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Old Fashioned Ham Salad Recipe

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Creamy Ham and Potato Soup

Say goodbye to dry and tough pork chops: these Smothered Crock Pot Pork Chops are the ultimate fall-apart tender comfort food. With just 4 ingredients, this easy dinner will be your new go-to dump dinner!

Fall Apart Slow Cooker Pork Chops

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Cheesy Corn Casserole Recipe

Whether you call in dressing or stuffing, this classic Sausage and Cornbread Dressing is a sure fire way to turn a believer into a stuffing lover! This easy side dish is a must-have at any Thanksgiving table!

Sausage and Cornbread Dressing

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One Pot Philly Steak Pasta Recipe

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Eggplant Rollatini

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Garbage Plate

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Frito Pie Taco Bake

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Sheet Pan Beef and Broccoli Recipe

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Baked Ham and Cheese Sliders

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Easy Corned Beef and Cabbage (Instant Pot and Slow Cooker)

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One Pot Chili Mac

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Crockpot Sausage and Peppers (also for Instant Pot)

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Penne Alla Vodka

This Crescent Roll Pizza Braid is the perfect appetizer to bring to a gathering or game day party! This easy recipe comes together quickly with a tasty crust and you can add whatever fillings you'd prefer.

Crescent Roll Pizza Braid

This Sirloin Steak and Potato Bites recipe is an easy one-pan dinner. It's full of delicious flavor and comes together quickly- the perfect option for meat-and-potatoes on a weeknight.

Sirloin Steak and Potato Bites

This Make-Ahead Breakfast Burrito recipe is a quick grab-and-go healthy breakfast with sausage and bell pepper that's as delicious as it is easy. They're great to make ahead and freeze or serve right away as a satisfying brunch option.

Make-Ahead Breakfast Burrito recipe

This Irish Guinness Lamb Stew is the most deliciously cozy dinner! It's an easy recipe that includes fall-apart-tender chunks of lamb meat, plenty of vegetables and a flavorful gravy that's so good you'll want to sop up every last drop with a piece of crusty bread! This can also be made in the crockpot or instant pot!

Guinness Lamb Stew

Need a proven crowd-pleaser? Make this Million Dollar Spaghetti recipe! This meaty, cheesy Italian pasta casserole is so easy and delicious your family will be fighting for seconds!

Million Dollar Spaghetti

This baked Citrus and Fennel Pork Loin recipe is an extremely easy way to impress a crowd. After only a few minutes of prepping, you put it in the oven oven for a pork loin roast that’s tender, juicy and bursting with flavor! This is perfect for the holidays!

Citrus and Fennel Pork Loin

Common Pork Cuts and How To Cook Them

Common Pork Cuts and How To Cook Them

This BBQ Loaded Baked Potato Recipe is an easy throw-together dinner that's also an excellent way to repurpose leftovers. Full of all the delicious BBQ flavors we all know and love, this is a total weeknight winner!

BBQ Loaded Baked Potato Recipe

Baked Lasagna Dip is a tasty twist on a classic lasagna recipe. With all the flavors we love in traditional lasagna, this hot dip is sure to please!

Baked Lasagna Dip

These breaded pork chops are a lightning-fast dinner that is sure to please! Made using thinly-sliced pork cutlets, they cook up quickly and easily with a flavorful, crisp breading and around the most juicy, mouthwatering pork.

Breaded Pork Chops (Pork Cutlets)

It's a busy summer weeknight- what's for dinner? Asian Grilled Pork Tenderloin! It's crazy easy to make and and full of unexpected but delicious flavor!

Asian Grilled Pork Tenderloin

This Pot Roast Recipe couldn't be easier. Just throw a few very common ingredients into your crockpot or instant pot and then relax knowing you've got a seriously delicious dinner ahead of you!

Pot Roast Recipe (Slow Cooker + IP)

This Maple Dijon Grilled Pork Chop Marinade is so full of savory, delicious flavor, it'll be on repeat for the entire summer! It's easy to throw together and freeze or cook right away!

Maple Dijon Grilled Pork Chop Marinade

Steak Fajitas are good, but Grilled Steak Fajitas are better! Tender flank steak makes a great fajita protein with charred peppers and onions- this is an easy dinner that's perfect for a summer get-together.

