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Appetizers

These crunchy and cheesy garlic parmesan potatoes are not only a perfect side dish, but they make a great snack too!

Garlic Parmesan Potatoes

Insanely delicious olive dip and the perfect companion--garlic bagel chips.

Olive Dip With Garlic Bagel Chips

Here's a dip you can't stop eating! Loaded with bacon and tangy green onions!

Bacon Green Onion Dip

Delicious and succulent ribs with a Chinese flair! Easy to make and easier to eat!

Chinese Sticky Ribs

Beef

This beef stew is a big dish of comfort. A copycat recipe from the famous Cracker Barrel restaurant.

Copycat Cracker Barrel Beef Stew

Great for using any leftover pasta! Simple and inexpensive cheesy ground beef skillet dinner that's nice enough for company

Cheesy Ground Beef Pasta Skillet

Beef rolls loaded with a pepperoni pizza filling. Easy to make!

Pizza Bracciole

Bracciole only looks complicated to make but it' quick, easy and delicious!

Bracciole

Breakfast

Sour cream keeps this delicious spicy and nutty coffee cake moist. Perfect for breakfast or any time.

Sour Cream Coffee Cake

These apple bars are a taste of fall! Low in fat and made with white whole wheat flour, so they're a healthy choice. May also be made with all-purpose flour.

Apple Bars

Just a hint of orange with dark chocolate chips make these muffins special and really over-the-top with a creamy cheesecake filling!

Orange Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Muffins

Mini energy bites chock full of pumpkin, oats and dark chocolate and a great good-or-you snack!

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Energy Bites

Breads

You won't believe how easy these garlic knot rolls are. The dough is only two ingredients!

Easy Garlic Knots

Sour cream gives these lemon poppy muffins their soft and tender texture.

Sour Cream Lemon Poppy Muffins

Chicken flavored with bright and citrusy sumac served with a warm artisan bread salad.

Moroccan (Sumac) Chicken & Warm Bread Salad

This cinnamon cheese pull-apart starts with frozen dinner rolls. Nothing could be easier!

Cinnamon Cheese Pull-Apart

Brunch

Texas Style Banana Crumb Muffins

Chocolate Dipped Almond Biscotti

Copycat Entenmann’s Crumb Cake

Cheeseburger Ring

Candy

Just like the old-fashioned Chunky candy bars

Slow Cooker Chunky Bars

Crock Pot Cherry Almond Clusters

Crock Pot Cherry Almond Clusters

English Toffee–A BHG Classic

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Bites

Cakes

Quick and easy pound cake starts off with a convenient cake mix!

Quick Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Delicious no-bake cheesecake loaded with chocolate and peanut butter cups.

No-Bake Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake

Sour cream keeps this delicious spicy and nutty coffee cake moist. Perfect for breakfast or any time.

Sour Cream Coffee Cake

This moist pumpkin cake gets even better when topped with this delicious and delicately flavored molasses cream cheese frosting.

Pumpkin Cake with Molasses Cream Cheese Frosting

Chicken/Poultry

It's the Cajun spices that make this chicken stroganoff so special.

Cajun Chicken Stroganoff

Cornish hens are perfect for the outdoor grill!

Rosemary Garlic Cornish Hens

Easy and yummy oven "fried" chicken recipe that's picnic perfect!

Tote And Go Chicken

This alfredo chicken casserole is wonderful when you're pressed for time. Make in a skillet or oven casserole!

Easy Alfredo Chicken Casserole

Comfort Foods

Eggplant Parmesan

Beef Barley Soup

Beef Barley Soup

Easy Cheesy Pizza Casserole

Maple Meatloaf

Maple Meatloaf

Condiments

Great white BBQ sauce by way of Alabama.

Alabama BBQ Sauce

Absolutely the best taco seasoning. Just like the restaurand!

Restaurant Style Taco Seasoning

Give all your chicken dishes excellent flavor with this dry rub.

Dry Rub for Chicken

Now you can make the famous Montreal Seasoning right at home! Delicious on steaks and chops!

Copycat Montreal Seasoning

Cookies

Yummy, soft and chewy chocolate cookies that start with a cake mix!

Gooey Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Delicious and easy to make tropical-flavored cheesecake bites are a perfect snack for Super Bowl Parties or any time!

No-Bake Tropical Fruit Cheesecake Balls

A beloved cookie for over 60 years. They originally from an old Pillsbury bake-off. They endure because they're tasty and very easy to make.

Split Seconds Cookies

These peanut butter cookies are pure heaven! Made with all butter and crunchy peanut butter.

