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Chocolate Mousse Cups

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Linguine with Clam Sauce Recipe

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Moroccan Chickpea Stew

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Hearty Chicken Noodle Soup

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Easiest Chocolate Chip Cookies

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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Baked Brie Phyllo Cups

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Asian Cucumber Salad

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One Pot Chicken and Biscuits

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Candied Pecans

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Leftover Chicken Tostadas (great for Turkey too!)

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Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes

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Citrus Cranberry Chutney

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Fall Oven Roasted Vegetables

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Apple Cider Glazed Roast Turkey Recipe

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Pumpkin Spice Cake

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Harvest Cream Cheese Ball

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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Stovetop Mac and Cheese

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Sautéed Zucchini and Tomatoes

Nanou's Real-Deal Ratatouille Recipe

Nanou's Real-Deal Ratatouille Recipe

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One Pot Philly Steak Pasta Recipe

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Eggplant Rollatini

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Greek Yogurt Roasted Chicken Thighs Recipe

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Shrimp Stir Fry with Snow Peas

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One Pot Italian Chicken Florentine Pasta

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Boozy Gummy Bear Recipe

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Crunchy Red Cabbage Salad

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Marinated Vegetable Salad

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Tuna Macaroni Salad

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Garbage Plate

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Grilled Hawaiian Pork Chops

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Copycat Panera Bread BBQ Chicken Salad

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Sheet Pan Beef and Broccoli Recipe

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No Bake S'mores Bar Recipe

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Beet Salad Recipe with Feta and Dill

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Grandma's Easy Chicken Cacciatore

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20 Minute Lemon Dill Salmon Recipe

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

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Chicken Cutlets

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One Pot Chili Mac

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Cheese Sauce for Broccoli Recipe

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Crockpot Sausage and Peppers (also for Instant Pot)

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Beans and Greens

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Puff Pastry Breakfast Pizza

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Uncle Richard's Clams Casino

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Penne Alla Vodka

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Easy Apple Pie Recipe (with Bourbon!!)

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Homemade Turkey Gravy (can be made ahead!)

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Spatchcocked Lemon Herb Roast Turkey

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How to Spatchcock Turkey

These Easy Chicken Enchiladas recipe may not be the most authentic, but they are seriously delicious and come together really quickly! They're cheesy with shredded chicken and an easy red sauce- the perfect weeknight meal!

Easy Chicken Enchiladas

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

As a little throw back to one of my childhood recipes, I'm sharing how to make hot dogs and fried potatoes. This quick and easy dinner is a simple go-to, especially because it's kid friendly!

How to cook Hot Dogs and Potatoes

This Southwest Ground Turkey and Rice Skillet recipe is a deliciously easy throw-together dinner. It's full of great flavor with a kick to it and is a healthy way to mix things up in your dinner rotation!

Southwest Ground Turkey and Rice Skillet

This homemade baked Broccoli Mac and Cheese recipe is about to be your new favorite recipe for Meatless Monday! It's creamy, delicious and seriously easy to make!

Broccoli Mac and Cheese Recipe

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

These easy Chicken Parmesan Meatloaf Muffins have all the great flavors of a classic Chicken Parmesan recipe, but they come together much quicker. It's an Italian twist on classic meatloaf and is the perfect 30 minute meal for busy weeknights!

Chicken Parmesan Meatloaf Muffins

These easy Grilled Shrimp Tacos are about to be your new favorite summertime dinner recipe! Topped with pineapple salsa and an avocado cream sauce, they're quick and easy to make with flavor that will keep you coming back for more.

Grilled Shrimp Tacos

This Pineapple Salsa recipe is a quick and easy way to take your snacking to the next level. Deliciously sweet and spicy this goes great with chips and is the perfect upgrade to your favorite protein for dinner!

Pineapple Salsa

This homemade Fresh Strawberry Cake Recipe is the ultimate way to use all those fantastic strawberries that are currently in season. It's very easy to make from scratch and comes out delicious every single time with tons of delicious strawberries and a crumb topping that can't be beat!

Fresh Strawberry Cake Recipe

Grilled Artichokes are the perfect summer snack or appetizer! They're extremely easy to make with minimal ingredients and served with a dipping sauce of creamy lemon garlic aioli that you're sure to love!

Grilled Artichokes

Grilled Pineapple BBQ Chicken is an easy and delicious dinner that's perfect for busy summer weeknights! You can use any cut of chicken you'd like- chicken thighs, chicken breast or a combo. This 4 ingredient grilled chicken with an easy marinade will have everyone fighting for seconds.

Grilled Pineapple BBQ Chicken

Cinnamon Toast Crunch Bars: an easy, homemade, no-bake dessert. If two of your favorite desserts, Rice Krispy Treats and Snickerdoodle Cookies had a baby, these would be it. Made with marshmallows, cinnamon sugar cereal, and butter, they're an ooey-gooey, crispy snack that's great to bring to a party!

Cinnamon Toast Crunch Bars

This Crab Macaroni Salad recipe is the perfect way to make a traditional macaroni salad extra special! A creamy, delicious mac salad with crunchy celery, onions and meaty chunks of crab meat (or imitation crab meat). You'll want to make this family favorite again and again!

Crab Macaroni Salad recipe

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Cream Cheese Strawberry Pie

An Egg Salad Sandwich with Olives is an excellent and healthy way to take a basic egg salad sandwich recipe and make it extra special. It’s quick and easy to make and a great way to use hardboiled eggs and make a tasty sandwich for lunch.

Egg Salad Sandwich with Olives

’m not exaggerating when I say this is the absolute BEST Chocolate Cake recipe you will ever taste. Perfectly rich and completely moist- your friends and family will beg you for the recipe and they'll never know that it’s actually an easy cake mix recipes hack!

The BEST Chocolate Cake Recipe

Garlic Green Beans are a family favorite side dish recipe. They're super easy to make with a few simple ingredients like fresh green beans, garlic, butter and fresh parsley and are pretty quick to! Easy enough for weeknight dinner but special enough to serve for holiday dinners as well!

Easy Sauteed Green Beans

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

Shrimp Fried Rice is a quick and easy weeknight dinner option. This delicious Chinese-inspired stir fry recipe is a great, healthy way to repurpose leftover rice and is so simple, it'll quickly become a staple in your recipe rotation.

Shrimp Fried Rice

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

This Easy Italian Sausage Bake with onions and peppers in red sauce is a simple and delicious recipe that makes an awesome appetizer. You can throw it together in minutes and put it in the oven and can even double it for a crowd! Want it for a meal? Just serve over pasta!

