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Easy Coconut Cake Recipe

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Creamy Ham and Potato Soup

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Hearty Chicken Noodle Soup

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Easiest Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Sautéed Garlic Asparagus

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One Pot Philly Steak Pasta Recipe

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Crunchy Red Cabbage Salad

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Marinated Vegetable Salad

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Tuna Macaroni Salad

A square image of the side of a pan focusing on pork chops and pineapple rings drizzled with Hawaiian BBQ sauce and topped with chopped scallions.

Grilled Hawaiian Pork Chops

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Copycat Panera Bread BBQ Chicken Salad

A square image of a bowl of beet salad topped with feta cheese in a teal bowl with fresh dill in the background.

Beet Salad Recipe with Feta and Dill

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Weeknight Oven Quesadilla Recipe

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Panko Parmesan Crusted Baked Tilapia Recipe

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20 Minute Lemon Dill Salmon Recipe

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Easiest Ever Crockpot BBQ Chicken (Slow Cooker or Instant Pot)

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

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Chicken Cutlets

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Beans and Greens

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

These frozen Greek Yogurt Bites are a seriously fun and easy snack and a cool treat for both kids and adults. I’ll show you how to make these 4 different ways with a variety of flavors like blueberry, cookies and cream, peanut butter banana and chocolate cherry!

Greek Yogurt Bites, 4 ways

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

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

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 Grilled Salmon Recipe with Summer Vegetable Relish will make you want to grill all year around- it's super quick and easy to make for a fresh dinner you'll love!

Grilled Salmon Recipe with Summer Vegetable Relish

Ready for a picnic side dish that isn't the same old salad selection we've all seen? This Blueberry Cucumber Salad recipe with Feta Cheese and a white balsamic dressing is light and refreshing! You'll want to bring it to every family gathering this summer!

Blueberry Cucumber Salad Recipe

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

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

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

This Black Bean Burger recipe is so good, it'll turn even the biggest meat and potatoes lovers into Meatless Monday fans! Great flavor and minimal work makes these an easy and satisfying vegetarian dinner!

Black Bean Burger Recipe

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

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

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

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

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

I put together some simple instructions for how to cook Shishito Peppers on the stove or the grill- Just three ingredients and you're ready to go! These super easy blistered peppers make the perfect snack!

How to cook Shishito Peppers (Stove Top + Grill)

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

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

Honey Balsamic Chicken is a quick and easy dinner option that comes out fantastic roasted or grilled! It also makes a great freezer meal.

Honey Balsamic Chicken (Oven + Grill)

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

Meet your new favorite grilling recipe: Grilled Hawaiian Chicken! Tender and delicious chicken in a savory marinade with sweet grilled pineapple slices. It’s super easy to make and the whole family will love it!

Grilled Hawaiian Chicken

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

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

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

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

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

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

Need a delicious and satisfying detox meal? This Super Foods Kale Salad Recipe is just what you're looking for! And you won't want to miss my tips for making the kale much more enjoyable to eat raw!

Reader Request: Super Foods Kale Salad Recipe

Grandma's Shrimp Dip is a huge family favorite passed down through the generations- it's quick and easy to throw together and everyone always begs for the recipe! Perfect for the holidays!

Grandma's Shrimp Dip

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

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

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

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

Tired of tough, dry turkey breast? Then you've got to try this Citrus Brown Sugar Smoked Turkey Breast. It's seriously easy to make and the most tender, juicy turkey breast you'll ever eat! From the brine to the rub you cannot go wrong!

Citrus Brown Sugar Smoked Turkey Breast

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

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

Italian Tuna Salad makes the perfect light and fresh lunch! This is a healthy (no mayo!) but satisfying option that is super easy to make and comes together in minutes so it's quick. Made with tuna, tomatoes, fresh basil and oregano, green onion, lemon juice and olive oil this will be your new favorite lunch option!

Italian Tuna Salad (No Mayo!)

