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Perfect Pumpkin Roll

Pumpkin
White bowl with creamy cheesy soup with cooked potatoes, carrots and ground beef topped with shredded cheddar cheese and chopped chives.

The Best Soups/Stews
Extra Fudgy Brownies {One Bowl!}

One-Bowl Recipes
small white plate with greens, pasta, green grapes, chicken and pine nuts

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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Homemade Nutter Butter Cookies {Simple Halloween Mummy Variation}
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Dinner in a Pumpkin
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
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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Extra Fudgy Brownies {One Bowl!}

Extra Fudgy Brownies {One Bowl!}
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The Best Cornbread on the Planet {and Fluffy Honey Butter}
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A slice of cheesecake with a dollop of blueberry sauce on top, on a white plate. A fork has a bite of the cheesecake on it next to the slice.

The Best No-Bake Cheesecake
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Instant Pot white chicken chili in white bowl with spoon and shredded cheese.

Instant Pot White Chicken Black Bean Chili {Slow Cooker Directions Included!}
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Soup/Stew

Top down view of ham and bean soup in white bowl with handles with spoon lifting bite of white beans, carrots and ham.

Slow Cooker Ham and Bean Soup
Spoon scooping up bite of soup with tomatoes, noodles, and ground beef.

Creamy Beef and Tomato Noodle Soup
creamy chicken soup in white bowl with spoon and breadstick

The Best Creamy Chicken Soup
white bowl with handles filled with creamy tomato basil soup with Parmesan for topping

Instant Pot Creamy Tomato Basil Soup
Soup/Stew
Two half slices of pumpkin chocolate chip bread.

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

This perfect pumpkin chocolate chip bread is loaded with chocolate chips. Fluffy and super moist, it tastes even better the next day!

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

The BEST Breads

Single cranberry orange scone drizzled with glaze on sheet of parchment paper.

Cranberry Orange White Chocolate Scones
Top down view of half slice of cheesy peasant bread on brown parchment paper.

Easy No-Knead Cheesy Peasant Bread
Glazed cinnamon roll muffin on cooling rack.

Cinnamon Roll Muffins
Two stacked pieces of fluffy Italian cheese bread on wood cutting board.

Easy Italian Cheese Bread
The BEST Breads

what to eat this week
Weekly Meal Plan

Spoon scooping up bite of thick noodles, broth and ground beef.

Easy Beef Stroganoff Soup
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Cashew Chicken Lettuce Wraps {30-Minute Meal}
lemon chicken pasta with Parmesan in white dish

Beach Street Lemon Chicken Pasta
Portion of cornbread topped beef and bean casserole on white plate with fork.

Cowboy Dinner {Cornbread Beef and Bean Casserole}
Three tacos of flour tortillas filled with cooked lentils, sour cream, cheese and tomatoes.

Amazing Instant Pot Lentil Tacos
Fork scooping bite of casserole on white plate with rice, broccoli and carrots.

Cheesy Broccoli Chicken and Rice Casserole
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