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Home | Recipes | The Arsenal® | Page 3

The Arsenal®

Just started cooking? Is the kitchen as foreign to you as Uzbekistan? Have no fear. These are the recipes that will build the foundation of your pantry and teach you the skills you need to grow as a cook, not to mention rack up compliments faster than Katy Perry gains Twitter followers.

A single basic crepe, folded into quarters on a sheet of parchment with two lemon wedges beside it.
A rectangular dish of easy chicken enchiladas with a spatula resting in the dish and a couple enchiladas on a grey plate beside it.

Easy Chicken Enchiladas

1 hr 15 mins

Pieces of pan roasted tarragon chicken arranged in a white serving platter with a glass measuring cup and spoon in the background.

Pan-Roasted Tarragon Chicken

1 hr

A sticky bun topped with caramel and pecans on a plate, with more sticky buns in the background.

Sticky Buns

16 hrs 30 mins

A ceramic bowl filled with tarka dal and sprinkled with cilantro with a small bowl of chopped cilantro on the side.

Tarka Dal ~ Lentils with Tomatoes and Cilantro

1 hr

A bowl of shredded Instant Pot chuck roast with a plate of tortillas, a bottle of hot sauce, and some cilantro nearby.

Instant Pot Chuck Roast

2 hrs

A cooked meatloaf with spinach with four slices cut from it.

Meatloaf with Spinach

1 hr 30 mins

A baking tray with three slices of fromage fort.

Fromage Fort by Jacques Pépin

10 mins

A stack of five chocolate chip cookie brownies.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Brownies

1 hr 20 mins

A creamy pot of three-ingredient macaroni and cheese in a yellow Dutch oven, garnished with chives. A wooden spoon rests nearby with a bit of cheesy pasta on it.

3 Ingredient Macaroni and Cheese

20 mins

A white crock filled with brown vegetable stock with a bay leaf floating on top.

Roasted Vegetable Stock

2 hrs 40 mins

Banana bread granola tipped out of a glass jar onto a marble surface with a wooden scoop beside it.

Banana Bread Granola

1 hr

A single white chocolate cupcake, topped with white frosting on a paper napkin.

White Chocolate Cupcakes

1 hr

A pink bowl filled with flower-shaped sugar cookies topped with decorating sugar

Valentine’s Sugar Cookies

30 mins

Homemade chicken strips piled on a white plate with dishes of barbecue sauce and ranch nearby.

Homemade Chicken Strips

25 mins

Two and a half bacon fat peanut butter cookies on two stacked green plates with a stack of cookies in the background.

Bacon Fat Peanut Butter Cookies

45 mins

Three pretzel rolls on a sheet of parchment sprinkled with coarse salt.

Pretzel Rolls

2 hrs 30 mins

A large silver spoon holding a scoop of homemade chili powder with some spilled on the side.

Homemade Chili Powder

25 mins

Roasted broccoli with soy sauce scattered on a baking sheet.

Roasted Broccoli with Soy Sauce

40 mins

An oval dish of old-fashioned potato gratin, with a bottle and decanter of wine behind it.

Old-Fashioned Potato Gratin

1 hr 45 mins

Potatoes with Mexican chorizo tucked inside tortillas with a glass of beer on the side.

Potatoes With Mexican Chorizo

50 mins

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