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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

Baked cod filet with lemon pepper butter on a white plate.
Lemon Pepper Baked Cod
Cucumber salad with cherry tomatoes, dill and avocado.
Creamy Cucumber Salad
Swedish meatballs in a large serving bowl with Instant Pot in the background.
Instant Pot Swedish Meatballs
A ladle of chunky chili over Instant Pot of chili.
Easy Instant Pot Chili
Close up image of Amish potato salad.
Amish Potato Salad
Ground beef potato hash cooking in a large black skillet.
Ground Beef Potato Hash
White chicken chili in a soup bowl.
White Chicken Chili Recipe
Beef and broccoli stir fry.
Easy Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry
Apricot salmon filet over a bed of asparagus and mushrooms.
Spicy Apricot Salmon (Sheet Pan Dinner)
A bowl of vegetable beef soup with crusty bread on the side.
Vegetable Beef Soup
Baked salmon chunks on a serving plate.
Easy 2-Ingredient Baked Salmon
Chicken skewers on white plate with rice and lime as a garnish.
Honey Sriracha Chicken Skewers

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