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Simple Home Cooking For the Everyday Cook

Delicious and easy tried and true recipes that will have you cooking at home more and eating out less.

Spring Recipe Ideas

  • ricotta pasta with mushrooms and asparagus
    Asparagus and Mushroom Pasta with Ricotta
  • Italian Peas with garlic and parsley
    Italian Peas with Garlic and Parsley
  • chinese chicken
    Chinese Chicken and Green Beans
  • Crostini with goat cheese and balsamic strawberries on top on a long plate.
    Balsamic Strawberries And Goat Cheese Crostini

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Cooked chicken fajitas on a plate.

Leftovers Inspiration!

Chicken Fajitas From Leftovers!

Turn your leftover chicken into this delicious and easy fajitas recipe!

Chicken Fajitas From Leftovers

Spring Entertaining Favorites

  • baked glazed ham closeup
    Baked Ham With Italian Glaze
  • carrot cake slice
    Easy Classic Carrot Cake
  • Slicing boneless prime rib
    Boneless Prime Rib Roast with Au Jus
  • Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes in a large bowl on a wood board.
    Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes (Buttery and Delicious)

One Pot Meal Ideas

  • sausage jambalaya top view
    Easy Sausage Jambalaya
  • A zoomed in view of four baked miso salmon filets in a cast iron pan with a spatula in the pan and chives on top sitting on the counter.
    Baked Miso Glazed Salmon
  • Spanish mussels in bowl with crusty bread on side
    Spanish Mussels (Mussels with Chorizo)
  • vegetable soup
    Vegetable Soup With Cabbage
oven baked nachos

Featured!

Sheet Pan Nachos With Ground Beef

Make this for an easy meal or game-day treat that everyone will enjoy!

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Quick Recipes

  • spaghetti aglio e olio
    Spaghetti with Olive Oil and Garlic (Aglio e Olio)
  • lemon chicken in skillet
    Lemon Butter Chicken Cutlets
  • tomato sauce finished
    Authentic Italian San Marzano Marinara (Quick Recipe)
  • pasta with sauce and tomatoes on a white plate
    Pasta with Tomato Anchovy Butter Sauce

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Slow Cooked Meals

  • French red wine beef stew
    French Beef Stew (Provencal Beef Stew)
  • old fashioned beef stew in pot with spoon in a closeup view
    All Day Beef Stew (Dutch Oven)
  • cuban ropa vieja
    Ropa Vieja (Ropa Vieja Cubana)
  • Mexican barbacoa
    Mexican Barbacoa

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Budget-Friendly Recipes

  • spaghetti aglio e olio
    Spaghetti with Olive Oil and Garlic (Aglio e Olio)
  • borracho beans in pot
    Borracho Beans (Texas Style)
  • pesto pasta in bowl
    Easy Pesto Pasta
  • closeup of white wine garlic butter sauce
    White Wine Garlic Butter Sauce For Pasta

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Chicken Dinner Inspiration

  • delicious blackened chicken
    The Best Blackened Chicken
  • chicken tarragon in pan with sauce
    Chicken with Tarragon Cream Sauce
  • chicken saltimbocca
    Chicken Saltimbocca (Chicken with Prosciutto)
  • cast iron chicken breasts
    The Best Cast Iron Chicken Breast

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Reader Favorites!

  • Italian baked zucchini in pan on a table.
    Baked Italian Zucchini
  • zucchini pancakes stacked up on plate
    The Best Zucchini Pancakes
  • black beans in a pan with tomatoes sitting on a blue cloth
    Easy Cuban Black Beans
  • mini cheesecake bites
    Easy Mini Cheesecake Bites

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    Start Your Day Right

    Breakfast just got even better!

    • scones
      Apple Pie Scones
    • ricotta pancakes on plate
      Moist And Fluffy Ricotta Pancakes
    • apple cider oatmeal in a bowl with a spoon
      Stovetop Apple Pie Oatmeal (With Apple Cider)
    • Vanilla scones on a sheet pan.
      Easy Vanilla And Cream Scones

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    Latest Recipes

    • Easy Fresh Blueberry Breakfast Cake
    • Oatmeal cookies stuffed with marshmallows on the counter with the cookie cut in half to show the marshmallow inside.
      Marshmallow Stuffed Oatmeal Cookies Recipe
    • Closeup view of nutmeg sugar cookies on a plate.
      Nutmeg Sugar Drop Cookies (Super Chewy!)
    • sour cream drops angle
      Old Fashioned Sour Cream Cookies

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