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Hummus is a quick and healthy snack but can be expensive. This Hummus without Tahini is creamy and smooth and won't break the bank! #Hummus #without #tahini #Mediterranean #Recipe

Hummus Without Tahini

Perfectly Roasted Potatoes

Easy Oven Roasted Carrots are the perfect side for weeknight meals and holiday dinners.

Easy Oven Roasted Carrots

Perfectly roasted chicken breasts are an easy and affordable way to feed your family a healthy and nutritious dinner. With this basic recipe, you can change the herbs and seasonings to create virtually any flavor combination you like.

Perfectly Roasted Chicken Breasts

Baked Garlic Paprika Chicken

When you're on a restricted budget, keeping costs down is essential. However, you still have to eat making food one of the largest household expenses. However, there are ways to keep the food bill in control. So when Harris Teeter threw down the gauntlet and challenged me to create a five-day meal plan for a family of four for just $10 a day.

Feed Your Family for just $10 a Day: A 5-Day $50 Meal Plan

Homemade Cinnamon Raisin Granola

One of our favorite go-to meals is Cottage Pie also known as Shepherd's Pie. Many times this dish is mistakenly called Shepherd's Pie here in the US. The main difference between the two recipes is that Cottage Pie uses ground beef while Shepherd's Pie uses ground lamb.

Shepherd’s Pie

Perfectly roasted chicken breasts are an easy and affordable way to feed your family a healthy and nutritious dinner. With this basic recipe, you can change the herbs and seasonings to create virtually any flavor combination you like.

Sheet Pan Roasted Chicken and vegetables

Homemade Chicken Vegetable Soup

What's better than a Chocolate-Filled Pastry to start the day? The buttery, flaky, pastry dough is filled with rich bittersweet chocolate and then rolled into a crescent and baked to perfection. Good things don’t have to be complicated. This Pain au Chocolat is proof.

Chocolate-Filled Pastry (Pain au Chocolat)

Homemade chicken broth is easy and affordable to make. Use the resulting broth as the base for all your recipes requiring chicken stock or broth.

Homemade Chicken Stock

You are going to love this delicious Zucchini Parmesan recipe! It's quick and easy to prepare and incredibly delicious. Lightly breaded and then baked in the oven, this vegetable parmesan is ready in just 30-minutes! Serve with a side of pasta, a side salad, or steamed vegetables for the perfect Meatless Monday Meal plan.

Zucchini Parmesan

Perfectly Poached Chicken is the basis for some of my favorite recipes. It's easy to prepare and in the process creates a 2 quarts of Homemade Chicken Stock. This recipe is part of my 5-day $50 meal plan. Come into my kitchen and we'll get started.

Perfectly Poached Chicken Recipe

Twice Baked Potatoes

Chicken Florentine

Smoked Beef Brisket is a very easy recipe, but the most important details lie in the process used to produce a succulent, melt in your mouth, brisket. All you really need are salt and pepper, a quality meat thermometer, and time. Smoking meat is a low and slow process that just cannot be rushed!

Smoked Beef Brisket

These Bacon-Wrapped Pineapple Chicken Shots are divine. The saltiness of the bacon combined with the sweetness of the pineapple and the smokiness from the BBQ coated chicken creates such a flavorful little bite.

Bacon-Wrapped Pineapple Chicken Shots

EASY Sweet BBQ Rub Recipe takes just 5 minutes to prepare and uses ingredients already in your spice pantry. Don't buy a pre=packaged mix when you can very easily make your own. #Grilling #BBQ #GrillingAndChilling

Sweet BBQ Rub Recipe

Beef Manicotti

As the name suggests, this Spicy Five-Alarm Chili packs some heat - but it also has a rich complex flavor from the different types of chiles and dried spices added into the sauce.

Spicy Five-Alarm Chili

This BLT DIP is a widely popular party dip based off the classic sandwich. This easy-to-make recipe is ready in as little as 15 minutes.

BLT Dip

These Easy Raspberry Almond Sweet Rolls are filled with a cream cheese and raspberry filling. These little buns are a favorite brunch pastry and use up some leftover ingredients in the refrigerator.

Easy Raspberry Almond Sweet Rolls

Baked Parmesan Zucchini Fries are a great no-fuss way to get kids (and adults) to eat their vegetables. Crisp on the outside and creamy on the inside with a nice bit of saltiness from the Parmesan cheese these fries are your new favorite way to eat zucchini. Served with a marinara, these make a great kid friendly and figure-friendly appetizer or side dish.

