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02.08.2025
Slow Cooker Taco Meat
Slow Cooker Taco Meat is such an easy dinner to whip up before you head to work in the morning. You will love coming home to this easy classic. If you love tacos as much as I do, you probably have taco night once a week in your house. This simple slow cooker taco recipe…
02.06.2025
Thousand Island Dressing Recipe
This simple Thousand Island Dressing recipe comes together with just four ingredients and some salt. Known most for topping Big Macs, this salad dressing is the perfect addition to so many recipes. I love making salad dressings. They are so easy to make, you can control the ingredients and the flavors, and, best of all,…
02.05.2025
Dill Dip Recipe
This Dill Dip recipe is the perfect easy appetizer to make for any party! It comes together with just a few ingredients and is amazing served with chips or veggies. Make this dill dip recipe for your next get-together! It’s almost time for the Super Bowl, and I think you all know my favorite part…
02.04.2025
Tater Tot Casserole
This tater tot casserole is easy comfort food that makes for a dinner win the whole family will love. This cheesy casserole truly is so simple to make. Sometimes what you need is delicious comfort food. But usually, the time you need it is when you are fully spent and need life to be just…
02.02.2025
Meatball Sub
This delicious meatball sub recipe is the perfect family dinner idea. It comes together in a snap and with my Italian meatballs, you will be totally in love. If you asked my kids each individually what is their very favorite family recipe, it would a a resounding, “Grandma’s meatballs!” It is actually their great-grandmother’s recipe,…
02.01.2025
Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings
Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings makes the perfect easy dinner. Your family will devour this delicious and delightful comfort food. I love coming home to a delicious crockpot dinner, and this one is perfection. Chicken breasts and veggies come together in a creamy broth. Then they are finished off with simple homemade dumplings that take less…
01.31.2025
Orange Smoothie
This orange smoothie is the perfect delicious snack or breakfast. Easy to make with just four ingredients, you will love this smoothie recipe. Growing up, one of the most coveted treats was an Orange Julius from the mall. It was such a dream, that I remember my mom telling me before leaving the house we…
01.30.2025
Chickpea Salad
This delicious chickpea salad comes together in a snap and makes a great light lunch, side dish for dinner, or a dish to pass. You will love the delightful simplicity of this wonderful recipe. I was looking through my recipes the other day and realized just how many Mediterranean-inspired salads I have. I simply can’t…
01.28.2025
Stuffed Eggplant
This stuffed eggplant recipe is an amazing family recipe. Tender eggplant combines with spicy Italian sausage and is topped with a homemade red sauce to make this incredible dinner recipe. This delicious recipe comes from my dear grandma, an Italian immigrant who came to this country when she was just 12 years old. Though she…
01.23.2025
Mediterranean Quinoa Salad
This Mediterranean Quinoa Salad makes such a delicious lunch or light dinner. It is full of fresh and delicious ingredients and is pulled together perfectly with Greek salad dressing! If you have been following me for a while, you know I love quinoa. There is so much that is great about quinoa. The thing that I…
01.22.2025
New England Clam Chowder
This New England Clam Chowder is the absolute best! Made with bacon, plenty of potatoes, and just the right amount of cream, this easy chowder recipe is the perfect comfort food for a cold night. This recipe has been a favorite in our house for ages! It is far and away Nathan’s favorite dinner recipe.…
01.21.2025
Instant Pot Chicken and Rice Casserole
My Instant Pot chicken and rice makes such a delicious and easy dinner recipe. A totally from scratch recipe with added instructions to cut corners and make it a little easier for your busy weeknights! As you know, easy dinners are a must in my house. We have three really busy kids, who have packed…