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Delicious Instant Pot Lentil Chili {Stovetop and Slow Cooker Instructions Included!}

Chili
Triangle of olive oil cake dusted with powdered sugar on white cake server and white cake plate.

Cake
small white plate with greens, pasta, green grapes, chicken and pine nuts

Salad Main Dish
Five square rolls in basket with blue and white towel.

Rolls

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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Pumpkin!

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Light and Fluffy Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
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Perfect Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Easy Homemade Pumpkin Puree {Pressure Cooker}
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Amazing Crustless Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes
Pumpkin
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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Make-Ahead Breakfast

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

French Toast Bake with Cinnamon Streusel
five hash brown veggie egg cups on white platter

Hash Brown Veggie Egg Cups
Square of tater tot breakfast casserole scooped on metal spatula.

Make-Ahead Overnight Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole
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Rollup Blender Pancakes
Make-Ahead Breakfast
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

Pasta

Tongs grabbing scoop of ramen noodles with peas and green onions.

Easy Spicy Garlic Ramen Noodles
Cooked shrimp on creamy linguine on white plate.

Creamy Garlic Shrimp Pasta
spoon scooping up pasta shells in creamy alfredo sauce in white bowl

Easy Instant Pot Pasta Alfredo
serving of chicken lasagna in white bowl with spoonful of ricotta and fresh basil leaves

One-Pot Easy Chicken Lasagna
Pasta

what to eat this week
Weekly Meal Plan

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Cheesy Chicken Quesadilla Pie
pasta with shrimp, parmesan and sun-dried tomatoes in white bowl with fork

Easy Shrimp Pesto Pasta with Sun-Dried Tomatoes
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Creamy White Chicken Chili {Stovetop or Slow Cooker}
sloppy joe on white plate

The Best Sloppy Joes
veggie turkey taco lettuce wraps on white tray

Veggie Turkey Taco Lettuce Wraps
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Beef and Sweet Potato Stew with Corn and Green Chiles {Slow Cooker}
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