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Feeding Spaghetti to 200 People?I need to feed 200 homeless people spaghetti. How much noodles and hamburger and sauce will I need?

 

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Potatoes Froze Accidentally?My 10-pound bag of potatoes froze on my back porch, then thawed. They are now all squishy. Is there any use for them?

 

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Convection Oven Not Working?I bought a Cook Well convection oven on Sunday the 24/11/2013 and used it for the first time today the 28/11/2013 and found it's not working. I cooked a small pork roast for 3 hrs or more and it's still not cooked.

 

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Grilling Without a Barbecue?I am a single female in my 80s and cook my own meals. I have no barbeque and wonder what could take the place of one when the recipe calls for grilling.

 

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Cheese and Crackers for 200?How many platters of cheese with cold cuts do I need to feed 200 persons?

 

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Cooking and Baking with Stevia?I am extremely interested in any and all information on cooking and baking with stevia. I would love recipes.

 

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Cooking Lasagna For 70?I am making lasagna for 70 people in 19 x 11 inch pans. How many pans should I make?

 

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Chicken Salad for 20 People?How much chicken salad do I need to feed 20 people?

 

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Making Smaller Traditional Meals for the Holidays?With COVID-19 limiting the size of our gatherings - what are some thrifty tips for making smaller size traditional meals and saving money to do so?

 

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Making Really Smooth Sweet Potato Purée?I have been freezing sweet potato purée for later use, but need some advice on getting the purée really smooth.

 

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Baking Canned Biscuits in an Air Fryer?We have the InstaPot Vortex air fryer that has 2 slotted type shelves & a bottom solid shelf. Does anyone have a recipe to cook canned biscuits in it? I've tried, but don't want to continue to waste food that isn't cooked and not worth eating.

 

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Banana Pudding too Firm and Thick?I have been following the recipe on the Nilla waffer box and my pudding doesn't stay creamy once cooled. It becomes thick like a cheese cake. What am I doing wrong?

 

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Making a Lettuce Salad for 400?How much lettuce do I need to make salad for 400 people?

 

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Using Pimento?Are pimentos spicy hot? And how long can you keep a jar in your cupboard?

 

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Cooking Ham and Turkey Together?I have a 8lb turkey breast and a 12 lb ham. At what temp and for how long should I cook them together?

 

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Sifting Flour for a Recipe?Why do I have left over sifted flour when I sift 3 cups? Are you supposed to use all of the sifted flour when making a recipe?

 

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Storing Uncooked Cabbage Rolls in Fridge?How long can I keep sour cabbage rolls in the fridge before cooking?

 

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Cooking Green Beans for a Large Group?How many people will a 19 9/16 x 11 5/8 x 3 3/16 pan of green beans serve?

 

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Information About 10 x Confectioner's Sugar?Is 10x sugar one of the purest forms of sucrose?

 

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What Is This Herb?Someone gave me a loaf of fancy deli bread. I didn't like it, but I ate it rather than waste it. To me, it really did have a weird taste. Can someone help me identify herb that did not taste good?

 

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Making Pimento Cheese Sandwiches?How much pimento cheese should I use per person on a sandwich?

 

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Can Under Cabinet Lighting Affect Shelf Life of Food?I keep my loaf of bread in an air tight plastic bag, as well a my fruit in a bowl, on my kitchen counter. I think that the kitchen cabinet lightening, which is under all of my cabinets, causes these foods to go bad because of the light and the heat. My husband says I'm crazy.

 

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Using Frozen Tomatoes to Make Stewed Tomatoes?Can I use frozen tomatoes to make canned stewed tomatoes?

 

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Heating Food in a Convection Oven?I have an Oster convection bake oven. Can I put a porcelain dish with pasta in it just heat it? I want to get rid of microwave to save space.

 

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Making Kabobs for 8 People?I'm making steak, onion, bell pepper, and squash kabobs, as well as, chicken, onion, bell pepper, and pineapple kabobs for 6 adults and 2 young children, so 8 people total. How much do I need to get of each item? The sides that will be served with them are a strawberry and feta cheese baby spinach salad and pasta.

