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A 9-inch glass pie dish of Quiche with a white kitchen towel with blue stripes.

Easy Quiche Recipe

No-Bake-Cherry-Cheesecake-2

No-Bake Cherry Cheesecake {9×13 size}

Olive-Garden-Pasta-Fagioli-Soup

Olive Garden Pasta Fagioli Soup

Amazing-Manicotti-Recipe

Amazing Manicotti Recipe

A bowl filled with quinoa, diced chicken taco meat, cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, black beans and topped with shredded cheese. On the left is a partial photo of chicken taco meat and a grey kitchen towel. On the right are two small glass bowls, one with chopped cucumber and the other with pico de Gallo.

Chicken Quinoa Burrito Bowls

Summer Time Favorites

A bowl of spaghetti noodles mixed with veggies and italian salad dressing with salad supreme spice tossed together to make a pasta salad. It is in a white bowl.

Spaghetti Pasta Salad

A large cooking pot filled with baked beans recipe. On the right side a black serving spoon is in the pot with a scoop of beans and held above the rest of the beans.

Best Ever Baked Beans

Chipotle cilantro lime rice in a metal pot with a few cilantro leaves on the top in the middle with a metal spoon partially sticking out of the rice.

Copycat Chipotle Cilantro Lime Rice

On top of a yellow cloth kitchen towel is a small white bowl filled with Greek salad, ground beef, a dollop of tzatziki with a sprig of dill on top of the ground beef.

Greek Bowl Recipe

Magnolia-Bakery's-Blueberry-Jamboree-

Magnolia Bakery Blueberry Jamboree

Fruit Pizza, Large sugar cookie with white frosting and fruit on top. You can only see half of it in the picture and the fruit is arranged in a pretty pattern. Very colorful.

The Best Fruit Pizza

three grilled teriyaki chicken kabobs on a blue palte with a side of coconut rice. Sitting on a grey and white table cloth

Grilled Teriyaki Chicken Kabobs

Kool-Aid-Shaved-Ice-Syrup

Kool-Aid Shaved Ice and Snow Cone Syrup

Beautiful strawberry rhubarb crisp in a polish pottery pie dish. you can see the red fruit juices around the edges and the rest of the picture highlights the delicious crisp topping.

The Best Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp

No bake smore krispie treat on a white plate

No-bake S’more Krispie Treats

A corner of a glass dish holding Seven Layer Dip

Ultimate Seven Layer Bean Dip

small polish pottery dish filled with warm peach crisp and vanilla ice cream, there is a spoon taking a bite out.

Fresh Peach Crisp

A square piece of brown ice cream cake on top of a dessert plate drizzled with Hershey's syrup. Scattered around the plate are Oreos with two servings of cake faded in the upper corners.

Brownie Oreo Ice Cream Cake

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A serving of stovetop Moroccan chicken tajine over couscous in a bowl.

Stovetop Moroccan Chicken Tajine

A serving of ground beef rice casserole and two scoops of pumpkin on a dark blue plate. A fork is inserted into the casserole from the left and a spoon in the upper left corner.

Dinner in a Pumpkin

A food processor with cilantro ranch protein dip in it and triangular corn chip with dip on the tip being held above the food processor.

Cilantro Ranch Protein Dip

The Best S'more Fudge on brown parchment paper partially cut with two pieces of fudge stacked on top.

The Best S’more Fudge

6-photo picture collage of strawberry rhubarb crisp with vanilla ice cream, several soft and fluffy sugar cookies with pink icing and sprinkles, a slice of magnolia bakery blueberry jamboree, Reese's no-bake peanut butter pie with a slice taken out, a square of strawberry jam sheet cake, and a slice of chocolate zucchini sheet cake. In the center and overlaid are the words "30+ Sunday Desserts" on top of the photo collage.

30+ Sunday Desserts

6-photo picture collage of minestrone soup, manicotti, teriyaki chicken kabobs with rice, roast beef with mashed potatoes and gravy and peas and carrots, pesto pork chop on top of fettuccine, and meatloaf. Centered in the middle are the words "30+ Sunday Dinner Ideas" overlaid on the photo collage.

30+ Sunday Dinner Ideas

6-photo picture collage of granola bar bites, s'more granola bars, amish banana muffins, snickerdoodle bars, white chocolate chip cranberry oatmeal cookies, and Samoa Rice Krispies. Overlaid on the collage are the words "50+ After School Snacks.

50+ After School Snacks

Horizontal 6-photo picture collage of sheet pan fajitas, chili Mac, loaded pepper jack mack and cheese, South of the Border Pie with corn chips and a green salad, sloppy joes, and sausage and peppers with egg noodles. In the middle the words "35+ Back to School Dinners" are overlaid on the collage of photos.

35+ Back to School Dinners

A few cut sweet and salty rice Krispy treats stacked in the middle with single squares of sweet and salty rice Krispy treats surrounding the stack.

Sweet and Salty Rice Krispies

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