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Easy and Satisfying: Our Favorite Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

True comfort food, there’s something so satisfying about a good grilled cheese. Check out our favorite grilled cheese sandwiches that you can have on the table in no time.

Sweet-Potato Salmon Cakes with a Creamy Sriracha-Dill Sauce

Sweet-Potato Salmon Cakes with a Creamy Sriracha-Dill Sauce, a flavor combo you will love. Sweet potato binds with flaky pan-seared salmon to create an uber-healthy sensational meal.

15-Minute Chili Con Carne Wraps

This recipe for 15-Minute Chili Con Carne Wraps is super simple and uses a few shortcuts to get dinner on the table in minutes mid-week.

One-Pan Apricot and Honey Pork Chops

This easy recipe for One-Pan Apricot and Honey Pork Chops is not only tasty and easy, it’s a winner all year long, with fresh or canned fruit.

Cobb Salad Wraps

Cobb Salad Wraps take all of the goodness of a cobb salad and puts it into a lettuce wrap! Simple and easy to pack for lunch.

Crispy Avocado Tacos

Creamy, crispy avocado tacos with fresh pineapple salsa and a creamy chipotle sauce. The perfect vegetarian combo for your next taco night.

Almond Crusted Chicken Cutlets with Lemony Greens

This easy recipe for Gluten Free Chicken Cutlets with Greens is a healthy and satisfying dinner idea you will love. They’re flavored with Dijon mustard and coated with almonds, then pan fried to get an incredibly crispy crust that just so happens to be both gluten and dairy free. Serve them with a crisp + lemony apple, arugula and shaved Brussels sprout salad for a refreshing compliment to the crunchy, tender chicken. You don’t have to be on a gluten free diet to love this recipe.

Spring Goat Cheese and Asparagus Pizza

Pizza is a favorite food of mine and I eat it at least once a…

Noodle Recipes We’re Currently Devouring

You know when that noodle craving hits and nothing else will do? Dig into this list of noodle recipes that we are currently making on repeat.

All About Gumbo and a Seafood Gumbo Recipe

New Orleans, aka the Crescent City is a fascinating place known for diversity, culture, and its rich heritage. Put it all in a bowl to eat and enjoy, and you would have what is known as gumbo.

Vegetarian Muffuletta Sandwich

This wonderfully savory and flavorful vegetarian muffuletta sandwich swaps in “meaty” roasted eggplant and marinated portobello mushrooms for the traditional deli meats. There’s an easy vegan adaptation, too.

Turkish Flatbread: Vegetarian Pide

Pide is a Turkish flatbread formed into a boat-like shape. It’s addictively good, anytime of the day — breakfast, lunch or dinner. Check out this vegetarian version made with eggplant and more.

Easy Lemon-Asparagus Pasta

This super easy and flavorful Easy Lemon-Asparagus Pasta recipe is filled with lemony flavors and asparagus and is extremely light. It’s a perfect weeknight family meal and also makes a great meal-prep recipe too.

Comforting Tortilla Soup

This tortilla soup is so comforting and fun, thanks to all the delicious toppings

Arugula Chicken Salad

This isn’t your usual chicken salad! Easy homemade arugula pesto adds big flavor to this favorite chicken salad. Layer Arugula Pesto Chicken Salad on sandwich rolls or stuff it in a pita with greens and sliced tomato for a delicious lunch.

Roasted Sweet Pepper Crab Bisque

This creamy Roasted Sweet Pepper Crab Bisque is made with a base of puréed roasted sweet peppers and seafood stock and is loaded with crab meat, sweet corn, carrots, celery and onions.

Chickpea and Cod Curry

Dig into this flavorful fish curry on a weeknight. With chickpeas and cod, this curry has plenty of kale and Indian spices to make your tastebuds happy.

Slow Cooker Recipe: Mississippi Pot Roast

Just a few simple ingredients are all you need to make this flavorful, tender Mississippi Pot Roast with gravy in your slow cooker. The pepperoncini peppers add a unique, amazing flavor.

