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Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies stacked on top of each other with the top cookie split in half.

Pumpkin
White bowl with handles with spoon lifting bite of white beans, carrots and ham.

Soup
Peach orange smoothie in glass cup with diced peaches on top.

Breakfast
Several baked and flour dusted ciabatta rolls in white dish with blue and white towel.

Yeast Breads

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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Four half chocolate cookies stacked on each other with melty peanut butter chips.

The Best Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies
4.86 stars (28 ratings)
sloppy joe on white plate

The Best Sloppy Joes
4.71 stars (215 ratings)
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The Best Homemade Salsa
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White bowl with spoon scooping up chowder with fresh corn, bacon, potatoes and carrots.

Summer Corn Chowder
4.97 stars (26 ratings)

Sandwiches/Wraps

Turkey wrap in spinach tortilla stacked on two other wraps.

Turkey Avocado Veggie Wraps
four chicken quesadilla triangles stacked on white plate

The Best Chicken Quesadillas
chicken salad sandwich on croissant cut in half on white plate with other half sandwich

My Favorite Chicken Salad
Chicken BLT burritos cut in half on white plate.

Chicken BLT Burritos with Creamy Southwest Dipping Sauce {Quick and Easy!}
Sandwiches/Wraps
Fork taking bite of frosted applesauce spice cake on white plate.

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Applesauce Spice Cake with Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

This applesauce spice cake is soft, moist, and perfectly spiced and is incredibly delicious topped with the creamy brown butter frosting.

Applesauce Spice Cake

The BEST Salads

Top down view of green salad on white plate with roasted pumpkin seeds, chopped apples, candied pecans, feta cheese and red onions.

Harvest Apple Salad
large white bowl with greens, pasta, chicken, grapes, fresh basil, and pine nuts

Vineyard Chicken and Pasta Salad
white serving bowl filled with salad ingredients for loaded fresh basil couscous green salad

Loaded Fresh Basil and Sweet Corn Couscous Green Salad
dished up portion of spinach salad on white plate with vinaigrette, bacon, onions and feta

Amazing Spinach Salad with Sweet-Spicy Nuts, Apples, Feta and Bacon
The BEST Salads

what to eat this week
Weekly Meal Plan

Chicken gyro wrapped in parchment paper.

Easy Chicken Gyros {New and Improved}
white rice topped with sweet potato black bean burrito ingredients, avocados, cilantro and limes

Skillet Sweet Potato Black Bean Burrito Bowls
White bowl with wooden spoon on the side of tortellini salad with mozzarella, chicken, roasted red peppers and tomatoes.

Pesto Balsamic Chicken Tortellini Toss
Two enchiladas on white plate with bite of enchilada on fork.

Slow Cooker Mexican Beef {Instant Pot Directions Included}
baked manicotti on white plate

The Best Baked Cheese Manicotti
Twisting ramen noodles on fork with beef and broccoli on white plate.

Easy One Pot Beef and Broccoli Ramen Noodles
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