Greek yogurt pancakes are delicious, easy to make, and full of healthy protein to make you feel good about breakfast. Our Greek yogurt pancakes were actually a bit of a happy accident! Aunt Tracey was visiting (remember the bacon parmesan crackers?!) and we ran out of ingredients for regular pancakes, so we raided the pantry and fridge to make these!…
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Lazy Lasagna One Pot Lasagna is a busy parent’s dream come true. Toss all the ingredients into your dutch oven and bake – you don’t even have to precook the noodles! We make our lazy lasagna – one pot lasagna with Italian meatballs and like to serve it with two minute garlic knots and some steamed or roasted broccoli. If…
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If you’re looking for a home remedy for cough, our all natural lemon honey ginger syrup is the perfect solution! This home remedy for cough is not only simple to make, but it’s also all natural and delicious. Honey, lemon, and ginger come together to make a soothing cough syrup or tea base. We all wish we knew how to…
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We’ve been talking about this Substitute for Cooking Spray for a couple years now, and finally made a batch live! Whoohoo! Our homemade pan release is easy to make and works like magic! The trick to a good substitute for cooking spray is adding flour. You know how your grandma used to butter, then flour the insides of the cake…
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Chili Pot Pie is a super easy and delicious dinner idea. Use leftover chili or even canned chili to get a hot and flavorful dinner on the table quick! Chili pot pie is a great meal idea! Chili is one of those foods that we pretty much always have around. Whether it’s our Wendy’s Copycat Chili, my personal favorite –…
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Crispy Chicken Thighs are started on the stove top and finished in the oven to make a deliciously simple but addicting chicken dish. These crispy chicken thighs are such a big hit in our house. We like to serve crispy baked chicken thighs with roasted carrots and broccoli slaw. There are never leftovers! Crispy Chicken Thighs Ingredients Chicken –…
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This Rainbow Cake is so easy to make and perfect for St. Patrick’s Day, Pride Day, or any day you’re feeling bright and cheerful! Rainbow Cake is happy cake. Seriously, just having this cake in my kitchen put such a smile on my face. There are a lot of rainbow cake recipes out there, but this one is so simple…
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This Blue Cheese Dressing is super creamy, super chunky, super delicious, and super easy to make! I can’t believe it took me so long to make my own blue cheese dressing. Oh my goodness, you guys, this blue cheese dressing recipe is 100% amazingly delicious perfection. My mother-in-law and I keep sneaking spoonfuls out of the jar. You know I’m…
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Lemon cookies are a delicious and quick treat to make! We use cake mix for a super simple recipe. Lemon cookies are one of our favorite quick cookie recipes. If you love these lemon cookies, you’ll also want to try our nutella cookies, our peanut butter cookies, and our ginger cookies! These Lemon Cookies article were originally developed for Disney’s Big…
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Minestrone Soup is a classic Italian vegetable soup. Super filling with potatoes and pasta, and super healthy with lots of yummy vegetables! There are few meals that please my entire giant family of seven, but this minestrone soup recipe does the trick! We like to make a big batch at the beginning of the week and enjoy it for lunch…
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Orange Cake is so easy to make, we start with a box mix and use whole navel oranges to make the most moist and amazing orange cake recipe! I’m so excited about this orange cake! You know I love love love cake, so when I was in the market recently and saw a gorgeous display of oranges, it reminded me…
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Asparagus Soup is easy to make and the perfect yummy addition to your dinner menu. Make it cream of asparagus soup or without cream! Asparagus soup may not be as popular are our Slow Cooker Baked Potato Soup, but I truly think it’s the unsung hero of our repertoire. Make it creamy or not creamy, and it’s still so delicious….