Easy Italian Sausage Bake with Tomato Sauce

Banana Bars are a simple and delicious dessert the whole family will love! These have a light and moist crumb with cream cheese frosting in a 9x13 pan, you'll want to make this easy recipe again and again.

Banana Bars

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

Who needs store-bought chewy granola bars when you can make your own? With simple, wholesome ingredients this easy to make Homemade Granola Bars recipe is a healthy snack that's sure to impress! And these are not just for kids, adults love them too!

Homemade Granola Bars

Meet your new go-to quiche recipe: Broccoli Cheddar Quiche. It's quick and easy to make with delicious flavor and creamy texture with ender chunks of broccoli. Breakfast (or lunch) never tasted so good!

Broccoli Cheddar Quiche

Baking bread doesn't have to be intimidating and this easy, soft bread recipe for the World's Fastest Sandwich Bread is proof. Get ready to never want to buy store bought white bread again- and you don’t even need a bread machine!

World's Fastest Sandwich Bread, an easy bread recipe

This Italian Pizzelle recipe is a classic Christmas cookie flavored with either vanilla or anise that we all know and love. They're super easy to make with a light and slightly crispy texture you won't be able to get enough of this holiday season!

Italian Pizzelle Recipe

Super Quick Cheese Danish

Super Quick Cheese Danish

These soft old fashioned Molasses Cookies are the perfect combination of a little bit chewy and a little bit of spice. They're the best easy family favorite recipe that you'll want to make again and again (not just at Christmas)!

Molasses Cookies

This Chicken Shepherd's Pie Recipe is a delicious twist on traditional Shepherd's Pie. It comes together quickly and easily and is an awesome way to use leftover chicken or turkey!

Leftover Chicken Shepherd's Pie Recipe (also great for leftover turkey!)

This Chicken Wild Rice Soup recipe is the best easy and tasty way to use leftover chicken or turkey. Made on the stovetop, it whips up in no time and is as comforting as it is delicious and comes together quickly (under an hour)!

Leftover Chicken Wild Rice Soup (Great for Turkey Leftovers too!)

Is it even a holiday table without Pumpkin Pie? This classic pumpkin pie recipe is an easy and delicious way to get everyone's favorite holiday dessert onto the table without all the hassle!

Classic Pumpkin Pie Recipe

Is it even a holiday dinner without mashed potatoes?! I say, ditch the hassle and make these easy Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes recipe. Made with cream cheese and sour cream, they're creamy, flavorful and totally delicious!

Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes

Whether you're hosting Thanksgiving dinner or attending as a guest, there comes the time each year that we have to decide what to make for Thanksgiving. It may be the turkey, side dish, dessert or everything in between, this guide is a great starting point for recipe inspiration for the ultimate turkey day feast.

The Ultimate Thanksgiving Dinner Recipe Guide

Cheesy Squash Casserole is the kind of side dish that will impress even the pickiest of eaters. Tender yellow squash and zucchini, savory bread crumbs and deliciously melty cheese make this side dish a total crowd pleaser!

Cheesy Squash Casserole

Make this crazy easy Chicken Chili made in the Instant Pot or Crock Pot and prepare to wow your family! Tender shredded chicken, delicious vegetables and a ton of fantastic flavor makes this your go-to dish to warm you right up.

Easy Chicken Chili

This French Carrot Salad is a light and simple salad! It's so quick and easy to whip up and is sure to become your go-to salad for a busy weeknight!

French Carrot Salad

Italian Stuffed Zucchini Boats are the healthy weeknight meal you'll want to make again and again. This is a seriously easy recipe that's full of delicious flavor without all the guilt!

Italian Stuffed Zucchini Boats

Make this Almond Croissant French Toast Bake if you want to impress your friends and family with minimal effort. It's easy to make and full of delicious flavor - you can even make it ahead!

Almond Croissant French Toast Bake

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

You've got to try this easy Peach Salsa! Made with just a few simple ingredients, this versatile dip adds a unique and delicious twist on a traditional salsa recipe and it really lets the peaches shine.

Easy Peach Salsa

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)

Need a good, meatless dinner or appetizer? This Roasted Vegetable Flatbread delivers! It's super easy to throw together and tastes fantastic.

Roasted Vegetable Flatbread

Easy Grilled Chicken Thighs are your simple summer dinner solution! With simple marinade made with just 3 ingredients it's a delicious dinner that's sure to please!

Easy Grilled Chicken Thighs

Make this Blueberry Dump Cake Recipe for a seriously easy dessert that is sure to wow your friends and family. Just dump the ingredients and bake- you don't even have to stir!

Blueberry Dump Cake Recipe

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)

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are a total blast from the past. Take one bite and you'll immediately be transported to those soft, delicious oatmeal cookies your mom used to make for after school snacks! They're an easy and delicious treat for the whole family.

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

Cooked carrots don't have to be sugary sweet! Try these easy Garlic Butter Carrots. They're sautéed with a savory mix of butter and garlic and finished with fresh parsley for a simple side dish that's sure to please!

Garlic Butter Cooked Carrots

Meet the ultimate picnic dessert: S'mores Icebox Cake! This easy make-ahead dessert is quick to throw together with just a few ingredients and the results are beyond delicious.

S'mores Icebox Cake

Easy Grilled Peaches are the quintessential summer dessert. Light and refreshing with the perfect scoop of vanilla ice cream, this simple dessert is sure to please!

Easy Grilled Peaches

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

Ranch Chicken Foil Packets make a quick and easy dump dinner in a delicious little package. Throw them on the grill or pop them in the oven and you'll have a flavorful dinner on the table in under 30 minutes!

Ranch Chicken Foil Packets

One of my favorite summer dinners is Hawaiian Grilled Salmon. It's super easy to throw together in a seriously flavorful marinade. You'll be going back to this recipe again and again!

Hawaiian Grilled Salmon

Do you love the Cheesecake Factory's Thai Lettuce Wraps! Well then why not make them at home? They're easy to make and totally delicious!

Reader Request: Copycat Cheesecake Factory Thai Lettuce Wraps

This American Flag Fruit Pizza is a festive dessert to bring to your next gathering! It's light, fresh and seriously easy to throw together.

American Flag Fruit Pizza

One Pot Chicken Taco Penne Pasta is the 30 minute meal of your dreams! Cheesy, creamy and full of great flavor, this easy Taco Pasta adds a great variation for Taco Tuesday.

