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With 10 Minutes Of Prep Time, You’ll Make a Meal Everyone Wants To Devour

Now, here’s a recipe I’ve been wanting to share with you forever! This is one of my favorite meals to cook – because I hardly have to cook at all to get this done! It’s perfect for those midweek days when you have to rush out the door again, before you’ve hardly had a chance to step inside after a hard day’s work.

I love setting my slow cooker in the morning, literally forgetting I even did it, and then coming home to a wonderful surprise when all these beautiful aromas greet me at the door.

Sometimes miracles happen and I have time to make pita bread pockets from scratch – I always make a large batch and freeze as many of them as I can, so that I can whip up this crazy easy meal on a busy day again.

But there’s no need to worry if you’re schedule is too full to even think about making your own pita pockets. This grab-and-go meal tastes just as great even if you’re using store-bought ones.

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Quick Tip: Add a drizzle of hot sauce if you like your food spicy.

The Recipe Your Neighbor Is Trying To Keep A Secret

Here’s a recipe that’ll make you feel like a true cowboy, or cowgirl! Perfect for the chilly, dreary days and guaranteed to keep you warm, no matter what the season. You’ll be surprised to hear that this hearty chili is super lean and great for anyone who likes to watch their figure. This recipe makes 8 nice and filling servings, but you can easily make a double batch for a larger crowd.

Besides being lean, this chili is incredibly easy to make. Just brown the beef, onions and bell pepper, then throw in all the remaining ingredients and let it simmer on the stove until all those beautiful aromas fill up your whole house.

There are a couple of very surprising ingredients in this recipe, that I had never even thought of using in chili. But I believe those ingredients are exactly what set this chili above anything else I’ve tried before. This is simply mouthwatering, and it’s impossible to settle for one serving only!

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Quick Tip: Instead of lean ground beef, add leftover shredded chicken to this chili.

Hands Down, The Most Comforting Meal For The Chilly Nights

There’s nothing I enjoy more than a delicious, hearty soup on a cool fall day. I’m a big fan of this season – I like the cooler weather, the crispy air and the golden shade of autumn sunlight. What I don’t like is the fact that it gets cold inside the house, too. Which is where all kinds of soups come in handy. No, you can’t wear them (at least I wouldn’t recommend that), but a steaming hot bowl of soup will fill your belly and make you feel warm again.

My family doesn’t always agree with me, though! You know how it is with teenagers; I guess soup isn’t a very trendy dish these days. They would rather have tacos, burgers or lasagna – or something else I really can’t even pronounce correctly.

I was determined to make soup, anyway, but I wanted to surprise my family by turning it into something they would actually love to eat. Enter, this incredible tortilla soup!

This is such a brilliant idea and I knew immediately my kids would love it. And they did!

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Quick Tip: Like your food extra spicy? Add some diced jalapenos!

Until you’ve tried this, you haven’t really lived.

There are plenty of recipes for all kinds of pasta salads out there but I don’t think I’ve ever come across one as juicy, mouthwatering and scrumptious as this one.

I’ve tried the simple and complex ones, I’ve tried ones with fancy ingredients and ones that are only using a handful of things, that can be found in every single household in this country.

When it comes to the ease of making, I would say this recipe is not the simplest one, but it most definitely isn’t difficult either! The end result is far from those dry and dull ones you can get store-bought.

I loved the fresh peas in this and I gotta tell ya, the vinaigrette is to die for! You shouldn’t limit its use to this salad only! I, for sure, am going to be adding it to pretty much every salad from now on. Trust me, it really is that good.

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Quick Tip: Use your favorite pasta noodles for this salad.

How To Bring Back The Summer Vibes, Any Time Of Year

It doesn’t get any easier than this! You only need 6 ingredients for this salsa, plus a pinch of salt, and the prep work won’t take you longer than a few minutes. You’ll end up with this amazing side dish that works perfectly with all your BBQ entrees! My favorite to pair this with is grilled chicken – it’s like they were meant for each other! But I have to say this mango salsa is so delicious that I would be quite happy to eat it for lunch on its own. That’s why I always make a little extra…

I fell in love with mangoes a few years ago when my husband and I were visiting family in Hawaii. They had this huge mango tree in the backyard – you can’t even imagine how delicious those mangoes were! We basically had them for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Since then I’ve been trying to find new recipes using this beautiful fruit, and this mango salsa has quickly become my favorite. So easy to make, and the flavors work really well together. Make sure you choose nice and ripe mangoes for this – they bring it just the right amount of sweetness.

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Quick Tip: Add more jalapenos if you’d like a spicier salsa!

I was cleaning my attic last weekend when I came across what I used to call “memory book”. It was an old one, maybe about ten-years-old. I love doing crafts like that. Instead of just compiling the photos just like a photo album, I love writing the stories. It’s in the stories where the memories that came with the photos are preserved. I have about a dozen new scrapbooks in my study, all of them containing memories with friends and family. This one though belonged to my old archive, which I stored in the attic to make way for new memories.

I came upon one picnic photo that I had with the family years ago. It was a picnic beside a lake near our hometown. It was just us family—my parents, my brother, his wife, my niece, and I. My niece was just about two-years-old. In the photo, my niece’s cheeks were smudged with something gooey and sticky, which I now remembered as cheese. My sister-in-law fed her with a small chunk of Mom’s famous stuffed chicken. She seemed to like it so she snatched the piece and stuffed it in her mouth. Well, I can’t fault her. Mom’s stuffed chicken are the best I’ve ever tasted until now. I remembered that they had to bathe her in the lake just to remove the stickiness all over her, causing my brother to fall head first to the lake. Ah. Good times.

Photo and recipe courtesy of the Southern Bite.

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Quick Tip: Serve with your favorite white wine.

This Tasty Salad Will Easily Feed A Crowd!

Whenever I’m throwing a party I always struggle trying to find a simple, inexpensive dish that will feed a large crowd.

I love all kinds of tiny appetizers, but I’ve noticed the ingredients can be on the expensive side. And quite often they are also pretty time consuming to put together. Lately I’ve started to turn more towards nice, festive salads and they have proven to be a hit every time. So that’s what I had in mind when I started searching for a new recipe for an upcoming get-together.

This Mexican-style pasta salad is a winner! It won’t brake the bank, and the recipe makes 16 servings (which is plenty, even if your guests are going for seconds – which they will…) This salad would also make a great lunch on its own, when served with some fresh baguette and garlic butter. Bring some Mexican flavors to your next party!

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