Recipes

This blue ribbon beef chili is the tastiest, easiest recipe you'll ever find. I recommend serving it with sliced jalapeño chile peppers and crackers or cornbread.

This slow cooker chili is packed with beans, veggies, and spices, and simply simmers away in your crockpot to make a delicious beefy chili.

This homemade chili is delicious and goes great with cornbread or over corn chips for a chili pie! I like to use spicy pinto beans but if you use regular beans, you can up the chili powder in this recipe.

This is my best chili recipe. After years of adjusting recipes that were either too spicy or too mild, everyone loves this. Even my fiancée who hates chili.

These super creamy and rich restaurant-style potatoes will be gobbled up fast. They are excellent as leftovers warmed up in the microwave with eggs and bacon the next day. They are not a light or low-fat dish. Save this for a special occasion.

This crockpot cream of broccoli soup is a most excellent soup and very easy to make in the slow cooker. The kids love it!

This meatloaf recipe doesn't take long to make at all, and it's very good!

These cinnamon buns are soft and tender and topped with a sticky glaze. They'll fill your kitchen with a sweet, delicious aroma. So good when they're gooey and warm!

An easier version of my family's favorite snack. I used to make them as a wrap but I find this so much easier! Serve with whole wheat crackers.

These sheet pan breakfast potatoes in the oven are quick and easy! With potatoes and six simple ingredients, it's so simple to whip up these tasty, crispy potatoes. I know they're called breakfast potatoes, but you can enjoy these any time of day or night!

This fried rice recipe only takes 15 minutes to cook and tastes just like you get at your favorite Chinese restaurant. Leftover rice, plus a couple of eggs, baby carrots, peas, and soy sauce is all you need. Garnish with sliced green onions, if desired.

Wondering how to make salmon cakes? This is a recipe for my grandmother's famous salmon cakes. It's a family recipe that has been passed down through generations. Serve them with macaroni and cheese or any other type of side dish.

These mini donut muffins with a secret ingredient of nutmeg taste just like cinnamon-sugar donut holes!

This Mexican cornbread has got to be the tastiest and the most moist cornbread I have ever made. It is the most requested thing I cook, so I am sharing it. Don't let the ingredients fool you. It's unbelievable.

Want a roll that stays soft for days? Try these fluffy, soft rolls made with butter and love. This is my Grandma's recipe. The rolls are quick to rise due to the two packages of yeast. A special thanks to Baking Nana for writing the directions that are clear and easy to follow.

A classic potato salad recipe. Most potato salads look and taste better when made with low-starch red boiling potatoes. You can use any size of this variety, but the small new potatoes cook 10 to 15 minutes faster than the larger ones. Choose potatoes that are all roughly the same size, if possible, so they cook in the same time.

This cauliflower pasta recipe was given to me by friends in Sweden. It is one of my husband's all-time favorite meals and is often requested by friends.

Chocolate cookies rolled in confectioner's sugar. We have called these 'Ahortas' after a 'being' in the original Star Trek series -- can you tell how long I have been making these?!

This is a family recipe passed along by my late cousin David. It is so simple...just four ingredients thrown in the slow cooker! Not only is it great to come home to a hot delicious meal...your home will smell wonderful too! The brisket is great with the extra gravy spooned over egg noodles or mashed potatoes.

Buckeyes are peanut butter fudge candy balls dipped in chocolate. They're called buckeyes because they look like the nuts that grow on Ohio buckeye trees. This recipe for buckeye candy is so good that I double it whenever I make it.

This decadent chocolate pie has a rich chocolate filling in a buttery pie crust, topped with fluffy baked meringue. I got this easy recipe from a dear friend a long time ago!

This recipe was made in my best friend's family for years. She has since passed it on to me. The children love it!

Great as a snack on crackers, especially butter crackers. This tuna has a little kick.

These easy cinnamon rolls are simple to make using prepared bread dough for a quick and delicious breakfast treat. They have a buttery cinnamon filling and are topped with a sweet glaze. Super yummy and gone in a flash at my house!

These are the best peanut butter cookies you'll ever have! This is my boyfriend's special recipe, which makes the softest, chewiest, and most peanut-buttery cookie I have ever tasted.

This is the best sugar cookie recipe and the only one I use. Whenever you make these cookies for someone, be sure to bring along several copies of the recipe — you will be asked for it, I promise! Note: I make icing with confectioners' sugar and milk. I make it fairly thin, as I "paint" the icing on the cookies with a pastry brush. Thin enough to spread easily but not so thin that it just makes your cookies wet and runs off.

