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Cast iron skillet holding ground turkey and sweet potato skillet with black bean garnished with diced tomatoes, sliced green onions, and a drizzle of sauce.

Ground Turkey Sweet Potato Skillet
Baked Honey Mustard Chicken in a casserole dish covered in homemade sauce and garnished with fresh thyme.

Easy Baked Honey Mustard Chicken Breasts
White casserole dish with baked turkey meatballs in sauce covered with cheese and fresh parsley.

Baked Turkey Meatballs in Marinara Sauce
Large white serving bowl filled with carrots, baby potatoes, and juicy pot roast chunks garnished with little specks of parsley.

Slow Cooker Pot Roast made with Red Wine
White casserole dish filled with spinach stuffed shells, a spoon taking on out of the dish.

Spinach Stuffed Shells Without Ricotta
A large white bowl with a large scoop of gumbo on top of a bed of white rice with a fork.

Slow Cooker Gumbo (Red Creole Style Gumbo)
A crispy baked fish fillet sandwich on a soft bun with tartar sauce and lettuce on a white plate with french fries.

Crispy Baked Fish Sandwich with Tartar Sauce

A black crockpot with cooked carrots, potatoes, and chicken legs.

Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Legs and Potatoes

A serving of honey garlic salmon bites on top of a bed of white rice.

Glazed Honey Garlic Salmon Bites

Individual pieces of focaccia turkey sandwich layered on a plate showing off layers of turkey, cheese, tomato, lettuce, and sun-dried tomato pesto in between layers of focaccia bread.

Focaccia Turkey Sandwich

Overhread view of a large brown bowl filled with creamy vegetarian chickpea gnocchi soup with carrots and spinach.

Vegetarian Gnocchi Soup

Overhead of a white bowl filled with ground turkey taco soup garnished with shredded cheese, dour cream, cilantro, and tortilla chips.

Ground Turkey Taco Soup

Overhead view of a white baking dish filled with stuffed pepper casserole with a wooden spoon showing a scoop filled with cooked rice, ground beef, and bell peppers.

Stuffed Pepper Casserole

Outside on a table sits a freshly deep fried turkey on a stand with golden skin.

The Best Deep Fried Turkey Recipe

A white bowl filled with crockpot white chicken chili garnished with sharp cheddar, jalapeños, and lime wedge.

Crockpot White Chicken Chili

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

Slow Cooker Unstuffed Cabbage Rolls

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

Chicken Cubano Bake

Carne asada steak sliced up to reveal the tender juicy insides garnished with cilantro and limes.

Easy Carne Asada for the Grill

A smash burger made on a blackstone grill in a bun with lettuce and pickles.

Blackstone Smash Burgers

A white bowl with a gold spoon in pasta pizza salad.

Pizza Pasta Salad

A blackened fish taco with mango salsa with fresh cilantro for a garnish.

Blackened Fish Tacos with Mango Salsa

A grilled black bean burger on a bun with lettuce, tomato, red onion, and guacamole.

Grilled Black Bean Burgers

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