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Chicken thighs on a black plate with herbs.

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Mac and cheese with broccoli garnished with fresh parsley in a bowl from the side.

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Slices of banana pineapple bread stacked on a plate with the top slice missing the bite and more slices in the background.

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A plate of thumbprint cookies filled with raspberry jam with more cooling on a wire rack nearby.

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Stack of three chocolate peanut butter oatmeal cookies, with a bite taken out of the top cookie on a counter.

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Peanut Butter Chocolate No Bake Cookies

A chocolate Halloween poke cake topped with a a cookie headstone that says RIP, a ghost marshmallow, gummy worms and candy pumpkins.

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Spooky Graveyard Halloween Poke Cake

Square view of brioche French toast casserole in a baking pan missing a scoop topped with berries and powdered sugar.

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Brioche French Toast Casserole

Chocolate chip toffee cookies piled high on parchment paper with chocolate chips scatted on the counter nearby.

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Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies (With Toffee Bits!)

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Recipes For The Grill

Close up a three rolled foil packets from above full of thin sliced potatoes, carrots, onions and topped with a burger with bacon.

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Hobo Dinner Foil Packets (Bacon Cheeseburger & Potato)

Chicken kabobs cooking on the grill

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Grilled Chicken Kabobs (With Fajita Marinade)

Close up of cooked chicken thighs in a honey garlic sauce in a baking pan from overhead

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Honey Garlic Chicken Thighs (Oven Baked!)

Square view of six banana boats filled with chocolate, marshmallows, graham crackers, strawberry pieces and mini peanut butter cups from above.

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Banana Boats (Easy Campfire Dessert!)

Popular Recipes

Golden-brown roasted ranch chicken thighs seasoned on a white serving platter.

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Oven Baked Ranch Chicken Thighs (With Crispy Skin!)

Up close image of strawberry, blueberry and chocolate chip banana pancake mix muffins.

Pancake Mix Muffins (3 Flavors, 1 Pan!)

A square view of a crock pot with a piece of pork loin sitting on sliced onion and covered with spices before cooking.

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Amazing Pork Loin In The Crock Pot Every Time

Pizza dough on a cutting board with flour and a mixer bowl behind

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Homemade Pizza Dough

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Family Favorite Dinners

Cooked chicken drumsticks in the slow cooker from the side in a brown sauce.

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Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Drumsticks (5 Ingredients!)

Sausage and rice in a pan with a wooden spoon.

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One-Pot Smoked Sausage And Rice

Close up square image of pasta in a tomato ground turkey sauce on a plate with cheese and parsley.

One Pot Ground Turkey Spaghetti

Square close up overhead view of chicken alfredo pasta in a pot.

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Chicken Penne Alfredo

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No Bake Dessert Recipes

Make quick desserts and treats your family will love the easy way. These sweet treats are no bake, and great to make with the kids.

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Family Favorite Desserts

Lemon yellow loaf cake sliced topped with glaze.

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Lemon Zucchini Cake (With Sweet Lemon Glaze)

Strawberry pizza with a cookie dough, frosting and glazed strawberries from above showing most of a sheet pan on a counter.

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Strawberry Fruit Pizza (With Glazed Strawberries)

Zoomed in square shot of a lemon truffle with a bite on top of other lemon truffles

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Lemon Truffles (With Golden Oreos)

Stacked raspberry swirl cheesecake bars with the top bar missing a bite. Fresh raspberries and more cheesecake bars sit behind and nearby on the counter.

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Raspberry Swirl Cheesecake Bars

Up close view of a slice of strawberry cream cheese icebox cake on a plate missing a bite.

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Strawberry Cream Cheese Icebox Cake (Easy No-Bake!)

Close up of a strawberry shortcake truffle missing a bite showing strawberry bits inside on top of a few more truffles and a fresh strawberry on a plate.

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Strawberry Shortcake Truffles (With Golden Oreos)

Raspberry thumbprint cookies on a plate from above with a wire cooling rack with more cookies nearby.

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Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies

Close up of a cookie cup filled with cream cheese and topped with fruit on a platter

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Cheesecake Sugar Cookie Cups (Fruit Pizza!)

Easy Appetizers To Love

A person's hand dipping bread into a bowl of spinach dip covered in melted cheese.

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Baked Spinach Dip

Fingers dipping a chip into buffalo chicken dip close up.

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Buffalo Chicken Dip (In The Slow Cooker!)

Side close up view of a bbq shredded chicken slider topped with pineapple.

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Slow Cooker BBQ Hawaiian Roll Chicken Sliders

Close up overhead on a platter of Italian pinwheels in slices.

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Easy Italian Pinwheels

Easy Beef Dinner Recipes

Ground beef burrito bowl covered in sour cream, avocado, and diced tomato with a fork in the bowl.

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Easy Beef Burrito Bowl (All In One Pot!)

A very full sloppy joe on a plate with chips.

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Sloppy Joes (Classic Old Fashioned Sloppy Joe Recipe)

A person is holding a French dip sandwich with beef dipping it into an aus jus sauce.

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Crock Pot French Dip Sandwiches

Close up of zucchini boats stuffed with ground beef and cheese on the pan at an angle close up on a pan.

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Zucchini Boats With Ground Beef (Italian Style!)

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