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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

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

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

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

A 9x13 Polish potter dish of Authentic Eggplant Parmesan with a few basil leaves on top in the middle.

Authentic Eggplant Parmesan

A white Polish pottery bowl with a blue upside down "Y" and a blue circles pattern filled with authentic Italian tomato sauce with fresh basil leaves on top.

Authentic Italian Tomato Sauce

A glass mixing bowl with carrot kimchi with a spoon held above with a scoop of carrot kimchi on it.

Carrot Kimchi

A dinner bowl plate full of no-bake cookie energy bites.

No-Bake Cookie Energy Bites

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