Meatless Teriyaki Mushroom Bowls

These meatless Teriyaki Mushroom Bowls are sweet and salty with a homemade teriyaki glaze to coat the hearty portobellos, caramelized onions and broccoli, served over rice or noodles. Faster than takeout, these mushroom bowls take no time at all to prepare

Japanese-Inspired Beef and Rice Gyudon Bowls

A fluffy pile of rice topped with sweet and salty thinly-sliced beef and caramelized onions that have been simmered together in sesame oil and beef stock. Add on a runny-yolk fried egg, sesame seeds, and freshly chopped green onion and you are in for some great flavor in these Japanese Beef and Rice Gyudon Bowls.

Tofu Satay Bowl

Simple and flavorful, this vegetarian tofu satay bowl is sure to hit the spot.

Pollo a La Brasa: Peruvian Roast Chicken

Marinate chicken thighs in garlic, soy sauce, lime juice and spices, then roast them until the skin turns golden and crisp. Serve it with an irresistible tart green sauce, made with chilis and cilantro.

Turkish Eggplant Casserole

This Turkish eggplant recipe “Imam Bayildi” is a perfect vegetarian weeknight dinner. It’s great for making ahead of time, as the flavors only get better as it sits.

Baked Enchilada Casserole

This hearty, spicy, not to mention EASY, Turkey Enchilada Casserole is perfect comfort food and so tasty. A perfect way to use up leftover turkey or chicken.

Slow Cooker Salsa Verde Chicken

This salsa verde chicken is an easy slow cooker recipe with minimal preparation or ingredients. Made in your crockpot for easy clean-up and meal prepping.

How to Make Instant Pot Mac and Cheese

Instant Pot mac and cheese could not be easier, creamier, or more delicious. This version incorporates the classic flavors of homemade macaroni and cheese with a combination of aged gruyere, sharp cheddar, and parmigiano cheeses, plus dashes of Dijon mustard, nutmeg and cayenne.

Buffalo Tempeh Tenders Sandwich

These Buffalo Tempeh Tenders Sandwiches are stuffed with crispy baked tempeh buffalo tenders, provolone cheese, and ranch dressing!

Tuscan Potato Soup

It’s still soup season and this Tuscan Potato Soup with sausage is perfect for warming you up.

Enchilada Orzo

This Cheesy Enchilada Orzo is the perfect addition to your next Tex-Mex dinner. It is loaded with corn, pepper, black beans, cilantro, and cheese.

Cozy Chicken Ramen

It’s hard too resist a cozy bowl of chicken ramen on a cold day.

Shrimp Cobb Salad

Topped with a creamy yogurt and cucumber dressing, this shrimp Cobb salad with gulf shrimp is such a delight for the tastebuds.

Sofritas Burrito Bowls

These bowls are a nod to Chipotle’s sofritas, but with all homemade toppings that are easier to put together than you might think. Easily dig into a Sofritas Burrito Bowls on a weeknight.

Favorite Mexican Recipes Perfect for Lent

We love Mexican food all year round. Authentic Mexican dishes, Tex-Mex, you name it, we’re on board. Check out these vegetarian or seafood dishes that are perfect for the Lent season. Plus, a traditional Lent dessert too.

Slow Cooker Corned Beef

This Slow Cooker Corned Beef recipe is too good to only make once a year. Make it this March and we’re sure you’ll be making it a few more times this year.

Honey Mustard Chickpea Soup

A cozy chickpea soup loaded with lime, turmeric, and a crunchy topping of honey mustard-glazed nuts and seeds.

Miso-Coconut Noodle Soup

Not only is it ready in under 30 minutes, but it’s also kid-approved, meaning even the pickiest eaters in your household will enjoy it.

Persian Rice

Persian rice with dates, chopped pistachios and aromatic cardamom is steamed together with an addictive and crunchy saffron crust called tahdig.

Instant Pot: Pressure Cooker Split Pea Soup

This Split Pea Soup is a warming soup that can be on the dinner table in 30 minutes, thanks to your pressure cooker or Instant Pot. It has a rich split pea base with a wonderful smoked ham flavor running through it.

Italian Lentil Soup
Zuppa di Lenticchie: Italian Lentil Soup

Zuppa di Lenticchie is a hearty Italian lentil and vegetable soup that was born out of cucina povera cooking.

