Star anise/5 recipes

Easy chicken and rice for your slow cooker. 5 minutes and let it simmer all day.

Adolph Frey owns one of the few Michelin-rated 2-star restaurants in Germany. He made this dish at the lodge for Carl's birthday celebration one year. Quenelles are poached fish and egg mounds traditionally made with pike.

For 5 or 6 quart crockery cooker: Double all ingredients.

Instead of having to tip the delivery boy, try this simple recipe that will have you making a delicious deep-pan pizza in no time at all!

Another succulent beef dish that can be cooked in your crockpot while you're away from the kitchen.

Sour Cream Anise Cookies recipe

*When you buy carambola, also called star fruit, look for ones that are uniformly yellow to orange and have a subtle perfume. If they are green, they aren't ripe and won't yield a great deal of flavor. At their ripest, their flavor is an unmistakably tropical combination of apple, banana and lychee.

Bring memories of the Windy City into your kitchen with this succulent beef dish.

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