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Quick and Easy Sheet Pan Cabbage and Sausage with Pierogies or Potatoes
This is one of our FAVORITE meals! We usually use kielbasa, but use your favorite sausage! The longer you leave it in, the more charred the cabbage edges become! That’s my favorite part! A few minutes of chopping is all it takes to get this into the oven before it’s even finished preheating! Dinner will…
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The BEST Beef Vegetable Soup Ever
Why make THIS Beef Vegetable Soup? The very first thing I ever made from scratch, completely by myself, was a huge batch of beef vegetable soup. I received a 22-quart stockpot as a bridal shower gift from one of my aunts and decided to use it. My grandmother and I had worked at a very…
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The Best Hot Spinach Artichoke Dip
I developed this recipe over 20 years ago. We used to attend a New Year’s Eve party at a friend’s house every year. After the first year, my friend told me I ALWAYS had to bring this dip because it was so popular – and that I should bring two of them! Everyone LOVED it,…
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The Best Minestrone Soup
Minestrone is an Italian vegetable soup with pasta, and it’s one of my all-time faves! I’ve tried many different variations, and while they are all good, this is my absolute favorite. It doesn’t hurt that it tastes a lot like Olive Garden’s version, which was a treat when I was younger, as we didn’t eat…
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Fresh Corn Pie in a Flaky Double Crust
While most of you may not have ever heard of corn pie, it is a staple in Pennsylvania Dutch Country during corn season, when fresh corn on the cob is available at every farmer’s market and even just in a wagon alongside the road. It is cheap, super fresh, and the sweetest corn you will…
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Flaky All Butter Pie Dough
Are you intimidated by making pie dough? Do you love a buttery, flaky crust but find that most recipes fall flat? Then this is the all butter pie dough for you! It’s quick and easy, and has layers that are as flaky and buttery as a French croissant! I was the one who always left…
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Chipotle Chicken Bites
Anyone who knows me knows my love of Mexican food. My first exposure was Chi Chi’s. Now, I realize this is a very Americanized Tex Mex version, but I was young, and we didn’t have much culinary exposure in my small town to compare it to. I was devastated when they suddenly closed (especially because…
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Fast and Easy Ham Hash for Two (or a Crowd)
Ham Hash can be a hearty meal served in individual cast iron pans or cooked in a larger skillet for a crowd! And don’t save it just for breakfast or lunch – this dish is hearty enough for any meal!
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Luscious and Moist Vanilla Cupcakes
These are the perfect vanilla cupcakes! Everyone needs a go-to vanilla cupcake recipe, and this is mine. I’ve tried many, many recipes and when I started using this one, everyone raved about it! I usually use it with my Swiss Merengue Buttercream recipe, and it’s my base recipe for my extremely popular cookies and cream…