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

This Kahlua Toffee Chocolate Trifle Recipe is the ultimate make-ahead dessert. Made with chocolate cake, Coffee Liquor, vanilla pudding, whipped topping and toffee bars, it's so addictive that your family will be fighting for seconds!

Kahlua Toffee Chocolate Trifle Recipe

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!

Black Cherry Lemonade Bourbon Slush is the most easy and delicious boozy recipe to bring to a party. It takes minutes to put together and then you freeze it overnight. Made with Lemonade and Red Stag Black Cherry Bourbon Whiskey, everyone goes crazy over this!

Black Cherry Lemonade Bourbon Slush

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

Raspberry Lemon Icebox Pie

Raspberry Lemon Icebox Pie

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

What should you do with that leftover chicken? Make Chicken Caesar Pinwheels, of course! They're super easy to make and are a seriously delicious lunch or healthy appetizer.

Chicken Caesar Pinwheels

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

Meet your new favorite easy weeknight dinner: Baked Coconut Shrimp Recipe with Spicy Apricot Dipping Sauce. A little bit sweet. A little bit spicy. A whole lot of delicious.

Baked Coconut Shrimp Recipe with Spicy Apricot Dipping Sauce

Grandma's Non-Smoky Homemade BBQ Sauce is the crazy easy grilling marinade that you won't be able to stop eating this summer. This is a total crowd-pleaser!

Grandma's Non-Smoky Homemade BBQ Sauce and Grilled Chicken

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

Copycat Panera Bread Napa Almond Chicken Salad Sandwich is one of my favorite light lunches. Made with grapes, almonds and celery, it's seriously quick and easy to make and a great way to repurpose leftover chicken!

Copycat Panera Bread Napa Almond Chicken Salad Sandwich

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

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

These Cheesy Ranch Potato Wedges are downright addictive! Crispy on the outside and perfectly tender on the inside with a deliciously zesty ranch flavor and finished with melted cheddar cheese.

Cheesy Ranch Potato Wedges 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

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

Shrimp Macaroni Salad

Very Best Shrimp Macaroni Salad 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

Spinach and Feta Breakfast Puff Pastry Pizza

Spinach and Feta Breakfast Puff Pastry Pizza

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

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

Sautéed Asparagus with Parmesan Gremolata

Sautéed Asparagus with Parmesan Gremolata

There is nothing better than perfectly seared salmon and I'm going to show you how to get it just right! It's so easy to pan sear fish and I'm sharing all my tips and tricks to get that nice crispy outside and skin and perfectly tender inside.

How to Make Perfectly Seared Salmon | The Life Jolie Kitchen Basics

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 Baked Eggplant Parmesan Recipe

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BLT Ranch Flatbread Pizza Recipe

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Grandma's Best Banana Cake Recipe

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Ground Beef Oven Baked Tacos Recipe

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Chocolate Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries 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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One Pan Baked Italian Sausage and Veggies Recipe

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Monster (Edible) Cookie Dough Truffles Recipe

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Cheesy Baked Ravioli Casserole Recipe

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Chocolate Dipped Almond Shortbread Cookies Recipe

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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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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How to make a Cheesy Garlic Knot the easy way

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Champagne Braised Chicken Thighs

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Yummy Beans or the Most Delicious Baked Beans

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Vicky's Easiest Ever Tabouli

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Grilled Peaches and Burrata Salad

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Poppy Seed Cake

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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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Summer Berry and Burrata Salad

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Pea Pesto Flatbread with Asparagus and Shaved Pecorino Romano

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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

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

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

Caprese Quiche is an easy breakfast or brunch recipe. This is simple, feel-good food at it's finest with mouthwatering tomatoes, mozzarella and basil. It's great to make ahead or eat right away and perfect to whip up for Easter, Mother's Day or Christmas Morning!

Caprese Quiche

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 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

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 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

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 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

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 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 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 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 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

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