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Get The Party Started With A Dip To Die For!

I am in love with this baked parmesan dip from Courtney’s Sweets, and so are my kids! You know why? It’s because they saw Courtney’s recipe video and noticed those little hands making this yummy dip. You should have seen their eyes light up when I told them they could help me make this! They were so excited, and you won’t believe how fast they gobbled this up!

Even though this is a dip that your little ones could make without much help, it doesn’t mean grown-ups wouldn’t enjoy this, too. I made this for a movie night a couple of weeks ago and it was a huge success.

Courtney suggests serving this with chicken nuggets, but I just had a variety of chips, bread sticks and baguette slices available. All of them disappeared in 30 minutes, and so did every last, ooey-gooey drop of this dip!

You could make this is a larger baking dish, or small ramekins for individual servings. Either way you make it, it’s going to turn out delicious.

Recipe and image courtesy of YouTube and Courtney’s Sweets – check out more, delicious recipes from her!

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Quick Tip: Besides chicken nuggets, this dip is perfect with crackers, chips or baguette slices.

How To Get Dinner On The Table In 45 Minutes

Raise your hand if you’ve struggled trying to get back to the usual school day routine again! I sure have, and I don’t even know what it’s about. You’d think when you finally get your kids to school, you’ve got the whole day to prepare a meal and then you can just sit back and relax. NOT! At least that’s not what it’s like for me, at all! When dinnertime finally comes, I couldn’t care less what’s on the table, as long as IT IS THERE.

But that’s exactly why this wonder meal from Michele over at Ladle Full Of Love makes me feel so happy. My kids are crazy about this 3 cheese baked rigatoni (and so is my husband), it’s super easy and quick to make, and on top of it all it makes me feel like a better Mom. You know, when you can provide such a tasty meal in the middle of all that chaos.

The recipe also leaves plenty of room for changes, in case you didn’t have time to stop by the grocery store. Because that happens to me a lot.

Recipe and image courtesy of Ladle Full Of Love.

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Quick Tip: Use any kind of pasta noodles for this recipe.

The Famous Deep Skillet Pizza, Made Right In Your Home Kitchen!

There is this famous pizza place that offers the most delicious Chicago-style deep dish pizza that I am so addicted to. Whenever I need to meet with a project partner or with a client, I make sure to pass by this pizza place so I can order two slices for me and the boyfriend. They serve the pizza per slice, which is actually most ideal because if you are not buying for a group, there’s just no way that you can finish one whole pie if there are just two of you.

With the thickness of each slice along with the richness of the ingredients which will immediately make you feel full, you wouldn’t want another slice after the first.

I had been thinking about trying to make this at home but I was a little hesitant, to say the least. I didn’t know if it would be possible to make that awesome crust in my home oven. But it wasn’t as scary or difficult as I thought!

Sure, there is a bit of a waiting time because you need to wait for the dough to rise, but that’s all! The other steps are just easy breezy and you wouldn’t be hassled.

The good thing about this too is that you can add or omit the ingredients you want or you do not want. It’s a pretty versatile recipe that is perfect for a large group of people. Have you a small party to host? Then this is perfect!

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Quick Tip: You can add extra cheese if you like.

You’ve Been Doing It Wrong All These Years!

I am a big fan of pizza and all of its variations. I’ve tried every single pizza place in our town – ok, not only our town but pretty much every town I’ve ever visited, haha! For such a long time it was a mystery to me how they were able to make their pizzas so delicious. I couldn’t understand why my homemade pizza didn’t turn out that way, even when I was using the same toppings and trying my best to imitate the crust as well. I must have gone through dozens of recipes, and I was getting desperate.

It’s not that I didn’t think my homemade pizza was good – they all turned out very tasty and we certainly never had any leftovers! But still, something was missing and I couldn’t let it go until I found out what it was. I swear, my husband thought I was going crazy when I spent so many hours trying to figure it out…

All that work paid off eventually and I now know what it takes to make the best (in my opinion) pizza on the planet! And it’s not difficult at all!

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Quick Tip: If Hawaiian pizza isn’t your favorite, switch to any toppings you desire!

The aromas alone will make your mouth water!

I wonder what it is about onion that makes most kids cringe. My mother always talks about how my big brother refused to eat if he found even the tiniest bit of onion in his food.

Mom had to come up with pretty clever ways to “hide” the onion – she knew my brother didn’t mind the taste of it, as long as it wasn’t visible! Funny… these days he loves anything and everything onion. I, on the other hand, have loved it since I was a kid. French onion soup was my favorite and I could eat all I wanted, since my brother wouldn’t even have a spoonful!

I’ve tried many French onion soup recipes over the years. This one went to the top of the list right away! Not only is it super tasty, but it’s also incredibly easy to make. Actually, you barely have to lift a finger since the crock pot is doing all the work for you.

And you know it wouldn’t be the same without that cheesy, crunchy bread on top, right?

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Quick Tip: Use homemade beef broth, if preferred.

Don’t you just hate it when it’s 100 degrees outside and you really, really crave for lasagna? Even if it’s not summer, sometimes I ditch lasagna from our dinner rotation simply because I can’t bare to think of all the hassle. All those pots and pans, and all that time! But the kids love it just as much as I do, so occasionally I just have to make it. Boy, was I glad when I heard there is an easy way to work around these issues – and it’s called skillet lasagna!

I know what you’re thinking; how is it even possible to make lasagna in a skillet? What about the lasagna noodles? Doesn’t this dish need a really long cooking time? Those were my thoughts exactly, the first time my friend told me about this recipe.

Believe it or not, you can get this lasagna done in 30 minutes! You heard me – you’re only a half an hour away from your favorite Italian meal, and it’s possibly even tastier than the traditional version. All the familiar flavors are there but you just don’t have to stress over the cooking process!

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Quick Tip: Turn this into a veggie lasagna by replacing the meat with broccoli and grated carrots.

I love a good, hearty soup that I can serve to my whole family without objections. We have a couple of very picky eaters in our family, and for some reason they both think soups are worse than taking bitter medicine. I’ve tried almost anything; sometimes they give in and eat one serving of cheeseburger soup – probably because of its name! So I thought I’m just going to have to focus on things that they do love, and find out if there’s a way to turn those flavors into soup. I thought it would be a tricky task but it has turned out pretty awesome so far!

Typically I would go for the creamiest soup possible, to make sure my kids would like the flavor. But this time I decided to trust that they would be intrigued by the name alone – you see, this is lasagna soup!

It was a little hard to convince them this really tastes like lasagna, since it obviously doesn’t look like it at all… But the aromas lingering in the kitchen were so familiar that they couldn’t resist giving it a try. And they absolutely loved it!

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Quick Tip: Make a large batch and freeze in portions for a quick lunch later!