 

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Cooking Green Beans for a Large Group?How many servings of green beans can one get out of a pan 20x12x3 1/2?

 

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Buying Salad for a BBQ for 75?How much potato salad and macaroni salad will I need to purchase to serve 75? We are having a community picnic.

 

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Calculating Lunch Meat for 40 People?How much lunch meat do I need for an anniversary party for 40? We are having fried chicken, beef brisket, and burnt ends. There will also be macaroni, potato salad, a cheese tray, and a fruit tray.

 

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Recipe for Beef Tacos for 40 + Sides?I need a beef taco bar for 40 recipe. Also, what would be good for sides?

 

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Precooking Scalloped Potatoes?Can I cook my scalloped potatoes about halfway tonight and finish tomorrow?

 

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Reducing the Smell of Raw Cabbage?I like to hollow out a red cabbage and serve with a dijon dip in the hollow. How can I keep the cabbage/sulphur smell from running off my guests?

 

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Using Frozen Dry Milk?How do I process it? I have to keep it frozen and now am unable to get it to completely dissolve in order to drink it.

 

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Making Potato Salad and Cole Slaw for 200?How many raw potatoes will it take to make potato salad for 200 people? How many pounds of cabbage will I need to make cole slaw for 200 people?

 

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Finding Hershey's Chocolate Syrup Expiration Date?I'm unsure how to find the expiration date on a bottle of Hershey's syrup. All I can find is a code on the bottom of it, saying #98N52 7J. I'm not sure what that means. Do those numbers indicate the expiration date? If so, how do I interpret it? I don't want to eat something that's expired.

 

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Softening Granulated Sugar?How can I get hard lumps out of my granulated sugar? What is the easiest way?

 

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Preparing Carne Asada for 100 People?How much carne asada will I need to feed 100 people?

 

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Reheating a Frozen Casserole in a Crockpot?Can a frozen breakfast casserole for 10 be reheated in crock pot. If so, how many hours? The meat is cooked.

 

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Making Toast for a Crowd?How do I make toast or English muffins for a bunch at a brunch?

 

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Planning a Salad Bar for 120 People?I'm making a tossed salad for 120 people. How many grape tomatoes, avocados, strawberries, cucumbers, croutons, and dressing will I need?

 

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Making Spaghetti for 300?How many kilos of spaghetti would you need to make for 300 persons?

 

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Using Wilting Leftover Salad Fixings?I have a bag of leftover salad which includes the usual salad fixings (tomatoes, croutons, different types of lettuce, onions, etc). It is starting to wilt, any ideas of what I can do with it. I don't want to throw it away.

 

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Keeping Homemade Pizza Warm for Office Party?I want to make party rye pizzas for a work lunch. They don't have an oven. Can I bake these and put them in a crockpot for a couple hours until we eat?

 

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Using Accidentally Frozen Tomatoes?We froze tomatoes by accident in the refrigerator. Can I slice them for use on hamburgers?

 

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Cooking with a Convection Oven?How do I cook a 3.5lb corned beef in my stovetop turbo convection oven?

 

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Will Freezing Baking Soda Affect Its Use in Baking?Does freezing baking soda affect the soda for future baking?

 

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Using Gluten Free Flour to Thicken Tomato Relish?Can I use gluten free flour to thicken the tomato relish? The brand I have is Woolworths - free from gluten plain flour. It contains maize, tapioca, rice, and thickeners 412, 415, 464, 466.

 

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Measuring Butter?I am making a banana cake. I need to know how many Tablespoons of butter are in 2/3 of a cup?

 

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Choosing Between Self-Rising and All Purpose Flour?When recipes call for flour, what do I use, all-purposes or self-raising?

 

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Health Benefits of Ghee?Is ghee good or bad for your health?

