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7 Rethought and Refreshed Recipes for Your Next Home-Cooked Meal (SLIDESHOW)

7 Rethought and Refreshed Recipes for Your Next Home-Cooked Meal (SLIDESHOW)

On the dining table that sits the home-cooked meal there are plenty of heartwarming—and stomach-filling—connotations (nostalgia, family) as well as some not quite as appetizing (boring, calorically cruel).

But cooking at home doesn’t have to become a chore of uninspired (or unhealthy) habit.

If those tried-and-true recipes of yours are becoming just a bit repetitive, or as stale as the leftovers in your fridge, health-conscious cooks can take a page from the following recipes for a tasty way to refresh one's palette and passion for cooking—without packing on the pounds.

These aren’t your mother’s old-fashioned recipes. Try these healthier and fresher takes on family favorites and pump up the flavor in more ways than one with even more recipes here.

Chicken Chili with Black Beans and Corn

7 Rethought and Refreshed Recipes for Your Next Home-Cooked Meal (SLIDESHOW)

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