BLT Salad

Bowl filled with blt salad. Fork leaning on the edge of the bowl.

Loaded with thick cut bacon, fresh summer tomatoes, simple dressing and homemade croutons, this BLT Salad is quickly become a summer classic. This post may contain affiliate links. For more information, please read my disclosure policy. This salad is everything. I’m bringing all the elements of a BLT sandwich to this totally addictive salad. There’s

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Pizza Sauce

Mason jar filled with pizza sauce with a wooden spoon in the jar.

Make your own pizza sauce at home in 30 minutes with this simple recipe. It’s thick and rich and slightly sweet. The perfect base for all your pizza recipes. This post may contain affiliate links. For more information, please read my disclosure policy. **This post has been updated since its orginal post date in 2012.

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Layered Greek Dip

Layered Greek Dip

Layered Greek Dip takes a little help from the store plus some homemade elements to create a simple, delicious and festive appetizer for all your holiday parties. It’s almost Christmas friends. That really snuck up on me this year. Are you done with all your Christmas preparations? I finished my shopping yesterday (latest ever guyyyys)

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Pizza Manicotti

Is pasta not the best family meal? In our house, it’s something that everyone will eat without complaining so I reach for it on days when I don’t feel like fighting the good fight at dinner time. And this Pizza Manicotti has proven itself to be the new pasta favorite around here. I was chomping

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Christmas Tortellini

Looking for something fun and festive to make this week or even for Christmas Eve? This Christmas Tortellini would totally do the trick. It’s pretty quick and simple to put together and will be adored by your whole family. Everyone here ate it, which is really saying something considering my picky 5 year old. But what’s not

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Caprese Tortellini Salad

In a few weeks, we’ll be driving to Colorado for our annual family vacation. Road trip with two kids, yay…. Really though they should do well since it’s not too far of a drive. The first night we are staying in Denver and going to Elitch Gardens Theme Park. We’ll be there on my birthday

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Roasted Tomato Sauce

You know how I’ve been complaining about the abundance of zucchini from my garden the past few weeks? Well, now it seems to be done and the tomatoes have taken over in full force. I picked 20 just yesterday. And you know the funny thing? Nobody in my house, including me, likes raw tomatoes. So

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Crock Pot Pork Ragu

This Crock Pot Pork Ragu is hands down one of my new favorite meals and I’m not usually a big red sauce fan. It had a rich, delicious flavor and it is really simple to throw together on a weeknight or even for a casual dinner party. Add a green salad with pear and blue cheese

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Catalina Taco Salad

Ever since I was a child I have loved Catalina dressing. Like a dip my chicken nuggets in Catalina while other normal kids dipped in ketchup kind of love. I even liked to drizzle a little on my cottage cheese. Strange, I know. I still love it today, but just on my salad (although I may just have to try the cottage

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