One Pot Chicken Taco Penne Pasta

Chicken Minestrone is an easy and comforting soup to serve for an easy lunch or dinner. This classic minestrone soup is full of delicious vegetables and fall-apart-tender chicken, with a secret ingredient that gives the most fantastic flavor!

Chicken Minestrone (Slow Cooker + Instant Pot)

Tropical Pineapple Chicken (Slow Cooker + IP)

Tropical Pineapple Chicken (Slow Cooker + IP)

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)

Once you try this Coconut Cilantro Lime Chicken, it will be your go-to grilled chicken for the summer! Just a few simple ingredients and you've got a marinated chicken you can use that day or freeze for later.

Coconut Cilantro Lime Chicken

Balsamic Caramelized Onions and Peppers are the perfect addition to a spicy Italian Sausage sandwich. They're super easy to whip up with just a few ingredients!

Balsamic Caramelized Onions and Peppers with Hot Italian Sausage

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

Pesto Tortellini Salad is the easiest pasta salad you'll make! Throw this quick and delicious pasta salad together in minutes and wow your friends and family!

Pesto Tortellini Salad

Meet your new favorite cookie recipe! This Sour Cream Cookies recipe is a family favorite. With a delicious cake-like texture, you’ve got an addictive cookie that isn’t overly sweet.

Sour Cream Cookies

Mom's Favorite Ham Salad is a killer way to use leftover ham. It's ready in minutes with just a few ingredients, this classic recipe is a total keeper!

Mom's Favorite Ham Salad

My Great Grandma's Lemon Pound Cake Recipe is a serious keeper! Easy to make, subtly sweet with a light and moist crumb that no one can resist.

Great Grandma Hinz's Lemon Pound Cake Recipe

Do you hate when the bread in you breakfast Strata gets soggy? Then you've got to make Bubble Up Breakfast Casserole! It's easy, delicious and can even be made ahead!

Bubble Up Breakfast Casserole

This cucumber tomato salad is perfectly versatile side for everything from casseroles to BBQ. Refreshing and delicious, this zesty (and slightly spicy) tomato salad is a bite of summer all year long.

Cucumber Tomato Salad

Pina Colada Dump Cake is the easiest dessert you’ll make. Made with crushed pineapple, cake mix, coconut and butter, just dump the ingredients into the pan and let the oven do the rest of the work!

Pina Colada Dump Cake

Transport yourself back to your childhood with warm, delicious banana bread, like my Grandma used to make. With just a few simple ingredients, this easy banana bread recipe will become a family staple!

Banana Bread

Wanna prepare your holiday ham the easy way? Make this Crock Pot Ham! Made with a spiral ham, brown sugar, bourbon and hot sauce, it's just 5 minutes of work for you and the slow cooker does the rest!

Crock Pot Ham

This zesty marinara sauce may be simple to make, but it is legendary in our family. With a secret ingredient the way from my Grandma, this sauce is perfect on pasta or anything else you have cookin’.

Marinara Sauce

Make your meal prep or weekday night dinners even easier with this super-easy slow cooker shredded chicken. Perfect for your Crockpot or Instant Pot, it’s great make it in advance or freeze for future meals in a pinch.

Super-Easy Shredded Chicken (Slow Cooker + Instant Pot)

This Asparagus, Leek and Egg Tart is a quick and easy brunch recipe that is full of great flavor! Made with fresh herbs, puff pastry and gruyere cheese, it's an awesome dish to pass!

Asparagus and Leek Tart

This Pea Salad with Shrimp recipe is a super easy side dish that's perfect for any gathering! It's served cold because it's creamy with sweet green peas (I totally used frozen!), shrimp, and cashews and water chestnuts which make it crunchy. Make this if you need a tasty and light Thanksgiving side dish!

Peas Salad with Shrimp

Baked Chicken Parmesan is a quick and easy version of a classic family favorite. Your family will fight for seconds!

Baked Chicken Parmesan

This Peppermint Ice Cream Pie recipe is super easy to make. It features a delicious Oreo crust, your favorite mint chocolate chip ice cream and whipped cream. The work for you is minimal and the response is always fantastic!

Peppermint Ice Cream Pie

This Un-Stuffed Bell Peppers Skillet is a delicious one pot meal and a great way to use leftover rice. It’s ready in 30 minutes and takes all the work out of traditional stuffed peppers which makes it an easy option for a weeknight dinner!

Un-Stuffed Bell Peppers Skillet

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)

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Garlic Mushrooms Recipe

This easy Balsamic Grilled Asparagus recipe is the absolute best way to cook asparagus! It only takes 15 minutes and cooks up perfectly on your BBQ for a simple, crispy, healthy and flavorful summer side dish.

Balsamic Grilled Asparagus

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 Crockpot Chicken Tacos recipe is the easiest taco meat you'll ever make. With just 4 ingredients and minimal effort, your taco Tuesday will never be the same! Also includes Instant Pot instructions!

Crockpot Chicken Tacos

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Savory Butternut Squash Soup Recipe (Crockpot and Instant Pot)

Olive and Artichoke Tapenade is the perfect easy snack to whip up for last minute guests! It's ready in 10 minutes and is perfect with a nice glass of wine.

Olive and Artichoke Tapenade

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7 Layer Taco Salad

Mom's Homemade Scalloped Potatoes are the perfect creamy side dish for a family dinner. With thinly sliced potatoes and onions, salt, pepper and milk with the option to add Romano cheese, these will bring everyone back for seconds!

Mom's Homemade Scalloped Potatoes

These baked fish sticks are an easy homemade version of the childhood meal we all know and love. Tender white fish with a crispy panko crust, they're are a quick and delicious dinner the whole family will love! This is an excellent weeknight meal.

Baked Fish Sticks

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 Lemon Bars Recipe is a classic family favorite- super easy to throw together with a bright and tangy-sweet lemon curd layer and short bread crust.

Lemon Bars Recipe

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

Sweet and Spicy Baked Chicken Wings

Sweet and Spicy Baked Chicken Wings

This easy Banh Mi Sandwich is a tasty twist on the traditional Vietnamese specialty. It's super easy to make and is a totally satisfying sandwich you'll want to make again and again!

Easy Banh Mi Sandwich

Sautéed Kale with Mushrooms and Tomatoes is the best healthy side dish. It whips up super quickly and easily and tastes fantastic! This also makes a satisfying vegetable main dish.

