BBQ Chicken Wings

BBQ Chicken Wings

Portions:4
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Ingredients

  • 2 cups BBQ sauce
  • ½ cup honey
  • 3 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 teaspoon hot sauce

Instructions

  • Wash chicken wings and pat dry.
  • Broil wings for 8 – 10 minutes a side until chicken is slightly brown.
  • Transfer chicken wings to slow cooker.
  • In a separate bowl stir together BBQ sauce, honey, Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce.
  • Pour over chicken wings and stir to make sure all sides of wings are completely covered.
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Chicken Tortellini

Chicken Tortellini

This meal is deceptively simple for how delicious it turns out.
Portions:4
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Equipment

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds chicken breast cubed
  • 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
  • 1 onion diced
  • 16 ounce jar Alfredo sauce
  • 1 package tortellini refrigerated

Instructions

  • Place chicken in a greased slow cooker insert.
  • Sprinkle seasoning over it.
  • Cover the seasoned chicken with the onion and Alfredo sauce.
  • Cover and cook on low for seven hours.
  • Add the tortellini and continue to cook for an additional 30 minutes.

Notes / Tips / Wine Advice:

Serving Suggestion: 
Substitute different meats, vegetables, and sauces for variations on this simple recipe.
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Course Chicken / Crockpot / Pasta
Cuisine European / Italian

Sausage Rigatoni

Sausage Rigatoni

Add spice to your meals with this savory dish.
Portions:4
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Equipment

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 pound spicy Italian sausage
  • 2 tablespoons garlic minced
  • 1 cup broccoli chopped
  • ½ cup beef broth

Instructions

  • Heat the olive oil in a pan over medium-high heat.
  • Squeeze the sausage from its casing and lightly brown it with the garlic.
  • Drain any excess grease and set aside.
  • Spray the slow cooker insert with a nonstick cooking spray.
  • Add the sausage and garlic, broccoli, and broth.
  • Cover and cook on low for five hours.
  • Prepare the rigatoni according to the package’s directions, or until the pasta is al dente.

Notes / Tips / Wine Advice:

Serving Suggestion: 
Sprinkle grated or shredded cheese over the finished dish.
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Course Crockpot / Pork
Cuisine European / Italian

Ravioli Marinara

Ravioli Marinara

This simple recipe will taste anything but after a long day.
Portions:4
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Ingredients

  • 1 bag frozen ravioli
  • 16 ounce jar tomato sauce
  • 8 ounce can stewed tomatoes
  • 2 tablespoons garlic minced
  • ½ onion diced
  • 1 tablespoon Italian herbs

Instructions

  • Combine the ravioli, tomato sauce, tomatoes, garlic, onion, and herbs in a greased slow cooker insert.
  • Cover and cook on low for five hours.

Notes / Tips / Wine Advice:

Serving Suggestion: 
Sprinkle parsley and your favorite kind of cheese over the finished dish.
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Course Crockpot / Pasta
Cuisine European / Italian
Diets Vegetarian

Pasta Pockets

Pasta Pockets

Pasta pockets are great ways to portion a dinner while ensuring maximum flavor.
Portions:4
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Equipment

Ingredients

  • 1 package spirelli pasta
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 onions diced
  • 2 red peppers diced
  • 4 to matoes diced
  • 1 zucchini chopped
  • ½ cup chicken broth

Instructions

  • Add the tomatoes, zucchini, and broth, cooking for several minutes more.
  • Pour the vegetables over the penne in a separate bowl.
  • Ladle the pasta and vegetables into a 12-inch square of aluminum foil.
  • Seal the edges of the foil tightly, making a pocket.
  • Place the pockets into the slow cooker; cover and cook on low for four hours, or until pasta is al dente.