Baked Parmesan Zucchini Fries

This hearty Easy Beef Vegetable Soup is the ultimate comfort food. It tastes like it was simmered on the stove for hours but is ready in just 30-minutes. Ground beef is simmered with macaroni noodles, peas, carrots, onions, celery and beans in tomato-vegetable juice cocktail to create this quick and easy soup.

Easy Beef Vegetable Soup

Chocolate Walnut Crescent Twist Bread starts with refrigerated crescent roll dough for a quick and easy breakfast or dessert. This chocolatey treat is a family favorite.

Chocolate Walnut Crescent Twist

Scratch-made Mississippi Swiss Steaks are tender and juicy covered in a rich, tangy beef gravy. This modified version of the iconic pot roast doesn't use prepackaged seasoning mixes and is still a quick and easy weeknight meal.

Mississippi Swiss Steaks

Red Rice and Sausage is a staple in the Southern United States, especially in the coastal areas of Charleston, SC, and Savannah, Ga. This span of low-lying coastal area is also known as the Lowcountry. Here in Charleston, red rice and sausage is a way of life. It's eaten with many different types of meals, but especially seafood. It's relatively easy to make but so flavorful.

Charleston Red Rice and Sausage

One-Pot Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta can be made entirely from scratch or easily from leftovers. You can easily swap out some ingredients for store-bought or ones your family prefers. This one-pot wonder is ready in just 30-minutes. This One-Pot Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta really hit all of our favorite flavor notes, I simply added a few fresh ingredients to some leftover rotisserie chicken, crumbled bacon, and a block of freshly shredded cheese.

One-Pot Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta

These easy Baked Jelly Doughnut Bites are soft, moist, and delicious. Nothing beats the smell (or taste) of fresh, homemade doughnuts - especially warm from the oven. These two-bite doughnuts are a special treat.

Baked Jelly Doughnut Bites

Steak and Cheese Pierogies pairs tender juicy steak with pillowy cheese pierogies for a quick and easy, family-friendly weeknight meal. This easy dinner is ready start to finish in just 30-minutes.

Steak and Cheese Pierogies

Easy Swiss Steak Recipe

Lowcountry Shrimp Perloo

Chocolate Chip Cookies N’ Cream Icebox Cake

Bourbon Meatballs

Breaded and fried until golden brown and delicious, these Southern Fried Shrimp are tender and juicy with an incredibly crispy crust.

Southern Fried Shrimp

How to Dry Fresh Herbs

Recipe Rescue: Common Herb Substitutes with conversions from fresh herbs to dried herbs.

Recipe Rescue: Common Herb Substitutes

Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff

New England-style Stuffed Clams also called Stuffed Quahogs (hard-shelled clams) are a regional favorite in Rhode Island around Narragansett Bay and along the coastline is Southern Massachusetts and the Cape

New England-Style Stuffed Clams (Stuffed Quahogs)

Slow Cooker Bourbon Chicken

Tender, juicy and incredibly delicious, this Hawaiian-style Slow Cooker Kalua Pork has the most amazing flavor - and it only requires 3-ingredients! This quick and simple recipe will leave you dancing in the kitchen.

Slow Cooker 3-Ingredient Kalua Pork

How to Create an Easy Hot Dog Bar for Summer Entertaining

Easy 3-Ingredient Fudge Sauce

I love the flavor of jalapeños with cheddar cheese, and BBQ sauce. Finally, I've gone and put it all together on the grill with these Stuffed Jalapeño Cheeseburgers!

Stuffed Jalapeno Cheeseburgers

Today, I want to show you how to host a Quick & Easy Backyard Party this summer using some of my favorite brands. I promise this make-ahead menu will leave you relaxed and ready to party when your guests arrive.

Party in a Box: How to Host a Quick & Easy Backyard Party This Summer

Throwing a party this summer? Cool off with this refreshing adult dessert - Frozen Mudslide Pie. Coffee liqueur, vodka, and Irish cream come together to form this amazing cocktail-inspired dessert. Your guests are going to totally love you for this - I promise!

Boozy Frozen Mudslide Pie

Easy Citrus Salad is my favorite go-to for get-togethers, potlucks, & family dinners. Pair the citrus with fresh sweet mint & a citrus vinaigrette.

