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10.25.2023
Chicken Stir Fry Recipe
Chicken Stir Fry is the perfect easy dinner that your family will fall in love with. If you are looking for more 30 minute dinners, meet your new favorite recipe. Stir fry recipes never get old in my house. My husband’s very favorite is my Szechuan Chicken. He could eat it once a week and…
10.20.2023
Slow Cooker Mulled Wine
My Slow Cooker Mulled Wine is the perfect holiday drink. Made right in your slow cooker with easy-to-find ingredients, all of your guests will love this cocktail. Mulled Wine is one of my very favorite seasonal drinks. It is both spicy and sweet, with a nice boozy kick to it. This slow cooker version of…
10.16.2023
Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash
Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash is going to be your new favorite low carb dinner. This great recipe is easy to make, healthy, filling and delicious! I love cooking with squash in the fall months. They are so good for you, and they lend such amazing nutty sweet flavors to dishes. Acorn Squash is really easy…
10.14.2023
Teriyaki Chicken
Teriyaki Chicken is an easy dinner that tastes like takeout, but better! Made with my homemade teriyaki sauce, this one is a winner. Since making my Teriyaki Sauce for the first time last year, I’ve kind of been obsessed with it. It makes the perfect addition to stir fries, and it is of course delicious…
10.12.2023
Chocolate No Bake Energy Bites
These Chocolate No Bake Energy Bites are a delicious, easy snack! They taste like a treat but are packed with nutrition to give you that boost of energy you need. My family is constantly on the hunt for snacks that will give my kids an energy boost without giving them that sugar crash 30 minutes…
10.09.2023
Quick Pickled Red Onions
These Quick Pickled Red Onions only take 5 minutes to make! They are delicious, simple, and the perfect compliment to so many different recipes! I absolutely love pickling my own vegetables, and these Pickled Red Onions are my very favorite. I always keep a batch in my refrigerator, but when I find that jar empty,…
10.08.2023
Beef Stew Recipe
Beef Stew is the ultimate comforting soup recipe. Between the mouth-watering beef and the tender, perfect vegetables you will fall in love. There aren’t very many things I love more than soup. In fact, I literally have had to stop myself in winter from only posting soup recipes because I know not everyone has quite…
10.07.2023
Slow Cooker Pot Roast (Perfect Flavor!)
Slow Cooker Pot Roast is an easy and delicious crockpot meal. Made with easy-to-find ingredients, this is the most comforting meal to come home to. As you know, one of my favorite times of day is dinnertime. In our house, it is the time of day where everyone pauses their busy lives for even just…
10.06.2023
Gin Martini Recipe
My Gin Martini recipe is a classic cocktail that every at-home bartender should know how to make. Made with only two ingredients, but with my tips, it will be top-notch. When it comes to date night, my husband and I love to sit at the bars in our favorite restaurants. There is something that makes…
10.05.2023
Roasted Cauliflower Recipe
This Roasted Cauliflower recipe has just a few simple ingredients and will become a regular side dish recipe in your house! Even my pickiest eaters love this recipe. I am always working on new side dish recipes that are good for my kids and provide another serving of vegetables in their diet. We love this…
10.04.2023
Burrito Bowl
This Burrito Bowl is such a great lunch or dinner option. This recipe is fantastic because you can use it for meal prep, making a whole week of lunches with one recipe. Meal prep is such a smart way to make sure that you eat healthy lunches all week long. Even if you work from…
10.02.2023
Chicken Nuggets
Homemade Chicken Nuggets are simple to make at home and a million times better than your neighborhood fast food restaurant. These are such a huge hit with my kiddos, but even adults can’t resist them. I’m not sure there is a meal that is more kid-friendly than chicken nuggets. They are pretty easy to make…












