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Valentine's Day Family Dinners

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Eggplant Rollatini

A square image of a wooden spoon holding a scoop of florentine pasta with chicken with the rest of the pasta in the pan in the background.

One Pot Italian Chicken Florentine Pasta

A square image of Panko Parmesan Crusted Baked Tilapia.

Panko Parmesan Crusted Baked Tilapia Recipe

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Sheet Pan Lemon Dill Salmon

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Chicken Cutlets

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

Guinness Lamb Stew

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

Million Dollar Spaghetti

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

Citrus and Fennel Pork Loin

Wine Braised Chicken is the most mouthwatering, savory dinner you'll ever try! Slow simmered in red wine, this fall-apart-tender chicken is an easy dinner recipe the whole family will love.

Wine Braised Chicken (Drunken Chicken)

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

Beef Tips (Slow Cooker + IP)

This is the Chicken Casserole to end all chicken casserole recipes! Creamy and delicious but also so easy to make- this is the perfect way to feed a crowd!

Fernie's Famous Chicken 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)

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Crockpot Spiral Ham

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

Pasta Al Forno (Baked Ziti)

Baked Chicken with Caramelized Shallots is about to become your go-to weeknight roast chicken recipe. Tender chicken with crispy golden-brown skin and the most flavorful sauce, this easy recipe is a real winner!

Baked Chicken With Caramelized Shallots

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

Weeknight Bolognese Sauce

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

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

Spicy Sausage Pasta with Rapini

This 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

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

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 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

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Bangin' Sausage and Peppers Pasta

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

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

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Grandma's Baked Eggplant Parmesan Recipe

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Easy Beef Stroganoff Recipe (Instant Pot and Slow Cooker)

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Cheesy Baked Ravioli Casserole Recipe

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Champagne Braised Chicken Thighs

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Creamy Chicken and Broccoli Pasta

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

Whole Roasted Chicken Recipe | The Life Jolie

Whole Roasted Chicken Recipe