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Fast & Easy Dinner: Potato and White Bean Chowder

With a little help from the grocery store, you can have a piping hot bowl of healthy and delicious soup on your table in under a half an hour.

With a little help from the grocery store, you can have a piping hot bowl of healthy and delicious soup on your table in under a half an hour.

This recipe combines potatoes with carrots and white kidney beans. Although it calls for milk, it doesn't require full-fat milk, fat-free is fine.

It's hearty and vegetarian, plus any leftovers will make an excellent lunch tomorrow. To learn how to make it, read more

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Come Party With Me: All Hallow's Eve — Menu

Have no plans for Halloween?

Have no plans for Halloween? Well, there's still time to invite some friends over for a blowout Halloween bash! Halloween won't fall on a Saturday again until 2015, so now is the time to throw a fright-night-themed party.

Start the soirée after dinner and you won't have to worry about serving a complex menu. Instead offer a few fun bar snacks like vampire nut mix. This easy-to-make mixture of nuts gets a vibrant red color from cayenne pepper. Sprinkle won ton wrappers with cheese and bake; the resulting snack resembles bat wings.

Make deviled eggs look like the actual devil by adding a chive beard and bell pepper horns. To check out these quick, simple, crowd-pleasing bites, get the recipes and read more

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Fast & Easy Dinner: Tuscan Lamb Chop Skillet

If your man's a fan of lamb, treat him to an early Valentine's Day dinner with this impressive yet uncomplicated meal.

If your man's a fan of lamb, treat him to an early Valentine's Day dinner with this impressive yet uncomplicated meal. Lamb chops are seared in a saute pan and served on a bed of white beans and stewed tomatoes.

The final dish is juicy and delicious. Pair with a green salad, crusty bread for mopping the sauce, and a dry red Italian wine. Look at the recipe when you read more