Sautéed Kale with Mushrooms and Tomatoes

This Smothered Pork Tenderloin in Apple Cider Gravy is the best meaty main dish for dinner. It’s special enough for an intimate dinner party but also makes a quick and cozy weeknight meal! This recipe is so easy but tastes fantastic and comes together pretty quickly!

Smothered Pork Tenderloin in Apple Cider Gravy

It's not a party without this classic 7 layer dip- it's one of those epic appetizers that people can't stop eating! Made with beans, guacamole, cheese, tomatoes and olives- you've got to make this for you next party!

Classic 7 Layer Dip

Sautéed Mushrooms in a wine reduction are an easy recipe that comes together really quickly. They’re a great way to use leftover wine!

Sauteed Mushrooms in a Wine Reduction

30 Minute Turkey Chili

30 Minute Turkey Chili

Do you love Coconut Cake? Then this is the cake for you! Perfectly moist, full of delicious flavor and crazy easy to make! Perfect for the holidays, a get together or a last minute party!

Coconut Cake

Not cooking for a crowd this Thanksgiving? No problem, I've got you! These Roast Turkey Thighs for Two are a mouthwatering, tender turkey dinner without the hassle of roasting a whole bird!

Roast Turkey Thighs for Two

This Chocolate Crinkle Cookies recipe is a holiday family favorite- they're deliciously chewy, chocolate cookies that are super easy to make and a definite crowd-pleaser! These cookies are perfect on a Christmas cookie platter and are the best addition to any special occasion dessert table.

Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

These Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies have just the right amount of crunch while also being chewy- they're a hit with both kids and adults without all the hassle of having to bake them!

Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies

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

Whether you call these authentic Italian cookies Neapolitan Cookies, Tricolor Cookies or Rainbow Cookies, they are so delicious and are a gorgeous addition to any cookie platter! These are perfect for Christmas or any other holidays and special occasions. The almond paste and chocolate add such fantastic flavors along with the fruitiness of the raspberry and apricot preserves.

Italian Rainbow Cookies

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Rice Krispie Treats Turkey

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

I'm so excited to share tons of information about how to cook a turkey and my recipe for Orange Rosemary Roasted Turkey! You'll find everything you need to know for making the perfect Roast Turkey for Thanksgiving from start to finish!

How to cook a turkey (Orange Rosemary Oven Roast Turkey Recipe)

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

This Cherry Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars recipe makes a great lunchbox treat and party snack! These chewy treats have dark chocolate chips and dried cherries. They're quick and easy to make and a huge hit with the whole family!

Cherry Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars

My family makes this Easy Chocolate Cream Pie over and over again. Made with chocolate pudding, pie crust and fresh whipped cream, it's effortless to put together and we always fight for seconds!

Easy Chocolate Cream Pie

These Almond Ginger Cookies are such an easy dessert to make! This crispy cookie is the best slice-and-bake option if you're looking for a spicy cookie that is that isn't overly sweet. They're great for Christmas!

Almond Ginger Cookies

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

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Savory Sweet Potato Casserole

This Bloody Mary Cheeseball Recipe is the best easy appetizer option for entertaining. Made with many of the same ingredients and toppings as a traditional Bloody Mary drink (but without the alcohol). It's a family friendly hors d'oeuvre that's full of great flavor!

Bloody Mary Cheese ball recipe

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

You've got to make this Baked Pumpkin Donut Recipe! They're the most light and fluffy donuts that are perfect with your morning coffee and best of all they're really quick and easy to make.

Baked Pumpkin Donut Recipe

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

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Turkey Tetrazzini

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2 Ingredient Applesauce

Make this Mini Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe for the holidays- they're no-bake, seriously easy and totally delicious! Made with pumpkin yogurt, cream cheese, powdered sugar, pumpkin pie spice and vanilla in a graham cracker crust with candied pecans on top, these are sure to please the whole family!

Mini Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe

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

Grandma's Baked Artichoke Hearts is one of my favorite holiday side dishes. This is such an easy recipe and can even be made ahead of time. This is made with Parmesan cheese, bread crumbs and garlic powder and is a delicious addition to your Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner!

Grandma's Baked Artichoke Hearts

This Baked Chicken Cordon Bleu is easy to make and so delicious. Made with chicken, corn flakes, ham and Swiss cheese, it's a weeknight meal that will wow your family!

Baked Chicken Cordon Bleu

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 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

These Baked French Fries are perfectly crispy and crazy easy to make! Made with potatoes, oil and seasoning salt, these are a great weeknight side dish!

Baked French Fries

This Mexican Bean Salad Recipe is a quick and easy throw-together salad that's full of great flavor! Made with beans, celery, cilantro, tomatoes, onions, peppers, lime and slices, this is a delicious side dish the whole family will love!

Mexican Bean Salad Recipe

Oven Fried Pickles are the game day snack that dreams are made of! They're super easy to make with dill pickle chips, panic breadcrumbs, eggs and a BBQ Ranch dip, baked to be perfectly crispy and seriously easy to make!

Oven Fried Pickles

Do you like super rich, decadent desserts? If so, these Peanut Butter Double Chocolate Chip Cookies are right up your alley! Made with dark cocoa powder, chocolate chips and peanut butter chips, these are seriously easy to whip up last minute and also freeze well!

Peanut Butter Double Chocolate Chip Cookies

Summer Bounty Strawberry Salad with Fresh Strawberry Vinaigrette is a light and fresh lunch! Made with some unexpected ingredients like greens, strawberries, white cheddar, sunflower seeds and dried cherries this salad is as healthy as it is delicious!

Summer Bounty Strawberry Salad with Fresh Strawberry Vinaigrette

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

Greek Salsa

Greek Salsa

Honey Soy Glazed Carrots and Parsnips are a sweet and savory vegetable side dish that will please even the pickiest of palates! Made with carrots, parsnips, shallots, honey and soy sauce. This is the perfect addition to any holiday table (hello thanksgiving and Christmas!).

Honey Soy Glazed Carrots and Parsnips

Rich, creamy and super easy to make, this Tarragon Chicken is a weeknight dinner that's as quick and comforting as it is delicious! Made with chicken breasts, fresh tarragon, white wine, chicken broth, shallots and heavy cream. You can totally switch up the herbs if you'd prefer something other than tarragon!

Tarragon Chicken Recipe

This One Pot Balsamic Chicken Recipe is one of the most healthy, quick and easy weeknight dinner recipes around! Made with chicken, green beans, red peppers, mushrooms, and balsamic vinegar, it's also great for meal prep!!

