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    Irish Shamrock Cookies

    Bite sized Irish Heart Shamrock Cookies in white plate

    Cut-out Irish Shamrock Cookies are the sweetest little treats you'll have on St. Patrick's Day! All you need to make the shamrock shape is a mini heart-shaped cookie cutter. In an attempt to make the cutest St. Patrick's Day cookies ever, I simply turned mini hearts into Irish shamrocks. ...

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    Filed Under: Cookies, Desserts Tagged With: cookies, irish, shamrock cookies, shamrocks, St. Patrick's day cookies, st. patricks day

    Easy Royal Icing

    royal icing in a piping bag

    This is my go-to royal icing recipe! It's a meringue-based decorating icing that dries shiny and hard for perfect cookies. Royal icing is the type of frosting used on many decorated cookies, especially the kind at boutique markets, because it dries hard and can be packaged without ruining the ...

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    Filed Under: Cookies, Desserts, Frosting + Icing Tagged With: baking, cookies, frosting, meringue powder, royal icing

    Slice and Bake Spiral Cookies

    sugar cookies with green and chocolate swirls

    These chocolate and vanilla spiral cookies look impressive, but are incredibly easy to make. Slice and bake cookies can be prepared in advance, then baked whenever a cookie craving hits! Spiral cookies, pinwheel cookies, swirl cookies — whatever you call them, I'll gladly eat a few! These ...

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    Filed Under: Cookies Tagged With: cookies, make ahead, slice and bake

    World's Best Bran Muffins

    bran muffin being opened on blue plate

    "World's Best Bran Muffins" is not a title to be taken lightly. Once you taste these All Bran muffins, you'll call them by no other name. You will want to eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner! These moist bran muffins are inspired by a childhood favorite. We would often have them with ...

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    Filed Under: Bread, Breakfast + Brunch, Healthy + Diet Tagged With: best bran muffins, bran, bran muffin, bran muffins, breakfast, brunch, fiber, healthy, molasses, muffins, snack

    Spicy Steak Tacos with Pomegranates

    steak tacos with pomegranates radish and red onions

    Skirt steak is marinated in a homemade pomegranate-lime marinade, then grilled until medium rare for the best skirt steak tacos ever! This is a quick and easy recipe that tastes restaurant-worthy! Homemade steak tacos look impressive, but they're one of the easiest weeknight dinners you can ...

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    Filed Under: Beef, Easy Dinners, Grilling and Smoking, Mexican + Hispanic Tagged With: Mexican, steak, tacos

    Classic Chili with Beef and Beans

    pot of beef and bean chili

    This is a classic chili recipe with ground beef and beans is perfect for a crowd. The large batch lets you throw a dinner party or make a family meal in no time! I even give you a vegetarian version. A Simple, Perfect Chili Recipe Throwing a chili bash, making game day food, or just a ...

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    Filed Under: Party Foods, Soups + Stews + Chili Tagged With: avocado, beans, chili, classic chili, ground beef, soup, spices, stew, toppings, vegetarian

    Valentine's Day Strawberry Cake Roll

    Valentine's Day Strawberry Cake Roll

    Filled with strawberry jam and sweet cream cheese, this strawberry roll cake is the way to anyone's heart. Decorate the cake with hearts as I have for a Valentine's treat, or omit to make a classic strawberry jelly roll. I recreated my Pumpkin Cake Roll for another holiday! The pumpkin ...

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    Filed Under: Cake, Cooking Basics, Desserts, Tutorial, Valentines Tagged With: cake roll, cream cheese, filled cake, strawberries and cream, strawberry, valentines, valentines cake

    Swiss Meringue Buttercream

    Vanilla Cupcake with flower made from icing on top

    Swiss meringue buttercream is a silky icing that's made with egg whites, sugar, and butter. It's not too sweet and is perfect for piping and frosting cakes and cupcakes. In this post, you'll learn how to make Swiss buttercream, which involves heating egg whites and sugar in a double boiler, ...

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    Filed Under: Cake, Cupcakes, Desserts, Frosting + Icing Tagged With: basics, buttercream, cake, cupcakes, dessert, frosting, icing, sugar, sweet, swiss meringue buttercream

    Indian Biryani with Chicken

    Chicken Biryani in a le creuset casserole on blue surface

    Chicken biryani is a delicious Indian casserole that calls for a paste of spices, herbs and chilies. I made it easy by using a prepared curry paste and other fresh ingredients. We all have our favorite comfort foods. In this country, most people will list something cheesy, chocolatey, or ...

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    Filed Under: Chicken and Poultry, Indian, One Dish Meals Tagged With: biryani, casserole, chicken, easy dinner, food blogger olympics, food blogger winter games, Indian, olympics, one dish meal, one pan meal, rice

    Simple Butternut Squash Carrot Soup

    Butternut squash soup square feature image

    This versatile butternut squash carrot soup is delicious on its own, but it can also be customized with many different flavor variations. Make it vegan, stir in coconut milk, try it with apples or curry powder — the options are almost endless! I love simple, seasonal butternut squash soup. ...

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    Filed Under: Instant Pot, Soups + Stews + Chili, Vegetarian Tagged With: butternut squash soup, easy dinner, soup, vegan, vegetarian

    Sheet Pan Chicken and Cauliflower Roast

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    Sheet pan chicken and cauliflower roast is an easy dinner that takes just 10 minutes to prepare before tossing it into the oven. No extra sides required, it's a meal in itself! Creating This Sheet Pan Chicken and Cauliflower Roast "Family meals" were one of my favorite things about ...

