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Two egg rolls, sweet chili sauce, and a serving of fried rice on a plate.

Dhiana’s Indonesian Egg Rolls

The corner of a dark blue Polish pottery 9x13 dish filled with Easy Baked Tortellini Casserole.

Easy Baked Tortellini Casserole

Several Saint Clement Squares on a light blue plate with a dark blue rim. A lime is in the left bottom corner, two forks in the upper left corner, and an orange in the upper right corner and an orange on the right of the plate.

Saint Clement Squares

A large dark blue white polka dotted Polish pottery plate with smashed parmesan brussels sprouts.

Smashed Parmesan Brussel Sprouts

A dark blue plate with a swirled pattern with a serving of turkey breast topped with gravy, a serving of mashed potatoes and gravy and stuffing.

Instant Pot Turkey Breast

A white bowl of churro muddy buddies.

Churro Muddy Buddies

An oval Polish pottery dish of wide rice sausage and mushroom stuffing with craisins. A Metal serving spoon is inserted diagonally on the left.

Wild Rice Sausage and Mushroom Stuffing

The corner of a 9x13 glass baking dish of Toni's Zucchini Pizza.

Toni’s Zucchini Pizza

A large metal bowl full of homemade whipped cream with a spoon of whipped cream held above from the left.

Homemade Whipping Cream

Three fajita stuffed sweet potatoes sitting in a glass 9x13 baking dish topped with melted cheese and sliced green onions with melted cheese surrounding the bottoms of the sweet potatoes.

Fajita Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

A dark blue, white polka dotted Polish pottery soup bowl of beef barley soup with a spoon inserted in the soup resting on the edge. A pot holder is laying on the right of the bowl.

The Best Beef Barley Soup

Two slices of pumpkin bundt cake with cream cheese frosting sitting on small plates with two forks crisscross on each other between the plates. In the upper right corner is a pumpkin bundt cake with cream cheese frosting on a round platter with a couple slices cut out.

Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Baked Sweet Potato Wedges on a baking sheet covered in parchment paper.

Baked Sweet Potato Wedges

A corner of a glass 9x13 baking dish of unstuffed pepper meatloaf casserole with a scoop taken out of the corner.

Unstuffed Pepper Meatloaf Casserole

6-photo picture collage of carrot cake, chocolate zucchini muffins, Samoa Rice Krispie treats, raspberry cheesecake brownies, tres leches cake, and magnolia bakery blueberry jamboree with the text of the title overlayed on the collage.

2023 Readers’ Favorite Dessert Recipes

7-photo picture collage of cream potato and ham soup, Lion House rolls, chicken sheet pan fajitas, chicken quinoa bowl, chicken tetrazzini, creamy pasta skillet with kielbasa, and asian chicken lettuce wraps.

2023 Readers’ Favorite Dinner Recipes

A bowl of red lentil curry soup with a spoon on the left side of the bowl.

Red Lentil Curry Soup

Cut Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting in a large cookie sheet with a piece missing from a corner.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

A glass bowl of balsamic honey mustard dressing with a fork inserted from the right.

White Balsamic Honey Mustard Dressing

A bowl filled with quinoa, roasted corn, zucchini, chopped sweet potato and spinach topped with feta cheese, half an hard-boiled egg, chickpeas, and balsamic dressing.

Sweet Potato Quinoa Bowls

A slow cooker full of copycat cafe rio shredded chicken.

Copycat Cafe Rio Shredded Chicken