easy recipes

3 Simple Recipe Formulas for Quick Meals

I really enjoy cooking for my family. It helps me stay on top of everyone’s health and avoid the pitfalls of too many rounds of takeout. But coming up with three brand new recipes every single day for breakfast, lunch,…

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Easy Avocado Carbonara

Pasta usually takes a hiatus at our house during the summertime. It’s typically too hot where we live to make a lasagna or a steaming plate of spaghetti and meatballs. Having said that, there are only so many times I…

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The Easiest, Fool-Proof Homemade Popcorn 

I can’t be the only one who thinks eating popcorn shouldn’t just be reserved for movie watching. Why not eat it when reading a book? We drink coffee and read, so why not popcorn and read? (And if you’re looking…

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Baked Avocado Fries

On lazy weekend afternoons, I reminisce about a time before kids when Penn and I would hit up our favorite local spot for bar snacks. Sometimes it was to watch a big game or to meet up with friends, and…

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“Hold The Chicken” Chickpea Salad

Let’s be clear about one thing: I am not a vegetarian. There’s nothing wrong with the choice to be one, it’s just not something I can sustain. Even though I eat animal protein, it is important to me that my…

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Easy Microwave Apple Pie

Say what you want, 2020 might have just put one in the win column with this recipe revelation. When I first had the idea to try cooking an apple pie in the microwave, I was preparing for a hilarious fail.…

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Making The Most of Your Blender

Let’s talk about blenders, shall we? Blenders have come a long way – you can practically send yourself to the moon with a Vitamix these days. But it’s not just the new ones I love. My mother in law had…

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5 Weird Ingredients that Can Reinvent Your Cooking

Let’s call a spade a spade when it comes to cooking. The intimidating part about using ingredients you’re not familiar with is worrying you’re going to use them wrong and mispronounce them to your friends. (That can’t just be me,…

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Total Meltdown Totchos | Quarantine Kitchen

Quarantine is still in full effect so quarantine kitchen continues to thrive. We’ve made some amazing recipes like Chocolate Pretzel Chip Cookies and Chicken Tortilla Soup. Today, it’s all about…totchos! Never heard of them? Well, totchos are like if nachos…

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Big News In the Holderness Family

You’ve probably seen a dozen pregnancy announcements online, celebrating quarantine babies. Well, we have an announcement of our own. [adthrive-in-post-video-player video-id=”eOnw7REU” upload-date=”2020-06-26T19:13:47.000Z” name=”Big News in the Holderness Family!” description=”We have a garden!” player-type=”default” override-embed=”default”] Our new life isn’t as cute…

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