Notes / Tips / Wine Advice:

Serving Suggestion: 
Customize the pockets with different ingredients — this method works for a variety of pasta dishes.
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Course Chicken / Crockpot / Pasta
Cuisine European / Italian

Garden herb soup

Garden herb soup

Portions:4
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Ingredients

  • 50 g butter
  • 1 onion roughly chopped
  • 250 g baking potato diced
  • 1 litre ham stock
  • or
  • 1 litre vegetable stock
  • or
  • 1 litre chickenstock
  • 75 g mixed parsley and chives roughly torn into pieces
  • salt and pepper

Instructions

  • Heat the butter in a saucepan, add the onion and fry gently for 5 minutes until softened but not browned. Add the potato, toss in the butter then cover and fry gently for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally until just turning golden around the edges.
  • Add the stock, season with salt and pepper and bring to the boil. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until the potatoes are tender. Cool slightly then purée in batches in a blender or food processor with the herbs.
  • Pour back into the saucepan, reheat then taste and adjust the seasoning if needed. Serve in mugs with toasted bacon sandwiches

Notes / Tips / Wine Advice:

For Italian herb soup, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a pan, add the onion and fry until softened. Mix in 150 g (5 oz) diced potato, cover and fry for 10 minutes. Mix in the stock and seasoning as above, cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Purée the soup in the blender, replacing the parsley and chives with 75 g (3 oz) rocket leaves, and adding 25 g (1 oz) ground pine nuts or almonds and 40 g (1½ oz) freshly grated Parmesan. Reheat and serve topped with toasted pine nuts.
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Course Soup

Italian Chicken Breasts

Italian Chicken Breasts

These savory chicken breasts will pair well with many different sides.
Portions:4
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Ingredients

  • 4 chicken breasts whole
  • 3 tablespoons Italian seasoning
  • 1 12 ounce can stewed tomatoes
  • ½ cup chicken broth

Instructions

  • Spray a slow cooker insert with nonstick cooking spray.
  • Rub the chicken with the Italian seasoning and place in the bottom of the insert.
  • Pour in the tomatoes and broth.
  • Cover and cook on high for four hours.

Notes / Tips / Wine Advice:

Serving Suggestion: 
Serve atop your favorite pasta or salad.
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Course Chicken / Crockpot
Cuisine European / Italian

Pesto Chicken Shells

Pesto Chicken Shells

Portions:4
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Equipment

Ingredients

  • 1 package jumbo pasta shells
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 pounds chicken breast cubed
  • ¼ cup pesto
  • 1 cup Mozzarella
  • 1 cup Parmesan
  • 1 cup chicken broth

Instructions

  • Boil the pasta shells.
  • Drain several minutes before the pasta is done and set aside.
  • Heat the oil in a pan over medium-high heat.
  • Brown the chicken.
  • Remove from heat and set aside.
  • In a bowl, mix the pesto, cheese, and chicken.
  • Stuff the mixture into the pasta shells.
  • Transfer the stuffed shells into a greased slow cooker insert.
  • Pour the broth over the shells.
  • Cover and cook on low for four hours.

Notes / Tips / Wine Advice:

Serving Suggestion:
 
Serve with side salads and breadsticks to complete the meal.
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Course Chicken / Crockpot
Cuisine European / Italian

Crab and Corn Pasta

Crab and Corn Pasta

Bring a taste of the sea to Italy with this recipe.
Portions:4
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Ingredients

  • 1 can corn 12 ounce
  • 1 can peas 12 ounce
  • 1 can diced tomatoes 12 ounce
  • 2 tablespoons garlic minced
  • ½ cup onion diced
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon Old Bay seasoning
  • 1 tablespoon dried basil
  • 1 cup imitation crab meat diced
  • 1 package spaghetti pasta

Instructions

  • Boil the pasta shells.
  • Drain several minutes before the pasta is done and set aside.
  • Heat the oil in a pan over medium-high heat.
  • Brown the chicken.
  • Remove from heat and set aside. In a bowl, mix the pesto, cheese, and chicken.
  • Stuff the mixture into the pasta shells.

Notes / Tips / Wine Advice:

Serve with side salads and breadsticks to complete the meal.
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