Grilled Steak Fajitas

Once you try this Greek Pork Tenderloin marinade, you'll be making it on repeat all summer. It whips up in minutes and gives your pork tenderloin (or any protein of choice!) the most fantastic flavor!

Greek Pork Tenderloin Marinade

Making Beef Tips just got even easier when made in your crockpot or instant pot! This easy dump and go recipe for beef tips and rice gives you fall-apart-tender and juicy steak tips with a brown gravy that is super comforting. Get ready to watch your family fight for seconds!

Beef Tips (Slow Cooker + IP)

This baked Italian Hoagie recipe is the perfect crowd-pleasing main dish. They're crazy-easy to put together and bake up just right!

Baked Italian Hoagie Recipe

This Hawaiian Burger Recipe brings the perfect combination of sweet and savory. Nothing says summer like a nice, juicy burger and this is an easy recipe the whole family will love!

Hawaiian Burger Recipe

Scalloped Potatoes and Ham Casserole is an excellent way to use leftover holiday ham. Cheesy, creamy and super easy to make, it's a dinner the whole family will love!

Scalloped Potatoes and Ham Casserole

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Crockpot Spiral Ham

Pasta al Forno (or baked ziti as many call it) is a classic Italian dinner that is perfect for a cozy family gathering! This is also the perfect make-ahead dinner!

Pasta Al Forno (Baked Ziti)

Pork Stew is a super easy and totally cozy dinner. Made in the slow cooker or instant pot, this is packs in some serious flavor without all the hassle!

Pork Stew

BBQ Little Smokies are everything you could possibly want for your game day spread! Savory cocktail wieners in a sweet and smoky sauce with almost no work on your part. These are the perfect dump-and-go appetizer!

BBQ Little Smokies (Slow Cooker and Instant Pot)

This is the best Shepherd's Pie recipe! It's so easy to make and comes together pretty quickly as well. It's a super simple mix of beef, vegetables and mashed potatoes that is sure to please the whole family!

Reader Request: Shepherd's Pie

This Beef Burrito Bowl recipe is full of fantastic flavor and also easy to throw together! It's a tasty slow cooker or instant pot recipe the whole family will love!

Beef Burrito Bowl Recipe (Slow Cooker and Instant Pot)

Pulled Pork Recipe

Pulled Pork Recipe

Sweet and Spicy Kielbasa Sausage Bites are such an easy recipe! Just 3 simple ingredients and these glazed sausage bites are sure to be a hit at any holiday or game day party!

Sweet and Spicy Kielbasa Sausage Bites

This simple Weeknight Bolognese Sauce made with ground veal comes together in less than 30 minutes and is bursting with delicious flavor! Serve it over zoodles for a carb conscious dinner that is as tasty as it is nutritious!

Weeknight Bolognese Sauce

Make this 2 Ingredient Pepperoni Dip- it's a killer make ahead dip that keeps everyone coming back for seconds! Made with just sour cream and pepperoni, your friends will beg for this easy recipe!

Pepperoni Dip

This Easy Meatloaf and Potatoes Dinner gives you meat and potatoes all in one delicious shot! And best of all, dinner's on the table in just around 30 minutes!

Easy Meatloaf and Potatoes Dinner

These Salami Chips are killer party snack and taste even better with a Honey Mustard dipping sauce. You won't believe how easy they are to make!

Salami Chips with a Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce

This easy loaded corn fritter recipe with all the fixings makes an easy and delicious appetizer that you will not be able to get enough of!

Loaded Corn Fritter Recipe

BBQ Crockpot Meatballs: 5 ingredients, minimal effort and maximum flavor! We use premade meatballs, ketchup, brown sugar, liquid smoke and onions. This is a killer party or game day appetizer that your friends will love!

BBQ Crockpot Meatballs

This is my mom's meatloaf recipe- it is seriously the best meatloaf I've ever had- it's super simple and really easy to make. It's the ultimate of comfort foods and one of my favorite dinners!

Mom's Meatloaf Recipe

Spicy Sausage Pasta with Rapini is an easy and delicious dinner that will have everyone fighting for seconds! Made with rigatoni pasta, rapini, spicy Italian sausage and Tuttorosso San Marzano Style Chopped Tomatoes in Puree with Sea Salt, this is a definite keeper!

