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Serve As a Side Dish Or Turn Into a Warm Meal!

I have a special cooking philosophy; the faster and easier, the better. It has gotten me through all these years and I intend to follow it for as long as I shall live, haha!

Oh well, I do make more complicated meals occasionally but when you’re trying to serve home cooked meals for your husband and kids every single day (on top of working, five days a week) it is definitely a rare occasion. This recipe, however, is one of my favorites and it’s a massive hit, every time I make it.

What I love about this is that this makes a wonderful, cold pasta salad for your BBQ or just a really nice side dish on a weeknight. But if you want to, you can easily turn this into a warm meal! I actually call this the healthy mac and cheese when I do that.

If you choose whole grain pasta for this and add some of your favorite veggies (sometimes I do like to add red pepper), you could basically call this a diet meal! Well, maybe not, but it’s definitely delicious.

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Quick Tip: The salad will keep in the fridge for up to 48 hours.

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.

The Most Delicious Way To Eat Your Brussels Sprouts!

Here’s a dish that probably has fans in Hollywood – it’s that good! I haven’t always particularly liked Brussels sprouts, but I’ve been trying all kinds of new recipes so that I would learn to love them. I don’t like being picky; I want to set a good example for my kids, and I want them to enjoy their veggies. This super simple recipe does the trick for me!

What’s great about this recipe is that you could serve it on any meal of the day. I’ve made this for breakfast as is, but sometimes I’ve also added some leftover chicken or ground beef and served this bake for dinner.

Amp it up by adding your favorite seasonings! I like to add a touch of chili powder or some fresh herbs, depending on what I have at hand. I also use different kinds of cheese, just to give it some fresh flavor each time.

Most often I double the ingredients so that we are having this for dinner, and the leftovers for lunch the next day. My whole family loves this meal!

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Quick Tip: Sometimes I omit the potatoes and just add other veggies instead (for example broccoli).

Throw These On The Grill And WOW Your Neighbors!

When I was a little girl my family would often spend our summer at the campground. I loved it! We would buy a seasonal pass and park our camper out at the state park for the entire three months of summer. I made so many friends each year. Such wonderful memories! Another great memory about camping was the food. My mom would often make us steak and/or chicken kebabs on the grill or over the fire pit. They tasted scrumptious! Juicy meat and fresh veggies on a stick? yes, please!

These steak kebabs are insanely easy to make. The only “fancy” ingredients you need are the skewers. One time, Mom forgot the skewers so she used marshmallow sticks. LOL!

What’s great about this recipe is that you can use the flavorful marinade for lots of other things, too. However, I intend to keep barbecuing for as long as I possibly can this year, before I give up these kebabs!

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Quick Tip: You can also swap out the steak in this recipe for chicken.

The Fastest Disappearing Side Dish You’ll Ever See!

Don’t you just hate throwing food to waste? I really do. I grew up watching my grandmother make use of every ingredient she had on hand, whether it was leftovers or something from her backyard garden. She never threw anything away, unless for some strange reason she had missed something and it had gone bad already. Even then, she always shook her head, as if she thought she should have been more careful.

I understand why she did this; she lived through some hard times when she was young, when money was tight and they didn’t always know if they’d have anything to eat the next day. Even when she got older and could have bought all the food she could eat, she never changed her ways.

Which was also a great thing for the environment, you know! There’s all this talk about food going to waste and how we should pay attention to what and how we are consuming. That’s why I love recipes like this vegetable fried rice from The Woks Of Life! That leftover rice in your fridge? It’s perfect for this, and you don’t have to throw anything away!

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Quick Tip: This dish is perfect for those days when you have plenty of leftover rice from last night’s dinner!

Festive enough for a special occasion – but you’ll want to make it “just because”!

If you were to ask me what my favorite food was, I would have to say anything chicken! I love chicken in every way you can think of; chicken soup, fried chicken, with Asian flavors – literally, anything. But there is one chicken dish that is and has always been number 1 for me, and that’s roast chicken. Mmm-hmmm! A whole chicken, perfectly seasoned and roasted to crispy perfection in the oven. It really doesn’t get any better than that!

I’ve tried plenty of roast chicken recipes and I have to admit there’s quite a variety of them out there. Fortunately I’ve managed to try the good ones, so far – unlike my friend. She said the roast chicken she tried, turned out so awful that she had to throw it away and order takeout. I’d hate to waste all that time and money!

This is one of my favorite roast chicken recipes and I’ve made it so many times that I can guarantee a delicious result! Plus, you get some exotic flavors in there, too – and that’s always a plus, if you ask me!

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Quick Tip: Add some garlic, if you’d like!

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!