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12.22.2025

Creamy Crab Pasta

This Creamy Crab Pasta is a quick dinner that will have you feeling like you are at a high-end restaurant. The flavors of tarragon and lemon pair perfectly in the creamy crab sauce. There is something so delightful about a dinner that can just be made on the stovetop. For me, personally, that delight is…
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12.21.2025

3 Ingredient Sausage Balls

Sausage Balls are the perfect three ingredient appetizer. They will be a hit everywhere you take them! I’m always looking for fun and easy appetizers around the holidays, and these sausage balls with Bisquick are perfect. They are a classic for a reason. Made with just three ingredients, they are easy to make and perfect…
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12.20.2025

3 Ingredient Grape Jelly Meatballs

Only three ingredients for these Grape Jelly Meatballs. This dump-and-go recipe is the perfect party appetizer. I love a good spread of appetizers at a party, and part of making that come together is simple recipes. This one could not be easier. It is just three ingredients that combine together in a slow cooker. Your…
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12.19.2025

Homemade Cocktail Sauce Recipe

This Shrimp Cocktail Sauce recipe is just about the easiest appetizer you can make and it is always a huge hit! After years and years of having babies and little kids, Nathan and I are pretty used to doing New Year’s Eve at home. We make appetizers, play games, and tell the kids it is…
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12.18.2025

Delicious Smashed Brussel Sprouts

Smashed Brussel Sprouts are such a delicious and easy side dish. You will love this flavorful take on Brussels! I realized upon making this delicious side dish recipe that I might have a problem. I’m pretty sure this is like the fifth Brussels sprouts recipe that I have posted within like a two-month time period.…
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12.17.2025

Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole

This easy Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole recipe is full of amazing flavors, but so easy to throw together. It’s such a perfect breakfast comfort food that you will want to make for your family again and again. Something that always sparks joy for me is sharing delicious recipes with all of you. This sausage hashbrown breakfast…
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12.16.2025

Simple Eggnog Latte

This Eggnog Latte recipe is like having Starbucks at home! Make your favorite Starbucks seasonal offering right in the comfort of your own home. You are going to want to make this all the time. Holiday coffee drinks are a favorite tradition, and they are incredibly easy to make at home. This eggnog latte comes…
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12.15.2025

Must Make Magic Cookie Bars

Magic Cookie Bars are a classic treat that you must have in your recipe box. These seven layer bars are easy to make, and perfect for gifting. A few years ago, my middle kiddo told me she needed to do a school project on a family tradition around the holidays. It needed to be something…
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12.14.2025

Easy Peppermint Bark

This Peppermint Bark is such an easy delicious treat. With just a few ingredients, it’s easy to whip up a batch in minutes. This bark recipe is the perfect neighbor gift or addition to holiday trays! We absolutely love making boxes of goodies for our neighbors around the holidays. It is one of our favorite…
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12.13.2025

The Best Deviled Eggs Recipe

Deviled Eggs make a great appetizer to bring to a party, and this recipe is the best! My easy instructions plus a secret ingredient make the best deviled eggs. Whenever I’m invited to a party and I am supposed to bring an appetizer, I feel all the pressure. As a food blogger, I feel like…
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12.12.2025

Peppermint Hot Chocolate

Peppermint Hot Chocolate is the perfect holiday twist on traditional hot chocolate. You will love this simple-to-make cozy recipe. Recently, we’ve started doing a hot chocolate bar as part of our Christmas tradition. It is so fun and everyone loves it. We use my crockpot hot chocolate for that because it’s so simple and perfect…
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12.10.2025

The Most Delightful Pear Salad

This simple Pear Salad is absolutely delicious. Delicious pears sit on a bed of mixed greens with goat cheese, and it is all topped with homemade balsamic vinaigrette dressing. I love bringing salads to holiday parties. Before you call me a grinch, hear me out. Typically, holiday parties are fully of decadent and rich appetizers,…
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