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Enchilada Casserole is a delicious easy to make dinner that can be prepared ahead and frozen for convenience. We make ours a chicken enchilada casserole with red enchilada sauce and lots of cheese. Enchilada casserole is one of the first recipes I made and published here way back in 2009. And while it’s undergone some revisions for simplification, the end…
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Pickled onions are simple to make and are a delicious addition to everything from sandwiches, to pork roasts, and even hot dogs! We always keep a jar of pickled onions in the refrigerator. They’re the perfect tangy, sweet, crunchy topping for so many foods. I added a big pile of pickled onions to the pulled pork recipe we made last week…
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Our Lemon Mousse is made with only three ingredients and comes together in about 2 minutes. It’s the perfect easy desserts to impress your guests! Are you so excited for this lemon mousse bowl of whipped sunshine?! I know I am! These three ingredient Lemon Mousse cups are so delicious – my eight year old declared them “the best thing…
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Crispy Coconut Chicken is the healthy meal that tastes like an indulgence – make them baked or fried! Coconut crusted chicken is a taste of the tropics any time of year. We like to serve our Coconut Chicken with mango pineapple salsa and whole fruit popsicles for dessert. You can bake the coconut chicken in the oven or fry it…
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This easy Ground Beef Stroganoff recipe made with ground beef and sour cream is a great quick weekday dinner idea! Ground beef stroganoff made with ground beef is a super simple and incredibly flavorful meal. In our home it’s a hit with all five kids! You can serve the ground beef stroganoff over traditional flat egg noodles, or mix it…
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Cranberry Goat Cheese Steak Salad is the perfect easy and delicious protein packed salad for your next lunch or dinner! This Steak Salad brings me back to the days when I worked a 60+ hour week and wore uncomfortable suits with ridiculously high heels to work. Once upon a time when lawyering was my thing, there was a grossly overpriced…
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Chicken Nachos are an easy and delicious dinner to the rescue! Chicken Nachos are one of those “nothing’s going right today, please give me something delicious and easy for dinner” recipes. Two things I love (love, love love!) are cooking and shopping. If I could spend my days in a haze of creative kitchening and consumerism, I would be a…
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Valentine’s Cupcakes are a simple and delicious way to celebrate Valentine’s Day with your sweeties – you can even make these Valentine’s Day Cupcakes with the kids! Our Valentine’s Cupcakes have a fun little icing trick to make the galaxy style swirled icing tops. I just love how they came out! For me, the best part of our Valentine’s Day…
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This simple and delicious Honey Garlic Shrimp is easy to make and will please the whole family! I am obsessed with this honey garlic shrimp. OB. SESSED. I’ve made it twice just this week and am eyeing the menu plan and wondering if I can sneak it in one more time. Honey garlic shrimp is the perfect combination of buttery, sweet,…
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This Valentine’s Cake is as easy as it is cute! Make our yummy Valentine’s Day Bundt cake with candy conversation hearts for the sweetie in your life! My kids LOVE themed cakes, and this Valentine’s Cake is no exception! I love it, because we use a bundt cake pan and I am currently a billion percent obsessed with bundt cakes….
