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Recipes
All of these recipes have been made by me and tested to taste wonderful. All blogs are my thoughts inspired by my experiences and travel. I have taken most of the images as well. My goal is that you enjoy!
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Easy Cajun Green Beans
Stop serving boring veggies! These Easy Spicy Cajun Green Beans use bacon, onions, and a kick of spice to create a side dish your family will actually crave. Quick, simple, and packed with Louisiana-style flavor—get the recipe here!


The Ultimate Comfort Food - Meatballs with Mushrooms and Onions
Savor the flavor of home with Jen’s Meatballs with Mushrooms and Onions! A simple, one-pan recipe featuring juicy beef meatballs in a rich, savory mushroom gravy. Perfect for a cozy family dinner over noodles or mash. Try this easy comfort food classic today!


Easy Italian Green Bean Casserole
Forget the canned soup! This Italian Green Bean Casserole uses a savory tomato sauce and crunchy homemade croutons for an easy, comforting side dish your family will love.


Chicken Thighs with Mushrooms and Spinach
Stop the dinner rut with Jen’s Chicken with Mushrooms and Spinach! A creamy, earthy, and easy-to-follow recipe that brings gourmet flavor to your home kitchen. Ready to level up your weeknight chicken? Click to cook!


The Ultimate Sautéed Veggie Salad
Discover how to make a quick and healthy Sautéed Veggie Salad with this easy 20-minute weeknight recipe from Appetite for Life. Learn how prepping your vegetables ahead of time can transform simple ingredients like cabbage, mushrooms, and feta into a nutritious, flavor-packed meal that needs no dressing.


The Best Chicken Cacciatore (Pollo alla Cacciatora)
Learn how to make an authentic Chicken Cacciatore that celebrates the sweetness of bell peppers. This rustic, one-pot Italian stew is a healthy, Mediterranean-style dinner perfect for busy weeknights or cozy weekends. Discover the history of "hunter-style" chicken and easy variations for the perfect family meal.


Vegetable and Bean Soup
Make this vegetable and bean soup using carrots, celery, bell pepper, broccoli slaw, thyme, smoked paprika, beans, and winter greens. This healthy vegetable and bean soup is a good reset.


10 Essential Pantry Staples to Enhance Your Cooking
My 10 Pantry Staples - olive oil, canned beans, brow rice, canned tomatoes, soy sauce, rolled oats, lentils, dried herbs, chicken stock, pasta. These pantry staples will save you time and money.


Easy Chicken and Dumplings
This easy Chicken and Dumplings leverages rotisserie chicken and shelf-stable gnocchi along with the traditional vegetables so you can have chicken and dumplings for a weeknight meal.


Wild Rice, Sweet Potato and Brussels Sprouts Salad
Try this Wild Rice, Sweet Potato and Brussels Sprouts salad for a weeknight meal. It is satisfying and comforting and can be ready in less than 1 hour.


Black Bean Soup
This black bean soup uses pantry items like canned black beans, frozen corn, tomato paste, and spices from the spice cabinet. Make this black bean soup and you'll have dinner on the table in 30 minutes.


Sautéed Winter Greens
Sautéing Winter Greens makes the most delicious side dish that is nutrious and comforting. Give winter greens a try with onions, garlic, bacon, and some red pepper flakes.


Perfectly Cheesy Garlic Bread
This Cheesy Garlic Bread combines a garlic butter filled with herbs, and three different cheeses - mozzarella, cheddar, and parmesan. Try this cheesy garlic bread as an appetizer, alongside soup, or with spaghetti & meatballs.


Chicken Red Thai Curry
Making Chicken Red Thai Curry doesn't take a lot of effort, and when you have the ingredients on hand such as red curry paste and coconut milk, you can make this chicken red thai curry in under 30 minutes.


Roasted Mushroom, Arugula, and Parmesan Salad
This roasted mushroom, arugula, and Parmesan salad is easy to put together, but the flavor of the roasted mushrooms really packs a punch. No real dressing required.


3-2-1 Menu Plan - Beef, Carrots, Potatoes
The 3-2-1 Menu Plan using beef, carrots, and potatoes includes small batch beef stew, beef tacos, and beef barley soup


Creamy Mashed Potatoes
Creamy Mashed Potatoes are a combination of choosing the right potato, cooking them just so, and mashing them to perfection.


Kale, Bean and Andouille Soup
Try this Kale, Bean and Andouille Soup for a quick weeknight meal. Onions and garlic round out the flavor. You can make the kale, bean and andouille soup yours by adding your favorite ingredients.


Penne with Butternut Squash, Kale and White Beans
Penne with Butternut Squash, Kale and White Beans is a hearty dish that can feed a crowd. Use the leftovers in other dishes as well.


The Weekly Whisk 🥣 10/31/25
This week in The Weekly Whisk, it is all about pumpkin. Get my traditional pumpkin pie recipe that I used to sell and other great recipes and tips in the Weekly Whisk.
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