These "potato fries" might only be half as tall as Tater Tots, but personally I think they're twice as good! With just a handful of ingredients and no messy stovetop frying, get ready to enjoy these crispy, caramelized potato pancake poppers. Pipe sour cream on top and sprinkle with chives to serve, or arrange on a platter and serve alongside an amazing dip, like a garlicky pesto aioli. They also make for truly fantastic breakfast potatoes to serve with bacon and eggs.

This traditional meatloaf recipe made with sautéed vegetables, spices, and bread crumbs is moist and flavorful and topped with an old-fashioned glaze. Cook time will depend on the size and shape of your loaf, as well as the type of baking pan you use. Serve this hearty meal on cool fall or winter evenings with mashed potatoes and a simple mushroom gravy.

Easy sausage pinwheels made with crescent roll dough and cream cheese. Good for brunch or parties!

This is the easiest, best toffee I have ever made. Everyone who tries it wants the recipe.

For me, the best part about any coffee cake recipe is the crispy, crunchy, buttery crumb topping. In this recipe, I significantly increased the amount of crumb topping and hid a layer inside the cake!

This is a recipe my family loves! it is simple and does NOT require a candy thermometer like most fudges. It's pretty simple and does not take an expert to make it; because of this many people make variations to this recipe!! You can use any kind of chips and/or nuts. I hope you enjoy my recipe!

Delicious fried Oreos made in an air fryer with just a few ingredients. So easy and perfect for when you are craving carnival food!

Sweet, fluffy air fryer beignets take on a wholesome aspect since they're not deep-fried.

This million dollar cake made from yellow cake mix is frosted with a cream cheese, mandarin orange, and pineapple mixture for a light and refreshing cake full of bright flavors.

This simple coconut sour cream cake is a light, refreshing dessert.

This is the type of dish I never make the same way twice, but I hope you give this amazing minestrone recipe a try soon, but only once.

A copycat recipe of my favorite Greek restaurant. Creamy (but dairy-free) chicken and lemon soup. Delicious on its own or served with a Greek salad and bread or pita.

This beef pho features a comforting, richly-seasoned meat broth ladled over rice noodles and thinly sliced sirloin. Serve with hoisin, Sriracha, green onion, cilantro, bean sprouts, basil, and lime.

This is an authentic pad thai recipe with rice noodles, chicken, peanuts, and stir-fried eggs in a traditional tamarind sauce. Garnish with fresh bean spouts and chives. This recipe was inspired by the pad thai at Thai Tom.

These easy baked pork chops always turn out tender and juicy. The creamy sauce is delicious served over rice or mashed potatoes — and you probably have all the ingredients on hand.

Chicken stock, wine, onions, garlic, mushroom, cream, butter, herbs, lemon, and capers reduce to make a perfect sauce. Served alongside mushroom rice and asparagus; it is HEAVEN! Patience is key with the sauce. The flavors will come together beautifully if you allow them to reduce as directed.

This simple technique not only provides you with a NY strip steak that eats like a filet mignon but the trimmings are used to make a world-class pan sauce. Even if a faux-bordelaise isn't your cup of tea, you can always save the scraps for a Sunday sauce or meatballs. The overnight dry-aging step is optional but does add a little something extra to the final product.

This scallops mascarpone is a light seafood dish that pleases the taste buds and the eyes!

This roasted cauliflower mac and cheese is a no-pasta version of a classic.

This cheesy chicken broccoli rice casserole is very easy to make. You can leave out the onion but it does add flavor. It can be made ahead and frozen.

I am not generally a fan of chimichangas at restaurants, but this had me going back for seconds. It is easy to prepare the meat ahead of time and then have a very quick meal in a pinch.

Cheese enchiladas are perfect for a quick and easy dinner! Filled with three types of cheese, green onions, and salsa, these enchiladas are ready to eat in just 40 minutes. Switch up the flavor by using mild, hot, or fruity salsa, or even subbing enchilada sauce. My grandma gave me this recipe.

A hearty bacon, egg, and hash brown casserole for the bacon lover in all of us. Feel free to use turkey bacon rather than pork!

This was a favorite recipe of mine growing up. Now, I continue to make them for my husband and I. These muffins are easy to make, and quite tasty.

For me this checks all the boxes for a hot party dip. It's relatively cheap and easy to make, but maybe more importantly, it's great hot, warm, or room temp. And it's also incredibly versatile.

Salmon cakes are one of my go-to emergency meals. Every once in a while I like to use fresh salmon. Salmon is one of those products, like chicken, that's very easy to get into a rut with. People generally find a few recipes that work for them, and just stay with those, but this fairly simple preparation should be easy to add to anyone's rotation. Serve with lemon wedge and remoulade sauce. You can use any bread crumbs instead of panko breadcrumbs, if desired.