I’ve been making this slow cooker hot beef for over 50 years. I first learned how to make it when I was just 13 years old and working in a restaurant. It’s one of those recipes that has stayed with me all these years because it is simple, filling, and dependable. When the weather starts
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Discover 40 squash varieties with photos, flavor profiles, storage tips, and the best uses for summer and winter squash from the garden to the kitchen. If there’s one vegetable that always seems to overachieve in the garden, it’s squash. One year it’s zucchini that won’t stop producing. The next year it’s butternut squash stacked in
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This skillet cookie with browned butter is the best excuse to use up sourdough discard. If you’re keeping a sourdough starter on the counter, you know the feeling. Another feeding means another bit of discard, and it seems too good to throw away. This sourdough discard skillet cookie has become one of my favorite ways
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If you are looking for the absolute perfect recipe to transition your kitchen into fall, these Crispy Oven-Baked Chicken Legs are it. As fall rolls around, there is a distinct shift in the air. The long, scorching days of summer are gently winding down, and our cravings are naturally shifting away from cold salads and
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When you need a hearty meal that can feed the family without a lot of fuss, this Easy Baked Cheese Manicotti is one of those recipes worth keeping handy. Tender manicotti shells are filled with a creamy four-cheese mixture, covered with tomato sauce, and baked until hot and bubbly. This is a great recipe for
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How to get fluffy pancakes with cream cheese and almond flour every time. The secret is cream cheese, which sounds weird until you taste what it does when whipped with eggs and almond flour. It creates structure, adds richness, and somehow mimics the tender chew of real buttermilk pancakes without any of the carb load.
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Creamy Italian Sausage Soup is a hearty one-pot meal with pasta, Parmesan, and a rich, flavorful broth. There are some soups that are light and simple, and then there are the ones that can easily become dinner all on their own. I’ve made this soup many times with spinach, but today I made it with
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I’ve made this maple brown sugar butternut squash from memory many times over the years. My daughter has a large crop of butternut squash this year, and this was the first recipe I thought of. So when she had plenty of squash to use, I knew exactly where to start. When the weather turns cool
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A simple fermented homemade sauerkraut made with just 2 ingredients; fresh cabbage and salt. If you have ever grown more cabbage than your family can eat fresh, homemade sauerkraut is a wonderful way to preserve it. With just cabbage and salt, you can turn a fresh garden harvest into a tangy fermented food that keeps
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This roasted tomato marinara is one of my favorite ways to turn fresh tomatoes into something we can enjoy long after tomato season is over. Instead of cooking a large pot of tomatoes on the stove for hours, everything goes onto a sheet pan and into the oven. The tomatoes, onion, garlic, and herbs roast
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It is the perfect time of year to head into the kitchen and make a batch of these Fluffy Blueberry Cottage Cheese Muffins. As August draws to a close, we find ourselves tucked into that bittersweet, slow transition from summer to fall. The days are still warm, the mornings are just a little bit crisper,
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This Big-Batch Pumpkin Pie Granola is a wonderful recipe for making ahead, and it fills the kitchen with the warm smell of pumpkin pie spice as it bakes. When the weather starts turning cooler, I love having homemade breakfasts and snacks ready to grab. Made with old-fashioned oats, pumpkin puree, pecans, raisins, Craisins, maple syrup,
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This sweet salad dressing is a perfect example of an old-fashioned recipe that doesn’t require a long list of ingredients or complicated instructions. Made with just three simple pantry staples, it is an easy homemade dressing that comes together in minutes. Brown sugar, white vinegar, and vegetable oil create a sweet and tangy dressing that
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Homemade sugar scrub recipes are an easy and inexpensive way to make your own DIY sugar scrubs at home. Made with simple ingredients like sugar and nourishing oils, homemade body scrubs are a fun addition to your self-care routine and make thoughtful handmade gifts for family and friends. With 21 sugar scrub recipes to choose
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This Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Granola is a simple homemade treat with chewy clusters, a little crunch from sunflower seeds, and mini chocolate chips tucked throughout. The peanut butter adds just enough richness without overpowering the chocolate. I especially like that this recipe is easy to customize. Use sunflower seeds, chopped nuts, dried fruit, or
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These cheesy broccoli muffins are a breakfast food that works as hard as you do. They bake in 15 minutes, use ingredients you probably already have, and freeze like champions. The texture is soft enough for little mouths but sturdy enough to survive a diaper bag. The flavor is aggressively savory without being weird or
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This Pearl Couscous Summer Salad is one of those recipes that feels right at home on a warm summer day. Tender pearl couscous is tossed with sweet corn, juicy tomatoes, fresh basil, scallions, and cheese, then finished with a simple lemon and garlic vinaigrette. What makes this salad extra special is the quick char on
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These Homemade English Muffins are one of those recipes that make an ordinary breakfast feel a little more special. I love the smell of homemade bread warming the kitchen in the morning. What makes this recipe especially nice is that you don’t need to turn on the oven. The muffins are cooked right in a
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This Blueberry Zucchini Bread is one of my favorite ways to turn some of that summer abundance into something we can enjoy long after zucchini season is over. When the garden starts giving us more zucchini than we can eat fresh, I know it’s time to start baking. The recipe starts with a zucchini bread
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This Classic and Easy Beau Monde Dip Recipe just became one of our favorite ways to enjoy our garden tomatoes, broccoli, and cauliflower. There is something especially good about sitting down to a meal or snack made with vegetables picked fresh from the garden. The tomatoes were the clear winner in our house. A ripe
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