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Feb 15, 2025

Thai Cabbage Salad

Feb 15, 2025

Thai Cabbage Salad

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This Thai cabbage salad is light, refreshing, and loaded with all of your favorite Asian flavors. 

Thai Cabbage Salad in a white bowl.


This Thai cabbage salad is amazing. I could eat mass quantities. I've made this salad several times, and each time, I wonder why I don't make it more often. 

Jan 25, 2025

Chicken Enchilada Soup

Jan 25, 2025

Chicken Enchilada Soup

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This chicken enchilada soup is thick and filling, and adapts all of the flavors of chicken enchiladas into a delicious and comforting soup. 

Chicken Enchilada Soup in a bowl.


Even though it takes about an hour of cooking time, this chicken enchilada soup is so easy to make, and it includes all of the ingredients you might find on an enchilada plate. 

Oct 31, 2023

Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes

Oct 31, 2023

Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes

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This recipe for make-ahead mashed potatoes will feed a crowd, perfect for your next holiday gathering.  

Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes in a yellow casserole dish.


This recipe for mashed potatoes is perfect for busy holidays or those times when you are feeding a crowd and you don't want to be stuck in the kitchen mashing potatoes for a large crowd at the last minute. 

Apr 2, 2023

Mini Chicken Empanadas with Cheese and Chiles

Apr 2, 2023

Mini Chicken Empanadas with Cheese and Chiles

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These mini chicken empanadas with cheese and chiles are the perfect game day snack. It was really difficult not to devour more than my share of these when I pulled them out of the oven. 

Mini Chicken Empanadas with Cheese and Chiles on a blue plate.



They are ridiculously tasty... and so easy peasy to make! 

Jan 7, 2023

Buffalo Chicken Baked Mac and Cheese

Jan 7, 2023

Buffalo Chicken Baked Mac and Cheese

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Take comfort food, marry it to bar food, and you get this Buffalo Chicken Baked Mac and Cheese. 

Buffalo Chicken Baked Mac and Cheese overhead shot with bread crumbs.




I'm a huge fan of anything spicy and gooey, especially comfort food. Plus, how can you not like macaroni and cheese?! 
Oct 21, 2022

Chiliville Chili

Oct 21, 2022

Chiliville Chili

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This Chiliville Chili is so easy to make and has just the right amount of heat to clear your head. You can have it ready in about 40 minutes from start to finish. It's also an ideal make-ahead meal.

Chiliville Chili in two bowls with a serving bowl in the background.


October is National Chili Month! Now that the weather is beginning to cool, enjoy a warm bowl of comforting chili. 

Jun 25, 2022

Tomato, Garlic, and Basil Bruschetta

Jun 25, 2022

Tomato, Garlic, and Basil Bruschetta

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This tomato, garlic, and basil topped bruschetta is simple, light, fresh, and delicious. It makes a wonderful appetizer.

Tomato, Garlic, and Basil Bruschetta on a plate with a spoon.



This bruschetta with a tomato, garlic, and basil topping is my "go-to" fresh summer appetizer. With its bright, concentrated tomato flavor, it's a fabulous nibble with cocktails. 

Apr 23, 2022

Mexican Red Rice | Arroz Rojo

Apr 23, 2022

Mexican Red Rice | Arroz Rojo

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This Mexican red rice is the essential time tested side dish for whenever you are serving your favorite Mexican-style meal. 

Mexican Red Rice in pot.


Arroz rojo, or red rice, is one of those dishes served every day with Mexican dishes both north and south of the Rio Grande. When you think of rice and beans, this is pretty much the traditional tomato-y rice, with a couple of twists.

Feb 5, 2022

Cantuccini Toscani - Almond Biscotti

Feb 5, 2022

Cantuccini Toscani - Almond Biscotti

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These cantuccini Toscani, filled with almonds and flavored with cinnamon and vanilla, are a take on the wonderful crunchy Italian treat. 

Almond biscotti in a bowl.



Cantuccini (or cantucci for a slightly larger version) is the true name for what we think of as biscotti. All Italian cookies are called biscotti (twice-baked biscuits), but these are the "official" twice-baked cookies that originated in the small town of Prato in Tuscany.