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05.03.2026
Restaurant Quality Shrimp Fra Diavolo
Shrimp Fra Diavolo is the 30-minute spicy shrimp dish you need to keep in your back pocket. This is such a simple dish, but even with just a few ingredients, it is the perfectly flavorful dinner. If given the choice between several different dishes, I’m always going to pick the shrimp and pasta plate. This…
05.02.2026
Perfect One Pot Chicken and Rice
This chicken and rice recipe is the one-pot dinner you’ve been looking for. Seasoned chicken thighs sear in a pan before finishing cooking with chicken broth and rice. It is packed with delicious flavor but comes together easily in one pan. One of my favorite kitchen tricks is using chicken broth to cook rice and…
04.26.2026
Amazing Beef Barbacoa
Beef Barbacoa is a delicious crockpot dinner that you will fall in love with. This is the perfect dinner to come home to. Many of you already know that my pulled pork tacos recipe is one of my very favorites. This delicious beef barbacoa recipe is an easy spin on that and just as delicious.…
04.25.2026
The Best Shortbread Cookies
This Shortbread Cookie Recipe is amazing. It is melt-in-your-mouth buttery perfection, but still so easy to make. Creating the best shortbread cookie recipe has been in the works for a long time. I wanted to make sure that I got it right and it would stand up to the harshest shortbread critic I know –…
04.24.2026
Beyond the Shell: Creative Ways to Reinvent Taco Night
Tired of the same old taco routine? Let’s shake things up! Here are some incredible recipes, from a comforting casserole to zesty taco pizza, that will bring a new level of excitement to your next taco night.
04.22.2026
Simple Black Bean and Corn Salsa
Black bean and corn salsa comes together quickly and is packed with flavor. This is my favorite way to get my vegetables. I recently saw a nutritionist say that salsa absolutely counts as a serving of vegetables, and it was music to my ears – especially because I could make a meal out of chips…
04.19.2026
20 Minute Lemon Pasta
This lemon pasta comes together in about 20 minutes and is full of bright lemon flavor in a delicious creamy sauce. I love dishes that come together with just a handful of ingredients but are still big on flavor and impressive. Such is the case with this amazing lemon pasta. It is so simple to…
04.18.2026
The Best Mongolian Beef
This delicious Mongolian Beef recipe only takes 25 minutes to prepare and is better than takeout, making it the perfect weeknight dinner. I love a good take-out fake-out meal, and this one is a total winner. It comes together with really simple ingredients. You probably have most of them in your pantry already. You will…
04.13.2026
Cilantro Lime Rice
This Cilantro Lime Rice recipe is fresh, flavorful, and tastes just like what you get at your favorite Tex Mex restaurant. With just three ingredients, you can easily make it at home! This cilantro lime rice is so flavorful and easy to make! All three ingredients are in the actual title, so there’s no funny…
04.12.2026
Juicy Baked Pork Chops
These baked pork chops come together in less than 25 minutes, and they are so delicious. This is the perfect meal to make when life gets crazy. We are deep in that stage of life where our kids have more plans than we do. Like, daily. Our schedules are a moving target, and sometimes it’s…
04.11.2026
The Easiest Chicken Spaghetti
This Chicken Spaghetti Recipe is the perfect no-brainer for when you need something easy and delicious. All of that, and it is a total crowd pleaser. I love cooking, I mean, obviously. I love that creating new recipes and cooking them works my brain in a way that I’m convinced will keep it young. But…
04.10.2026
7 Sweet Spring Baking Projects to Brighten Your Kitchen
Sometimes the perfect stress reliever for me is to bake. I don’t even need to be craving sweets to find joy in putting together butter and sugar. When I add in the flavors of spring, it makes it even better. These delicious spring-themed treats, from zesty lemon pies to moist carrot cake cupcakes, are the…