 

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Making a Frozen Pizza Crust Crispy?I was half hesitant to ask this question. I'll bet every teenager from Horneytown, NC, to Intercourse, PA, and back to Climax, NC knows a hack for my problem. And that would make me look like an old fossil, for sure.

 

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Making Kabob for 55 People?I'm trying to get food for my wedding. We are serving kabobs and I need to know how much of everything we need to buy for 55 people. We want green peppers, onions, squash or zucchini, mushrooms, shrimp, chicken breasts, and steak. But I'm having trouble figuring out how much to get of everything.

 

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Softening Hard Granulated Sugar?How can I make a rock hard 5lb bag of white sugar usable again?

 

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Eating Canned Mackerel?Can you eat mackerel in brine straight out of the can?

 

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Cooking for 300?I'm cooking shredded Chipotle Baracoa beef bowls on steamed rice, pinto beans, and corn tomato salsa. How much beef roast would I need for 300 people?

 

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Thinning Canned Chocolate Frosting?I would like to thin canned frosting so I can pour it over a bundt cake. Any suggestions and will it harden after setting?

 

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Uses For Orange Zest?OK, I'm more than frugal, I'm stingy. I admit it. I don't like to throw away anything, especially food. I bought a bag of Florida navel oranges. They were very good. Well, I bought another bag. This time, it occurred to me I should save the zest from the peels.

 

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Cooking Canned Mackerel?Can I coat mackerel that is in a can and in brine and after coating can I fry it?

 

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What Are Hickory Chickens?What are hickory chickens? Does anybody know?

 

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Making Frosting from Mix?I have two bags of vanilla dry frosting that I would like to use. I don't know how much butter to add to make it? How much butter do I use?

 

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Fresh Cauliflower for 60 People?How much cauliflower do I need to feed 60 people?

 

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Fresh Broccoli for 60 People?How much fresh broccoli do I need to feed 60 people?

 

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Frozen Corn for 60 People?How much frozen corn do I need to feed 60 people?

 

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Making Chicken and Noodles for 20 People?How many lbs. of chicken and cans of broth will I need for 20 people?

 

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Cooking Cobbler for 100 People?How many cobblers should I make for a group of 100 people?

 

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Substitute for a Rimmed Baking Sheet?I'm making a recipe that calls for me to use a rimmed baking sheet. My problem is I don't have one. What can I use in place of the rimmed baking sheet that I don't have?

 

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Marinating Vegetables?Can you marinate vegetables in a metal pan?

 

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Spaghetti Supper for 300 to 400 People?How do I calculate the amount of ingredients I will need to accommodate 400 meals of spaghetti sauce, meatballs, and pasta?

 

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Ripening Green Tomatoes?As the season comes to an end, I still have green tomatoes. Can I take them off and let them ripen in the house?

 

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French Bread for a Crowd?How many loaves of French bread do I need to feed 150 people?

 

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Making Garlic Cloves in Oil?What kind of oil do I put in my garlic cloves to keep in the refrigerator? I grew some garlic and I am going to freeze some and put some in oil in the refrigerator, but I don't know what kind to use.

 

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Sun Cooked Macaroni?What is sun cooked elbow macaroni?

 

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Chicken Sandwiches for 175?How many large cans of shredded chicken will I need to make 175 chicken sandwiches?

 

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Coloring Store Bought Frosting?I'm trying to make cupcakes for my son's first birthday. It's nautical themed and I'd like the cupcakes to be red velvet with cream cheese frosting. I don't have much time to make a homemade cream cheese frosting so I bought a can of it. How do I color the frosting with different shades of blue?

 

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Closing a Round Tupperware Lid?I just bought a classic Tupperware lunch box, with a round lid. I am not able to close the lid properly. Can anyone just explain to me step by step a smoother way of closing?

 

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Which Is The Most Taste Free Cooking Fat?This might seem like a poll, but I would really like to get as many opinions as I can. I have lost count of all the cans of shortening and bottles of cooking oil I have given away because of their taste and smell.

 

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Making Chili for 60 People?I am making beef chili and chicken chili for about 60 people. So how much ingredients should I buy?