Spicy Sausage Pasta with Rapini

This California Breakfast Stack is a delicious way to start your day- it's light, fresh and seriously easy to make! This is made with English muffins, cheese, bacon, tomatoes, avocado and eggs. You've got to try it!

California Breakfast Stack

If you're looking for a hearty, delicious soup to warm you up on the coldest nights, this Bean and Sausage Soup is a total winner! Made with 3 different types of beans, Italian sausage and fresh escarole in a tomato broth, this is a seriously easy dinner the whole family will love!

Bean and Sausage Soup

Make these Brown Sugar Bacon Wrapped Chicken Bites for your next gathering! Made with chicken, bacon, brown sugar, salt and pepper, they're a sweet and savory appetizer the whole family will love!

Brown Sugar Bacon Wrapped Chicken Bites

Veal Scallopini Milanese Style is a seriously easy weeknight dinner that's on the table in under 20 minutes. Made with veal cutlets, seasoned bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese, this is a light and healthy dinner that's full of delicious flavor!

Veal Scallopini Milanese Style

This Salad with Shredded Brussel Sprouts Recipe is the perfect fall side dish. Made with apples and dried cherries and topped with a warm bacon dressing, this is the best way to make even the most avid Brussels Sprouts hater to change their minds!

Salad with Shredded Brussel Sprouts Recipe

This Cheesy Bodega-Style Breakfast Sandwich in paid partnership with @landolakesktchn and @feedfeed is the most delicious and authentically “New York” way to start the day! Made with eggs, bacon, and Land O Lakes® Deli American, this is seriously easy and delicious! #LandOLakes #Feedfeed

Cheesy Bodega-Style Breakfast Sandwich

Drunken Stove Top Pork Chops is one of the easiest dinner recipes for busy families. This is low-maintenance cooking at it's finest and seriously delicious with fall-apart-tender thin-cut pork chops. Even your kids will love it (don't worry, the alcohol cooks off)!

Drunken Stove Top Pork Chops

Hamburger Goulash Recipe

Hamburger Goulash Recipe

One of the best ways to make a steak is on the grill and I'm going to teach you how to cook steak on the grill. In this tutorial you'll learn tips, tricks, hacks and everything you need to know to make it as easy as possible!

How to Cook Steak on the Grill | The Life Jolie Kitchen Basics

Meet Drunken Steak aka The Best Steak Marinade: your new favorite steak marinade for a hot summer night! Made with red wine, fresh herbs olive oil and dijon mustard It's seriously easy to make and tastes fantastic!

Drunken Steak aka The Best Steak Marinade

What's the best way to enjoy this gorgeous summer weather? A girl's night on the deck of course! So grab your best girlfriends and enjoy this Summer Antipasto Platter. Full of cheese, meat, olives and plenty of delicious grilled vegetables it's SO easy to make and crazy delicious!

Summer Antipasto Platter

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Bangin' Sausage and Peppers Pasta

Puff Pastry Egg Muffins are perfect to make for family brunch and also to make for a tasty grab-and-go option through the week. Quick, easy and minimal effort for maximum flavor!

Puff Pastry Egg Muffins

Herb Grilled Pork Chops are my absolute favorite way to enjoy grilled pork chops. Super quick and easy to make and mouthwateringly delicious (especially when dipped in applesauce!).

Herb Grilled Pork Chops Recipe

Need a really quick and comforting dinner to feed the whole family? Make this Pasta with Peas, it's seriously easy and totally satisfying! All you need are pasta, peas, onions, broth and pancetta!

Pasta with Peas Recipe

Is there anything better than a Classic Quiche Lorraine recipe? Simple ingredients, minimal steps and a delicious quiche to elevate any brunch! Made with eggs, cream, bacon, and gruyere cheese these are seriously easy and delicious!

Classic Quiche Lorraine Recipe

This Brown Sugar Bourbon Pork Chop Marinade is the stuff that all your summer grilling dreams are made of! A little sweet. A little boozy (don't worry, it cooks off!). And a whole lot of delicious!