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Bacon Wrapped Crackers recipe – the perfect delicious and easy appetizer for your next party! These Bacon Wrapped Crackers are both filled with Parmesan cheese and then rolled in it after they’re done baking. Making them possibly one of the most delicious appetizers you’ve ever tried. If you’re looking for a Superbowl appetizer or something to put out at your…
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This Salmon Marinade made with soy, ginger, honey, and garlic is the best salmon marinade! If you’re looking for a salmon marinade recipe, you’ve come to the right place! Have I ever told you about my salmon marinade story from college? Ohhhh, boy. Way back in college when I was twenty, my husband and I started dating (we met in…
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Confession – I’ve made this Instant Pot Cabbage Soup three times in the last two weeks. It’s really good, really filling, and really healthy. The perfect combination! If you watch our live show, you know I’m maybe a touch obsessed with my instant pot. This cabbage soup is my new favorite recipe. Not only do I love it because it’s…
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Chocolate chip cookie cups filled with icing are fun and fancy looking but super easy to make. This cookie cup recipe is the perfect go-to simple dessert for your next party or event! Chocolate chip cookie cups came to our house by way of a birthday! My daughter watches a whole lot of internet cooking shows. Like, a lot of…
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Everyone needs a good and easy French bread recipe in their recipe index. It’s a simple, delicious, and filling recipe that fits neatly in any budget. Any time I want to win Mom of the Year, I whip out this simple French bread recipe. My kids go absolutely gaga over it. One of my favorite things about homemade French bread…
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Crock Pot Minestrone Soup is a delicious Italian vegetable noodle soup that is super yummy and so easy to make! When I told the kids I was making crock pot minestrone soup in the slow cooker, they were all “uhhhhhhhggg” “what is that????” and “grossss, mom!” — but when they smelled it cooking oh boy was that a quick change…
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Is Costa Maya Mahahual, Mexico a port on your next cruise vacation? We’ve got the inside scoop on what to do in Costa Maya! Costa Maya is a small Mexican cruise port on the eastern coast of the country just south of Cancun, and north of Belize. Until a few years ago, Costa Maya was a Mayan fishing village, but…
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This simple Wendy’s Chili Recipe is easy and delicious. Make a double batch and freeze some for later. Make sure to add it to your dinner meal plan! This Wendy’s Chili Recipe originally appeared in November of 2010 and since then it’s been one of my most popular recipes. And for good reason – it’s delicious! If you love Wendy’s Chili, then…
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Instant Pot Balsamic Pot Roast is the perfect last minute easy meal the whole family will love. Only two ingredients to make a delicious tender and flavorful balsamic roast. You guys. I had no intention of posting this Instant Pot Balsamic Pot Roast recipe today. Or ever. In fact, until 5:30 last night, there wasn’t even a flitter of this…
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Stir Fry Sauce is so easy to make and is prepared with only three ingredients that you probably have stocked in your cupboard already! If I had known how easy it was to make stir fry sauce, I never would have bought the bottled stuff. You can use it as chicken stir fry sauce, pork stir fry, sauce, and even…
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Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup will be your crock pot’s new favorite meal! Only five ingredients and about three minutes to put together, this one is a winner winner, soup for dinner! Do you like your slow cooker split pea soup with ham? We use smoked ham hock to flavor the soup, and then add some diced ham on top…
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A Strawberry Spinach Salad is the perfect meal to start off your new year! After three months of indulging (hello, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas!), this strawberry spinach salad is the perfect palate cleanser! It’s healthy eating, while still being delicious and filling. Bonus, it’s easy to make paleo and weight watchers friendly! Confession: until a couple years ago (okay, maybe…
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Enjoy this easy black eyed peas recipe with your family and bring good luck for the new year! I made this delicious Black Eyed Peas recipe for New Year’s because they say it’s good luck to eat Black Eyed Peas on New Years. And who am I to turn down luck?! I’m warning you though, these black eyed peas are…
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Our Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken Recipe made in the crockpot is simple, delicious, and only five ingredients! Of all the slow cooker honey garlic chicken recipes out there, this one’s the best. Just ask my kids who can’t get enough! These Easy Honey Garlic Chicken Thighs are going to wow your family. Rich with slow cooked savory garlic, sweet honey,…
