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three slices of salmon on a platter with creamy dill sauce topped with lemon slices with sprigs of dill placed around them, shot from a side angle

Creamy Dill Salmon

seafood entrees

Creamy Dill Salmon – The easiest, most delicious salmon you’ll ever make! Pan fried salmon covered in a creamy, lemon dill sauce that made with only three ingredients. Fish is something that we never used to cook much at home. It’s probably because I didn’t eat too much of it when I was growing up. But now, we are a…
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stacked cookies & cream macarons side by side, shot from overhead

Cookies & Cream Macarons

Cookies· dessert· Popular Recipes

Cookies & Cream Macarons – A classic French cookie, with a cookies & cream twist. Made from a classic French macarons recipe with chocolate cookie crumbs added to the shell recipe and filled with a cookies & cream buttercream With every successful new recipe, I immediately start to think about what new variations I can make of that recipe. For macarons…
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Ahi Tuna Poke Stack on a plate drizzled with poke sauce, shot from a side angle

Ahi Tuna Poke Stack

seafood entrees

Ahi Tuna Poke Stack – Sticky sushi rice, topped with pickled onions, diced avocado, and fresh ahi tuna tossed in a poke sauce Man, I cannot believe my little baby girl it almost 10 months old! I can’t help but reflect on how far we’ve all come and how much our life has changed for the better. Sometimes, I reflect on…
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two open face pork gouda burgers with caramelized onions on it with mayo on the other side of the bun on top of a cloth napkin, shot from a side angle

Pork Gouda Burgers

entrees· pork entrees· sandwiches & wraps· Summertime Favorites

Pork Gouda Burgers – Burgers made from ground pork and topped with smoked gouda cheese, caramelized onions, and homemade garlic aioli.  Summertime is coming and that means that good food is upon us. Not since the holidays has there been a revolving door of great food at our house. That’s about to change! In the summer, it seems like our…
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Mini Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecakes on a wooden platter with chocolate chips sprinkled around them, shot from a side angle

Mini Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecakes

cake· dessert

Mini Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecakes – Creamy mini cheesecakes sprinkled with mini chocolate chips and a surprise cookie dough center Mmm cookie dough. Mmm cheesecake. Mmm…cookie dough cheesecake?! Oh my my my! How did you get so lucky??? I’ll tell you how…because this girl is OBSESSED with all things cookie dough so why wouldn’t I put cookie dough in cheesecake?…
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a bowl of asparagus risotto with a spoon in it, shot from overhead

Asparagus Risotto

Easter· Popular Recipes· sides

Asparagus Risotto – Creamy, cheesy homemade risotto is taken up a notch with the addition of crispy asparagus  Risotto is one of the first “fancy” dishes I learned to make. I watched a lot of Food Network growing up and risotto was regularly featured on Everyday Italian with Giada De Laurentiis. She always presented it as a dish that was…
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