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Jan 2018
53m 17s

Go-To Dinners

MARGARET ABLES AND AMY WILSON
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What makes a “go-to dinner”? One pot is good. 30 minutes or less is better. But we’ll use every cookie sheet and pot in the house if it’s 1) not pizza and 2) all of our kids will actually eat it.  Here’s links to all of our own go-to recipes that we discuss in this episode, plus the ones our listeners swear by:  Margaret’s Go-To Dinners  Beef Empanadas (use ... Show More
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