Easy Holiday Recipes

Three mini ginger cheesecakes and a gingerbread man cookie.

Mini Gingerbread Cheesecakes

A glass Ball jar filled with homemade S mores snack mix and tied with a ribbon for a food gift.

S’Mores Mix in a Jar

Six hot chocolate cookies topped with marshmallows, and a mug of hot cocoa.

Hot Chocolate Cookies with Marshmallows

A baked juicy turkey with crispy skin on a serving platter.

The Secret to Juicy Turkey with Crispy Skin

a perfectly baked molasses crinkle cookie topped with white crystal sugar.

Old Fashioned Molasses Crinkle Cookies

coconut almond macaroons in a serving dish.

Coconut Almond Macaroons

Six cranberry bliss bars on a black cooling rack.

Copycat Cranberry Bliss Bars

Close up of four chewy toffee blondies bar cookies.

Chewy Toffee Blondies

Favorite Cozy Recipes

Finished no peel apple butter just poured into jars and cooling.

Easy (No Peel!) Slow Cooker Apple Butter

Just baked pumpkin donut holes cooling on a wire rack.

Pumpkin Cinnamon Sugar Donut Holes

Six cranberry bliss bars on a black cooling rack.

Copycat Cranberry Bliss Bars

A bowl of apple granola with a fresh apple in the background.

Homemade Apple Crisp Granola

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A batch of cooked Italian meatballs in a skillet with spaghetti sauce.

Beef and Sausage Meatballs

A ceramic bowl filled with Greek yogurt and garnished with a fresh strawberry.

Creamy Homemade Greek Yogurt Recipe

Cinnamon cream cheese rollups on a serving platter with fresh fruit.

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Roll Ups

Finished Mexican Carnitas in a white serving dish on colorful napkins.

Slow Cooker Carnitas

Close up of just-baked Italian meatball sliders sprinkled with grated Parmesan cheese.

Hawaiian Roll Meatball Sliders

Homemade Cheez Its Cheese Crackers

A white bowl filled with fire roasted green chile.

Fire Roasted Green Chile Recipe

A dozen pieces of golden brown potato chip chicken tenders on a plate with sweet chili sauce for dipping.

Crunchy Potato Chip Chicken

Recipe Roundups

Four cheesy appetizers, including jalapeno poppers, quesadillas, mini cheese balls, and jalapeno popper wonton cups.

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Chocolate lava cakes, mini cherry cheesecakes, lemon icebox desserts, and mini chocolate brownies.

Best Mini Dessert Recipes

A white bowl of pasta noodles with Parmesan cheese and freshly ground black pepper.

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Meatballs in a skillet with sauce and three casseroles that all freeze well.

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Easy Appetizer Recipes

Crispy golden brown artichoke wonton wrappers with cheese on a serving plate.

Artichoke Cheese Wontons

A microwave steamed artichoke ready for serving with lemon wedges and melted butter.

Perfectly Steamed Artichokes

4 mini BLT cups appetizers.

Mini BLT Cups Appetizers

A bowl of homemade Mediterranean hummus.

Mediterranean Hummus Dip

Simple Home

A bottle of homemade DIY dishwasher rinse aid, with a measuring cup and bottle of vinegar in the background.

Homemade Dishwasher Rinse Aid

A seasoned cast iron skillet.

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Finished orange and lemon peel vinegar cleaner in a spray bottle with a printed label.

Orange Peel Vinegar Cleaner

Pouring baking soda down a clogged sink with a spoon.

Homemade Liquid Plumber Alternative

Easy Recipes

A white bowl filled with southwest chipotle chicken chili topped with tortilla chips and chopped cilantro.

Slow Cooker Southwest Chicken Chili

bacon macaroni salad in a large white bowl.

Bacon Macaroni Salad

Close up of baked oatmeal cookies with butterscotch and chocolate chips.

Oatmeal Scotchies Chocolate Chip Cookies

Close up of mini chocolate cake with chocolate ganache glaze.

Mini Flourless Chocolate Cakes

A serving of burrata pasta on a beige ceramic plate.

Burrata Cheese Pasta

A ceramic bowl with old fashioned corn chowder with bacon, and a bagel on the plate.

Creamy Bacon Corn Chowder

A bowl of apple granola with a fresh apple in the background.

Homemade Apple Crisp Granola

A blue bowl filled with homemade ricotta cheese and a blue spreading knife.

Homemade Ricotta Cheese

Gardening

Fresh mint plants.

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A hummingbird at a feeder drinking nectar.

Make Your Own Hummingbird Nectar

Fresh garden vegetables including leeks, artichokes, cherry tomatoes, Bok choy and beets.

Inspiring Vegetable Gardening Quotes

A patch of flowering bindweed.

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Simple Living

A woman writing in a gratitude journal

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A woman wearing a giant sun hat and lying on the beach.

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Two women talking in a restaurant.

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A woman balancing while doing yoga on the beach.

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A woman on a couch smiling and holding a cute dog.

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A woman in a green shirt smiling and looking up at the sky.

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A woman's hand with a pencil on a journal.

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Pretty flowers blooming in a garden.

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Money

A black wallet with six credit cards.

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A dozen five dollar bills fanned out on a tan background.

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A woman in a yellow sweater holding a pink piggy bank.

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Close up of a hand trying to remove a sticky price tag from a box of tea.

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Close up of a pile of golden brown roasted almonds.

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