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FavoritePinShare Skillet Creamy Chicken Mushroom Florentine is a fantastic restaurant quality meal that you can make for your family in less than 30 minutes!! You will not find a better creamy white sauce on top of this tender and juicy chicken. We just got back from our family trip to Hawaii! It was the perfect time to go because as we were leaving, Utah was getting dumped with some snow. It is paradise in Maui and we loved the sunshine and had an absolute blast....

(This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Mission®. All opinions are entirely my own.) Every time I tell someone that I’m excited about football season, they look at me as if I have three heads. I guess it’s hard to imagine that a Brazilian girl enjoys football… They are totally right, though. I really don’t! But I do love to cook, eat and host amazing get-togethers....

With fluffy pita bread, juicy, warmly-spiced chicken, and a shower of Mediterranean toppings, this easy Crock Pot Shredded Chicken recipe is a warm embrace in sandwich form. The inspiration for this easy yogurt chicken recipe hails from my favorite Mediterranean restaurant, which can be found in the cultural mecca of…Wichita, Kansas. Whenever we are together in our hometown, my sisters and I have been known to eat lunch there daily (I once went back for dinner), and even Ben has become intimately familiar with their stellar Mediterranean recipes....

FavoritePinShare Slow Cooker Enchilada Soup.. Loaded with tons of Mexican flavor and cooked low and slow for 8 hours! Hi guys! It’s Kelley back from Chef Savvy! Today I am sharing my Slow Cooker Enchilada Soup! This soup is AMAZING! It tastes just like an enchilada but in soup form! I love how easy this soup is. All you need is 10 minutes of prep time. Simply add the ingredients to the slow cooker and let it do it’s magic!...

We are not quite there yet with Fall here in NYC/NJ. The AC in the room where I am now writing this post is blasting 60 degrees – yes, my husband and I are adepts of a Siberian lifestyle -, so we are still in Summer mode. However, I’ve decided to fully embrace Fall and this blog is officially going to be full of things pumpkin, apple and comfort food in general!...

FavoritePinShare Fresh strawberries, sliced avocados, slivered almonds and sprinkled with feta cheese all tossed with a spinach salad then drizzled poppyseed dressing mixed together for the final touch. This strawberry avocado spinach salad is one everyone is raving about! Salads are light, fresh and full of flavor if made right! Strawberries are my favorite in salads and these salads have them in them: Mouthwatering Strawberry Spinach Salad, Strawberry Spinach Salad with Glazed Walnuts and Feta Cheese or Strawberry, Apple and Pear Spinach Salad with and Apple Cider Poppyseed Dressing....

FavoritePinShare Stuffed Poblano Peppers are loaded with southwest seasoned ground beef, rice, veggies, and cheese for a satisfying dinner with just a little bit of a kick! Everybody raves about this twist on classic stuffed peppers! Stuffed peppers are one of our favorite weeknight meals! They are lower in carbs and a great way to get kids to eat more vegetables. Some of our other favorite versions are Turkey Stuffed Peppers, Mexican Quinoa Stuffed Peppers and Chicken Enchilada Stuffed Peppers!...

FavoritePinShare Saucy, Sweet, and Savory Chestnut Ingredients Simple ingredients combine for huge flavor! These bacon chestnuts won’t last long. Water Chestnuts are often found in Asian food like Asian Turkey Lettuce Wraps or Easy Moo Goo Gai Pan, adding a bit of crunch and texture. In this recipe they get to be the star of the show! Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts Recipe The saltiness of the bacon swaddles the crunch of the water chestnuts with a little sweetness from the sauce makes the perfect flavor combination....

Oven-roasted sweet potato slices that are baked until golden, then piled high with some of the best ingredients of the season (and life in general)—goat cheese, tart apples, sweet cranberries, and toasted pecans—these addictive little rounds are the sort of appetizer I simply cannot stop eating, for many reasons. They’re both sweet and savory. It’s a combo that speaks to my tastebuds. I must listen to my body and help myself to a second sweet potato round....

FavoritePinShare The Best Grilled Burger {And Secret Sauce Recipe} Two BBQ’s in a weekend. Did I mention we love to BBQ? And also I think there is a rule somewhere that you have to have a BBQ on Memorial Day. The hubs said he wanted to grill some burgers, so I wanted to put this one to the test. I know that it is harder for a burger to stay in tact on the grill, so I put down aluminum foil sprayed with some cooking spray to grill the burgers on....