Chunky Peanut Butter Cookies

Desserts

Quick and easy pound cake starts off with a convenient cake mix!

Quick Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Wow the family with this delicious and easy chocolate cheesecake dessert

Chocolate Cheesecake Lush

Delicious no-bake cheesecake loaded with chocolate and peanut butter cups.

No-Bake Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake

Have this old-fashioned peach cobbler year round because it uses canned peaches!

Old Fashioned Peach Cobbler

Dips/Sauces/Dressings

Here's a dip you can't stop eating! Loaded with bacon and tangy green onions!

Bacon Green Onion Dip

Versatile mango salsa goes well on chips, chicken or fish!

Mango Salsa

Make your own delicious alfredo sauce super quick!

Quick Alfredo Sauce

If you're watching your sodium intake, this ranch seasoning mix is for you! If you're not then just add some salt!

Low-Sodium Ranch Seasoning Mix

Dog Treats

3-Ingredient Chicken Dog Biscuits

3-Ingredient Chicken Dog Biscuits

Byron’s Favorite Buttery Cheese Dog Biscuits

Cheeseburger Dog Biscuits

Sweet Potato Dog Biscuits

Everyday Meals

It's the Cajun spices that make this chicken stroganoff so special.

Cajun Chicken Stroganoff

Easy and yummy oven "fried" chicken recipe that's picnic perfect!

Tote And Go Chicken

This beef stew is a big dish of comfort. A copycat recipe from the famous Cracker Barrel restaurant.

Copycat Cracker Barrel Beef Stew

Beef rolls loaded with a pepperoni pizza filling. Easy to make!

Pizza Bracciole

Pasta

Great for using any leftover pasta! Simple and inexpensive cheesy ground beef skillet dinner that's nice enough for company

Cheesy Ground Beef Pasta Skillet

A really different take on pasta salad. This one has roasted asparagus, nuts, seeds and spinach. All in a tangy vinaigrette.

Roasted Asparagus And Spinach Pasta Salad

Meaty pasta dinner on the table in a jiffy. Great for using leftover pasta

One Pot Penne In Vodka Sauce

Not only is American goulash quick and easy to make, it's a delicious and timeless comfort food.

American Goulash

Pizza

Beef rolls loaded with a pepperoni pizza filling. Easy to make!

Pizza Bracciole

These mini pizzas are great for a quick healthy snack. Made with whole-grain English muffins.

Whole Grain English Muffin Mini Pizzas

Deep dish pizza filled with fresh tomatoes, basil and 3 cheeses

Fresh Tomato Deep Dish Pizza

3-Cheese Pepperoni & Sausage Pizza

Pork

Quick and easy pork chops with that great smoky chipotle taste!

Spicy Chipotle Pork Chops

Delicious and easy pork stir fry with the great taste of garlic and cooling bok choy.

Garlic Pork With Bok Choy

Delicious and succulent ribs with a Chinese flair! Easy to make and easier to eat!

Chinese Sticky Ribs

Whole cranberry sauce gives ordinary pork chops the kick they need.

Cranberry Stuffed Pork Chops

Salads

Delicious and refreshing tomato salad is perfect for summer.

Tomato Salad

Potato salad tastes so much better when made with roasted potatoes. Peas give it that extra pop of color and sweetness.

Roasted Potato and Pea Salad

This cucumber salad is bright and refreshing with a hint of nuttiness from sesame! Cooling and perfect for a summer BBQ

Asian Cucumber Salad

Flavorful couscous salad is a great side or a meatless meal. Easily made vegan!

Warm Couscous Salad

Seafood

This delicious honey garlic shrimp is done in 10 minutes flat!

10-Minute Honey Garlic Shrimp

If you love shrimp and scallops, you'll love this seafood casserole. Easy to make!

Seafood Casserole

Garlicky shrimp and penne in a cheesy garlicky sauce. What could be better?

Garlic Shrimp Alfredo

Delicious garlicky shrimp scampi served with a bed of pasta in an olive oil and butter herb sauce

Garlicky Shrimp Scampi with Herb Pasta

Side Dishes

Delicious and refreshing tomato salad is perfect for summer.

Tomato Salad

Bavarian green beans are so good, even your pickiest eater will love them

Bavarian Green Beans

Potato salad tastes so much better when made with roasted potatoes. Peas give it that extra pop of color and sweetness.

Roasted Potato and Pea Salad

This cucumber salad is bright and refreshing with a hint of nuttiness from sesame! Cooling and perfect for a summer BBQ

Asian Cucumber Salad

Skillet Dinners

It's the Cajun spices that make this chicken stroganoff so special.

