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A large round plate with sliced red and green apples with a dark blue and white polka-dotted patterned small bowl in the middle with caramel dip. Surrounding the plate are apples in the upper left corner, bottom left corner, and bottom right corner.

Caramel Apple Dip

A sheet pan full of toasted parmesan baguette slices.

Toasted Parmesan Baguette Appetizer

Three quart-size jars of homemade salsa.

The Best Homemade Salsa for Canning

Three small plates with square pieces of apple sheet cake with brown butter frosting. Two whole apples are in the right bottom corner, and three forks are laid on top of each other on the left side.

Jewish Apple Sheet Cake with Brown Butter Icing

A slice of fresh peach dessert sitting on a small dark blue plate with polka dots with a fork on the plate. In the background is the edge of patterned dark blue 9x13 dish and two whole peaches.

Fresh Peach No-Bake Dessert

A strawberry rhubarb muffin on a small plate with two whole strawberries on the left. A partial picture of a plate bowl with strawberry rhubarb muffins. Whole strawberries are scattered around the small plate.

Strawberry Rhubarb Muffins

Shredded chicken curry with green beans, diced carrots, corn, and peas served over white rice on a dark blue plate.

Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Curry

Several banana oatmeal chocolate chip cookies on a cookie sheet lined with a silicone baking mat.

The Best Banana Oatmeal Cookies

Side salad with sliced Roma tomatoes, sliced cucumber, Romaine lettuce, and crumbled feta cheese.

Easy Greek Side Salad

Texas Sheet Cake in a large baking sheet cut into 25 square pieces.

Texas Sheet Cake

Ice cream cone cupcakes with vanilla frosting and sprinkles on a cookie sheet.

Easy Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes

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

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