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Jun 29, 2025

The Most Common Fall Ingredients Made the Most Delicious Side Dish

Zucchinis and bell peppers are those you can easily find in the fall no matter where you go.

What's the best is the price is cheap and you can make delicious and simple side dish out of both of them.

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Jun 27, 2025

What Else You Can Cook with Zucchinis?

When you see zucchinis in the farmer's market, you know that fall is coming.

As much as I love to make zucchini bread with this vegetable, there are plenty of recipes you can make something savory out of it. Let's start to explore together.

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Jun 25, 2025

Back to School Meal Plans and Shopping List for the Win

Busy parents, you most likely want to have some better planning. You can easily download this free book with meal plans including breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner and shopping list. It will certainly give you a peace of mind.

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Jun 24, 2025

Easy Dinner Ideas

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Easy Dinner Ideas, with recipes and common sense cooking tips show you the surprising power of family meals and how to make dinner time family time.

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Jun 23, 2025

One Recipe, Two Ways to Serve

Serve pasta with this dish at night for dinner. Save the leftover and pack the soft taco separately for kids' lunch.

Getting back to school routine schedule is that easy.

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Jun 21, 2025

Beat the Crowd and Have Some Pumpkin Bread

Before anybody starts going crazy about everything pumpkin, it will be great to have some pumpkin bread ready for breakfast and slowly get everybody adapt back to normal routine for back to school.

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Jun 20, 2025

Kielbasa Appetizers | Pineapple Kielbasa

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This pineapple kielbasa appetizers are not only quick and easy, but also a great kid recipe to bond with your little helpers. Delicious recipe for any age.

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Jun 19, 2025

Simple Zucchini Soup | Inspired by Chinese Winter Melon Soup

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Simple zucchini soup is inspired by a traditional Chinese recipe.It's quick and easy with ingredients available almost throughout the year to enjoy at any time.

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Jun 19, 2025

Make The Breakfast A Few Days Ahead of Time

This chocolate-y nutty bread is a great and filling breakfast for you and children.

Make it during the weekend when you are not running around and save a loaf for during the week.

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Jun 17, 2025

One-Pot Dinner Ideas for Back to School Nights

Who doesn't love one-pot dinner? Less effort and less dishes to do, right?

Back to school dinners with one-pot wonder will help you to have less stress, too.

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Jun 15, 2025

Freezer-Friendly Breakfast for the Win

You may finally have enough energy to cook after the first couple weeks of back to school craziness.

Why not taking the advantage to cook a bigger batch for future use?

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Jun 13, 2025

Rotisserie Chicken is Your Best Friend

Everybody is exhausted from the first 2 weeks of back to school. No energy or time to cook. Get some help from the store-bought rotisserie chicken.

There are enough here to help you to get through 2 weeks of adjustments.

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Jun 11, 2025

No-Cook Food for Back to School

This recipe can be used for breakfast, lunch and snack. It is great for the first week of back to school when you try to re-adjust all your summer holiday routines.

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Jun 09, 2025

Back to School, Back to Routine

Some schools start the middle of August. For your children and you may be a bit difficult to get back to routine. If there is sport in the mix, it just makes it even tougher.

What can you do? Have some healthy, quick and easy recipes made for back to school time. Let's start with breakfast first.

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Jun 07, 2025

More than Summer Dinner Ideas

From breakfast, lunch, snack to dessert, this list of recipes get you covered. You don't have to sweat for what to cook on a hot summer day.

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Jun 05, 2025

No Soggy Sandwiches for Picnics

Road trips and picnics are always great outdoor activities in summer time. If you love the crunch instead of soggy, this is the recipe for you.

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Jun 03, 2025

Noodles That Can Accommodate All Your Creativity

This family-friendly meal is quick and easy. And you can through your pantry and add whatever you think would ramp up this recipe. It is just awesome!!!

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Jun 01, 2025

A Beautiful Hot Meal, But Not Salad

As much as you love salad, I am sure that you want varieties. This slow cooker dinner is packed with flavor and fiber. Best of all, the colors are vibrant. What not to love, right?

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May 30, 2025

Summer Dinner Ideas

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Summer dinner ideas will help you to relax and enjoy the weather. You don't have to sweat in front of the stove top for a great family meal.

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May 30, 2025

Easy-Made and Unique Frozen Treat for this Summer

Making your own frozen treats is not as difficult as you think. Check out this 2-ingredient recipe. Your family is going to ask for a repeat.

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May 28, 2025

Easiest Hot Meal in Summer

As much as you love salad, it can get bored after a while. But it's too hot to cook.

Well, this slow cooker meal is perfect for a day like this.

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May 26, 2025

Chicken Cabbage Recipe | Coconut Chili Lime Chicken and Cabbage

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Chicken cabbage recipe sounds like a simple combination, but wait till your experience of flavor explosion. You want a repeat soon.

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May 26, 2025

What's Better than Lemonade in Summer Time?

A glass of lemonade chases a day of stress away. No matter how hot it is, lemonade is a very family-friendly drink.

But how picky are you when it comes to your lemonade? Sweeter or more tang? This is the recipe making everybody happy. Everyone can fix it the way to his/her liking.

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May 24, 2025

Easy Dinners with Ground Beef | 10+ Simple Recipes for Meal Prep

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10 easy dinners with ground beef for meal prep is a great way to use ingredients, especially when it is on sale, to make several homemade meals with awesome flavors.

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May 24, 2025

Seafood on the Grill this Summer

Many people love cooking on the grill. If there is no food allergy in the family, everything cooks in there.

Seafood lovers, you can enjoy this recipe out of the grill instead of paying crazy money in a restaurant to have it.

