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3 crispy chicken fingers over a bed of lettuce and cherry tomatoes.

30 Minute Mains

Homemade beef & broccoli stir fry comes together faster than a take-out and is much healthier! This quick weeknight meal is a family favorite!

Beef

Better Than Takeout

Chicken

Seriously easy and delicious, these pulled pork quesadillas are my favorite way to use up leftover pulled pork! A perfect cook once, eat twice meal! #quesadillas #pulledporkquesadillas

Cook Once; Eat Twice

Make It Meatless

One Pot Meals

Pasta

Learn my #1 secret for the most nutritious and flavorful Instant Pot Chicken Stock and make it in half the time it takes on stove top. This extra rich and flavorful chicken (or turkey) stock will be your secret ingredient for some many dishes, especially chicken noodle soup! #InstantPot #InstantPotRecipes #chickenstock #instantpotchickenstock #turkeystock

Pressure Cooker

Strawberry Spinach Salad with Grilled Chicken and Poppy Seed Dressing.

Salads

Baked Cod with Panko.

Seafood

A complete guide to oven roasted vegetables, including a handy cheatsheet for ideal roasting time for any vegetables, storing tips and serving ideas! #roastedvegetables

Side Dishes

(Leftover) Turkey Tetrazzini
Creamy turkey and wild rice soup in a white bowl.
Turkey Wild Rice Soup
a crockpot with shredded chicken and salsa
Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken
a bowl of hungarian goulash.
Instant Pot Hungarian Goulash
ground beef casserole with doritos on top
Dorito Taco Casserole
A bowl of roasted red pepper soup with grilled cheese dipped in it.
Roasted Red Pepper Soup
spoonful of chicken poppyseed casserole
Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole
a bowl of chicken stew with carrots and potatoes
Instant Pot Chicken Stew
Cut grilled cheese sandwiches with oozing cheese.
Philly Cheesesteak Grilled Cheese
Stacked barbecue chicken sliders.
BBQ Chicken Sliders
Tomate sauce poured over cooked pasta.
Easy Cherry Tomato Sauce
Mochiko chicken over a bed of white rice in a dark shallow bowl.
Mochiko Chicken

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