 

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Making Spaghetti for 100 People?I'm making spaphetti for 100 people. How many pounds of ground beef will I need?

 

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Keeping Turkey Hot and Juicy After Cooking?If there was a product for keeping a cooked turkey hot and juicy for up to 3 hours after cooking? I would be interested in hearing about it.

 

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Spaghetti with Hamburger for 65 People?How much ground beef will I need to make a pot of spaghetti for 65 people?

 

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Hamburger and Spaghetti for 25 People?How much hamburger do I need to feed 25 people spaghetti?

 

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Spaghetti and Meat Sauce for 120 People?I'm preparing to make spaghetti for 120 people. I need to know how many pounds of hamburger meat to use. I'm not making meatballs; I want it as a meat in my sauce.

 

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Chicken and Noodles for 35 People?How do I prepare chicken and noodles for a group of 35?

 

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Cooking Canned Biscuits in Microwave?Can canned biscuits be cooked in the microwave?

 

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Hash Brown and Ham Casserole for 150?How do I calculate the ingredients for making a ham and hash brown casserole for 150 people?

 

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Shelf Life of Lemon Curd?How long can you keep homemade lemon curd jam?

 

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Macaroni Salad Too Salty?How do you neutralize the salt in macaroni salad?

 

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Making Chicken Noodle Soup for 60 People?How much chicken and how many pounds of noodles should I buy for making soup for a crowd of around 60 people?

 

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Buying Meat for Graduation Nacho Bar?How much ground beef do I need for nachos for 300 people?

 

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Using Salt and Butter When Cooking?What is the difference between and also the difference when using in a recipe, between kosher salt, sea salt, regular "house" salt, and there is another kind referred to I just can't recall. Also what is the difference in using regular butter and unsalted butter in a recipe.

 

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Parching Corn?My mother made parched corn with popcorn. Where do I buy corn on the cob (she shucked it off cob)?

 

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Making Shredded Chicken for 240?How many pounds of shredded chicken would I need for a group of 240 women? It will be seasoned, cooked in crockpots, and shredded to go over tortilla chips with toppings as a salad. I have a recipe that calls for cooking 3 lbs of chicken so determining the amount needed determines how many batches to make.

 

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Spreading Brown Sugar?What do I use to spread brown sugar evenly?

 

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Using Food That Froze in Fridge?What can I do with fruit, etc. frozen in my fridge?

 

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Storing Ricotta Cheese Anise Cookies?I just made ricotta cheese anise cookies. I cooled them for 4 hours and put them in food saver bags, but they still seemed a little moist. Should I freeze them or will they stay fresh for three days till Christmas eve? They are not frosted yet they are sealed in the food saver bags.

 

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Side Dishes to Serve With Quiche?What are some good side dishes for quiche served as brunch?

 

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Using a Frozen Pie Crust With Expired Date?Today is Dec.1, 2014. I have a few frozen pie crusts in the original package. The date stamped on the packages is September 2012. Can I still use them?

 

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Making Salsa with Frozen Tomatos?I am putting them in the microwave for hot salsa; will they spoil?

 

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Food Sticks to Foreman Grilling Plates?When making toasted sandwiches the top slice of bread sticks to the grilling machine plates. How do I avoid this?

 

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Using Fresh Pumpkins Frozen in the Field?Can you eat pumpkin that has been frozen in the field and brought home to make pies?

 

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Using Frozen Pumpkins?I have some pumpkins that froze outdoors. Can I still cook them and freeze them?

 

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Seasoning for Spaghetti Squash?Is there a member that can tell me how to season a spaghetti squash? I have cooked one only one time some years ago. I put butter, salt and a little pepper on it. It needs something else. Can someone help, I'm not too well off in the seasoning dept. I am looking for recipes too. Thank you much.

 

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What Can I Make With These Ingredients?What can I make with these ingredients: chicken breasts, snow peas, alfalfa sprouts, rice, green onions, ginger, celery, soy sauce, garlic paste?

 

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