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May 22, 2025

Nothing is Better Than Having a Refreshing Salad to Chase the Heat Away

This fruit salad is very, very versatile. You can purchase pre-cut ingredients in the store or prepare it all on your own.

It's super refreshing and great to serve in any cookout.

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May 20, 2025

Encouragement is the Key for Kids Cooking in the Kitchen

Who doesn't want our kid(s) know how to cook and have their own independence?

But different kids advance at different pace. Be patient!

Here are a list of kid-friendly recipes that you can cook with yours. Some are simple and some are more advanced for different age groups and skill levels.

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May 18, 2025

Learning Measurement in the Kitchen

For kids had never picked up any measuring cups or spoons, this is like a new adventure.

But for those who have learned cooking in the past, it may still sometimes need a moment to think about it.

Why not getting the kids in the kitchen and learn together again? Plus, it's a great bonding time.

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May 16, 2025

Easiest Way to Help Kids to Learn Cutting

Using an onion chopper to cut up some vegetables is one of the easiest way to learn cutting.

This salad recipe will help kids to learn kitchen safety and eating healthy.

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May 14, 2025

Put Those Muscles Into Good Use

I made this lemonade concentrate every year with my son. It gets to the point that he can make it on his own with his eyes close.

Start cooking with kids when they are young, you will help to path their path to success and independence.

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May 12, 2025

Fine Tuned Kids' Motor Skill

Not until I asked my son to help me to ice these cookies, I realized that this is something kids need to learn.

Who doesn't like cookies? That's another way to make them to work for it.

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May 10, 2025

A Win-Win Recipe for Kids to Enjoy Cooking and Eating At the Same Time

As much as I try to keep my kids away from sweet stuff, you do need to let loose sometimes.

This jello recipe helps kids to learn measurement and some "chemistry" lessons. It's perfect for summer time all the way around.

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May 09, 2025

Oven Baked Beef Brisket Recipe | Better Than Brooks' House of Bar-B-Q

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Oven baked beef brisket recipe surely beats Brooks' BBQ. Guarantee you will be addicted to this easy and delicious main course and wow everyone at your table.

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May 08, 2025

A Recipe for Older Kids to Cook

Children at the age of around 9-10 years old can try out this recipe, such as cutting up the meat or adding marinade ingredients and marinate the meat.

It will slowly help them to build up the confidence of knowing what to do in the kitchen.

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May 06, 2025

Let Your Kids to Fix You A Quick Breakfast

Cold cuts, cheese and soft tortilla are all they need.

This is one of the recipes to make your kids proud of themselves.

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May 04, 2025

Keep Kids Busy During Summer Time

Parents, if you work from home and your kids are on school summer vacation, it can be chaotic.

Instead of letting them hanging out with the electronics, why not make it productive to make them learn something?

We are going to go through several kid-friendly recipes that will have them actively participating and busy.

Stay tuned!

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May 02, 2025

No More Boring Hot Dogs

Got the smashed burgers on the grill. How about some special hot dogs on the stove top?

Guarantee these hot dogs will great memories for this year's 4th of July.

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Apr 30, 2025

Salad That "Survives" Better In the Heat (III)

4th of July is in summer. But this salad is called "spring mix" pasta salad. It sounds contradictory to each other. But looking further, this is one of the perfect side dishes for the occasion.

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Apr 28, 2025

Salad That "Survives" Better In the Heat (II)

Refreshing ingredients with a touch of heat with its dressing, this salad is great to cool everybody off under the hot sun.

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Apr 26, 2025

Salad That "Survives" Better In the Heat (I)

Cold side dishes are very common in a cookout. Salad is almost like a must in this kind of gathering.

There are some salad definitely surviving better in the heat. Stay tuned for more salad recipes similar to this one.

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Apr 25, 2025

Chicken and Broccoli Recipe Redefining An Easy Dinner in Keto Style

Chicken and broccoli recipe is super versatile. Diet or not, a dinner will make everybody happy without making separate dinner for your carb-eating family.

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Apr 24, 2025

Could Smashed Burger Make Your Cookout Easier?

When you have a big crowd to serve in your 4th of July cookout, you will need to cook food in batches.

Since there are a few picky eaters in our family, smashed burgers work out better for us because it cooks quicker. Best of all, we don't need to worry about burning the food, but with raw meat inside.

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Apr 22, 2025

4th of July Dessert Upgraded to Grown-Up Version

This is a very versatile dessert. If your cookout is going to have some alcohol, you can blend in some in this dessert.

Make sure that you will have some signs to separate out those for kids. Food safety is the first priority.

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Apr 20, 2025

4th of July - The Month of Celebrating Old Glory

It's a big event, not only in the United States, but also in my household. 4th of July is the birthday month of many people and the country. So, it's time to make some national theme food.

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Apr 18, 2025

Still Trying to Figure Out Father's Dinner Plan?

There are too many options out there for you to choose. I know it so well.

Don't worry! Here is the list that most dads would love. It will help you to narrow down only a few choices to make his day.

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Apr 16, 2025

What's for Dessert? (II)

A mini dessert that dad can finish it in one bite.

Well, several one-bites.

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Apr 14, 2025

What's for Dessert? (I)

Most dads love dessert. Some prefer something more comforting while the others choose to have something one-bite. You know what I mean.

There are many choices for dad. So, what is your plan on Father's Day?

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Apr 13, 2025

Crispy Roasted Brussels Sprouts | SmasH Burger Crispy Brussels Sprouts

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Crispy roasted brussels sprouts is a copycat recipe that you can make a tons at home with a very low budget. It's a KEEPER.

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Apr 12, 2025

Appetizers for Father's Day (III)

Dad may finish a big portion of this. Don't worry! There is enough to feed the others.

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