Meatless Dinners to Make this Week

Need some dinner inspiration that doesn’t include meat? Check out these meatless dinners that are cozy, filling, and loaded with veggies.

Creamy Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese

A creamy 3-cheese mac with a butternut squash sauce tossed with noodles and baked.

Easy Spinach and Mushroom Cauliflower Pizza

Easy Spinach and Mushroom Cauliflower Pizza – very quick to make with Green Giant’s Cauliflower Pizza crust, cheese, fresh spinach and mushrooms. Perfect for a healthier, effortless meal.

Teriyaki Tofu Grain Bowls

Who needs takeout when you can make delicious, quick food at home? These Teriyaki Tofu Quinoa Bowls combine a base of quinoa and brown rice with fresh stir-fried veggies, crispy tofu cubes, and sliced avocado, all tossed in a homemade teriyaki sauce.

Lasagna Soup

This Lasagna Soup Recipe is an incredibly hearty meal you can easily whip up in less than an hour. It boasts everything you love about lasagna, without all the work.

Pistachio-Crusted Fish

On the table in less than 30 minutes, this Pistachio-Crusted Fish is so flavorful, simple and perfect for busy weeknights.

Cumin and Chili Roasted Chicken

A spatchcocked chicken is covered in a simple rub of cumin and chili powder and roasted at a high temperature for a simple, quick, and delicious dish.

Butternut Squash and Pork Carnitas Tacos

These Butternut Squash and Pork Carnitas Tacos are tasty as can be and perfect for any cozy meal. You’ll find they have great flavor, texture, and color, too.

Crave-Able Vegetarian Winter Comfort Food

Recipes don’t necessarily have to be loaded with meat to be cozy and comforting. Check out these crave-able vegetarian comfort food dishes to make on the next cold day.

Double Lentil Dahl

This simple vegan two lentil Dahl requires only easy-to-find ingredients and little more than a few chops and several stirs to make. It’s the perfect protein-rich meal to prepare on a Sunday and enjoy throughout the week, and it can easily be doubled or even tripled and then frozen.

Halloumi and Lentil Bowls

Dinner tonight doesn’t have to be hard to be fabulous. Case in point, these vegetarian, gluten-free halloumi and lentil bowls with broccolini and roasted peppers all drizzled with magic blender dressing. They take 30 minutes max to put together, most of which is chill time while the lentils simmer away.

Butternut Squash and Mushroom Lasagna

Made with a decadent cashew cream, this butternut squash and mushroom lasagna is vegan and layered with so many delicious flavors.

20-Minute Coconut Noodle Soup

A pot of vegetarian Coconut Noodle Soup can be prepared in just 20 minutes, and that makes for a perfect weeknight dinner. Cozy as can be!

Tofu Fried Rice

This quick Thai Tofu Fried Rice is a hearty, delicious and flavorful recipe with a mix of fresh vegetables and simple Thai spices.

Spicy Garlic and Meat Lover’s Pizza

This delicious, crispy pizza is loaded with four types of meats along with a garlicky sauce over a cauliflower crust.

How to Make the Best Tofu Scramble

Bill and I went to a vegan diner in Philly a few months ago and…

How to Make Smoked Duck

Once you know how to make smoked duck, you can put the tender, juicy meat in pasta, tortillas, on a salad and so much more. It makes for such an elegant main dish.

Breakfast Pizza: Shashuka Pizza

Have pizza for breakfast! This delicious, low-carb Shakshuka Pizza starts with a cauliflower crust and is topped with a spiced tomato and veggie sauce, sprinkled with sausage and cheese then finished with eggs.

Easy Egg and Tomato Noodles

These easy egg and tomato noodles is a traditional Chinese dish that is filling, flavorful and comforting. Perfect for a busy weeknight.

Loaded Hummus Bowls with Greek Chicken

Do your hummus up! These quick and easy Loaded Hummus Bowls with Greek Chicken is packed with protein and colorful veggies. It makes for a meal full of flavor and nutritious ingredients.

Venison Barley Soup

Venison Barley Soup is great to throw in the crockpot when you are cutting up your deer. It’s a delicious way to use up tough cuts of meat, like the legs.