Cajun Chicken Stroganoff

This delicious honey garlic shrimp is done in 10 minutes flat!

10-Minute Honey Garlic Shrimp

Quick and easy pork chops with that great smoky chipotle taste!

Spicy Chipotle Pork Chops

Great for using any leftover pasta! Simple and inexpensive cheesy ground beef skillet dinner that's nice enough for company

Cheesy Ground Beef Pasta Skillet

Slow Cooker/Instant Pot

No grill or oven needed! Make this delicious beer can chicken in your slow cooker!

Slow Cooker Beer Can Chicken

Beef short ribs with an extra-special rub. Roasted low and slow on your BBQ grill, in the oven or the slow cooker!

Slow Roasted Beef Short Ribs

Like ribs made with cola or root beer? Mix those 2 pops for the best tasting ribs ever! Conventional, slow cooker and Instant Pot methods

Soda Pop Ribs

Simple chicken and mushroom comfort dinner and your slow cooker does all the work.

Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken & Mushrooms

Soups

Here's a delicious soup that's also a great vegetarian meal! Vegan option included, but you don't have to be either to love this soup!

Copycat Olive Garden Minestrone

Want chicken noodle soup quickly and without heating your kitchen? Use your Instant Pot!

Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Soup

This lasagna soup uses Italian sausage rather than ground beef so it's extra tasty!

Sausage Lasagna Soup

You will never use condensed cream soup out of the can again once you try these easy and delicious homemade versions.

Homemade Condensed Cream Soups

Tips/Tricks/Methods

You will never use condensed cream soup out of the can again once you try these easy and delicious homemade versions.

Homemade Condensed Cream Soups

GIR silicone lids.

GIR (Get It Right) Silicone Lids Review

Easiest way to make caramelized onions

Slow Cooker Caramelized Onions

Slow Cooker Tips & Tricks

Vegetarian Dishes

Eggplant Parmesan

Buttery Broccoli Cheese Casserole

Quinoa Fried “Rice”

Asian Green Beans

All Recipes

It's the Cajun spices that make this chicken stroganoff so special.

Cajun Chicken Stroganoff

Delicious and refreshing tomato salad is perfect for summer.

Tomato Salad

Cornish hens are perfect for the outdoor grill!

Rosemary Garlic Cornish Hens

Bavarian green beans are so good, even your pickiest eater will love them

Bavarian Green Beans

This delicious honey garlic shrimp is done in 10 minutes flat!

10-Minute Honey Garlic Shrimp

Potato salad tastes so much better when made with roasted potatoes. Peas give it that extra pop of color and sweetness.

Roasted Potato and Pea Salad

Quick and easy pork chops with that great smoky chipotle taste!

Spicy Chipotle Pork Chops

Quick and easy pound cake starts off with a convenient cake mix!

Quick Cream Cheese Pound Cake

Easy and yummy oven "fried" chicken recipe that's picnic perfect!

Tote And Go Chicken

This cucumber salad is bright and refreshing with a hint of nuttiness from sesame! Cooling and perfect for a summer BBQ

Asian Cucumber Salad

This beef stew is a big dish of comfort. A copycat recipe from the famous Cracker Barrel restaurant.

Copycat Cracker Barrel Beef Stew

Wow the family with this delicious and easy chocolate cheesecake dessert

Chocolate Cheesecake Lush

Great for using any leftover pasta! Simple and inexpensive cheesy ground beef skillet dinner that's nice enough for company

Cheesy Ground Beef Pasta Skillet

Delicious roasted asparagus topped with buttery crumbs

Butter Crumb Asparagus

Beef rolls loaded with a pepperoni pizza filling. Easy to make!

Pizza Bracciole

Delicious no-bake cheesecake loaded with chocolate and peanut butter cups.

No-Bake Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake

This alfredo chicken casserole is wonderful when you're pressed for time. Make in a skillet or oven casserole!

Easy Alfredo Chicken Casserole

Flavorful couscous salad is a great side or a meatless meal. Easily made vegan!

Warm Couscous Salad

These crunchy and cheesy garlic parmesan potatoes are not only a perfect side dish, but they make a great snack too!

Garlic Parmesan Potatoes

Have this old-fashioned peach cobbler year round because it uses canned peaches!

Old Fashioned Peach Cobbler

If you love arugula (rocket), then you'll love this quick and easy chicken skillet dinner!

Chicken In Arugula (Rocket) Cream Sauce

Quick and tasty chicken and dumplings

Quick Chicken And Dumplings

A really different take on pasta salad. This one has roasted asparagus, nuts, seeds and spinach. All in a tangy vinaigrette.