Easy Citrus Salad

Potato salad is another family favorite that is great in the summertime served alongside pretty much anything you can grill up. Burgers, hot dogs, chicken, or steaks. You name it. It just goes well together. Every family has their own secret ingredient that makes theirs the best. Mine is Creamy Potato Salad with Olives, Pickles, and Eggs.

Creamy Potato Salad with Olives, Pickles and Eggs

These Best Ever Meaty BBQ Baked Beans will be the hit of your backyard party or cookout this summer. Bring these to your next potluck - they are always a crowd favorite.

Best Ever Meaty Barbecue Baked Beans

This Easy Greek Chicken Salad is loaded with fresh Mediterranean ingredients like fresh lemon juice, olives, tomatoes, cucumber, Greek yogurt, and feta cheese. This make-ahead dish is perfect for summer entertaining.

Easy Greek Chicken Salad

America loves to barbecue and one of my favorite things is grilled BBQ chicken wings. It's one of my favorite ways to cook chicken. Smoking the chicken is a great way to add even more flavor to this summer favorite. Even if you do not own a smoker, you can still smoke these wings like a pitmaster using your grill - and it's easier than you think!

Grilled Sweet and Spicy BBQ Chicken Wings

Magic Crust Cherry Cobbler

How to Grill Bone-In Ribeye Steaks

Used in so many dishes all over Asia and the Pacific Rim, being able to make Homemade Asian Rice Noodles in 10 to 15-minutes - depending on the batch size - is an awesome addition to any cook's repertoire.

Philips Smart Pasta Maker Recipe: Homemade Asian Rice Noodles

Loaded Ham and Cheese Breakfast Biscuits

These zesty Memphis Style Barbecue Dry-Rubbed Chicken Wings win big with the home team every time! First I dry rub the chicken wings with a blend of barbecue spices that has some heat and a plenty of flavors. We then serve them with a zesty barbecue sauce that mirrors those same flavors.

Barbecue Dry-Rubbed Chicken Wings

Fresh steamed broccoli and perfectly cooked macaroni noodles are enrobed in a velvety cheese sauce and then tossed with some ham cubes in this delicious Broccoli Ham Mac and Cheese.

Broccoli-Ham Mac and Cheese

Summer in South Carolina: Lowcountry Boil

Dive into the summer grilling season with these Lemon-Herb Chicken and Potato Foil Packets that grill up quick and easy without a lot of clean-up afterward. Even if you don't have a grill, these can still be prepared on a camping stove, over a fire, or in a conventional oven.

Lemon-Herb Chicken and Potato Foil Packets

Perfect pan-seared scallops and fresh pasta are ready in under 10-minutes! What's the secret to achieving that beautiful brown sear? Well, I'm about to tell you!

Lemon and Garlic Pasta with Pan-Seared Scallops

Fresh cut pineapple spears tossed with brown sugar and cinnamon and then grilled to absolute perfection. This Grilled Pineapple will easily become your new favorite recipe this grilling season!

Brazilian Grilled Pineapple in Cinnamon-Sugar Glaze

Pineapple-Orange Glazed Ham is a traditional Holiday gathering entree your guests will love. While this main course is typically served for the holidays, it's actually perfect anytime and leftovers are easily integrated into delicious weeknight meals that will satisfy your whole family.

Pineapple-Orange Glazed Ham

America's favorite sweet and spicy, General Tso’s sauce smothering crispy, baked chicken wings! No extra breading, frying or fuss! Come on in and give these General Tso Chicken Wings a try.

Secret Ingredient: General Tso Chicken Wings

These chocolate ganache brownies start with a rich fudge brownie base and are topped with a decadent dark chocolate brownie frosting.

Chocolate Ganache Brownie Frosting

Try this Rotisserie Boneless Leg of Lamb recipe for your holiday meal or Sunday supper. You won’t be disappointed and neither will your guests! The rotisserie evenly roasts and bastes large cuts of meat to tender and juicy perfection.

Rotisserie Boneless Leg of Lamb with Rosemary & Garlic

Rich and creamy homemade alfredo sauce is incredibly quick and easy to prepare. With just a few simple ingredients and about 10 minutes, you can create this flavorful and versatile sauce at home. Add pasta and fresh basil for a classic alfredo or stir in your choice of protein (I prefer grilled shrimp). It's heavenly. Most often, however, we serve this sauce over spinach ravioli and serve with a tossed green salad and crusty bread from the bakery for a homemade Italian feast in under 30-minutes.