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Pumpkin Pie is a staple recipe that everyone should make at least once! Our easy pumpkin pie recipe turns out a delicious homemade pumpkin pie. We’re partnering with Mirum on this classic recipe, and as always all opinions are my own! I love pumpkin pie because not only is it delicious, but you can make it a few days ahead…
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These Really Simple Christmas Tree Cupcakes recipe will be the best dessert at your holiday party. Use our easy method to make Christmas tree cupcake toppers and dazzle your guests! You’re going to love this method we used to make a Christmas Tree Cupcake! A few weeks ago I was creeping through Pinterest looking for holiday recipes and kept seeing…
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Cheeseburger soup made with potatoes, Ro*tel, and Velveeta cheese is the perfect lazy Sunday soup when the weather’s chili and you just want to hang on the couch under a blanket! Yay! Cheeseburger soup! This soup is so easy to make and is the ultimate comfort food. We keep this cheeseburger soup recipe on our regular rotation all fall and…
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Peppermint Brownies – this recipe is a simple but delicious way to make brownie mix better for your holiday baking! Peppermint brownies! Sometimes in July, I turn the air conditioning wayyyyyy down and make a big batch of these Peppermint Brownies. I love them and don’t see why we have to relegate peppermint to the month of December. But since…
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Peppermint Mocha is quite possibly the best thing ever about December. Peppermint, chocolate, and coffee together cannot be wrong. This Peppermint Mocha was born of my dad’s idea to mix hot chocolate and coffee, and my mom’s giant stash of leftover candy canes sitting next to the coffee maker. Yes, I know peppermint and chocolate are not an entirely novel…
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Formerly known as Sprout, the Universal Kids Network debuted this past September with an all new lineup including Top Chef Jr. The finale of Top Chef Jr on the new Universal Kids Network is airing this Friday, December 15! Have you been watching the show? We are obsessed with all things cooking shows in our home, so the addition of…
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This Lamb Marinade is bright and delicious, it’s the perfect way to season your lamb and it’s only few ingredients that you probably already have on hand! Lamb is something I didn’t grow up eating, but have come to absolutely love. This lamb marinade is perfect for any cut of lamb, not just lamb steaks like we have pictured here. …
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Blender Spaghetti Sauce is a simple recipe for fresh pasta sauce that you can make in about fifteen minutes! Perfect for your delicious Italian dinner. Blender Spaghetti Sauce sounds a little funny, but I can assure you, it’s as delicious as it is easy to make! And it’s really really easy to make! We poured our blender pasta sauce over…
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This Ultimate Foodie Gift Guide is the best place to find the perfect present for that kitchen gadget loving person in your life! Oh, we’ve worked hard on this foodie gift guide! If you watch our twice weekly live show (you do watch, right?!), you know that I absolutely adore kitchen gadgets. Love love love kitchen gadgets! But not just…
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Our easy Holiday Sugar Cookie Recipe is the perfect cookie treat to make for your Christmas cookie exchange! Get the kids in the kitchen with you too! Tis the season for COOKIES!!! I don’t know about you, but I just love delivering batches of cookies to my neighbors, especially this Holiday Sugar Cookie Recipe! Easy to make, delicious and pretty holiday…
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Butterscotch ganache is the perfect topping for your cake, drizzle it over ice cream, stir it into your coffee, or just spoon it into your mouth! Butterscotch Ganache is just the creamiest, yummiest, most decadent topping for alllll the things that you’ll ever have the privilege of enjoying. Hah! Did I sell that well enough? No, but seriously this easy…
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Chicken Taco Casserole is an easy to make chicken, rice, and vegetable casserole with a Mexican flare. Inspired by our basic cheesy chicken and rice casserole, this taco version takes it a step farther! Chicken Taco Casserole has been declared the new favorite casserole recipe in our home! This ridiculously simple Mexican inspired casserole was flavorful and gobbled up by…
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I don’t care if it’s the dead of winter where you are, make this delicious Mango Pineapple Salsa and you’ll be instantly transported to the tropical Caribbean! Last week I was blissfully cruising the Caribbean with my Aunt Sally, and this week I’m consoling myself with homemade mango pineapple salsa and fish tacos. While, I prefer the latter, the former…
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Garlic Roasted Purple Potatoes and Carrots with Cooked Perfect Fire Grilled Chicken are the perfect addition to your dinner plate. My kids thought these were fun, creepy, and delicious! These Garlic Roasted Purple Potatoes and Carrots were easy to make and came out delicious – but there was an added and completely unexpected benefit – my kids thought they were super…
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