This easy chunky salsa is going to be your new favorite dip or topping for all your tacos, nachos, and more. A handful of simple ingredients creates a light, chunky salsa with bright flavors and colors, and a wonderful texture. Whether you’re using it as a dip for chips or as a topping for tacos,…
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Smoked Leftover Chopped Brisket Queso
Rich, cheesy, meaty, and oh-so-dippable. That’s the best way to describe this smoked leftover chopped brisket queso. Made with tender chopped brisket, two kinds of cheese, pico de gallo, and diced jalapenos, then smoked until melty, this queso offers a blast of flavor in every dip. We’ve always viewed dips as the hallmark of any…
Country Style BBQ Beef Ribs
These country style BBQ beef ribs give you all the tender, juicy, meaty, slow-cooked flavor and texture of classic BBQ beef ribs without the work of removing membranes or dealing with bones. They’re the perfect choice for easy ribs that cook a bit faster but get just as deliciously tender as traditional ribs. Ribs are…
Chicken Poblano Lasagna
This chicken poblano lasagna combines the zesty, meaty, cheesy flavors of chicken enchiladas with the sensibilities of lasagna to create a rich, creamy, meaty, and cheesy dish that explodes with flavor in every bite. It’s the perfect meal for busy weeknights or for any party. Most people think of Italian flavors when they think of…
Beef Taquitos
These beef taquitos are full of everything you love about this classic Mexican meal or appetizer, with tender, zesty, seasoned shredded beef wrapped up in a corn tortilla and deep-fried to perfection. When you grow up in California and then move to Texas, you tend to develop a deep love of Mexican food. It’s everywhere,…
Citrus Chicken Bites (Slow Cooker Recipe)
These citrus chicken bites are slow cooked in a citrusy marinade bursting with fresh citrus zest and juice. Every bite is infused with a light and refreshing flavor that can be enjoyed on their own, over a bed of rice, or incorporated into endless creative dishes. An easy weeknight meal the whole family will enjoy….
Taco Crescent Ring
This taco crescent ring is a delicious appetizer for any occasion, featuring seasoned ground beef taco filling, refried beans, tons of cheese, and your favorite taco toppings with golden, flaky, buttery crescent dough. It’s a taco in every bite with a tasty twist everyone loves. We love tacos. They’re fantastic main courses or snacks at…
Meatballs Potatoes and Green Beans (Easy Sheet Pan Meal)
These meatballs potatoes and green beans are an easy, flavorful dish perfect for any night of the week. Tender, juicy meatballs infused with BBQ sauce are cooked on a sheet pan with seasoned baby Yukon potatoes and green beans to create a dinner loaded with all your favorite comfort food flavors. Most people think of…
Flour Tortillas
Our flour tortillas are easy to make and have that great flavor and texture we love. These homemade tortillas are perfect for soft tacos, burritos, enchiladas, quesadillas, wraps, and more. If you can stuff it into these tortillas, you should! Tortillas are such a versatile ingredient and perfect for stuffing full of all kinds of…
Grilled Chicken Poblano Enchiladas
Our grilled chicken poblano enchiladas stuff flour tortillas with seasoned, shredded grilled chicken and two kinds of shredded cheese, then coat them with a poblano cream sauce and more cheese and bake them until ooey-gooey and golden. They’re an enchilada feast that everyone will love. If you love enchiladas, we have a treat for you….