One Pot Balsamic Chicken Recipe

This Antipasto Italian Pasta Salad will knock your socks off! Made with rotini pasta, tomatoes, olives, fresh mozzarella, fennel, soppresata and artichoke heats, it's quick and easy to assemble and full of all the great Italian flavors, this will be your new go-to pasta salad recipe!

Antipasto Italian Pasta Salad

What to do with that bumper crop of zucchini? Zucchini Pancakes! Made with Bisquick, Romano cheese, shredded zucchini, butter, garlic powder and onion, they are a super easy savory breakfast and are also a great make-ahead appetizer for a party!

Zucchini Pancakes

Watermelon is one of my very favorite fruits and I'm so excited to share everything you need to know about enjoying Watermelon this summer, from how to cut a watermelon, to how to pick a watermelon and a few killer ways to upgrade your watermelon!

An Experts Guide to Enjoying Watermelon- perfect for entertaining and on-the-go snacking!

Rosie's Award Winning Cherry Cheese Pie is a favorite family recipe- it is insanely easy and heavy cream, cream cheese, vanilla, confectioner's sugar and cherries make up the minimal ingredients. It looks gorgeous on any dessert tables, especially for the holidays and could not be more delicious! Get in the kitchen and make this now!

Rosie's Award Winning Cherry Cheesecake Pie

Orange Roll Monkey Bread is an easy and delicious twist on a family favorite recipe. It's so simple to transform refrigerated Orange Cinnamon rolls in to a sweet and gooey pull apart bread. This is a great Christmas morning breakfast and easy enough to make the night before as well!

Orange Cinnamon Roll Monkey Bread

This Garlic Shrimp with Lemon, Butter and Dill will knock your socks off. It's full of insanely delicious flavor and extremely quick and easy to make with shrimp, butter, olive oil, dill, lemon, garlic and shallots!

Garlic Shrimp with Lemon, Butter and Dill

Pasta Pomodoro is a hands-down my family's favorite weeknight pasta! It's seriously quick and easy to make with the most simple ingredients like tomatoes, fresh basil, garlic and olive oil. We all fight for seconds in our house!

Pasta Pomodoro

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

Cajun Black Bean and Corn Salad is an excellent no-mayo salad option to bring to a picnic and a great meal prep option for a light lunch you can eat all week. Made with fresh grilled corn, black beans, tomatoes, peppers, green onion and avocado with a lightly spicy cajun lime dressing, this is a new family favorite recipe!

Cajun Black Bean and Corn Salad

Grilled Lemon Pepper Chicken Drumsticks

Grilled Lemon Pepper Chicken Drumsticks

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

My kids do not stop begging for these Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Muffins! They're so quick and easy to make and the perfect way to use ripe bananas! I love how they're perfectly moist with mini chocolate chips sprinkled throughout- this recipe is a keeper!

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Muffins

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Bangin' Sausage and Peppers Pasta

These Quick and Easy Baked Buffalo Chicken Sliders are one of my favorite game day recipes! They come together lightning fast in the oven with a few simple ingredients like shredded chicken, ranch, buffalo sauce, mozzarella cheese and buns. They are the best appetizer to bring to any party!!

Quick and Easy Baked Buffalo Chicken Sliders

Meet your new favorite appetizer: Baked Buffalo Chicken Taquitos. Made with shredded chicken, buffalo sauce, ranch seasoning and mozzarella cheese, these are a quick and delicious way to become the most popular person at the party!

Baked Buffalo Chicken Taquitos

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

Chili Lime Baked Salmon with Chunky Avocado Salsa is the perfect light and healthy dinner for a weeknight! Made with fresh, simple ingredients and tons of flavor that the whole family will love!

Chili Lime Baked Salmon with Chunky Avocado Salsa

This Chunky Avocado Salsa recipe is made with a few super simple fresh ingredients and is so quick and easy to whip up last minute. You'll be making this allllll summer long!

Chunky Avocado Salsa Recipe

Who doesn't love a good baked potato? I'm going to show you all the tips and tricks for how to cook a baked potato perfectly!

How to cook a baked potato perfectly | The Life Jolie Kitchen Basics

We all love a Caprese salad, but what's even better? Caprese Pasta Salad! Sweet tomatoes and basil, tender fresh mozzarella cheese and orzo pasta make a salad that you won't be able to stop eating!

Caprese Pasta Salad Recipe

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

This Rainbow Asian Chicken Salad recipe is dangerously addictive. It's perfect for a crowd and is also great to make as a healthy meal prep for the week! This is made with an array of fresh vegetables, chicken and an awesome peanut dressing!

Rainbow Asian Chicken Salad Recipe

Rich and Creamy Peanut Butter Pie is the dessert that dreams are made of and best of all, it's no bake! Oreo cookie crust, creamy peanut butter filling, swirls of chocolate sauce and plenty of mini peanut butter cups. You will make this again and again!

No Bake Peanut Butter Pie 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

These Margarita Chicken Skewers are a serious game changer! With a deliciously fresh citrus flavor, these are perfect to grill on a hot summer night! Made with lime juice, tequila, orange juice and olive oil, these are as easy as they are delicious!

Margarita Chicken Skewers Recipe

Greek Baked Turkey Meatballs are a tasty appetizer or an excellent main dish. They're insanely easy to whip up and a healthy option as well! Ground turkey, lemon juice and greek spices make a delicious and flavorful meatball that tastes awesome with tzatziki sauce!

Greek Baked Turkey Meatballs Recipe

French Onion Rice Pilaf is full of savory flavor! It's a side dish that's as easy to make as it is delicious with only a little bit of work at the beginning an then you let your stove do it's thing so you can attend to the rest of your meal!

French Onion Rice Pilaf Recipe

Cadbury Cream Egg Stuffed Rice Krispie Treats are a super fun Easter treat that kids and adults will go crazy for- especially when they see the delicious surprise inside! Made with marshmallows and crispy rice cereal these are not to be missed!

Cadbury Creme Egg Stuffed Rice Krispie Treats + a video

Looking for a quick, easy and delicious weeknight meal for your family? Look no further, this Creamy Chicken Fajita Pasta is full of tender chicken, sweet peppers and onions and a spicy kick that will keep everyone coming back for seconds!