Brown Sugar Bourbon Pork Chop Marinade Recipe

Sometimes you've to got to stray from the usual ribeye and filet mignon options- so I'm going to share a few common cuts of beef that you'll find at your grocery store and everything you need to know about cooking them. Let me demystify the meat case for you!

Common Cuts of Beef and How to Cook Them | The Life Jolie Cooking Basics

Deviled Eggs with Bacon and Jalapeños are basically Jalapeno Popper Deviled Eggs. They're cheesy, creamy and have a deliciously spicy kick! Made with eggs, bacon, cream cheese and jalapenos- these are a seriously delicious and easy appetizer for any party!

Deviled Eggs with Bacon and Jalapeños (Jalapeno Popper Deviled Eggs)

Easy Instant Pot Chili will knock your socks off. Ready in around 30 minutes and full of mouthwatering flavor! Full of ground beef, ground pork, tons of chili seasonings, vegetables and beans it's quick and easy to make on a week night or for a party (game day anyone?!).

Easy Instant Pot Chili Recipe

My kids do not stop requesting this Bacon Cheeseburger Tater Tot Casserole Recipe; it's simple comfort food at it's finest and perfect for busy weeknights! It's super quick and easy to make and deliciously cheesy.

Bacon Cheeseburger Tater Tot Casserole Recipe

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BLT Ranch Flatbread Pizza Recipe

Ground Beef Oven Baked Tacos in dish

Ground Beef Oven Baked Tacos Recipe

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Pepperoni Chips Recipe

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Easy Beef Stroganoff Recipe (Instant Pot and Slow Cooker)

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Philly Cheese Steak Stuffed Bread Rolls aka Philly Cheese Steak Bombs

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Cheesy Baked Ravioli Casserole Recipe

20 Minute Taco Pasta is such an easy one pot recipe. This tasty dinner is made in one skillet with ground beef and Barilla Pronto Penne Pasta. It's creamy, cheesy and full of great flavor that the whole family will love!

20 Minute Taco Pasta

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Classic Hamburger Stew Recipe

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Sandwich Steak and Onions Recipe

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Grandma Eve's Classic Swedish Meatballs

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Aunt Jeanne's Cabbage Soup

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Classic Porcupine Meatballs

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Spicy Meat Hot Sauce

Mexican Lasagna Roll-ups are a delicious combination of two family favorites: Lasagna and Tacos. This is an easy recipe featuring meat, cheese, beans, corn, tomatoes and rolled up in lasagna noodles. They're total comfort food and great for when you're cooking for family and friends!

Mexican Lasagna Roll-Ups

This Slow Cooker Italian Beef Stew recipe is one of my favorite easy comfort food meals. With tender meat, vegetables, tomatoes (and a little bit of wine for good measure!) this tastes fantastic served over potatoes, pasta or polenta with a nice, crusty piece of bread!

Slow Cooker Italian Beef Stew

This Meat Lover's Pizza Bites recipe is the ultimate game day appetizer! Pepperoni, sausage, bacon and melted cheese, enveloped in a warm biscuit and dipped in tomato sauce. These homemade snacks will be a welcome addition to any tailgate party!

Meat Lover's Pizza Bites

This easy Spanish Rice recipe has been a mainstay in my family for as long as I can remember. It's a really quick recipe which makes it perfect to make on a weeknight and is great for back-to-school. Delicious tomato sauce combines so well with ground beef and rice- the whole family will love this homemade, healthy meal!

Spanish Rice

This BBQ Pulled Pork Tacos recipe is a fun twist on traditional mexican tacos. The pulled pork is super easy to make in the crockpot or a great way to use pulled pork leftovers. I make this with slaw and a bunch of other tasty ingredients. Click on the photo to get the recipe!

BBQ Pulled Pork Tacos

This Shrimp with Pesto and Prosciutto recipe is seriously easy and tastes delicious. It's super quick to make (10-15 minutes tops!!) and uses only 3 ingredients making it the perfect starter for a dinner party or a girls night! Click on the photo to get the recipe!

Shrimp with Pesto and Prosciutto

This Best Ever Skillet Lasagna truly is the amazing! It's such a quick and easy recipe and the flavors cannot be beat (especially because it comes together in around 30 minutes!). This one is definitely a keeper!

Best Ever Skillet Lasagna