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  3. Sunday Strategist: A Week of Healthy Dinners - October 16-20

Sunday Strategist: A Week of Healthy Dinners - October 16-20

September 15, 2017
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Monday: Chicken Fricassee with Browned Butter Noodles

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We’d like to think of this dish as something Julia Child would be proud to serve on a weeknight—simple and comforting, with a French-country-meets-American flair.

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Tuesday: Slow-Cooked BBQ Pork Roast

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Thanks to the slow cooker, fall is our new favorite season for barbecue. A pork roast, smothered in a spice rub and nestled in a ketchup-and-vinegar-laced liquid, becomes meltingly tender and saucy. Serve with Haricots Verts with Warm Shallot Vinaigrette. 

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Wednesday: Cauliflower Korma

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Korma is a mild, coconut milk–based curry, a great way to introduce more complex and fragrant spices to your cooking. Our plant-forward version is simple to prepare thanks to a few time-savvy supermarket finds,

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Thursday: Steak Salad with Salsa Verde Vinaigrette

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Italian salsa verde is the all-purpose, no-cook sauce of your dreams: vibrant from fresh parsley and a shot of vinegar, briny from minced capers, and with just enough heat from crushed red pepper. Here, we thin the mixture into a vinaigrette for a speedy steak salad.

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Friday: Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

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Go ahead and flag this recipe—it’s sure to become a family favorite. A pot of pure comfort, it’s a slightly thickened, creamy chicken soup with a finishing garnish of smoky bacon.

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Bonus Cocktail: Grape-Kombucha Sipper

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Juicy and pleasantly plump, grapes are at their peak in the fall months. This versatile fruit also packs a healthy punch: Black and red grapes are rich in anthocyanins—a powerful antioxidant that may reduce the risk of heart disease, cognitive decline, and cancer.

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    1 of 6 Monday: Chicken Fricassee with Browned Butter Noodles
    2 of 6 Tuesday: Slow-Cooked BBQ Pork Roast
    3 of 6 Wednesday: Cauliflower Korma
    4 of 6 Thursday: Steak Salad with Salsa Verde Vinaigrette
    5 of 6 Friday: Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
    6 of 6 Bonus Cocktail: Grape-Kombucha Sipper

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