Hot Honey Smoked Ribs
These hot honey smoked ribs are super-tender, juicy, and loaded with bold flavor. A spicy dry rub gives the ribs their base flavor, then smoking them for hours and slathering them with a sweet, tangy, and spicy hot honey sauce finishes them off with smoky, sweet, and spicy flavor. They’re the perfect summer dish. Ribs…
Shredded Beef Poblano Enchilada Casserole
This shredded beef poblano enchilada casserole transforms classic enchiladas into a delicious casserole with a creamy twist. Layers of tender shredded beef shoulder roast, creamy poblano sauce, two cheeses, and corn tortillas create a dish with flavor as layered as it is. If you love casseroles, the rich, deep flavor of beef, and the complex,…
Bacon Wrapped Mini Meatloaf Recipe (Oven Baked)
This bacon wrapped mini meatloaf recipe is the perfect savory treat for a fun weeknight dinner or as an unexpected appetizer at any party. Little meatloaf bites are wrapped in bacon, slathered in a kicked up BBQ sauce mix, and baked until the bacon is crispy and the BBQ sauce creates a nice crust. If…
Cowboy Cookies Recipe
This cowboy cookies recipe takes oatmeal cookies to the next level. Soft, chewy, oversized oatmeal cookies are filled to capacity with white chocolate chips, coconut flakes, and chopped pecans, then topped with sea salt and baked to golden perfection. They’re the best oatmeal cookies you’ll ever eat! We love oatmeal cookies. A lot. Probably more…
Green Chile Pasta
This green chile pasta is an easy way to serve up mountains of Mexican flavor. Ground beef, onions, jalapenos, black olives, rotini pasta, and a ton of melty sharp cheddar are combined with a bold, seasoned enchilada sauce mixture to create the ultimate pasta bake, Mexican-style! As a long-time resident of California and a current…
Strawberry Blueberry Cobbler with Brown Sugar Pecan Topping
Our strawberry blueberry cobbler with brown sugar pecan topping takes classic mixed berry cobbler and gives it a little something extra with that sweet, crunchy topping. Sweet, juicy strawberries and blueberries combine to create a classic mixed berry filling, and the classic, tender cobbler topping sprinkled with a crispy, sweet brown sugar pecan topping makes…
Cheesy Sausage Pasta
This cheesy sausage pasta is a hearty, delicious dish perfect for family meals or parties. With just a Dutch oven and a large pot, you can make a cheesy, creamy, smoky pasta dish that fills up even the biggest eaters and leaves everyone at your next party full and satisfied. When we need a dish…
Classic Potato Salad
This classic potato salad is filled with the flavor and texture you love about traditional potato salad, but with a little twist. I use both russet and red potatoes, and I add black olives for an extra kick of briny flavor that pairs perfectly with the rest of the ingredients. It’s a quick, easy side…
Mixed Berry Cobbler
This mixed berry cobbler is a taste of summer in every bite. A sweet filling made with blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries is topped with classic cobbler dough. Then, the whole thing is baked until sweet and bubbly on the inside and golden on the outside. It’s absolute perfection in every bite! Cobbler is the quintessential…
Patriotic Sugar Cookies
These patriotic cookies are the perfect sweet treat for the Fourth, Memorial Day, Labor Day, or any time. These buttery sugar cookies are topped with white frosting and patriotic sprinkles, but you can adjust the sprinkles for any occasion. They’re the perfect choice for any event. Cookies are always the perfect choice for any holiday….
Apple Cinnamon Pastry
Our apple cinnamon pastry is a dream for Danish lovers. Puff pastry pinwheels topped with apple and cream cheese fillings are baked until golden and flaky, then drizzled with a simple, sweet glaze. They’re as pretty and delicious as anything from a bakery and so much fresher! Pastries are some of our favorite recipes to…
Baked Ziti
When it comes to pasta bakes, it doesn’t get more classic than baked ziti. This delicious pasta dish has been a staple of family dinners, potlucks, and parties for as long as anyone can remember, and it probably always will be. This version takes the classic pasta, sauce, and cheese dish and kicks it up…
Slow Cooker Smoked Sausage
This slow cooker smoked sausage is an easy, delicious recipe we love to make for both dinner and parties. With smoked sausage and a simple mix of jelly and Thai sweet chili sauce, this recipe has a complex depth of flavor with simple ingredients, and it’s just as good as a main over rice as…
Carne Asada Street Tacos
These carne asada street tacos are full of delicious flavor in every bite, and they’re so easy to make. Flank steak is marinated in a blend of orange and lime juice, and zesty seasonings, then grilled to perfection. Then, we stuff it in a crispy corn tortilla along with diced onions and cilantro. It’s a…
Nutella Walnut Rolls
These Nutella walnut rolls are a delightful twist on the classic cinnamon roll, offering warm, pillowy dough swirled with rich Nutella and studded with crunchy walnuts, baked to golden perfection, and drizzled with a sweet, simple glaze. Do you love Nutella? Of course you do. Do you enjoy the crunch of walnuts? I hope the…
Cosmic Cupcakes
Cosmic cupcakes take two classic desserts and combines them into one delicious treat everyone will fall in love with. Moist, tender cupcakes with deep chocolate flavor are topped with a rich, fudgy frosting and candy sprinkles, creating cupcakes that taste just like Cosmic Brownies. Growing up, Cosmic Brownies were always a part of our lives….
