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Classic Williamsburg Inn Chicken and Dumplings recipe

Give your mac and cheese a new taste by adding kielbasa and mustard. The cheddar and mozzarella cheeses make this mac and cheese taste ultimately delicious and cheesy with plenty of cheesy sauce to go around.

Toasting quinoa in pan creates much more flavor than just boiling it directly. Quinoa is tossed with a light yet tasty vinaigrette, sugar snap peas, apples, bell peppers, celery, red onions and toasted walnuts. You can make the salad one day ahead, it tastes even better next day.

Moist and delicious carrot cake with cream cheese frosting will satisfy everyone.

Rainbow trout teriyaki broiled in 5 minutes after a quick soy-ginger-garlic marinade. Topped with toasted sesame seeds for fast Asian-inspired weeknight fish.

Dress up that leftover flank steak with herbed goat cheese, and juicy and thick tomato slices that are layered on a thick kaiser or bread then heated under the broiler. A delicious, quick and easy week night meal.

This version of the garlicky roasted eggplant dip does not have tahini in it as with a traditional version. While I really like an "authentic" baba ghanoush, I also enjoy the commercial Sabra brand, which uses mayo and some spices. It is slightly sweet and has a little kick. This is my rendition.

These cookies have a cake-like texture, very moist. The lemon juice and zest add the refreshing citrus taste, and the glaze gives another layer of zing.

Snow peas, carrots and water chestnuts give this stir-fry the very crunchy texture, and the Asian sauce adds the sweetness, sourness and spiciness. A quick, easy and tasty stir-fry is great for a weeknight.

Nice warm spiced cider with citrus fruit. One sip and my belly warmed up so much I had to go turn the heat down!

Classic Aussie battered saveloys on a stick, double-dipped and deep-fried until golden and crunchy. Just like the fish and chip shop, this easy 15-minute recipe brings the carnival home.

Midori cake is a pale-green Bundt built on yellow cake mix and pistachio pudding, soaked with melon liqueur and finished with a Midori-cream cheese glaze. Retro doctored cake mix at its showy best.

They are best chocolate chip cookies for sure. These cookies were so easy to make, and they turned out buttery and crunchy, the melting chocolate chips gave some extra bites and delicious flavor. Nobody will refuse to try these small sweet treats.

Why ordering take-out, if you can make a delicious beef and bok-choy stir-fry within no time.

Butterfly shrimp wrapped with bacon, dipped in egg, and pan-fried golden, served on stir-fried onions and finished with a tangy ketchup-garlic sweet-and-sour sauce. A retro Chinese-American classic.

This deliciously moist cake is made of whole wheat flour, vegetable oil, fresh apples and apple sauce. It's very tasty and good for you. Enjoy a or two slices of this delicious cake without making you feel guilty at all!