FavoritePinShare Peach Scones are quite literally summer wrapped in a flakey buttery tender scone. Super ripe sweet peaches are the star of these treats, topped with a sweet vanilla glaze! Peaches are one of my favorite fruits of summer, they are so exquisite! Try them in these tried and true recipes, Peach Pie, Brown Sugar Grilled Peaches, and Peaches and Cream Bars! Peach Scones I love a great buttery soft scone, they are so worth waking up for in the morning!...

FavoritePinShare The BEST Classic Lasagna Ever has layers of sautéed ground beef and Italian sausage that are cooked together, sweet tomato sauce, Italian seasoning all layered with lasagna noodles then covered in ricotta cheese and a parmesan mixture all sprinkled with mozzarella cheese for a mouthwatering baked Italian dinner. Layers of deliciousness! Lasagna is a favorite in our home! If you love lasagna as much as I do try these variations of lasagna like Pepperoni Pizza Lasagna Rolls, Easy Vegetables and Kale Lasagna Roll-ups or Lasagna Soup....

FavoritePinShare Tomato basil soup is a healthy classic that’s simple to make from scratch and full of flavor! It only takes just over half an hour. The whole family will enjoy it as the temperatures drop and the evenings become crisper. It’s soup season! You may also like these yummy soups: Creamy Pumpkin Soup, Classic Italian Wedding Soup, Vegetable Detox Soup, or this Easy Cauliflower Soup. Tomato Basil Soup Recipe I hope you’re all enjoying the fall weather!...

Trisha Yearwood’s crockpot mac and cheese is the ultimate comfort food! Creamy, cheesy, and perfect for potlucks, family get-together’s, BBQ’s, football games, and holidays. Plus, it’s super simple and can be made in the crock pot. Soooo much better than any boxed mac and cheese. This has become my go-to recipe when I need to put something together quickly with ingredients I almost always have on hand. Delight the entire family with this creamy mac and cheese....

Have leftovers from Thanksgiving and don’t know what to do with them? I love to repurpose all that Thanksgiving turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sauce into brand new recipes — like turkey casserole, turkey soup, and this turkey salad recipe. It’s similar to a chicken salad, but with shredded turkey and a fall flavor profile instead. With juicy leftover turkey, tangy dried cranberries, crunchy pecans, and a creamy dressing, this is a quick, easy dish that will keep in the fridge all week… if it lasts that long!...

Plain rice serves it purpose but it can be a little boring, right? Mix things up by making a batch of this turmeric rice. Basmati rice is cooked in chicken stock and turmeric and the result is the most flavourful rice you’ll ever eat. One thing I love about this dish is that it’s oven baked. You simply set a timer and forget about it until it’s done its thing....

FavoritePinShare Recipe adapted from Mel’s Kitchen You might also enjoy: Chili’s Cajun Chicken Pasta Spicy Chicken Rigatoni Monterey ChickenStay up to date with The Recipe Critic! Facebook | Pinterest | Twitter | Google + All nutritional information is based on third party calculations and is only an estimate. Each recipe and nutritional value will vary depending on the brands you use, measuring methods and portion sizes per household. Read More Posts by Alyssa facebook twitter pinterest instagram Comment * Name * Email * Website...

You may know by now that not all fruit is keto friendly. However, monk fruit and monk fruit extract are not like the typical fruits you’ll find at the grocery store (in fact, you probably won’t find the whole fruit at your grocery store at all). Is monk fruit keto friendly … and what is it, anyway? Let’s go over what exactly is monk fruit, monk fruit benefits, carbs, and whether monk fruit sweetener is worth incorporating into your keto way of eating....

FavoritePinShare A mouthwatering winter salad with quinoa, spinach, mandarine oranges, and crunchy pistachios. Topped with a creamy lemon greek yogurt dressing and feta cheese this makes one unforgettable salad! We are about half way through the month. How are those resolutions going? Did you know statistics show that most people forget about their goals two weeks into the month? I have been known to do that before but eating a healthier diet should become apart of your lifestyle....

This hibachi chicken recipe is by far the easiest and the most effective way to make hibachi chicken at home that I know of, and only takes minutes to prepare. And if you have a dream of having hibachi chicken at home every day, this recipe is your answer. And no, you won’t need to put a ginormous hibachi grill in your kitchen. Do you like hibachi chicken that they prepare on those huge, flat metal grills in Japanese hibachi restaurants?...