at market price.

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Sun Basket

Best for those who really care about where their food comes fromSun Basket

Healthy and fresh are common meal kit descriptors, but Sun Basket goes a step further. They’re committed to organic, non-GMO, sustainably and responsibly raised products, which they package in 100-percent recyclable materials to boot. Sun Basket’s recipes are developed by Justine Kelly, a San Francisco chef known for her work at the James Beard Award-winning Slanted Door restaurant, and for her appearance on “Top Chef.” All of her easy and delicious meals are nutritionist-approved (500 to 800 calories per serving), and most take only about 30 minutes to put together, with online tutorials available if you need a little extra guidance. You’ve got options too—you’ll be able to choose from a selection of 6 to 18 different recipes each week, including paleo, vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free meals, so you’ll always get what you want. Sun Basket delivery is available in 36 states, and shipments arrive on Tuesdays and Wednesdays between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m. For three meals each week, you’ll pay $74.93 for the two-person plan (or $11.99 per serving) and $143.87 for the four-person plan ($10.99 per serving), with a $5.99 shipping fee either way.

Subscription: For three meals each week, you’ll pay $74.93 for the two-person plan (or $11.99 per serving) and $143.87 for the four-person plan ($10.99 per serving), with a $5.99 shipping fee either way.

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Gobble

Best for those committed to actually cooking but who have no time: Gobble

Gobble takes the template from the old guard of meal delivery kits but speeds it up by prechopping and part-cooking many of the components so that all recipes can be prepared in 15 minutes. Despite the “fast food” angle, menus have a sophisticated and worldly vibe. Weekly recipe choices are cleverly categorized into From the Range, From the Ranch, From the Sea and From the Earth options.

Subscription: Options range from $11.99 to $13.99 per serving, with options for two to four servings of two or three (or more!) recipes.

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EveryPlate

Best for those on a budget: EveryPlate

At just $4.99 per serving and an emphasis on hearty meals with generous portions, EveryPlate is the best plan for those whose journey into meal kit delivery is based on affordability. They keep overhead low by only offering five recipes to choose from weekly, which does mostly exclude vegetarians and those on special diets, but the five available meals are full of variety and flavor otherwise. Get 18 meals for only $3.33 each + free shipping on your first order

Subscription: Each serving is only $4.99. Each weekly box includes three recipes with either two or four servings apiece.

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Green Chef

Best For Those Who Are Following A Specific Diet PlanGreen Chef

We like Green Chef for its versatility in the different specific diet plans available. They offer Paleo, Keto, Pescatarian, Vegan, Vegetarian options, and Gluten-Free options. No matter which diet you’re following (for health or personal reasons) you’ll be able to find a plan that works for you. Because they offer so many different diet plan options, this also makes Green Chef one of the most versatile meal kit delivery services since they offer a plethora of different menu options per week.

Subscription: $12.99-$11.99 per serving for a two-person subscription at 3 meals/week; $10.99 per serving for a four-person subscription at 2 meals/week.

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Freshly

Best for those who crave home cooking but don’t actually cook: Freshly

A few of these services provide fully cooked meals to your doorstep, and Freshly is a good one if you desire wholesome, familiar comfort foods such as peppercorn steak, penne bolognese or chicken and rice pilaf. Meals are prepared right before delivery and are never frozen. With minimal reheating required by you, it’s like having Mom cook for you, without having Mom live with you. (Sorry, Mom.)

Subscription: $8.99 to $12.50 per serving, with up to 12 servings per week. Shipping is free.

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Blue Apron

Best intro to meal kit delivery: Blue Apron

Blue Apron is largely accepted to be the granddad of meal kit delivery programs in the US. The eight menus available weekly range from simple pastas to international options, with seafood and vegetarian menus always available. Even the simplest recipes might include an unfamiliar component or two, and the website often highlights these ingredients as an educational opportunity. Recipes are tagged with helpful keywords such as “customer favorite,” “quick and easy,” “great for grilling” and so on. Occasional promotions include menus from guest celebrity chefs, or recipes that highlight popular travel destinations. An optional wine pairing service is also offered.

Subscription: Options range from $7.49 to $9.99 per serving, with options for two to four recipes per week and two or four servings per recipe.

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HelloFresh

Best for those with designer food allergies: HelloFresh

HelloFresh helpfully tags each recipe accordingly, whether you are allergic to (or avoiding) dairy, gluten, soy, nuts and so on. Familiarity of components is key, even when applied to dishes from various world cuisines. A “dinner to lunch” element is a unique twist that provides the home cook a variation on tonight’s dinner to serve as a portable lunch tomorrow.

Subscription: Options range from $8.74 to $9.99 per serving, with options for two to four recipes per week and two or four servings per recipe, customizable along Classic, Veggie and Family plans.

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Dinnerly

Best for those who crave simplicity: Dinnerly

Dinnerly rolls out some pretty exciting-sounding meals such as summery chicken panzanella and risotto with asparagus and cannellini beans, but with no more than six ingredients per recipe, the damage done to your time and kitchen is minimized. Along with not overwhelming you with myriad components and multiple steps, the price tag for Dinnerly puts it squarely in the budget-friendly category, clocking in around $5 per serving.

Subscription: The options include a Two-Person Box for $30, or a Family Box for $60, each with three recipes for the week.

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Plated

Best for top chef aficionados: Plated

With a whopping 20 weekly recipes to choose from, including a couple of dessert options, the very name Plated inspires fantasies of Padma Lakshmi standing over your kitchen table sampling forkfuls of chef-designed recipes whose components you might have had to practice pronouncing. That being said, relative ease is still largely the point, and sustainale and thoughtfully sourced ingredients are emphasize

Subscription: Options range from $9.95 to $11.95 per serving, with options for two to four recipes per week and two to four servings per recipe.

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Hungryroot

Best for vegans with a takeout addiction: Hungryroot

Hungryroot, in addition to being vegan, provides a more round-the-clock approach to meal kit delivery, with options that include breakfast, snacks and sweets. Craveable, vegan-comfort entrees such as sweet potato pad thai and green chile Mexican rice are served more or less ready to eat, with just a little stove-top or oven-lovin’ reheating required.

Subscription: Two options include a Starter Set with four meals (two servings each) plus two sides, snacks or sweets for $69; or The Good Life box with five meals (two servings each) plus five sides, snacks, or sweets for $99. Shipping is free.

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