Homemade Alfredo Sauce

These Jamaican Jerk Pork Ribs bring the flavors of the Caribbean into your home. They are slow roasted in the oven for fall off the bone goodness your family will crave! Serve with traditional sides like fried plantains and rice with pigeon peas for a meal straight out of the tropics.

Jamaican Jerk Pork Ribs

Instant Pot Scratch-Made Creamy Chicken and Dumplings is ready in 30-minutes or less! This quick cooking dish is comfort food in a bowl. Comfort food for the common cold.

Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings

Why wait 'til summer for fresh, sweet corn when we can have it right now? This Hot jalapeño Corn Dip is packed with flavor starting with the fresh, steamed corn and then combined with chopped cilantro, diced jalapeños, and sliced green onions. The flavor of the sweet corn is showcased in this dip and is what makes this dish shine. My husband and I agreed the fresh corn is the difference you can taste in this dip and it's delicious!

Hot Jalapeño Corn Dip

Bring the flavors of the pizzeria home with these easy to make Baked Parmesan Garlic Chicken Drumsticks! Together with the homemade blue cheese dressing, my family thinks these are the bomb!

Baked Parmesan Garlic Chicken Drumsticks

If you're looking for the perfect Cheesecake to serve for special occasions or guests, this German Chocolate Cheesecake fits the bill. The rich coconut-pecan topping is amazing paired with the double chocolate cheesecake and coconut cookie crust. Rich. Delicious. Special-occasion worthy.

German Chocolate Cheesecake

Little Mermaid Oreo Cookie Pops

Arctic Char has a flavor similar to salmon and rainbow trout and is said to be sustainably farmed making it an "Earth-friendly" alternative to salmon. Arctic Char has a flavor and texture very similar to salmon - so this fish can be substituted anywhere you might otherwise use salmon and vice versa. I prepared ours over pan roasted asparagus and a sweet and sour red bell pepper sauce. The fish was amazing.

Pan Seared Arctic Char with Sweet & Sour Pepper Sauce

My Mom cooked from scratch long before it became trendy to do so. I always liked when she made homemade pudding and there is a definite flavor difference you just can't get from any boxed pudding mix. With a little variation, this traditional vanilla pudding base can become just about any flavor you desire.

Peanut Butter Banana Pudding

This isn't a copycat recipe - it's the REAL DEAL! Disney serves this Incredibly Moist Cornbread in small loaves for their family style dining in the Whispering Canyon Cafe, Hoop Dee Doo Revue, & Trail's End restaurants.

Incredibly Moist Cornbread from WDW Whispering Canyon Cafe, Hoop Dee Doo Revue, & Trail’s End Restaurants

Chicken Parmesan Pasta Bake

These Crispy Roasted Potatoes with Parmesan and Parsley Pesto make a great side dish, especially for a meat and potatoes type meal. To speed these up, you can steam them in the microwave, but today I've boiled them until tender and then crisped them up in the oven. The fresh herb pesto is great on seafood and chicken as well as these spunky little spuds.

Crispy Roasted Potatoes with Parmesan and Pesto

One-Pot Roasted Lemon Chicken is a family favorite for #SundaySupper. While some lemon chicken starts with a lemon flavored seasoned salt, this one starts with whole fresh lemons and garlic. It's so simple to make but tastes delicious and far superior to any seasoning salt blend I've ever tried. This easy recipe can be prepared ahead and just popped in the oven later in the afternoon making it the perfect weekend no-fuss meal.

One Pot Roasted Lemon Chicken

This quick and easy Garden Vegetable Rice is a favorite side dish for our family dinners. We can use any fresh or frozen vegetables we have on hand and tailor it to fit the flavors or style of our meal plan. It's a very simple dish using ingredients probably already in your pantry.

Garden Vegetable Rice

Chewy Gooey Layered Turtle Brownies

Poached Cod with Tomatoes and Saffron

Chicken Double Noodle: Chicken and Noodles

Tomato Basil Cucumber Salad with Goat Cheese and Balsamic Vinaigrette

Spinach Manicotti

Perfectly Tender Eye of Round Roast

Pink Ombre Cake

Italian minestrone soup with pasta and beans is hearty and delicious. So much so that my husband didn't miss the meat at all in this soup. If you were so inclined, you could add some browned ground beef or tofu crumbles and have a delicious beef vegetable soup. This soup is bursting with flavor and ready in just 30-minutes!