Creamy Chicken Fajita Pasta Recipe

Irish Car Bomb Cake Balls

Irish Car Bomb Cake Balls Recipe

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Grandma's Best Banana Cake Recipe

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Pepperoni Chips Recipe

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Savory Sauteed Green Beans with Mushrooms, Shallots and Pancetta

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Monster (Edible) Cookie Dough Truffles Recipe

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Philly Cheese Steak Stuffed Bread Rolls aka Philly Cheese Steak Bombs

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Buffalo Chicken Braid 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

These Sheet Pan Chicken Nachos are an easy and delicious game day snack recipe! They are so simple to put together and bake up in the oven with tortilla chips, leftover taco meat, plenty of cheese and all sorts of other great toppings! You've got to try these!

Sheet Pan Chicken Nachos

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Classic Hamburger Stew Recipe

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Cheesy Broccoli Rice Casserole Recipe

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Easiest Ever Hot Artichoke Dip

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Clementine and Fennel Salad Recipe

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Parmesan Garlic Roasted Potatoes Recipe

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Pomegranate and Thyme Baked Brie Appetizer recipe

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Sandwich Steak and Onions Recipe

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French Onion Creamy Mashed Potatoes

Homemade Cranberry Sauce with Dried Cherries and Shallots Recipe

Homemade Cranberry Sauce with Dried Cherries and Shallots Recipe

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Apple Cinnamon Thumbprint Cookies

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Cheddar and Broccoli Twice Baked Potatoes Recipe

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How to make a Cheesy Garlic Knot the easy way

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Supreme Pizza One Pot Pasta

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Cheesy Chicken Taco Bowls Recipe

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Cranberry Apple Crisp Recipe with Oatmeal Ginger Snap Topping

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Hot 7 Layer Bean Dip

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Salted Caramel Blossoms Cookies Recipe

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Monster Peanut Butter Cup Stuffed Cupcakes

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Orange Cranberry Torte

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Everything Pita Chips Recipe

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Cabbage and Beans

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Bacon Ranch Creamy Macaroni and Cheese

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Chicken Swiss Dip

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Bacon Brown Sugar Cocktail Wienies

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Strawberry Banana Split Cake

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Champagne Braised Chicken Thighs

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

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Harvest Rice Salad

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White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Pumpkin Cookies

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Tuna Casserole aka Tuna Wiggle

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Peanut Butter Cup Brownie Bites

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Freezer Friendly Pizza Bagels

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Plums with Goat Cheese and Walnuts

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Creamy Chicken and Broccoli Pasta

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Grandma Eve's Classic Swedish Meatballs

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Aunt Jeanne's Cabbage Soup

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Easy Pizza Sauce

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30 Minute Foil Packet Chicken Fajitas

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Yummy Beans or the Most Delicious Baked Beans

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Baked French Toast with Mixed Berries

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Vicky's Easiest Ever Tabouli

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Classic Porcupine Meatballs

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Grilled Peaches and Burrata Salad

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Poppy Seed Cake

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Nectarine and Strawberry Galette with Thyme

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Crunchy Ramen Coleslaw

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10 Minute Shrimp Salsa

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Spicy Sweet Chili Turkey Burgers

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German Potato Salad

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Mai Tai Cupcakes

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Broccoli Rabe and Ricotta Crostini

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Sauteed Broccoli Rabe with Garlic and Crushed Red Pepper

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Summer Berry and Burrata Salad

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Spicy Meat Hot Sauce

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Pea Pesto Flatbread with Asparagus and Shaved Pecorino Romano

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Cabbage and Pork Meatball Soup

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Green Bean Salad

Peas with Onions is the most easy side dish! With a few simple ingredients, this recipe is a snap to throw together on a busy week night but delicious enough to serve at a gathering or with a holiday dinner.

Peas with Onions

It's always a good idea to have an easy guacamole recipe up your sleeve and this one is seriously the best- fantastic, zesty flavor with an awesome secret ingredient to helps take the guacamole to the next level. It's a healthy snack for any celebration or game day!

The most delicious guacamole EVER.

This Artichoke Asiago Dip is the best easy recipe to throw together for a last-minute spring get-together. It only takes a couple of minutes to make and is fully of cheesy, delicious flavor! #ad

Artichoke Asiago Dip

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

Here's an easy tutorial for how to make Basic Deviled Eggs. This recipe is the best simple method to make this classic, delicious appetizer. These are a great way to use up extra Easter eggs and are perfect to bring to a picnic or get-together!

Basic Deviled Eggs

This homemade Three Cheese Garlic Bread recipe is a super easy accompaniment to a delicious Italian meal (or any meal for that matter!). It's really quick to spread with butter, herbs and a ton of melted cheese and pre-cut so that it's even easier to pull apart and enjoy with dinner! This is a major family favorite!

Homemade Three Cheese Garlic Bread

These Melted Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes are such a fun and easy dessert recipe. This tutorial is a delicious combination of moist vanilla cupcakes, strawberry frosting, chocolate and sprinkles! They are perfect to serve at your next party!

Melted Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes

These are the best Vanilla Cupcakes! They're really easy to make from scratch and taste great with Fresh Strawberry Buttercream Frosting (also homemade!). This recipe makes moist and delicious cupcakes with the most light and fluffy frosting!

The Best Vanilla Cupcakes with Fresh Strawberry Buttercream Frosting

These Lucky Charms Treats are a super easy and fun dessert recipe to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with the kids! They're made with Rice Krispies and the marshmallows from Lucky Charms and drizzled with white chocolate that's been dyed green. These snacks are such a fun option to bring to parties and get-togethers!

Lucky Charms Treats

Baked Breakfast Tostadas are one of my favorite easy recipes to make for breakfast (or lunch- or brunch!). This is simple cooking at it's finest with corn tortillas, salsa, black beans, cheese and eggs. You can get creative and take it in whatever direction you'd like- this quick and delicious dish is definitely a keeper!

Super Easy Baked Breakfast Tostadas

This is part two of the only Meat Sauce recipe you’ll ever need. It’s an extremely detailed (but still simple and easy) recipe for my Grandma’s homemade, Italian Sunday Sauce and this seriously is the very best sauce you’ll ever taste. This second part is all about adding the meatballs and fall-apart-tender pork for your sauce as well as the secret ingredient and putting it all together!

The Only Meat Sauce Recipe You'll Ever Need, Part 2: Sunday Sauce

This is part one of the only Meat Sauce recipe you’ll ever need. It’s an extremely detailed (but still simple and easy) recipe for my Grandma’s homemade, Italian meat sauce and this seriously is the very best Sunday sauce you’ll ever taste. This first part is all about making authentic meatballs and fall-apart-tender pork for your sauce as well as the secret ingredient that makes this sauce so delicious!

