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A large gray pot filled with butternut pasta sauce with a large wooden spoon for serving.

Butternut Squash Pasta Sauce

Freshly made air fryer cauliflower in a white bowl showing off the seasoned and crispy cauliflower.

Air Fryer Cauliflower

A black crockpot with unstuffed cabbage rolls being scooped with a wooden spoon.

Slow Cooker Unstuffed Cabbage Rolls

A glass with orange colored pumpkin chia seed pudding topped with pecans and pumpkin puree.

Pumpkin Chia Seed Pudding

i’m lauren

Welcome to my food blog, The Schmidty Wife. I’m all about making Real Fresh Food for Real Fun Families. Here you can find delicious recipes to bring the family together at the table. My recipes are for any home cook, they focus on real ingredients that people are familiar with. From crockpot meals, to easy chicken recipes, fun pizzas, and drinks everyone will find something to love!

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A large gray pot filled with butternut pasta sauce with a large wooden spoon for serving.

Butternut Squash Pasta Sauce

A glass with orange colored pumpkin chia seed pudding topped with pecans and pumpkin puree.

Pumpkin Chia Seed Pudding

Overhead view of a white baking dish filled with baked pumpkin Mac and cheese with golden breadcrumbs on top and a gold spoon scooping some out of the corner.

Baked Pumpkin Mac and Cheese

Sheet pan with roasted maple butternut squash with pecans, some scooped together with a wooden spatula.

Roasted Maple Butternut Squash with Pecans

Crockpot full of beef stew filled with carrots, potatoes, chuck roast, and peas.

Crockpot Beef Stew

A white bowl filled with crockpot French onion soup and topped with baguette and cheese, garnished with thyme for serving.

Slow Cooker French Onion Soup

A black crockpot with slow cooker caramelized onions that a golden brown with a wooden spoon.

Easy Crockpot Caramelized Onions

An Italian Sausage with peppers and onions in a bun topped with fresh basil and grated parmesan cheese.

Crockpot Sausage and Peppers

Close up of a baked cubano chicken in a casserole dish with deli meats, pickles, and swiss cheese.

Chicken Cubano Bake

Chicken Enchilada Casserole

Overhead view of a large white bowl filled with vermicelli noodles and topped with lemongrass chicken, vegetables, and nuoc cham.

Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken Vermicelli Bowls

A sheet pan with baked chicken legs and sweet potato chunks covered in seasoning.

Easy Sheet Pan Chicken Legs and Sweet Potatoes

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A bowl filled with cottage cheese ice cream garnished with crushed peanuts and banana slices.

Cottage Cheese Ice Cream

Sheet tray full of red and white parfait popsicles and ice cubes surrounded bu sliced strawberries, bananas, and bits of granola.

Parfait Breakfast Popsicles

Large wooden platter filled with many California rolls next to some chopstick, soy sauce, and pink sushi ginger.

Homemade California Roll

A cooked and cut pizza showing of how to make home pizza on a wooden pizza peel surrounded by ingredients.

How to Make the BEST Homemade Pizza

grilled chicken sandwich board filled with a variety of sauce, garnishes, buns, and grilled chicken

EPIC Grilled Chicken Sandwich Board

healthy best chocolate hummus in a white bowl sprinkled with chocolate shavings and slices of strawberries

Easy & Healthy Chocolate Hummus

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