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This Caesar Chicken Recipe (MELT IN YOUR MOUTH and only 4 Ingredients!) is made with only 3 ingredients (say WHAT?!) and is oh so tender and delicious. Easiest tastiest weeknight dinner ever. Made with just chicken, sour cream, creamy caesar, and grated parmesan. It will knock your socks off for both its flavor and how easy it is!

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Spiced Cider is a holiday must! Warm things up this season with this delicious Cranberry Apple Hot Cider Recipe. It's easy, it's festive, and it's the perfect drink to serve for any Christmas party. Make it without alcohol for the whole family, or make it spiked hot apple cider for the adults. Either way, the flavor is just perfect!

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Cowboy Dip Queso (Loaded Velveeta Queso Dip) is the ultimate Super Bowl appetizer. This EASY Rotel Dip recipe is loaded with Velveeta, beer, pepper jack, black beans, Rotel, and sausage!

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SUPER EASY Oven Baked Spicy Chicken Tacos make a weekly appearance on our table. All the flavor and none of the stress. ALL THAT MELTED CHEESE! Perfect Chicken Tacos recipe for a crowd on Family Mexican Night!

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This Caesar Chicken Recipe (MELT IN YOUR MOUTH and only 4 Ingredients!) is made with only 3 ingredients (say WHAT?!) and is oh so tender and delicious. Easiest tastiest weeknight dinner ever. Made with just chicken, sour cream, creamy caesar, and grated parmesan. It will knock your socks off for both its flavor and how easy it is!

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Baked Caesar Chicken Recipe

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Baked Chicken Tacos Recipe

Easy Restaurant Style WHITE QUESO is our FAVORITE DIP RECIPE EVER. The EASY QUESO RECIPE tastes just like queso dip at Mexican restaurants! I have been waiting my entire life for this cheese dip recipe!

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Easy Dinner Recipes are a must at our house. Every busy family needs a list of go-to recipes they can throw together in a pinch. These family favorites are real life tested and sure to please even the pickiest eaters.

This Dutch Oven Lasagna recipe, or Stove Top Lasagna, will blow your mind! You'll never make a fully traditional lasagna recipe again after making this easy stove-top version.

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CREAMY WHITE CHICKEN CHILI made with CREAM CHEESE is the ultimate comfort food! Made in minutes and feeds up to 16 people! Freeze some for a delicious meal later. THE BEST WHITE CHICKEN CHILI EVER!

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Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner. You’ve come to the right place to find all the best mains, sides, desserts, drinks, and more!

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Holiday Punch is one of our favorite EASY PUNCH RECIPES perfect for Thanksgiving or Christmas! This Vodka punch is made with Cranberry Juice, Orange Juice, Ginger Ale, Sparkling Cider and more! You can pour in the Vodka or make it your new Non Alcoholic Christmas Punch Recipe. One of our very favorite Holiday Punch Recipes.

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Peanut Butter Blossoms are a classic cookie recipe that is easy to make and loved by all! This BEST Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies Recipe has been in our family for years. Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies are perfect for Christmas baking, but also made for enjoying year round, especially at Summer BBQs. When it comes to favorite cookie recipes, these Peanut Butter Hershey Kiss Cookies can't be beat.

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This Apple Cider Mimosa Recipe is simple, delicious and the perfect for Fall! You deserve such a fun and bubbly treat once in a while. Thanksgiving is the perfect time for an Apple Cider Cocktail, especially one as easy and tasty as this. If you've wondered how to make the perfect mimosa, this recipe is for you! I love a Mimosa, and this is my favorite Mimosa Recipe!

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Pumpkin Pie Dessert Lasagna is a fun twist on a Thanksgiving classic! This sweet pumpkin lasagna recipe is made up of layers of pumpkin pie, whipped cream, and lady fingers. Utterly delicious! Add this easy Thanksgiving dessert recipe to your holiday table.

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Baked Fried Chicken, or Oven Fried Chicken Breast, is so healthy, juicy, flavorful, and CRISPY! You would never guess this Baked Fried Chicken Breast is oven baked and not fried. The spice rub on this Oven Baked Fried Chicken is just like your favorite KFC Fried Chicken. SO MUCH FLAVOR! Once you try these Baked Chicken Cutlets, you'll never go back to fried chicken again.

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Strawberry Cookies are my favorite Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies! These White Chocolate Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies are so fun and delicious, and so super easy! Fun, festive, and SUPER SIMPLE! Strawberry Cookies with White Chocolate Chips are the perfect Pink Cookies for Valentine's Day, Easter, baby and wedding showers, and beyond! This Cake Mix Cookies Recipe will blow your mind.

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STRAWBERRY BROWNIES are perfect for Valentine's Day! This Chocolate Covered Strawberry Brownie Recipe is a mix of soft chocolate-y brownie, creamy strawberry filling, & a layer of melted chocolate.

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