The Only Meat Sauce Recipe You'll Ever Need, Part 1: Authentic Meatballs and Fall-Apart-Tender Pork

This Lemon Pistachio Cake is the best easy recipe when you need a quick cake to wow your guests. This is actually a hack for a box cake mix made with pudding and topped with light and fluffy whipped cream. The result is a super moist and pretty layered cake that is so good your guests will never guess that it's only halfway homemade!

Lemon Pistachio Cake

This PMS Bark is the ultimate treat to fulfill both your sweet and salty cravings! Made with rich dark chocolate, salty potato chips and pretzels, peanut butter chips and buttery toffee bits, this recipe is SO easy to make and really addictive- you won't be able to get enough!!

PMS Bark

This Black Forest Ice Cream Pie is a quick and easy no bake dessert recipe. Made with an Oreo Cookie crust, chocolate ice cream, maraschino cherries and whipped topping this pie is a pretty addition to any dessert table! It's perfect for the holidays or to keep in the freezer "just because"!

Black Forest Ice Cream Pie

These Peanut Butter Brownie Truffles are an easy chocolate dessert recipe and an excellent gift to give this for Valentine's Day. This simple recipe is made with rich, fudgy brownies and a peanut buttery surprise in the middle.

Peanut Butter Brownie Truffles or The Great Mouse Debacle of 2017

This cheesy Jalapeno Popper Pull Apart Bread is an easy recipe for game day! A loaf of bread stuffed with jalapenos, cheese and bacon; it's super quick to throw together and is sure to be a hit at your next Superbowl Party!

Jalapeno Popper Pull Apart Bread

This Open-Faced Egg Sandwich is the best easy recipe option to throw together in the morning. Made with toast, fried eggs, cheese and tomatoes it's a healthy and delicious way to start the day!

Open-Faced Egg Sandwich

This Date Night Fish for Two with a Lemon Sherry Pan Sauce is such an easy date night recipe option! It works great with any white fish and is the best way to use a few simple ingredients to create a healthy and delicious treat for dinner with the person you love. This is perfect for Valentine's Day!

Date Night Fish for Two with a Lemon Sherry Pan Sauce

This (Sort of) Detox Lentil Soup is a very easy recipe. It's healthy while still maintaining great taste and full of delicious lentils, protein and savory ham hocks for a smoky flavor!

(Sort of) Detox Lentil Soup

These Peanut Butter and Banana Breakfast Cookies are a healthy and delicious grab-and-go breakfast option. They're seriously so easy to make without any flour or added sugar. These are the best, guilt-free way to start your day and are great for kids as well!

Peanut Butter and Banana Breakfast Cookies

This Olive and Gruyere Puff Pastry Tartlets recipe is one of my new favorite easy appetizers to throw together! Just four simple ingredients (including frozen puff pastry dough, olives and cheese) and they come together quickly for the holidays or any parties you may be having!

Olive and Gruyere Puff Pastry Tartlets

This Grapefruit Sparkler is a festive champagne cocktail! I love adult beverages featuring sparkling wine and this is simple to make and refreshing to drink at brunch or to ring in the New Year. This pretty drink will be a mainstay at your next girls night

Grapefruit Sparkler

These M&M's Brownie Truffles are an easy chocolate dessert recipe and an excellent gift to give this holiday season. It's a super-simple recipe made with rich, fudgy brownies and a surprise in the middle. These are a pretty addition to any Christmas cookie platter that the whole family will love!

M&M’S® Brownie Truffles

This Sour Cream Coffee Cake is such an easy cake to make from scratch. This is a family recipe that has been passed down for years and is moist and delicious but also simple to put together. This is the best excuse to eat cake for breakfast and is a great holiday dessert as well (Christmas morning, anyone?!).

Sour Cream Coffee Cake

This Rice Krispie Treat Stocking recipe is an easy Christmas dessert option for both kids and adults! It was simple to make and decorate and is meant to be made ahead. This is a fun project for the whole family to make during the holidays and is a great Gingerbread House alternative.

Rice Krispie Treat Stocking

These homemade German Cream Cheese Brownies are a delicious addition to any holiday cookie platter. This recipe is made from scratch but SO easy! Rich chocolate brownies swirled with sweet cream cheese helps make this a decadent treat your family will love!

German Cream Cheese Brownies

These Chocolate Peppermint Crinkles are an easy way to add a fun spin to a traditional recipe. These cookies are chewy and fudgy but they also have a delicious mint flavor. They are the best Christmas cookie for kids to make and eat!

Chocolate Peppermint Crinkles

These homemade PB&J Brownies are an easy and delicious holiday dessert option. Chewy, fudgey chocolate brownies with a swirl of peanut butter and the fruit spread of your choice on top, these are made from scratch and would be great on a Thanksgiving of Christmas dessert table or just because you deserve a tasty dessert!

PB&J Brownies

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

Apple Spice Muffins are one of my favorite fall recipes. Made with tasty chunks of apple, applesauce with cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger, they're so easy to make and taste great as breakfast or as a dessert!

Apple Spice Muffins

This Rice Krispie Treat Pumpkin is the perfect addition to your holiday table. It's an easy, kid friendly dessert that looks awesome filled with candy and is so much fun for a Halloween party or Thanksgiving!

Rice Krispie Treat Pumpkin

This Loaded Baked Potato Stacks recipe is such an such an easy side dish for a weeknight dinner. Thin slices of potato, seasoned and stacked in the cups of a muffin tin and baked in the oven; these are a tasty addition to any meal and they also make a delicious game day appetizer!

Loaded Baked Potato Stacks

This Bloomin' Baked Caramel Apples recipe is the perfect fall dessert! They're quick and easy to make and deliciously sweet!

Bloomin' Baked Caramel Apples

Cilantro Lime Cauliflower Rice

Cilantro Lime Cauliflower Rice

This Roasted Corn Salsa recipe is an easy and healthy addition to a salad, meat based dinner entree or eggs in the morning. It's homemade with black beans, fresh corn, onions and peppers- I seriously love this so much I now keep a container of it in my refrigerator to use throughout the week!

Roasted Corn Salsa

This Day After Thanksgiving Sandwich is one of my favorite recipes to enjoy leftovers! Tender turkey, sandwiched between halves of your favorite bun with tangy cranberry sauce, savory stuffing and mayonnaise. I love enjoying this for lunches or dinners around the holidays!