Roasted Asparagus And Spinach Pasta Salad

Insanely delicious olive dip and the perfect companion--garlic bagel chips.

Olive Dip With Garlic Bagel Chips

Happy And Healthy Easter And Passover

Who doesn't love the green beans at Cracker Barrel? This recipe uses fresh or frozen and they taste even better.

Copycat Cracker Barrel Green Beans

Bracciole only looks complicated to make but it' quick, easy and delicious!

Bracciole

Meaty pasta dinner on the table in a jiffy. Great for using leftover pasta

One Pot Penne In Vodka Sauce

This smothered chicken is the ultimate comfort food!

Smothered Chicken

Yummy, soft and chewy chocolate cookies that start with a cake mix!

Gooey Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

Delicious and easy pork stir fry with the great taste of garlic and cooling bok choy.

Garlic Pork With Bok Choy

Thought I Escaped But Flu Got Me…

The crispiest fried chicken you'll ever eat. Hardly uses any fat using an air fryer.

Crispy Low-Fat Air Fryer Chicken

Easy cherry cheesecake dessert with a crunch. Good news is it can be made low fat too!

Cherry Cheesecake Crunch Parfait

You won't believe how easy these garlic knot rolls are. The dough is only two ingredients!

Easy Garlic Knots

If you love shrimp and scallops, you'll love this seafood casserole. Easy to make!

Seafood Casserole

Not only is American goulash quick and easy to make, it's a delicious and timeless comfort food.

American Goulash

Dinner's on the table in 20 minutes with this tasty chicken in a delicious tarragon butter sauce.

20-Minute Chicken In Tarragon Butter Sauce

Sour cream keeps this delicious spicy and nutty coffee cake moist. Perfect for breakfast or any time.

Sour Cream Coffee Cake

No grill or oven needed! Make this delicious beer can chicken in your slow cooker!

Slow Cooker Beer Can Chicken

Baby spinach and tangy feta cheese is just the right stuffing for these chicken breasts.

Spinach & Feta Stuffed Chicken

Delicious and easy to make tropical-flavored cheesecake bites are a perfect snack for Super Bowl Parties or any time!

No-Bake Tropical Fruit Cheesecake Balls

Quick and easy chicken in a creamy mushroom Parmesan sauce.

Parmesan Mushroom Chicken

GoWise 3.7 Qt Air Fryer

Want To Win An Air Fryer?

A beloved cookie for over 60 years. They originally from an old Pillsbury bake-off. They endure because they're tasty and very easy to make.

Split Seconds Cookies

If you love meatloaf and tacos, this recipe is for you!

Taco Meatloaf

Quick and easy skillet chicken dinner with great garlic flavor with a hint of lime.

Garlicky Lime Chicken with Scallions

Here's a dip you can't stop eating! Loaded with bacon and tangy green onions!

Bacon Green Onion Dip

These peanut butter cookies are pure heaven! Made with all butter and crunchy peanut butter.

Chunky Peanut Butter Cookies

Delicious and succulent ribs with a Chinese flair! Easy to make and easier to eat!

Chinese Sticky Ribs

Here's a delicious soup that's also a great vegetarian meal! Vegan option included, but you don't have to be either to love this soup!

Copycat Olive Garden Minestrone

Beef short ribs with an extra-special rub. Roasted low and slow on your BBQ grill, in the oven or the slow cooker!

Slow Roasted Beef Short Ribs

Quick and easy skillet chicken dinner thats oh-so grlicky

Garlic Parsley Chicken

Merry Christmas

Whole cranberry sauce gives ordinary pork chops the kick they need.

Cranberry Stuffed Pork Chops

Garlicky shrimp and penne in a cheesy garlicky sauce. What could be better?

Garlic Shrimp Alfredo

Get your napkins ready! These wings have a wonderful soy-based glaze and are messy but oh-so worth it!

Asian Sticky Wings

The king of roasts, prime rib, gets a great infused garlic flavor when prepared in a non-traditional way

Garlicky Prime Rib

Add a pleasing crunch to your oven-roasted potatoes with a bit of semolina!

Semolina Baked Fingerling Potatoes

Now here's a pie for Snickers lovers! Loads of Snickers bits inside the pie and the topping as well is a candy treat

Snickers Cream Pie

Crisp broccoli and zesty garlic make this meatless pasta meal so good they'll beg for seconds. Easy to make too.

Broccoli Garlic Pasta

This meatloaf is one of Cracker Barrel's most beloved recipes.

Copycat Cracker Barrel Meatloaf

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

Yummy sweet potatoes and tangy pineapple make this casserole a taste sensation!

