Easy homemade stuffed mushrooms with a creamy Parmesan and garlic filling. This crowd-pleasing appetizer makes about 30 mushrooms for sharing. When we’re getting ready for our gatherings with friends, I like having a few recipes I know will turn out well and be easy to share. These homemade stuffed mushrooms are one of my favorites
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This Guinness Beef Roast recipe turns an inexpensive chuck roast into tender, shredded beef with a rich, savory cooking liquid, all without hours of tending a pot on the stove. When the day has been full and there’s still dinner to make, the Instant Pot can be a real help. Guinness stout, beef broth, Worcestershire
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Homemade sourdough pumpernickel bread has a rich flavor and a deep, dark color that make it stand out from an everyday sandwich loaf. This version combines whole-grain rye flour, sourdough starter, molasses, onion, and espresso powder for a loaf with a slightly sweet, earthy flavor and a savory onion finish. One of the things I
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A cozy fall Apple Coffee Cake made with sourdough discard, fresh apples, brown sugar crumble, and a maple vanilla glaze. Tender, spiced, and perfect for weekend baking. A cozy fall bake that uses up sourdough discard and celebrates apple season. When fall settles in, my kitchen counter inevitably disappears under a pile of apples. The
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These make-ahead breakfast burritos combine scrambled eggs, crispy bacon, garden zucchini, sweet onions, salsa, corn, and rice. Taco seasoning adds a little extra flavor, while the rice and vegetables help stretch the filling into a generous batch. If your garden has been producing more zucchini than you know what to do with, this is another
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When apple cider season rolls around, make soft, chewy apple cider cookies. It’s fun to bring those familiar fall flavors into the kitchen. They have a soft, chewy center, lightly golden edges, and a cinnamon-sugar coating that makes every bite taste like fall. The recipe uses instant apple cider mix along with a little apple
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Welcome to a favorite kitchen labor of love: Mal’s Cold Ferment Sourdough Sandwich Bread. She is my niece and has become the sourdough whisperer. She has spent countless hours experimenting with her sourdough starter affectionately named Maple. Tweaking the measurements and fine-tuning her techniques to create the perfect slice. After trial and error, this recipe
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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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