Day After Thanksgiving Sandwich

This BLT Bruschetta recipe is the perfect dish-to-pass for a last minute get together, party or game day celebration. Tomatoes, bacon, parsley and green onions come together in a creamy mixture and are spread atop crispy slices of baguette. This delicious flavor combination makes wonderful little appetizers that you won't be able to stop eating!

BLT Bruschetta

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

Need a quick meal for those busy back-to-school nights when you're shuffling between activities? Look no further! This BBQ Chicken Flatbread Pizza is the perfect weeknight meal. It is really quick and easy to make- juicy grilled chicken, melty cheese, tangy BBQ sauce and crunchy fried onions. This is a meal your whole family will enjoy!

BBQ Chicken Flatbread Pizza

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 Greek Couscous Salad recipe is a light and healthy side dish for lunch or dinner. It's quick and easy to make and is full of delicious flavors of Feta cheese, vegetables, olives and fresh herbs. Click on the photo to get the recipe!

Greek Couscous Salad

This Summer Berry Dessert Crostini recipe is a light and delicious summer dessert. You can also call it dessert bruschetta. It uses ripe summer berries, mascarpone cheese sweetened with honey and grilled baguette. This easy dessert is super quick to make and a real crowd pleaser!

Summer Berry Dessert Crostini

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

The Strawberry Goat Cheese Tart recipe is great for a brunch or a low-key get-together. It’s quick and easy to make using frozen puff pastry and tastes delicious! Click on the photo to get the recipe!

Strawberry Goat Cheese Tart

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 Sweet Potato and Chorizo Hash recipe is healthy and delicious. It's really quick and simple to make and tastes even better when served with eggs! It's an easy breakfast option that reheats really well! Click on the photo to get the recipe!

Sweet Potato and Chorizo Hash

A square shot of Blueberry Buckle.

Blueberry Buckle

This healthy Shrimp and Quinoa Bowls recipe is delicious and very easy to make. It's full of delicious flavors and textures and makes a great lunch or dinner. Click on the photo to get the recipe!

Shrimp and Quinoa Bowls

This Egg Stuffed Bread recipe is a delicious, easy brunch or breakfast option. Imagine crusty loaves of french bread, stuffed with your favorite omelette fillings, cheese and eggs. It's quick and delicious to serve during the holidays and is sure to be a family favorite!

Egg Stuffed Bread

This Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Bar recipe are super quick and simple to make. It only has five ingredients and the bars are so rich and decadent with everyone's favorite flavor combination; peanut butter and chocolate!

Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Bars

This Open Face Tuna Melt recipe is super quick and easy to make. It's a simple classic sandwich that makes the most delicious lunch!

Open Face Tuna Melt

Parmesan Roasted Asparagus with Fried Eggs and is a super delicious and easy meatless recipe! The asparagus roasts beautifully in the oven and the eggs add a decadence that make this a beautiful appetizer or entree.

Parmesan Roasted Asparagus with Fried Eggs

Best-Ever Tomato Soup is such an easy recipe for homemade tomato soup. It's creamy and delicious and you can use fresh or canned tomatoes. It's pretty quick to make and freezes really well!

Best-Ever Tomato Soup

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

These Freezer Bean Burritos are so simple and easy to make and are delicious grab-and-go lunches or dinners. Our family loves them!

Freezer Bean Burritos

This Orange Cake with Chocolate Ganache Glaze is super easy to make. It's a cake mix hack recipe that comes out so moist and delicious- this one's a keeper!

Orange Cake with Chocolate Ganache Glaze

This Salted Cranberry and Pistachio Bark could not be more delicious! It's insanely easy to make and the salty-sweet flavor combination cannot be beat! I'll definitely be making this over and over again!

Salted Cranberry and Pistachio Bark

This Spinach and Feta stuffed bread is so easy to make and has the most delicious flavor. It makes a lovely holiday Christmas Tree appetizer or can be in the form of a regular stuffed bread any other time of year!

Spinach and Feta Stuffed Bread Christmas Tree

Roasting Chestnuts is not as hard as it seems- it's actually pretty simple. THis tutorial has some simple directions for how to roast Chestnuts!

How to Roast Chestnuts

These Bacon Jalapeno Ranch Crescents are a super easy and delicious appetizer- they come together so quickly and taste awesome!

Bacon Jalapeno Ranch Crescents

Hot Pepper Oil is such an easy condiment to make, and boy does it pack some punch! If you like spicy foods you have to make this!!

Hot Pepper Oil

Chicken and Parmesan Soup with Spinach and Orzo is such a delicious twist on chicken noodle soup- the ingredients are so simple and yet when you put them together, they sing! I'll definitely be making this again and again!

Chicken and Parmesan Soup with Spinach and Orzo

This Apple Pie filling is so simple and delicious- I keep going back to it whenever I need an easy fruit filling for a pie! Click on the photo to read more...

Apple Pie Filling

These Super Easy Fried Donuts are so delicious- I couldn't believe how quickly they were done. My family loved them! Click on the photo to read more...

Super Easy Fried Donuts

This Minestrone Soup is a quick and easy recipe. You can take it in whatever direction you want and change up the vegetables to make it your own. Click on the photo to read more...

Minestrone Soup

This peach cobbler is everything that summer is about- It's quick and easy to make, the peaches are bursting with flavor and the dough is light as a feather! Click on the photo to read more...

Peach Cobbler

Garlic Scape Pesto is a tasty twist on a regular pesto. If you like garlic, you have got to try this! It's great over pasta as well as on meat. Click on the photo to read more...

Garlic Scape Pesto

This Peppers and Eggs recipe is such a simple, delicious dinner or lunch. It combines a few basic ingredients and is very cost-efficient. I like to serve it hot or cold over fresh Italian bread. Click on the photo to learn more...

Peppers and Eggs

Quick and Easy Roasted Potatoes | The Life Jolie

Quick and Easy Roasted Potatoes

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Whole Roasted Chicken Recipe

Chicken Salad Stuffed Tomatoes are a simple, gluten-free twist on a chicken salad sandwich. They're made with Greek Yogurt and with apples and they're super easy to make ahead. They make a delicious healthy lunch or appetizer!

Chicken Salad Stuffed Tomatoes

Grandma Hinz's Apple Pancakes | The Life Jolie

Grandma Hinz's Apple Pancakes

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Buffalo Chicken Quesadilla

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Rosie's Famous Zucchini "Soup"

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Grandma Rose's Pecan Tarts