Italian minestrone soup with pasta and beans

Do you have a pressure cooker and you're not quite sure what to do with it? I just purchased an Instant Pot 7 in 1 pressure cooker and I am in love. I was always a little scared of my stove top model never knowing if it was maintaining proper pressure and temperature or how long to cook the items inside. The electronic Instant Pot pressure cooker took away many of my inhibitions about pressure cooking and I've been able to develop some new recipes. Today is a one pot recipe for meatloaf, potatoes, and carrots. A complete meal ready in just 20-minutes. If you use a traditional pressure cooker, you can use this recipe as well.

Instant Pot Recipe: Pressure Cooker Meatloaf

How to Make Easy Bread Machine English Muffins

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Chicken Florentine

Meatballs Stroganoff is made with a sour cream gravy which is very easy to prepare without the use of canned soups or condensed mixes. My Meatballs Stroganoff with Sour Cream Gravy Recipe is kid-friendly comfort food and is on the dinner menu tonight!

Meatballs Stroganoff with Sour Cream Gravy Recipe

This hearty Easy Beef Vegetable Soup is the ultimate comfort food. It tastes like it was simmered on the stove for hours but is ready in just 30-minutes. Ground beef is simmered with macaroni noodles, peas, carrots, onions, celery and beans in tomato-vegetable juice cocktail to create this quick and easy soup.

Easy Beef Vegetable Soup

Red Rice and Sausage is a staple in the Southern United States, especially in the coastal areas of Charleston, SC, and Savannah, Ga. This span of low-lying coastal area is also known as the Lowcountry. Here in Charleston, red rice and sausage is a way of life. It's eaten with many different types of meals, but especially seafood. It's relatively easy to make but so flavorful.

Charleston Red Rice and Sausage

One-Pot Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta can be made entirely from scratch or easily from leftovers. You can easily swap out some ingredients for store-bought or ones your family prefers. This one-pot wonder is ready in just 30-minutes. This One-Pot Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta really hit all of our favorite flavor notes, I simply added a few fresh ingredients to some leftover rotisserie chicken, crumbled bacon, and a block of freshly shredded cheese.

One-Pot Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta

Steak and Cheese Pierogies pairs tender juicy steak with pillowy cheese pierogies for a quick and easy, family-friendly weeknight meal. This easy dinner is ready start to finish in just 30-minutes.

Steak and Cheese Pierogies

Lowcountry Shrimp Perloo

Bourbon Meatballs

I love the flavor of jalapeños with cheddar cheese, and BBQ sauce. Finally, I've gone and put it all together on the grill with these Stuffed Jalapeño Cheeseburgers!

Stuffed Jalapeno Cheeseburgers

How to Grill Bone-In Ribeye Steaks

Used in so many dishes all over Asia and the Pacific Rim, being able to make Homemade Asian Rice Noodles in 10 to 15-minutes - depending on the batch size - is an awesome addition to any cook's repertoire.

Philips Smart Pasta Maker Recipe: Homemade Asian Rice Noodles

Dive into the summer grilling season with these Lemon-Herb Chicken and Potato Foil Packets that grill up quick and easy without a lot of clean-up afterward. Even if you don't have a grill, these can still be prepared on a camping stove, over a fire, or in a conventional oven.

Lemon-Herb Chicken and Potato Foil Packets

Perfect pan-seared scallops and fresh pasta are ready in under 10-minutes! What's the secret to achieving that beautiful brown sear? Well, I'm about to tell you!

Lemon and Garlic Pasta with Pan-Seared Scallops

Instant Pot Scratch-Made Creamy Chicken and Dumplings is ready in 30-minutes or less! This quick cooking dish is comfort food in a bowl. Comfort food for the common cold.

Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings

Arctic Char has a flavor similar to salmon and rainbow trout and is said to be sustainably farmed making it an "Earth-friendly" alternative to salmon. Arctic Char has a flavor and texture very similar to salmon - so this fish can be substituted anywhere you might otherwise use salmon and vice versa. I prepared ours over pan roasted asparagus and a sweet and sour red bell pepper sauce. The fish was amazing.

