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Snack like a pro on Super Bowl Sunday with panko-crusted chicken strips and game-changing sauce

Snack like a pro on Super Bowl Sunday with panko-crusted chicken strips and game-changing sauce

The best Super Bowl food lives in the same realm as the best bar food. And that includes chicken tenders. If you tend to think of chicken strips as a guilty, kiddie-centric pleasure, give yourself permission to relax and enjoy them. They’re basically fried chicken sans bone.

 
Chop, roast, blend: Creamy, hearty Sheet Pan Soup is the easiest you’ll ever make

Chop, roast, blend: Creamy, hearty Sheet Pan Soup is the easiest you’ll ever make

Got things to do but still want a hearty, homemade dinner? Crank up the oven and make the easiest soup there is — sheet pan soup. All you have to do is chop up some vegetables, roast for 45 minutes, dump everything into a blender with broth and coconut milk and — voilà — you have a creamy, deeply satisfying concoction.

 
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Eggs can do so much more than breakfast, as these skillet lentils show

Eggs can do so much more than breakfast, as these skillet lentils show

The runny-yolk eggs in this lentil skillet meal might shout breakfast at first glance — and it certainly makes a good one — but don’t pigeonhole it there because it’s an excellent option for any time of day.

 
Looking for a new winter white wine? Try Albariño

Looking for a new winter white wine? Try Albariño

With white wine consumption in the U.S. topping red for the first time in 30 years, you may be experimenting with white wines. If so, give Albariño a try. You wouldn’t have had the option a few years ago.

 
Mexican mole is a meal all on its own

Mexican mole is a meal all on its own

Surprisingly complex and full of flavor, this smart mole with just about a dozen ingredients comes together in only an hour. Adapted from Rick Martínez’s cookbook “Salsa Daddy,” it’s an entry-level mole — and a fine introduction to the famous Mexican salsa.

 
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Chicken, bacon and ranch totchos are potatoes’ ultimate form

Chicken, bacon and ranch totchos are potatoes’ ultimate form

Potato tots replace tortilla chips in these totchos topped with chunks of juicy chicken, crisp bacon, melted cheese and ranch dressing, which makes for a fun appetizer or main course. For extra ranch flavor, toss the tots with ranch seasoning powder.

 

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