Sweet Potato Pineapple Casserole

This moist pumpkin cake gets even better when topped with this delicious and delicately flavored molasses cream cheese frosting.

Pumpkin Cake with Molasses Cream Cheese Frosting

This is baked ziti done even better! Three cheeses, ground beef and a crispy crunchy top!

Deluxe Baked Ziti

A collection of 10 awesome side dishes for Thanksgiving.

10 Thanksgiving Side Dishes

Not only is this pot roast quick and easy, thanks to your Instant Pot, but it's tasty and easy on the budget as well.

Instant Pot Pot Roast

Deviled eggs are the perfect appetizer for all your parties--holiday or not!

Deviled Eggs

Like ribs made with cola or root beer? Mix those 2 pops for the best tasting ribs ever! Conventional, slow cooker and Instant Pot methods

Soda Pop Ribs

Simple and tasty side dish or main meatless meal. Easy to make and ready in less than 30 minutes

Fettucine With Ricotta & Spinach

Simple chicken and mushroom comfort dinner and your slow cooker does all the work.

Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken & Mushrooms

Confetti rice is a colorful and tasty side dish that can also double as a main dish

Confetti Rice

Succulent pork tenderloin stuffed with a rich buttery soft-bread herb stuffing. It's easy to make too!

Stuffed Pork Tenderloin

These peach pie bars have the added accent of cheesecake dolloped on top!

Peaches And Cream Pie Bars

This pasta bake is a cheese lover's dream! Delicious pesto-flavored sauce and bacon make it a winner. Can be frozen too!

Cheesy Pesto Bacon Pasta Bake

The non-chocolate brownie! Melt in your mouth goodness with a slight butterscotch taste with a hint of chocolate from the chocolate chips!

Blonde Brownies

Nothing says fall like pork and apples! These chops are delicately flavored with rosemary and are stuffed with a tart apple stuffing.

Rosemary Pork Chops with Honey Apple Stuffing

These chimichangas are so easy to make, you'll serve them often!

Apple Pie Chimichangas

This Caesar chicken is one of the most delicious and easy dinners you'll ever make!

Easy Caesar Chicken

These mini pizzas are great for a quick healthy snack. Made with whole-grain English muffins.

Whole Grain English Muffin Mini Pizzas

One of the most delicious pumpkin crumb coffee cakes you'll ever eat.

Pumpkin Crumb Cake

These apple bars are a taste of fall! Low in fat and made with white whole wheat flour, so they're a healthy choice. May also be made with all-purpose flour.

Apple Bars

Get that "all day" beef stew flavor in less than 1 hour with your Instant Pot!

Instant Pot Beef Stew

A clay pot is the secret to this succulent chicken and the natural way to cook with less fat!

Clay Pot Herbed Roast Chicken

Earthquake cake is a flavor explosion in your mouth--gooey, creamy and nutty! In a word, fabulous!

Earthquake Cake (Nuclear Option)

Crunchy and crispy baked ravioli make a great appetizer or snack.

Crispy Baked Parmesan Ravioli

Tender chicken breasts cooked in a basil garlic cream sauce. Add spinach and it's a complete meal in just one pan

Creamy Basil Garlic Chicken with Spinach

If you've got a late-night hankering for something sweet, these macaroons come together in a jiffy and you probably have the 4 ingredients to make them in your pantry!

4-Ingredient Macaroons

Easy-to-make strawberry napoleons make and elegant dessert

Easy Strawberry Napoleons

Delicious grilled chicken with a tasty yum yum sauce glaze

Yum Yum Chicken

Like the ribs at the Chinese restaurant? Make them at home!

Restaurant Style Chinese BBQ Ribs

Delicious Spanish rice becomes a complete meal with the added black beans. Make it totally vegan too!

Spanish Rice with Black Beans

Pineapple gets even better when it's grilled with this great cinnamon brown sugar glaze

Cinnamon Brown Sugar Grilled Pineapple

Grilled chicken with great Alabama white BBQ sauce. YUMMY

Alabama BBQ Chicken

Make these great "dogs" with either franks or chicken sausage. Have a Hawaiian luau at your next cookout!

Hawaiian Chicken Dogs

Take advantage of summer fruits and berries to make this easy fruit crisp dessert.

Summer Fruit Crisp

Easy no-bake summery dessert with a creamy pineapple filling.

No-Bake Pineapple Cream Dessert

Great white BBQ sauce by way of Alabama.

Alabama BBQ Sauce

Light and refreshing sherbet made with orange sodapop and canned pineapple. Easy peasy to make.

Orange Pineapple Sherbet

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