Pan Seared Arctic Char with Sweet & Sour Pepper Sauce

Instant Pot Filipino Adobo Chicken

Poached Cod with Tomatoes and Saffron

Spinach Manicotti

Perfectly Tender Eye of Round Roast

Italian minestrone soup with pasta and beans is hearty and delicious. So much so that my husband didn't miss the meat at all in this soup. If you were so inclined, you could add some browned ground beef or tofu crumbles and have a delicious beef vegetable soup. This soup is bursting with flavor and ready in just 30-minutes!

Italian minestrone soup with pasta and beans

Do you have a pressure cooker and you're not quite sure what to do with it? I just purchased an Instant Pot 7 in 1 pressure cooker and I am in love. I was always a little scared of my stove top model never knowing if it was maintaining proper pressure and temperature or how long to cook the items inside. The electronic Instant Pot pressure cooker took away many of my inhibitions about pressure cooking and I've been able to develop some new recipes. Today is a one pot recipe for meatloaf, potatoes, and carrots. A complete meal ready in just 20-minutes. If you use a traditional pressure cooker, you can use this recipe as well.

Instant Pot Recipe: Pressure Cooker Meatloaf

This easy, Pasta Fagioli soup is hearty and comforting. Eat Soup better than the restaurant version when you try this soup!

Pasta e Fagioli Soup

Tender and juicy marinated pork roasts in the oven with seasonal vegetables for a comforting, nutritious, and easy dinner! This Roasted Pork Tenderloin comes together with only 10 minutes of preparation!

Sheet Pan Roasted Pork Tenderloin

This Creamy Turkey Rice Casserole is real food meets comfort food. Made from scratch without MSG, prepackaged sauces, or cream of anything soups, this dish is quick and easy and uses up that pesky leftover Turkey and maybe even some vegetables if you still have them laying around.

Creamy Turkey Rice Casserole

Traditional cabbage rolls are labor intensive and take up a fair amount of the day between the preparation of the filling, parboiling the cabbage, preparing the leaves for stuffing, and then finally slow roasting them in the oven. These Cabbage Roll Meatballs have the same great flavor and are ready in minutes, not HOURS! This entire kid-friendly meal is ready in just over 30-minutes.

Cabbage Roll Meatballs

Thai Peanut Curry Chicken Meatballs are mildly spiced with a fragrant combination of flavors, spices, and colors for an easy and delicious dinner. Ready in just 30-minutes.

Thai Peanut Curry Meatballs (Pra Ram)

These Salisbury Steak Meatballs with Mushroom Gravy are classic comfort food. This incredibly delicious dinner recipe is ready in about 30-minutes!

Salisbury Steak Meatballs with Mushroom Gravy

This fragrant Mexican Meatball Soup, traditionally called Albondigas, is loaded with vegetables and full of flavor. It's also ready in just 30-minutes.

Mexican Meatball Soup

Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Creamy Mushroom Gravy takes just under 30 minutes - start to finish. #RealFlavorRealFast #Ad @SmithfieldBrand

Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Creamy Mushroom Gravy

These Cheesy Beef and Bean Burritos make a great lunch, dinner or snack on-the-go. They are freezer friendly and reheat easily in the microwave.

Cheesy Beef and Bean Burritos

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Scratch-made Mississippi Swiss Steaks are tender and juicy covered in a rich, tangy beef gravy. This modified version of the iconic pot roast doesn't use prepackaged seasoning mixes and is still a quick and easy weeknight meal.

Mississippi Swiss Steaks

Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff

Slow Cooker Bourbon Chicken

Tender, juicy and incredibly delicious, this Hawaiian-style Slow Cooker Kalua Pork has the most amazing flavor - and it only requires 3-ingredients! This quick and simple recipe will leave you dancing in the kitchen.

Slow Cooker 3-Ingredient Kalua Pork

Buffalo Chicken wings are a favorite American appetizer or meal. So when I decided to turn them into a fun party snack, I knew they would be an instant hit. Hot wings are a very popular but serving them for a crowd just isn't economical. Now I can offer my guests the same great flavor of Buffalo wings in an incredibly easy crock pot version. Crock Pot Buffalo Chicken Meatballs are on the menu today. So let's dig in!

Crock Pot Buffalo Chicken Meatballs

With No This Crock Pot Pot Roast contains no MSG, condensed soup mixes or prepackaged sauce mixes, and takes just 10 ingredients!

Crock Pot Pot Roast

Don't waste precious time during the game tending to slow cooking brats on the grill! Crock Pot Beer Brats slow cook then just need a minute on the grill!

