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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 Brown Sugar Pineapple Ham is the perfect Easter Ham recipe! We made a delicious cola and brown sugar glaze for ham, and combined it with crushed pineapples. This spiral ham is easy to make, and filled with SO much flavor!

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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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White Queso Recipe (Easy Queso Dip)

Easy Dinner Recipes

We are here to make meal time easy and delicious! Here are some of our favorite simple dinner ideas.

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Tuscan Chicken in Parmesan Cream Sauce

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Baked Chicken Breast (The Best)

MISSISSIPPI ROAST is the absolute best slow cooker roast beef you will EVER make! This Mississippi Roast Recipe has been made famous throughout the years and is a must make! Mississippi Roast in a crock pot is perfect on its own, for tacos, nachos, sliders, and more! You won't believe the flavor in this slow cooker goodness.

Mississippi Roast Recipe (Crockpot)

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Grilled Salmon with Avocado Salsa (Whole30 Salmon Recipe)

Butter Burgers are the most delicious burgers ever, cooked and smothered in butter! This Wisconsin Butter Burger recipe is everything your dreams are made of, juicy, cheesy, and absolutely tasty.

Butter Burger Recipe (Best Burger Recipe)

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!

Creamy White Chicken Chili Recipe with Cream Cheese

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Crockpot Chicken Breast Recipe

Parmesan Crusted Lemon Pepper Tilapia is the BEST Tilapia Recipe we have ever tasted. This Parmesan Crusted Tilapia is as healthy as it is delicious, and it's SUPER EASY as well! This Lemon Pepper Tilapia Recipe is so flavorful and made in under 20 minutes. Best Easy Seafood Recipe.

Parmesan Crusted Tilapia Recipe (Baked Lemon Pepper Tilapia)

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Must Make Holiday Recipes

Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner! Round out your holiday tables with these easy and delicious holiday recipes.

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Loaded Scalloped Potatoes

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Holiday Recipes

Crockpot Turkey Breast Recipe (Slow Cooker Turkey)

Apple Pie Sangria is a light, refreshing, delicious, and EASY Caramel Apple Sangria! This Fall Sangria Recipe is the hit of every party I take it to! Apple Pie Sangria is loaded with Apple Cider, Caramel Vodka, White Wine, Ginger Ale, and more! We call this Thanksgiving Sangria because it's Autumn in a glass. We have sangria recipes for every occasion, but this one is our favorite.

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Caramel Apple Sangria (Apple Pie Sangria)

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Crockpot Green Bean Casserole

This Brown Sugar Pineapple Ham is the perfect Easter Ham recipe! We made a delicious cola and brown sugar glaze for ham, and combined it with crushed pineapples. This spiral ham is easy to make, and filled with SO much flavor!

Brown Sugar Pineapple Ham Recipe (Pineapple Ham Glaze)

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Easy Mashed Potatoes Recipe (Boiled in Milk)

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Baked Spaghetti is a cheesy, tasty, easy dinner for any night of the week. This super easy baked spaghetti recipe is something the whole family is sure to love!

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This is the BEST TWICE BAKED POTATOES RECIPE and I'm going to tell you exactly how to make it. This creamy, cheesy, crispy Twice Baked Potato recipe is just too good and I can't get enough of it. These potatoes are the perfect side dish for any meal. They are filled with all the best ingredients and they're absolutely filled with flavor too!

Twice Baked Potatoes Recipe

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Every great cook needs an amazing SWEDISH MEATBALLS recipe. Eat them as an appetizer for the perfect party snack or over noodles for a delicious meal. This sauce is everything!

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These sweet treats are just perfect for entertaining friends and family for the holidays. Enjoy for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, and beyond!

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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Homemade Apple Pie is one of the coziest, homiest desserts I can think of! Fresh, warm apple pie from scratch (with homemade apple pie crust) is the ideal Thanksgiving dessert. This easy homemade apple pie recipe makes it simple to bake a fresh pie for any occasion!

Easy Homemade Apple Pie Recipe

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Chocolate Cream Pie Recipe (The Best!)

Saltine Cracker Toffee is a simple and tasty snack to prepare for unexpected visitors or just for a night in. Chocolate Saltine Toffee is an easy go-to recipe when you just don't have much on hand. And they're actually SO good, and so satisfying. This Saltine Cracker Toffee with Chocolate recipe is the perfect thing to keep on hand for when you have a sudden chocolate craving.

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Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies (Salted Caramel or White Chocolate Peppermint)

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Best No Bake Cookies (Chocolate Peanut Butter)

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Pumpkin Pie is a must make for Thanksgiving. This Homemade Pumpkin Pie Recipe is an elevated classic by using Brown Sugar! If you've wondered How to Make Pumpkin Pie and thought it was too difficult for you, today is the day to learn. This Pumpkin Pie Recipe is delicious and SO EASY! Don't miss our.

Easy Pumpkin Pie Recipe (Brown Sugar Pumpkin Pie)

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Creamy Baked Ziti is a simple and delicious baked pasta dish that never fails to please. This easy baked ziti recipe is extra creamy and cheesy!

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Stovetop Burgers are easier than you might think! Once we learned How to Cook Burgers on the Stove it’s our go-to easy dinner for anytime of year.

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Chicken Wings are a game day staple! This baked wings recipe has the most amazing seasoning consisting of paprika, garlic, salt and pepper. Simple but delicious.

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