5 easy cheating Recipes

couscous, olive oil or 4 oz melted butter, ras el hanout spice mix or 1 tsp ground cumin, ground coriander , cilantro, ground paprika, ground turmeric, pine nuts , lightly toasted under a grill, soft dried apricots, chopped finely, golden sultana raisins, dried onion flakes, garlic granules , not salt, hot vegetable stock, made with salt free cube if possible such as marigold swiss vegetable, butter (to garnish ), chopped fresh coriander , cilantro

mayonnaise, divided (i used an olive-oil based mayonnaise), lemon , juice and zest of, garlic clove, finely minced, dijon mustard, dried parsley (replaced 1/4 tsp crushed dried thyme or you can use fresh parsley), lump crabmeat (confession ( cheated and used 4 cans of snow s minced clams, drained), crushed kettle-cooked potato chip (read intro), yellow onions , finely minced (optional, my addition), minced celery (include some leaves), old bay seasoning (see #2, this can be omitted read my *note below.), eggs, slider buns, lettuce (optional)

dry roux , gumbo base, oak grove smokehouse, rotisserie-cooked chicken, andouille sausages or 1 lb smoked sausage, unsalted chicken stock, water, kitchen bouquet, salt, pepper, hot sauce, rice

ragu pizza sauce, garlic clove, minced, parmesan cheese, coarsely grated, romano cheese, coarsely grated, olive oil, salt, vidalia onion, minced, pepper