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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

A plate of garlic butter shrimp pasta with a fork.
Garlic Butter Shrimp Pasta
Two chopsticks lifting noodles from a bowl of beef ramen.
Easy Weeknight Ramen
A bowl of leftover steak salad with a fork on the side.
Leftover Steak Salad
A wooden spoon dipping into a dish of tuna casserole.
Easy Tuna Casserole
A wooden spoon dipping into a baking dish full of easy baked ziti with sausage.
Easy Baked Ziti with Sausage
A wooden spoon scooping up a serving of chicken and broccoli casserole.
Chicken Broccoli Casserole
Overhead image of four slow cooker chicken tacos.
Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos
A chicken Caesar wrap cut in half.
Chicken Caesar Wraps
Close up image of a Dorito taco salad recipe with ground beef and black beans.
Taco Salad (with Doritos)
Overhead image of grilled teriyaki chicken topped with scallions and sesame seeds on a plate.
Grilled Teriyaki Chicken
Overhead image of Caprese pasta salad topped with balsamic glaze.
Caprese Pasta Salad
Close up image of tuna macaroni salad topped with paprika.
Tuna Macaroni Salad

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