Garlic Cheese Toast
This garlic cheese toast takes traditional cheesy garlic bread to the next level. Homemade roasted garlic, along with butter, seasonings, red pepper flakes, and two delicious cheeses, make this the most ooey, gooey, garlicky cheese bread you’ll ever make. It’s perfect with all kinds of main courses, and it’s always a crowd-pleaser. Garlic bread is…
Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies
These delicious raspberry thumbprint cookies are easy to make and are a classic favorite, buttery, shortbread cookie, filled with raspberry jam, that melts in your mouth. A quick dusting of powdered sugar complements the sweetness of the jam and the base of the cookie. These cookies are perfect for parties, potlucks, family gatherings, or a…
Spicy Mozzarella Sticks with Italian Sausage
These spicy mozzarella sticks with Italian sausage are the perfect snack for your next party. Mozzarella, gouda, and cream cheese are mixed with spicy Italian sausage, marinara, and zesty seasonings. Then, they’re rolled into sticks, coated in a bold, spicy panko breading and fried until golden and crunchy on the outside and ooey-gooey on the…
Orange Loaf
This orange loaf combines bright orange flavor with a sweet, moist, and tender quick bread covered in a simple orange icing. It’s a delicious afternoon snack, sweet breakfast or brunch, or addition to any party. When we were growing up, our mom made all kinds of quick breads and cakes. From banana bread to coffee…
Shrimp Tacos
These shrimp tacos are made with tender, pan-fried shrimp seasoned to perfection and cooked in rich, golden butter. A creamy coleslaw, along with vibrant red onions, is nestled in warm corn tortillas. Squeezed with fresh lime juice, the succulent shrimp takes center stage and ties all the flavors together. Shrimp tacos are one of the…
Jalapeno Popper Pastry Braid
This jalapeno popper pastry braid is a unique take on jalapeno poppers that combines a rich, zesty, cheesy jalapeno popper filling with golden, flaky puff pastry, creating a savory pastry recipe perfect for any party or just because! We grew up in California, and now we live in Texas. Both states are absolutely full of…
Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup
This homemade creamy chicken noodle soup is a classic comfort food that we all know and love. Tender shredded chicken in a creamy broth, along with onions, carrots, celery, chicken bouillon, and egg noodles makes up this delicious and hearty chicken soup the whole family is going to enjoy. Chicken noodle soup is such a…
Easy Chicken Pot Pie
Chicken pot pie is the ultimate comfort food recipe made with a deliciously seasoned chicken and vegetable filling, a creamy, rich sauce, and baked in a flaky pie crust. A hearty and delectable, easy chicken pot pie everyone will enjoy. Chicken pot pie is classic comfort food, and it holds that title for a reason….
Mini Fried Beef Tacos
These mini fried beef tacos are delicious, crispy mini tacos packed with seasoned ground beef, creamy refried beans, and shredded cheese, all nestled in a crispy corn tortilla and fried to golden perfection. A simple appetizer or easy dinner recipe the whole family will enjoy. Fried beef tacos are a favorite Mexican meal in my…
Crock Pot Spicy Chicken Enchiladas
These crock pot spicy chicken enchiladas are loaded with bold flavor with a big kick of heat. Tender white meat chicken, cheese, and onions are wrapped in tortillas, smothered in a spicy sauce made with green enchilada sauce, jalapeno sauce, and spices, and baked until ooey and gooey. It’s the perfect meal for family dinners…
Peanut Butter Butterscotch Chocolate Crispies
Our peanut butter butterscotch chocolate crispies take classic Rice Krispies treats and give them a makeover with a delicious combination of flavors. Butterscotch and peanut butter combine to create a sweet, rich, deep flavor, and the white chocolate drizzle adds more sweet flavor and a fun look. We love Rice Krispies treats, and there’s nothing…
Spicy Crock Pot Chicken
Our spicy crock pot chicken combines the simplicity of the crock pot with the complex flavors of classic Mexican ingredients. Chicken breasts are slow-cooked in green enchilada sauce with onions, green chiles and bold seasonings. It’s the perfect meal to serve alongside rice or mashed potatoes or to use in your favorite dishes like tacos,…
Valentine Brownies
These delicious, soft, and chewy Valentine brownies are a decadent, rich, and fudgy brownie recipe, studded with melty chunks of chocolate and topped with festive sprinkles that celebrate the special holiday. Whether you’re sharing these brownies with your sweetheart, surprising your friends, or indulging in a midday snack, these chocolaty brownies are sure to please….
Mini Apple Cobbler with Brown Sugar Pecan Topping
This mini apple cobbler recipe takes classic apple cobbler and gives it a twist AND a turn. Sweet apple filling is topped with classic cobbler dough and a sweet, crunch brown sugar pecan topping. Then, everything is baked in mini paper baking pans to create single-serve cobbles perfect for the holidays, special occasions, or just…