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

Easy Quiche Recipe

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No-Bake Cherry Cheesecake {9×13 size}

A bowl of pasta fagioli soup on a plate with two slices of Italian French Bread.

Olive Garden Pasta Fagioli Soup

A white 9x13 oval baking dish filled with manicotti topped with red marinara sauce down the middle with mozzarella cheese and parsley on top sitting on a hot pad.

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

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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

 A serving of Instant Pot Beef Sundaes in a blue bowl with a spoon digging in to take a bite.

Beef Sundaes

 A blue plate holding a serving of crazy good pork and potatoes with green beans and a fork to the side

Crazy Good Pork and Potatoes

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Instant Pot Beef Stroganoff

 In the background on the left is a yellow cloth napkin with a fork sitting on the left side of a blue plate with chicken tetrazzini on spaghetti noodles all topped with grated Parmesan cheese and some parsley.

Instant Pot Chicken Tetrazzini

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Instant Pot Lentils with Chicken and Sweet Potato

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The Best Instant Pot Macaroni and Cheese

 Sweet pork sitting on a blue plate with a flour tortilla and jar of dressing in the background.

Cafe Rio Sweet Pork

 Italian sausage and peppers with onions in a hoagie sandwich roll sitting on a small white plate. In the background are two hoagie sandwich rolls.

Italian Sausage and Peppers Recipe

 A sliced balsamic pork loin with glaze sitting on a large white plate.

Slow Cooker Balsamic Pork Loin

 A dinner bowl plate with three baby potatoes, chopped chicken and green beans with bacon bits.

Slow Cooker Country Chicken and Veggies

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Slow Cooker Hobo Dinner

 A dinner plate with barbecue chips, sliced cucumbers, sliced carrots, and a slow cooker Mississippi pot roast sandwich with melted cheese.

Slow Cooker Mississippi Pot Roast

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Slow Cooker Pineapple Salsa Chicken aka Mexican Delight

 A rectangle slice of meatloaf with a fork angled from the left inserted into a corner of the meatloaf sitting on a plate with a cut open baked potato and a serving of green peas.

The Best Slow Cooker Meatloaf

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Famous Sanpete County Barbecue Turkey and Chicken Marinade

 Blue plate with a grilled sweet chili pork chop on it and coconut rice and grilled veggies on the side

Grilled Sweet Chili Pork Chops

 A bowl of Thai basil chicken with rice and a spoon lying on a cloth napkin on the left of the bowl.

Amazing Thai Basil Chicken

Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps

 a small blue plate with beef and peppers served over egg noodles. It is sprinkled with Parmesan cheese. There is a fork taking a bite out

Beef and Peppers with Egg Noodles

 a blue bowl full of rice, veggies and chicken, chop sticks are taking a bite out. There is also a dishcloth in the back ground.

Chicken Fried Rice

 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

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Creamy Cajun Pasta Skillet with Kielbasa

 Bite-size chicken taco meat in a nonstick skillet with a wooden spatula inserted on the right.

Easy Skillet Chicken Taco Meat

 A yellow kitchen towel draped around a peacock patterned Polish pottery bowl filled with rice and topped with an egg roll stir fry with a set of chopsticks sticking up in the bowl.

Egg Roll in a Bowl

 Green Curry with Chicken and Potatoes

Green Curry with Chicken and Potatoes

 Tomato-and-Veggie-Goulash

Hamburger Tomato and Veggie Goulash

 A peacock patterned Polish pottery bowl filled with cilantro lime rice, rotisserie chicken, diced cucumbers, avocado, red onion, and tomatoes with a dollop of chipotle sour cream. On the right of the bowl is a spoon.

Honey Lime Chicken Bowls with Rotisserie Chicken

 A partial picture of lemon chicken pasta in a black skillet.

Lemon Chicken Pasta

 A large frying pan filled with slice zucchini and yellow squash, Italian sausage and dice tomatoes.

Million Dollar Zucchini Skillet

 A dinner plate with coconut rice, broccoli, and 4 ounce filet of baked bang bang salmon with a fork held diagonally from the left inserted into the salmon.

Baked Bang Bang Salmon

 Ground Beef Baked Taquitos on a baking sheet.

Ground Beef Baked Taquitos

 Pesto Parmesan Pork chop served on a bed of linguini pasta on a white plate with a fork on the left sitting on a mustard yellow napkin.

Pesto Parmesan Pork Chops

 A partial picture of fajitas sitting on a cookie sheet with a metal tong with rubber tips about to take a scoop of fajitas.

Sheet Pan Fajitas

 Sheet pan Hawaiian pork bowl with chopped red cabbage served over coconut rice.

Sheet Pan Hawaiian Pork Bowls

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Sheet Pan Smothered Burrito
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Broccoli slaw salad in a dark blue and white bubble patterned Polish pottery serving bowl with a set of tongs held diagonally from the right partially inserted in the salad and grabbing some salad.

Broccoli Slaw Salad

A partial picture of eggless banana bread in a metal loaf pan.

Easy No-Egg Banana Bread

Sweet corn, small red potatoes cut in half, Kielbasa pieces, and shrimp on a sheet pan.

Sheet Pan Shrimp Boil

Homemade non-toxic laundry detergent in a clear plastic container without a lid. A light green measuring cup, a box of Borax, a box of Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda, and a glass vase with flower stems in the background.

How to Make Easy Non-Toxic Laundry Detergent

A loaf of chocolate zucchini bread partially sliced sitting on a dark blue Polish pottery plate with a bubble white pattern and a lattice pattern around the edge.

Chocolate Zucchini Bread

A large soup pot full of stuffed zucchini soup.

Stuffed Zucchini Soup

A dutch oven with sliced potatoes and onions sprinkled with cheese and bacon pieces with a serving spoon held above from the left with a scoop of dutch oven potatoes.

Oven Baked Dutch Oven Potatoes

9-photo picture collage of cranberry fluff salad, easy quiche, biscuits and gravy, baked potato with peas and meatloaf, spaghetti and sauce, chicken tetrazzini, chicken parmesan with angel hair pasta and green beans, stuffed meatloaf with mushroom gravy, and pork chop parmesan with linguini. The title Simple yet "fancy" Christmas Eve Dinner Ideas for busy families is overlayed and centered on the photo collage.

Simple yet “Fancy” Christmas Eve Dinner Ideas for Busy Families

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

Stovetop Moroccan Chicken Tajine
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