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Chicken Thighs with Oranges

Prep this recipe for chicken thighs with oranges in 10 minutes and let the oven do all the work.

Sheet Pan Chicken and Veggies

Busy weeknight? Toss everything onto a baking sheet and let the oven do the rest. Juicy chicken, roasted veggies, and zero extra cleanup.

Cabbage Tomato Soup

Add your favorite ground meat to this tomato cabbage soup, and you’ll have a terrific dinner, easy to make in one pot.

Rotisserie Chicken and Dumplings Casserole

With canned biscuits as the dumplings and rotisserie chicken as the base, this casserole recipe skips the hard stuff and gets straight to the good part: dinner!

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Pancakes

If you love pumpkin and chocolate together, these pancakes deliver. They’re easy to make and guaranteed to make your morning feel like a treat.

Sheet Pan Sausage and Vegetables

When the fridge is full of veggies and you need dinner fast, this one-pan wonder saves the day.

Rotisserie Chicken Broth

Learn the simple steps to make chicken broth from a rotisserie chicken carcass and a few everyday ingredients.

Ginger Hot Cocoa

Ginger adds a lively note to the classic winter mug of hot cocoa. One sip and you’ll be hooked!

Spinach Alfredo

It’s cheesy, garlicky, and packs your leafy greens in every bite. This spinach Alfredo pasta is the easiest way to get a veggie win at dinner.

Classic Chili Recipe

This ground beef chili is the kind of recipe that you make once and then start craving it. The secret is the seasonings; otherwise, it’s easy, flavorful, and yields enough for leftovers.

An easy, flavor-packed way to get dinner on the table that everyone devours. You’ll simply marinate the chicken in cilantro and lime, sear it in a hot pan for crispy skins, and finish it off in the oven while you prep the sides.

10 Thanksgiving Side Dishes That Stole the Show at My Table (and Might at Yours!)

Every Thanksgiving, I go all out on the turkey-perfectly seasoned, juicy, golden brown. But by the time dinner rolls around, it’s not the bird everyone’s talking about. It’s the sides. That’s when I realized Thanksgiving isn’t really about the turkey; it’s about the recipes that make people lean over their plates and whisper, “Can you […]

Rotisserie Chicken Stew

Get ready to make a comforting stew with rotisserie chicken that’s perfect for one of those nights when you need dinner to feel like a win.

Chicken Goulash

Warm, filling, and packed with flavor, this chicken goulash is the kind of meal that makes everyone ask for seconds.

Potatoes and Green Beans

This easy combo of crispy baby potatoes and tender green beans roasts in stages, but finishes perfectly together.

Mushroom Pasta

When you want pasta but don’t want anything heavy, this garlic mushroom pasta feels light and is loaded with mushrooms in every bite.

Banana Yogurt Pancakes

Each serving provides 12g of protein, making these banana yogurt pancakes a terrific breakfast option.

Irish Beef Stew

If it’s your first time making Irish beef stew, this recipe keeps it simple and provides easy-to-follow instructions, just like my mother-in-law taught me.

Cottage Cheese Pumpkin Muffins

These pumpkin muffins with cottage cheese are easy to make and have everything you love from the classic muffin.

Chicken Zucchini Stew

This comforting chicken stew with zucchini and carrots is the perfect weeknight dinner. It’s warm, filling, and made with simple ingredients.

Chicken Spaghetti Soup

When you’re out of egg noodles, but chicken noodle soup is calling, this spaghetti version saves dinner. It’s quick, hearty, and kid-approved.

Simple Beef Stew Without Wine

Made with classic beef stew ingredients and no wine, this hearty recipe has a deep, flavorful broth and melt-in-your-mouth beef pieces that make any day feel like Sunday dinner.

Corn Chili

Made with simple ingredients and a bold chili flavor, this corn chili is the recipe that hits the spot every time.

5 Slow Cooker Chicken Soups That Feel Like Comfort In A Bowl

The slow cooker is my kitchen BFF: it does the hard work while I take the credit! These 5 chicken soups simmer away on their own and make your house smell like pure comfort. Slow Cooker Chicken and Rice Soup Made with rotisserie chicken, this comforting soup tastes like Grandma’s meals, but with none of […]

Rotisserie Chicken Enchilada Soup

When you want something filling with minimal work, this enchilada soup with rotisserie chicken hits the spot.

Taco Spaghetti

Busy weeknight? This taco spaghetti is cooked in one pan and loaded with cheesy, saucy goodness that your family will devour.

Lemon Chicken and Rice Soup

Warm, cozy, and loaded with flavor, this easy lemon chicken and rice soup is a shortcut dinner that tastes homemade and bright.

10 Dinners in 17 Minutes or Less

Ever wish dinner could just magically appear on the table the second you get hungry? Same here. Since my stove refuses to double as a magic wand (so unhelpful), I’ve rounded up the next best thing: 10 delicious dinners you can whip up in 17 minutes or less. Yep, that’s less time than it takes […]