Salsa Chicken & Queso 7 Layer Dip

If I’m going through the work of making this dip, I decided, I want it to have some meat so it can be our main course. Yes, we had this for dinner and we loved it! I made up some easy salsa chicken in the crock pot during the day. Then when I was ready to assemble I layered refried beans, queso, warm...

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Gluten/Dairy/Egg Free Banana Bread

I think this is the 4th recipe for banana bread I’ve posted on this blog! I have a weakness for banana bread, clearly. And since I’ve been trying out healthier options of my favorite foods while trying to lose the last of my baby weight, it was only natural to experiment with some banana bread. It’s...

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Bacon & Cream Cheese Stuffed Jalapeños

Lately I have had such a hankering for spicy foods. We’ve gone through more hot sauce in a month than we did in years of being married. I’ve also been adding fresh diced jalapenos to pretty much everything I can. So one week when I was meal planning I thought—let’s just make these things the meal....

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Perfect Pizza Dough

We love homemade pizza and I’ve tried a lot of methods over the years to get it right. It’s really hard in a home oven to get a crust to be crispy on the bottom without a brick oven like they use at restaurants. What I’ve found works best is rather than just heating up the pizza stone, I cook the crust...

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Lemon Zest Raspberry Pie

Berry pies are a favorite around our house! Mitch and I like pretty much all kind of berry pie. I loved this simple raspberry pie recipe adapted from the blackberry pie I made for Thanksgiving following Paula Deen’s recipe here. The lemon zest really brings out the flavor of the berries! I used the...

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Homemade Hot Cocoa Mix

We go through so much hot cocoa here in Minnesota that I’ve found it cost-prohibitive, to say the least, to purchase premade hot cocoa mixes. Even in bulk they’re too expensive when it’s –30 outside and you need hot chocolate every hour practically to just stay alive! After tinkering with a mixture...

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The Best Steak Salad

Okay here it is. My favorite salad. Of all time. This steak salad was inspired by a steak salad I ate at one of my favorite restaurants (Redstone) and tried to recreate at home once they took it off their menu. It is delicious! If you sear the large flank of steak in hot hot oil on both side, then...

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Gluten Free Caramel Apple Crisp

  I’ve always been a lover of apple pies and apple crisps. My husband isn’t a huge fan, but I get strong cravings for baked apple goods! The cinnamon and sugar baked into a bubbly sauce around the apples is the best part. After Christmas I couldn’t shake my cravings for the amazing Costco apple...

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Best-Tasting Healthy Brown Rice

A couple years ago a friend taught me the secret to delicious brown rice that is still healthy—chicken stock. I have since always cooked my brown rice in chicken broth or stock and every time I think how flavorful it is. No added fats or salts or cheese. Just replace the water with broth. You won’t...

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