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Cheesy Chicken-and-Spinach Stromboli Ring

Another one from the September Cooking Light , which is proving to be a real winner. This was absolutely delicious. I'd never heard of a Stromboli before and when I went researching it most of the recipes looked like variations of an Italian sub sandwich made in a pizza dough jelly roll. Which I'm also fine with. But this has a creamy element which I'd be loathe to give up as well as a satisfying heft. We wound up adapting the recipe a fair amount: We made a white flour pizza crust  (using flour instead of Parmesan in the linked recipe). I just felt like whole wheat would compete with the filling too much. We did use the fresh spinach specified by the recipe but will use thawed frozen spinach next time since it just gets cooked in with the rest of the filling. We didn't want to buy a rotisserie chicken (which we almost never do) just for this recipe so just cooked up a chicken breast ourselves in the oil and garlic. It would be a perfect recipe for using leftover

White Cheddar and Bacon Risotto

This is from Cooking Light and loaded with flavor. I got Hannah a subscription for her birthday and gave her the August issue so she had something to unwrap. It had so many interesting recipes that I had to get myself the August issue also! The only change we made was to double the bacon and just going from two slices to 4 was not that unhealthy. The cooking time is half an hour, but that doesn't include things like dicing onions. So plan on 30-45 minutes. White Cheddar and Bacon Risotto Serves 4 (serving size: 1 cup) 4 cups unsalted chicken stock 2 fresh thyme sprigs (we used a pinch of dried) 2 bacon slices 1-1/4 cups diced onion 1 cup Arborio rice 1/2 cup dry white wine 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 1 cup frozen green peas, thawed 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh thyme (we used a bigger pinch of thyme) 3 ounces white cheddar cheese, shredded (3/4 cup) 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions Step 1 Bring stock and thyme sprigs to a simmer in