Crock Pot Beer Brats for a Crowd

Mexican Shredded Beef is just the thing to jazz up your weeknight tacos and the smoky, slightly spicy sauce is just amazing.

Crock Pot Mexican Shredded Beef

The broth is fragrant and flavorful with a depth of flavor from the wine and a touch of spiciness from the red pepper flakes. The potatoes and carrots are tender and the meat is moist and delicious. After you thicken the broth and shred the meat, you can choose to dunk it all back into the sauce to grab and hold the gravy onto every delicious bite of the meat. I served it with gravy on the side so everyone could decide how much of the sauce they wanted on their dinner. This made a quick and flavorful weeknight meal.

Crock Pot Portuguese Pot Roast

Crock Pot Beef Tacos are simple to prepare and easily makes a flavorful family meal in minutes. It's also economical. Make Taco Tuesday at home instead of paying a restaurant! Crock Pot Beef Tacos are a stress free and convenient meal plan.

Crock Pot Beef Tacos

Tender and juicy Shredded Mexican Style Chicken is layered into crispy Taco shells, topped with shredded cheese and baked to golden perfection in the oven to create these Baked Chicken Tacos. What my family loves about it is that we can each add just whatever toppings we like in any quantity we chose. YUMM!

Baked Shredded Chicken Tacos

Crock Pot Shredded Mexican Chicken is EASY to use in so MANY recipes. SCORE!

Crock Pot Shredded Mexican Chicken

This Crock Pot Turkey Breast is easy to make and is good for feeding a small group of guests.

Crock Pot Turkey Breast

You will never get a meatball from a bag as tasty as the ones you make homemade like these Crock Pot Italian Meatballs.

Crock Pot Italian Meatballs

Crock Pot Spaghetti Sauce is really very simple to put together and then simmer while you go about your day!

Crock Pot Spaghetti sauce

Crock Pot Apple Butter has warm fall flavors and is incredibly easy to make.

Crock Pot Apple Butter

Let this crock pot Salisbury Steak take a little of the "hectic" out of your day.

Crock Pot Salisbury Steak

Crock Pot Loaded Baked Beans are the hit of any back yard barbecue or summer picnic. These can be done in the oven, on the stove top or in a crock pot!

Crock Pot Loaded Baked Beans

Crock Pot Ribs with Strawberry-Chipolte Barbecue Sauce are the busy Mom's answer to BBQ in no time.

Crock Pot Ribs with Strawberry-Chipolte Barbecue Sauce

Crock Pot Nacho Dip: add a variety of different toppings & offer your own nacho bar for folks to customize any way they choose!

Crock Pot Nacho Dip

Crock Pot Braised Corned Beef is tender, juicy and delicious! Best of all, it's nitrate and MSG free! Give it a try!

Crock Pot Braised Corned Beef

Crock Pot Irish Coddle (Dublin Coddle)

Crock Pot Barbecue Ribs are one of our favorite slow cooked dishes to make and is perfect for fall off the bone ribs.

Crock Pot Barbecue Ribs

Crock Pot Applesauce

Crock Pot Cinnamon Applesauce

Crock Pot Cajun Boiled Peanuts are a southern favorite and there are many flavor variations. This recipe adds heat to the versatile food.

Crock Pot Cajun Boiled Peanuts

Crock Pot Braised Pork and Sauerkraut ribs are fall apart delicious and tender and combined with the sauerkraut made for a very satisfying fall meal.

Crock Pot Braised Pork and Sauerkraut

Crock Pot Cuban Picadillo

Crock Pot Cuban Picadillo

Crock Pot Beef Bourguignon, also called beef Burgundy, or boeuf à la Bourguignonne, is a well-known, traditional French peasant recipe turned haute cuisine.

Crock Pot Beef Bourguignon

Crock Pot Barbecue Chicken is quite simple to prepare and uses simple ingredients probably already found in your pantry.

Crock Pot Barbecue Chicken

Crock Pot French Onion Soup can be made with little fuss in the crock pot for an amazing soup that is sure to please the whole family.

Crock Pot French Onion Soup

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No Fuss Skillet & One Pot Meals

Steak and Cheese Pierogies pairs tender juicy steak with pillowy cheese pierogies for a quick and easy, family-friendly weeknight meal. This easy dinner is ready start to finish in just 30-minutes.

Steak and Cheese Pierogies

Lowcountry Shrimp Perloo

Poached Cod with Tomatoes and Saffron

Thai Peanut Curry Chicken Meatballs are mildly spiced with a fragrant combination of flavors, spices, and colors for an easy and delicious dinner. Ready in just 30-minutes.

