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Mac And Cheese On Steroids

I have so many memories of making mac and cheese for the holiday gatherings alongside my mom and sisters.

Oh my, year after year we tried new recipes until we found the perfect one. We would even try making different recipes days before Thanksgiving so we could find the one that was “it.” It was so much fun. This baked mac and cheese is so creamy and delicious. There are never any leftovers when I make this dish. SO YUMMY!!!

There were also many fails along the way. For one, there was the year that we burned it by putting it in the oven and then completely dried it out. Then there was the year my sister flipped it over thinking it was an empty tin pan (we had no Mac and Cheese that Thanksgiving… it was a sad year). And lastly, the mishap that happens most often: we dig into the corners before it’s time to serve. And then when my mom opens it to serve, there’s like half the casserole missing. Oh well, it was just a taste test!

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Quick Tip: I throw it under the broiler for an extra four min. just because I love the top to be brown and a little crispy, but again that’s personal preference.

One Bowl And A Handful Of Everyday Ingredients

When it comes to tasty salads I usually choose ones that have fruit and veggies that are in season. Sometimes I use ingredients from my own garden or from the local farmer’s markets or fruit stands. However, during the colder months of the year my garden is not an option, haha! And that’s when I also tend to start looking for salad recipes that are a little heartier; instead of fruit I go for potato salad.

This potato salad recipe is something else. As soon as I came across it, I knew it would become a new family favorite! It combines ingredients like BACON and blue cheese. Yummy! Everyone loves bacon, right?

My kids love to help me out when I’m making this salad. The recipe is super easy, so even my 3-year-old can participate! I have a tip for you; any time you’re boiling potatoes for your dinner, add some extra. That way you’ll have them ready for making this salad the next day!

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Quick Tip: This recipe makes up to 10 servings.

How To Make A Scrumptious Meal Without Breaking The Bank

If you have a big get-together coming up and you know there will be plenty of hungry people around, this recipe is for you! Here’s a super easy way to feed the whole neighborhood – this chicken salad is not only delicious; it’s also very simple to put together and it’s easy on your wallet!

This chicken salad recipe from ReMarkable Home is one of my all-time favorites. You can make this salad a little lighter and sweeter by adding some grapes or chopped apples – or choosing low-fat ingredients, like explained on the next page. Don’t worry if you’re not planning for a party; you can make half a batch or even just 1/4, without a hassle.

I love serving this salad as a sandwich (I use either croissants or toast) but you could definitely serve it as a side dish, with almost any entree you can think of. I am dying to try this with cheesy scalloped potatoes – somehow I have a feeling that combination would completely tantalize my taste buds!

Recipe and image courtesy of ReMarkable Home.

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Quick Tip: You can easily make just half a batch or even 1/4 batch for a smaller group of people.

Trust Me When I Tell You, This Is Nacho Ordinary Appetizer!

Some of you may think I’m exaggerating when I’m talking about holy trinity and nachos in the same sentence. But I honestly think that you can never go wrong when your recipe includes these three sacred ingredients; bacon, barbecue sauce and cheddar. Seriously – doesn’t that immediately make you think of game nights, spending time with friends and family, having a cold one and enjoying super tasty appetizers?

Although I have to say I’ve made these incredible BBQ nachos for dinner, too! My kids love’m so much that they vanish within minutes of taking them out of the oven. I’m not surprised! Amazingly crunchy, with all that wonderful cheese and – of couse, bacon!

I am dying to make these again this weekend and add some diced jalapenos. If you’re making these for a larger group, you could add jalapenos to the other half of the batch and leave the other half without, so that people can choose for themselves.

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Quick Tip: Want to make these extra special? Use homemade BBQ sauce, seasoned exactly to your taste.

You Only Need 5 Ingredients For These Awesome Loaded Baked Potato Totchos!

I want to get something straight right from the beginning. I am a very lazy cook. Mm-hmm, yes I am, and I’m not even ashamed to admit it! I don’t hate cooking, per say, but I think it’s because of my crazy schedule that I often find it hard to get excited about preparing a fancy, time-consuming meal. With all the kids, their school and hobbies and my work; it’s just not realistic I tell ya!

So I am always on the lookout for simple, yet scrumptious meals that I can put together in no-time (and clean up in even less!) Needless to say, slow cooker is my trusty companion, but I don’t want to make all of our meals in the crock pot.

Enter my favorite recipes that I like to call “one-pan wonders”! When all you need to do to prepare a meal for the whole family, is to throw a bunch of ingredients into a single pan or pot – I call it a winner. And this delicious recipe is exactly like that. It’s ready in 30 minutes!

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Quick Tip: Serve as a side dish or amp up to make this your dinner!

Out of this world – with an amazing sauce!

Wow – did these patties completely blow my mind! I don’t know why, but I had always just made ground beef patties and fish patties. I guess it’s because those are what my mother always used to make, and my grandmother as well. That’s how it often is with recipes; there are staples that get passed on from generation to generation and we love those familiar flavors so much, that we don’t even think of trying something else for a change.

I’m really glad my sister is crazy about trying all kinds of lean alternatives when it comes to cooking. This recipe probably wouldn’t have been my first choice (or even the second) if I had just randomly come across it. But she was serving these for dinner last weekend and they were so incredible that I don’t know if I can ever go back to my old patty recipe again.

These turkey patties are scrumptious on their own, and I can imagine they would make really tasty turkey burgers! But the sauce is what takes these to a whole new level. I swear, I wanted to eat it straight from the serving bowl!

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Quick Tip: Try ground chicken instead of turkey!

9/10 Families Say This Is The BEST Enchilada Recipe

My husband loves enchiladas and we had a special day coming up, so I wanted to make sure this meal was going to blow his mind. I posted a simple question on social media (isn’t that what you do these days, whenever you’re trying to find a solution to a problem?)

I asked, “what is your favorite enchilada recipe, and why” – and I must have gotten a dozen replies right off the bat! People were sending me their favorite recipes and very thorough explanations of why they thought theirs was the best in the whole universe.

Of course this meant I had a big problem. How was I going to determine which one of these was the tastiest recipe? I didn’t have the time to test all of them! So all I could do was rely on my friends’ argumentation. And this one made sense; one of my friends had replaced ground beef with flank steak. He said it made a huge difference, even though the rest of the ingredients were pretty much the same he had always used.

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Quick Tip: Homemade enchilada sauce will make these even tastier!