Dishes & sides

From easy weeknight dinners to special “fancy” meals to serve, you can make them all yourself!
Italian Veggie Stew

Italian Veggie Stew

One pot meals are the dish that keeps this house alive. Versatile, easy, and full of flavor, this Italian veggie stew is a staple month after month. I'm not even really sure that this name does it justice actually. It's just vegetables simmered down in a large pot...

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Creamy Tuscan Gnocchi

Creamy Tuscan Gnocchi

Recently I discovered the joys of making my own gnocchi, and it is GOOD. Each time I've gravitated to making it with a rich base, and so this creamy Tuscan gnocchi has been created. And I am OBSESSED. What could be better than making a 5-star quality meal in your own...

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Easy 3 Ingredient Potato Gnocchi

Easy 3 Ingredient Potato Gnocchi

Almost everything is better homemade, and gnocchi is no exception. This easy 3 ingredient gnocchi is satisfying to create and eat! In 30 minutes you can have your own restaurant quality gnocchi to serve a 5 star meal. Gnocchi is a cousin of traditional pasta noodles...

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Classic Homemade Guacamole

Classic Homemade Guacamole

If you can only make a few simple dishes, this classic homemade guacamole needs to be one to keep in your back pocket. Having guests over or going to a friend's house? Making your own tacos for Taco Tuesday? Have old avocados laying around? Boom, guacamole. This pairs...

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Healthy Chicken Tortilla Soup

Healthy Chicken Tortilla Soup

I am on SUCH a soup kick this winter and am so here for my new healthy chicken tortilla soup. In this house, we love all things tacos, quesadillas, guac, and burritos. Those things don't heat up so well throughout the week, but soup does! And crockpot meals are also...

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Polish Sausage and Green Beans

Polish Sausage and Green Beans

Yet another classic warm and hearty one-pot wonder by my Grams- Polish sausage and green beans. We've been eating this dish for as long as I can remember, and my mom always makes it when the whole fam is all together. This is the dream weeknight dinner, cooked up in a...

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Homemade Crunchwrap Supreme

Homemade Crunchwrap Supreme

Has anyone recently eaten Taco Bell during the light of day? I frequented Taco Bell in college during the late night hours and my go to was ALWAYS a crunch wrap supreme. So in this adult life of trying to not eat things that will wreck my stomach (props to you if you...

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Creamy and Hearty Tortellini Soup

Creamy and Hearty Tortellini Soup

Who else has had soups on repeat this winter? I've enjoyed experimenting in the kitchen with my mom and have stumbled upon a new favorite- a creamy tortellini soup! While I love chili and could eat it all year round, this creamy, hearty, Italian style, and veggie...

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Savory Homemade Tomato Basil Soup

Savory Homemade Tomato Basil Soup

How classic is tomato soup and a grilled cheese? What we grew up on as kids has been severely upgraded with this homemade tomato basil soup- you'll never go back to canned again. I was just talking with a friend last week about soups (how grown up of us) and she...

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