Thai Peanut Curry Meatballs (Pra Ram)

These Salisbury Steak Meatballs with Mushroom Gravy are classic comfort food. This incredibly delicious dinner recipe is ready in about 30-minutes!

Salisbury Steak Meatballs with Mushroom Gravy

Bursting with flavor, this Puerto Rican version of Skillet Caribbean Chicken and Rice is easy to make and ready in just about 30 minutes.

Skillet Caribbean Chicken and Rice

Homemade Irish Sausages

Pork Tenderloin is a very lean cut of meat that is flavorful and juicy. It requires not major preparation to deliver a delicious meal in just 30-minutes.

Roasted Pork Tenderloin

Making a healthy, balanced meal does not have to be difficult if you have Hillshire Farm Smoked Sausage. Create a flavor packed recipe for an easy night in

Smoked Sausage with Braised Cabbage and Potatoes

This 30-minute Skillet Lasagna tastes just like traditional lasagna without all the fuss of layering! Add this quick and simple dish into your weeknight dinner rotation and take your ordinary pasta night from ordinary to extraordinary!

30-Minute Skillet Lasagna

Lighter Kung Pao Chicken is flavorful and delicious and ready in under 30 minutes

Lighter Kung Pao Chicken

This Chicken Burrito Skillet combines chicken, pasta, black beans, and salsa together with classic Mexican spices and takes just 20 minutes to prepare.

Chicken Burrito Skillet

Ready in just about 15 minutes, this one pot penne is a must-try! Easily substitute ingredients to create endless flavor combinations.

One Pot Penne Pasta with Sausage

Chili is the ultimate skillet meals. The flavors of chili are warm and comforting and the aroma alone leaves an imprint on your senses.

Spicy Bean Chili

Let this one-skillet Salisbury Steak take a little of the "hectic" out of your day. It's ready in just about 30 minutes.

Skillet Salisbury Steak

Sloppy Joes are the perfect one skillet meal for not only a busy weeknight, but they are perfect to feed a crowd -- like on game day.

Healthier Sloppy Joes

Easy Loaded Chicken Skillet -- This recipe is not only quick and easy but it's flavorful, too. Give it a try!

Easy Loaded Chicken Skillet

The tangy, spicy blend of vinegar and Indian curry spices in Vindaloo is sure to satisfy and it's made without a pre-made paste or sauce mix.

Chicken Vindaloo

Quick and simple dinners like this Sausage and Pasta Skillet are absolutely perfect for those days when time is in short supply.

Sausage and Pasta Skillet

American Goulash is sometimes also called American Chop Suey or Beefy Mac. This one skillet meal is ready in 30 minutes or less. | KitchenDreaming.com |

American Goulash

Langostino Risotto with Fresh Peas & Parmigiano Reggiano

Langostino Risotto

Stir Fried Corned Beef and Cabbage is a good use for left over corned beef, cabbage, carrots and potatoes from St. Patrick's Day.

Stir Fried Corned Beef and Cabbage

Homemade Corned Beef Hash transforms leftover potatoes and corned beef into another meal, this one a hearty breakfast or dinner.

Corned Beef Hash and Eggs

Bangers and Mash with Irish Ale and Onion Gravy https://kitchendreaming.com/{slug} Bangers and Mash with Irish Ale and Onion Gravy is a very traditional and inexpensive Irish supper. This version uses just one skillet, 10-ingredients or less and is ready in under 30 minutes! That's something to celebrate!

Bangers and Mash with Irish Ale and Onion Gravy

Hoppin John: A Simple Rice and Beans Recipe that's Rich in Tradition.

Hoppin John

Charleston Red Rice Paella

Charleston Red Rice Paella

This Asian Beef & Cabbage Skillet is ready in just under 30-minutes and full of flavor.

Asian Beef & Cabbage Skillet

Lowcountry Chicken Pilau is pronounced like per-lo or pih-lo,and is a classic Southern style chicken and rice recipe to be descended from ancient Persia

Lowcountry Chicken Pilau

Portuguese Cioppino originated in San Francisco and is usually made from a mixture of the day's catch, which can be any combination of seafood.

Portuguese Cioppino

Taco Skillet is an easy dish to create and combines all the flavors of tacos that we love and enjoy.

Taco Skillet

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