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Skillet with chicken, zucchini, parmesan and wooden spoon.

One-Pot Meals

Muffins
Flatbread grilled chicken wraps with lettuce, tomatoes, and creamy sauce on a white plate.

Grilled
square of peaches and cream dessert on metal spatula

Fruit

Tried-and-True Recipes From My Kitchen to Yours

Three halves of crispy chicken wraps stacked on wooden board with cherry tomatoes.

Main Dish
Half of a biscuit with butter and jam.

Sourdough
Half of chocolate cookie stacked on another cookie on white parchment paper.

Chocolate
Saucy Mexican beef enchiladas on white plate with sour cream and salsa.

Instant Pot
Half of a turkey avocado veggie wrap stacked on two other wraps on white plate.

Healthy
crunchy baked french toast sticks on white plate with powdered sugar and syrup

Breakfast
Salad greens, mandarin oranges, pomegranate arils, candied nuts and feta cheese on white plate.

Salad
square of peaches and cream dessert on metal spatula

No-Bake

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Savor the Season
Mother's Day Brunch!

Fork skewering two bites of baked French toast on white plate.

French Toast Bake with Cinnamon Streusel
cheese strings pulling as fork takes bite from breakfast casserole on white plate

Overnight Cheesy Bacon Croissant Breakfast Casserole
Square of tater tot breakfast casserole scooped on metal spatula.

Make-Ahead Overnight Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole
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Amish-Style Apple and Cinnamon Baked Oatmeal
Breakfast Bake
Mel in pasture with two miniature donkeys

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I’m Mel! I live in Idaho with my husband, 5 kids, and selection of weird farm animals. Mostly, I love dark chocolate and joggers (not jogging).

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The Best Homemade Glazed Donuts
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White bowl with Instant Pot creamy baked ziti and piece of focaccia bread.

Amazing Instant Pot Creamy “Baked” Ziti
4.86 stars (500 ratings)
dipping easy homemade soft pretzel bites in homemade cheese sauce

Easy Homemade Soft Pretzel Bites
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Close up view of bite taken out of one honey lime chicken enchilada on white and blue plate.

Honey Lime Chicken or Pork Enchiladas
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The Best Main Dishes

Tongs grabbing portion of salsa verde chicken on white tray.

Instant Pot Salsa Verde Chicken
Fork flaking filet of baked salmon with roasted potatoes and asparagus on sheet pan.

Sheet Pan Lemon Garlic Salmon with Potatoes and Asparagus
White bowl with lettuce, roasted corn, shredded cheese, tomatoes, black beans, avocados, cilantro lime rice and chicken.

Easy Chicken Burrito Bowls
Dipping beef and cheese taco with crispy outer shell in rich birria broth in glass bowl.

Slow Cooker Birria Tacos
The Best Main Dishes
Scooping out a serving of heavenly blueberries and cream angel food cake dessert.

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Heavenly Blueberries and Cream Angel Food Cake Dessert

This heavenly blueberry angel food cake dessert is light and delicious! So simple to prepare, it is the perfect ending to any meal!

Heavenly Blueberries and Cream Angel Food Cake Dessert

The Best Salads

Wooden salad bowl with fresh spinach, sliced strawberries, sliced red onions, feta cheese, chopped pecans and poppy seed dressing.

Strawberry Spinach Salad with Homemade Poppy Seed Dressing
Close up view of Greek pasta salad.

Greek Pasta Salad
large white bowl with greens, pasta, chicken, grapes, fresh basil, and pine nuts

Vineyard Chicken and Pasta Salad
close up view of orzo, pine nuts, zucchini, cherry tomatoes, asparagus, and fresh mozzarella

Roasted Asparagus Lemon Orzo Salad with Fresh Mozzarella
The Best Salads

what to eat this week
Weekly Meal Plan

skillet full of easy ham fried rice

My Go-To Fried Rice Recipe {Easy Ham Fried Rice}
spoon lifting up small scoop of lentil soup in stone bowl

Amazing Leftover Ham Bone Lentil Soup
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Chicken Pot Pie Baked Potato
Top down view of lettuce leaves full of a chicken vegetable mixture on a white plate.

Cashew Chicken Lettuce Wraps {30-Minute Meal}
grilled pork salad with pork, red onions, green beans and roll on white plate

Amazing Grilled Pork and Veggie Salad
Top down view of creamy penne pasta with mushrooms, asparagus, and crumbled bacon in a white bowl.

One Pot Creamy Asparagus Bacon Pasta
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