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Juicy Roast Turkey Breast

The best way to cook roast turkey breast isn’t in the crockpot, but in the oven instead, and it only takes 30 minutes to cook!

Thanksgiving isn’t the only time of the year to talk turkey. Sure, it’s a popular protein over the holidays, but it should totally be considered as a dinner contender any time of year.

Turkey. It isn’t just for sandwiches anymore.

Turkey has so much more to offer than just a side dish to mashed potatoes, stuffing, and gravy. Especially when it’s cooked as a roasted turkey breast like this easy-to-make recipe.continue to the recipe… about Juicy Roast Turkey Breast

Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes

These twice-baked sweet potatoes are an all-in-one creamy side dish served in their own jacked made sweet with maple syrup and savory with white cheddar and brown sugar bacon.

I’m no Southern belle, and being brought up in Utah, sweet potatoes were never much of a thing. Funeral potatoes casserole have been and will always be way more Utah’s style.

When roasted in the oven, baked sweet potatoes become so sweet and flavorful there’s not much need for adding anything else to them. But when special occasions like Thanksgiving (or any fall potluck party) comes around, dressing up the humble sweet potato with maple syrup, white cheddar cheese and brown sugar-laced bacon bits then baking them up twice is exactly what’s called for.continue to the recipe… about Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes

How to Make the Best Mashed Potatoes

Knowing how to make mashed potatoes is a basic recipe every home cook needs in their kitchen skill set, and this easy recipe shows how to make the best creamy, buttery, mashed potatoes every time.

The Best Creamy Mashed Potatoes Recipe

Does the internet really need another creamy mashed potatoes recipe? To some, the answer could be a “no,” but then the naysayers haven’t tried my easy recipe for the best mashed potatoes that works every single time.

Sure, flavored versions like garlic mashed potatoes are tasty, and crock pot mashed potatoes might be convenient, but the best mashed potatoes to pair with any recipe are the kind mom used to make. Potatoes that are fluffy and creamy at the same time, and that don’t skimp on the butter.

There are a only a couple of easy tricks you need to master to get a great mashed potato to complete any meal. After years of mashed potato making, I’ve figured them out, and that’s why I’m adding my mashed potato recipe to the internet today.continue to the recipe… about How to Make the Best Mashed Potatoes

Friday Faves

Hello and happy Friday!

This past Sunday I resurrected #soupsunday, where one Sunday a month we have friends and family over for a super casual get together. I made two kinds of soup (I shared more about them here) and kept dessert simple with these fruity pebbles krispie treats shown above.

continue to the recipe… about Friday Faves

Beef Stew with Butternut Squash (Instant Pot, Stove Top or Crock Pot)

Tender chuck roast pairs with classic stew veggies and butternut squash in this easy beef stew made even easier in the Instant Pot, Crock Pot, or on the stove top.

Slow Cooker or Instant Pot Beef Stew Recipe

I made this classic Beef Stew with a slew of nutritious veggies in my Instant Pot on the pressure cooking setting, and the whole stew was cooked and ready to eat in just 40 minutes. Compare that to 2 hours or more on the stove top and you’ll know why I’m such a fan.

BUT! If you don’t have an Instant Pot, this beef stew is just as easily prepared on the stove top, or in the slow cooker, with directions for both below.

continue to the recipe… about Beef Stew with Butternut Squash (Instant Pot, Stove Top or Crock Pot)

Broccoli Casserole with Crispy Onions

This easy broccoli casserole au gratin topped with crispy onions could challenge even the best green bean casserole at the Thanksgiving table, and definitely win.

This recipe brought to you by Vermont Creamery

Broccoli is that vegetable that most everyone likes, and knows is good for them, but just hasn’t yet gained the it-girl/vegetable status that kale salads, roasted Brussels sprouts, or even mashed cauliflower are enjoying now.

No more! The time is now to don your hipster wide-brim wool fedora and jump ahead of the curve to make room for this amazing broccoli at the Friendsgiving or Thanksgiving table. Ah, who am I kidding? It’s tasty all season long.

This easy broccoli casserole dresses fresh or frozen broccoli in a simple-to-make, prep-ahead-if-you-like, butter and cheese homemade white béchamel sauce topped with crispy onions for a side dish everyone will love.continue to the recipe… about Broccoli Casserole with Crispy Onions

30 Best Comforting Soup Recipes

This list of 30 of the web’s best soup recipes to cook during fall and winter shows why there’s nothing more comforting than a bowl of hot soup on a cold day.

Soup season is here, and like so many of you, I am raising my spoon with glee at the idea of getting into the kitchen and cooking a pot (or 30) of my slurpable favorites.continue to the recipe… about 30 Best Comforting Soup Recipes

Gnocchi With Pomodoro Sauce

This simple tomato sauce gets tons of flavor from herbs steeped in olive oil that lusciously coats potato pillows of gnocchi, topped with fresh balls of mozzarella.

It’s a lunch I remember with fondness, and regret.

Fondness because it lit my fire for choosing gnocchi as my favorite thing to order on each and every Italian menu for the rest of my eating out days (ask my husband, I am not kidding) and regret because I didn’t go to that restaurant for more gnocchi more often than I did.

That gnocchi dish was truly made of little pillows of heaven. In fact, that was the name of the dish, Pillows From Heaven, roughly translated into English. I’ve since moved away and honestly, the way restaurants go, it’s probably gone too. But I’ll never forget my first time.

But it doesn’t matter much now, because while I still love going out, I’m just as happy making gnocchi at home.continue to the recipe… about Gnocchi With Pomodoro Sauce

Friday Faves

Hello and happy Friday!

Okay, get ready for your brain to explode. Did you realize there are less than 60 days left in 2019? Whaaaat? I mean you know it’s the first day of November, but that means translates to less than 60 days left in this decade! It makes me realize how badly I want to make the most of each and every one of those 86,400 minutes.continue to the recipe… about Friday Faves

The Best Homemade Mac and Cheese

The combination of creamy gouda and havarti cheese make a silky, cheesy homemade mac and cheese sauce that tastes SO MUCH BETTER than the boxed kind.

Easy Homemade Mac and Cheese

There are several basic, classic, everyone-loves-them-because-even-when-we-shouldn’t-we-still-crave-them recipes I am driven to master.

The best steak. Check. The juiciest roasted chicken. Got it. The best potato salad. Double check and thank you mom. The best homemade fudge. Ever. End of story. Period.

I’ve made several macaroni and cheese recipes on the blog, including this Instant Pot mac and cheese, this one with lobster, another with gobs of cheese and bacon, and yet another loaded with veggies and such, and I’ve deemed each of them a wonder in their own right.

But I was missing that basic, homey, comfort food classic of a good old-fashioned baked mac and cheese. Not anymore.continue to the recipe… about The Best Homemade Mac and Cheese

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Juicy Roast Turkey Breast

Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes

How to Make the Best Mashed Potatoes

The Best Creamy Mashed Potatoes Recipe

Friday Faves

Beef Stew with Butternut Squash (Instant Pot, Stove Top or Crock Pot)

Slow Cooker or Instant Pot Beef Stew Recipe

Broccoli Casserole with Crispy Onions

30 Best Comforting Soup Recipes

Gnocchi With Pomodoro Sauce

Friday Faves

The Best Homemade Mac and Cheese

Easy Homemade Mac and Cheese

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How to Make Classic Macaroni Salad

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Easy Homemade Mac and Cheese

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