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Baked muffins with cinnamon and sugar topping on cooling rack.

Pumpkin
Top down view of broccoli cheese soup topped with bacon and shredded cheese.

The Best Soups/Stews
Rocky road chocolate cookie bar split in half and stacked on white parchment paper.

One-Bowl Recipes
Cooked shrimp on creamy linguine on white plate.

Pasta

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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Halloween/Fall Favorites!

Dipped and decorated homemade caramel apple with white chocolate and graham cracker crumbs.

Perfect Homemade Caramel Apples {Tons of Tricks + Best Caramel to Use}
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15-Minute Homemade Root Beer
two pumpkin snickerdoodle bars stacked on white tray with bite taken out of top bar

Easy Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Bars
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Simple Homemade Haunted Halloween Houses
Halloween/Fall
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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Most Popular Recipes

Two half slices of pumpkin chocolate chip bread.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread
4.87 stars (106 ratings)
Frosted cinnamon roll on spatula.

The Perfect Cinnamon Rolls {Gloria’s Famous Recipe}
4.80 stars (203 ratings)
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Creamy White Chicken Chili {Stovetop or Slow Cooker}
4.78 stars (316 ratings)
Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix

Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix
4.58 stars (666 ratings)

Chili

Instant Pot white chicken chili in white bowl with spoon and shredded cheese.

Instant Pot White Chicken Black Bean Chili {Slow Cooker Directions Included!}
Stone bowl of instant pot quinoa red bean chili with cheese.

Quinoa Red Bean Chili {Instant Pot or Slow Cooker}
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Instant Pot Lentil Chili {Stovetop and Slow Cooker Variations Too!}
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Creamy White Chicken Chili {Stovetop or Slow Cooker}
Chili
Bite of orange pumpkin cake being scooped out of big slice with fork on white plate.

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Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Warm Vanilla Cinnamon Sauce

This pumpkin bundt cake is easy (one bowl recipe!), deliciously soft, and so moist. With the warm vanilla sauce, it is heavenly!

Pumpkin Bundt Cake

The BEST Breads

Lots of homemade bagels together on baking sheet with the center bagel loaded with everything bagel seasoning.

Homemade Bagels {New and Improved}
Pressing juicy burger topped with cheese, lettuce, tomato and mustard on homemade bun.

Homemade Hamburger Buns
Several baked ciabatta rolls with blue and white towel in white dish.

Easy Same-Day Ciabatta Rolls
Two triangle-shaped baked lemon blueberry scones on white plate.

Amazing Lemon Blueberry Scones
The BEST Breads

what to eat this week
Weekly Meal Plan

spoon scooping up pasta shells in creamy alfredo sauce in white bowl

Easy Instant Pot Pasta Alfredo
Bowl of slow cooker beef stroganoff over spaetzle.

Ultimate Beef Stroganoff {Slow Cooker or Instant Pot}
the best classic tomato soup in white bowl with swirl of heavy cream

The Best Classic Tomato Soup
Fork scooping bite of shrimp and sausage on gray plate.

Skillet Garlic Butter Shrimp and Sausage
Chicken BLT burritos cut in half on white plate.

Chicken BLT Burritos with Creamy Southwest Dipping Sauce {Quick and Easy!}
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Philly Cheesesteak Sloppy Joes {30-Minute Meal}
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