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A Rachel Sandwich is a delightful combination of turkey, Swiss cheese, Russian dressing, and coleslaw all on sourdough bread. You will love this amazing sandwich. If you’ve never tried the cousin of the Reuben sandwich, the Rachel, you must! We swap the corned beef for turkey and the sauerkraut for coleslaw. It is easy to…

Colcannon, a delicious Irish potato recipe, is going to be your new favorite comfort food. Made with bacon and cabbage, I could make a full meal out of this amazing recipe. I’m going to make the hard sell that you need to make this recipe all year round and not save it for St. Patrick’s…

Steak fajitas are the ideal dinner to make this week. Made with the perfect steak fajita marinade, whip this up the night before for a quick dinner the next day. This steak fajita recipe is a huge hit with my whole family. It starts with my fajita seasoning that we turn into a delicious marinade.…

Monster Cookies are made with everything delicious you can think of, and are monstrously good. Peanut butter, oats, chocolate chips, and M&M’s come together to make a soft buttery cookie packed with goodness. Fresh cookies from the oven have a way of making everything just a little bit better. And these amazing cookies are no…

This Vegetable Soup is healthy, easy to make, and so delicious. At only 63 calories per cup, it is a great way to get in vegetables as the perfect side dish or serve up a big bowl for a hearty delicious lunch. Whenever I’m not feeling great, one of the first things I think about…

This Spaghetti Meat Sauce recipe is an easy and quick recipe that can be the beginning of an easy weeknight dinner. Make this 30 minute meat sauce and watch your family fall in love! The other day, as I was planning what dinner recipes I’m going to make for you this fall, I asked on…

Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Soup is so easy to make, and is the ultimate comfort food. Throw it together and let your pressure cooker do the bulk of the work! Craving chicken noodle soup but don’t have an Instant Pot? Make my homemade Chicken Noodle Soup recipe. Soup recipes aren’t just my favorite to eat,…

These truly are the best Italian Meatballs. My Italian grandmother’s recipe, the word perfect doesn’t even begin to cover it. Check out the reviews on this recipe, your family will be sure to fall in love. This recipe for classic Italian meatballs is one of my very favorite recipes on Simple Joy. Out of all…

This French 75 recipe is the perfect cocktail to wow party guests without a lot of fuss. Made with champagne, gin, and simple syrup, this is the perfect drink to make for a celebration, ladies’ night, or date night in. While so many people enjoy popping a nice cold bottle of champagne, sometimes it doesn’t…

This is the best Ranch Dressing recipe! It comes together with ingredients you can keep on hand and is way better than anything you can buy in the store. If my youngest and I were stranded on a desert island and could only have one condiment, she and I would both scream “Ranch Dressing!” before…

Learning how to toast coconut is a snap. It is so easy to do and yields the perfect ingredient for so many different recipes. Don’t miss our list in the post of all the great ways to use toasted coconut. Toasted coconut adds a rich depth to desserts, side dishes and more. It’s so fragrant…

Chicken Lo Mein is a dinner that your whole family will fall in love with. Made with the best sauce, chicken, lots of vegetables, and noodles, this is a recipe you can come back to over and over. Meals that seem like take out are my very favorite. This Chicken Lo Mein will rival any…