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    Filed Under: Chicken and Poultry, Easy Dinners, Main Dish Tagged With: cauliflower, chicken, dinner, easy, golden raisins, one pan, parsley, pine nuts, roast, roasting, tomatoes, weeknight

    Seared Strip Loin with Linguini with Fennel and Olives

    bowl of linguini with sliced steak

    This seared strip loin steak pasta takes just 30 minutes to prepare! It's a simple yet impressive dish that's perfect for date nights in or dinner parties. If you just read the title of this recipe and thought, "There's no way I can cook a strip loin steak on my own," think again! Strip ...

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    Filed Under: Beef, Easy Dinners, Grilling and Smoking, Pasta Tagged With: olives, orange, pasta, steak, steak and pasta

    One-Pot Thai Shrimp Soup

    recipe image of soup with Coconut and Shrimp

    Thai shrimp soup features a rich coconut milk broth, juicy shrimp, crisp-tender green beans, and spicy curry paste. Make it with just a few ingredients in one pot! You can swap the shrimp for chicken if you'd like. With all the many great jarred curry pastes available (typically in the Asian ...

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    Filed Under: One Dish Meals, Seafood, Soups + Stews + Chili, Thai Tagged With: 30 minutes, coconut soup, dinner, easy, fast, healthy, low fat, shrimp, soup, Thai, thai soup

    Pomegranate Wild Rice and Roasted Squash Salad

    roast squash and wild rice salad with pomegranates

    This isn't your average wild rice salad! For added flavor, the wild rice is cooked with pomegranate Juice before being tossed with roasted squash, sliced scallions, crunchy hazelnuts, and pomegranate arils. As much as I love classic holiday side dishes like mashed potatoes and bread ...

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    Filed Under: Healthy + Diet, Salads, Side Dishes, Vegetarian Tagged With: rice salad, squash, wild rice

    Crispy Pecan Cookies

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    Crispy pecan cookies are the perfect cookie jar treat. They're buttery and crunchy with plenty of nuts, and they're ready to be dunked in milk! You may be flooded with nostalgia when you make these buttery, nutty pecan crispy cookies. Perfect for eating with hot drinks or dunking into ...

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    Filed Under: Christmas Cookies, Cookies, Desserts Tagged With: baked, baking, cookies, easy, entertaining, kids, pecans, sugar, sweet, treat, treats

    Creamy Caramel Icing

    Creamy Caramel Icing on a slice of Classic Spice Cake

    This old-fashioned caramel icing recipe is perfect slathered atop spice cake, chocolate cake, and cupcakes. It's a boiled frosting that has the creamy texture of brown sugar fudge! Discovering This Caramel Icing Recipe This old-fashioned caramel icing recipe came from Susan LaRosa ...

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    Filed Under: Cake, Cupcakes, Desserts, Frosting + Icing Tagged With: baking, cake, caramel, creamy caramel, creamy caramel icing, cupcakes, fall, frosting, spice cake, vintage

    Mac and Cheese with Ham and Pearl Onions

    ham and pearl onions with mac and cheese is cast iron skillet

    Stovetop mac and cheese with ham and pearl onions is an elevated take on the classic dish. If you're looking for ways to use up leftover ham from the holidays, look no further! Rich and creamy, with a hint of sweet and savory flavor, this stovetop white cheddar mac and cheese is the perfect ...

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    Filed Under: Easy Dinners, Pasta, Pork Tagged With: easy dinner, Ham, leftovers, pasta, pearl onions, skillet, stovetop

    Stunning Cheese and Herb Potato Gratin

    sweet potato and yukon gold gratin

    This Gruyere potatoes au gratin is simple enough to make for a weeknight dinner but elegant enough for any holiday meal. Sweet potatoes, Yukon Gold potatoes, cheese, and lots of herbs come together to make a delicious side dish. This recipe is from the cookbook Live Life Deliciously: Recipes for ...

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    Filed Under: Christmas, Christmas Side Dishes, Easter, Gluten-Free, Party Foods, Side Dishes, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Side Dishes Tagged With: cheese, gratin, herbs, potatoes, scalloped potatoes, Side Dish

    Santa Face Sugar Cookies

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    These Santa cookies are the cutest cookies you've ever seen! They're decorated with royal icing and are great for cookie swaps and gifting. I dare you to nibble on one of these darling Santa face cookies. They are almost too cute to eat! Made with a simple raindrop-shaped cookie cutter, it's ...

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    Filed Under: Christmas, Christmas Cookies, Cookies, Desserts Tagged With: baking, christmas, cookies, royal icing, santa cookies, santa face, sugar cookies

    Classic Pot Roast With Vegetables

    Overhead shot of The Best Classic Pot Roast with Vegetables

    This classic pot roast with potatoes and carrots is — dare I say it? — better than mom used to make. It's easy, comfort-food-goodness that's simple enough to cook any night of the week! It's a Sunday dinner go-to, but I can never wait for the weekend. I've made this pot roast dinner ...

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    Filed Under: Beef, One Dish Meals, Tips And Techniques Tagged With: beef, chuck roast, classic pot roast, comfort food, dinner, dutch oven, easy, easy dinner, fall, pot roast, round roast, slow cooker, slow food, the best classic pot roast, vegetables

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