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Chicken Francese

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Paleo Breakfast Bake with Sweet Potatoes and Apples

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My Favorite Detox Salad (Chickpea Quinoa Feta Salad)

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Instant Pot Bourbon Chicken

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Dips

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Chicken

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Casseroles

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Soups

A large silver skillet of penne pasta in a sun-dried tomato cream sauce with chicken and basil.

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Bacon cookie butter cookies with a cinnamon glaze drizzle arranged on parchment paper.

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Marry Me Chicken breasts in a cast-iron skillet with basil and sun-dried tomatoes.

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Creamy Cajun Chicken Pasta Soup

All the very best parts of rich, flavorful Cajun chicken pasta, made into a filling, delicious, super creamy soup! It comes together fast (less than 30 minutes!) and it’s made with super simple ingredients. This is one recipe you’ll keep on repeat this soup season!

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Cottage Cheese Flatbread (Viral Tiktok Recipe)

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Chicken Carbonara

A thickly-carved reverse sear prime rib on a wooden cutting board next to prepared horseradish sauce and au jus.

Reverse Sear Prime Rib

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Creamy Chicken and Stuffing Casserole

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Crockpot Turkey and Stuffing

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Easy Paleo Gravy (Whole30, Gluten Free)

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Creamy Crockpot Potato Soup

Slow cooker shredded Mexican chicken in a large cast-iron skillet, garnished with lime wedges and cilantro.

3-Ingredient Slow Cooker Mexican Shredded Chicken

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Keto Cinnamon Roll French Toast Bites in the Air Fryer

An oval platter with muffin-shaped egg bites made with cottage cheese, bacon, and veggies.

Egg Bites with Cottage Cheese

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Cranberry Cinnamon Rolls

A large cast-iron skillet holding a fully-baked paleo pumpkin breakfast bake, loaded with sweet potatoes, apples, walnuts, and eggs.

Paleo Pumpkin Breakfast Bake

A large cast iron skillet of fried apple slices coated in brown sugar cinnamon butter resting on a table with a red and white checkerboard napkin.

Southern Fried Apples

Red eye gravy poured over country ham on an oval platter with fluffy biscuits.

Red Eye Gravy with Country Ham

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Easy Blended Baked Oats

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Peanut Butter Banana Toast

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Truffle Mac and Cheese

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Pineapple Stuffing

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The Best Paleo Stuffing (Gluten-Free, Grain Free)

Honey being drizzled over a stack of sweet potato cornbread squares topped with a scoop of cinnamon honey butter.

Sweet Potato Cornbread with Cinnamon Honey Butter

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Mom’s Cheesy Potato Casserole

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Easy Paleo Gravy (Whole30, Gluten Free)

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Homemade Air Fryer Sweet Potato Fries

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Roasted Potato Salad

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Keto Cinnamon Roll French Toast Bites in the Air Fryer

A stack of four square cranberry white chocolate cookie bars on a sheet of parchment paper.

Easy 4-Ingredient Cranberry White Chocolate Cookie Bars

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Christmas Dessert Grazing Board

Triangular cranberry bliss bars topped with cranberries and cream cheese frosting.

Cranberry Bliss Bars

Broken pieces of saltine toffee in a pile on a piece of parchment paper.

Saltine Toffee

No-bake pumpkin oatmeal cookies dotted with chocolate chips arranged on a sheet of parchment paper.

No-Bake Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies

Pumpkin cookies topped with a light maple glaze arranged on and around a round white plate on a table.

Healthier Pumpkin Cookies with a Maple Glaze

A large cast iron skillet of fried apple slices coated in brown sugar cinnamon butter resting on a table with a red and white checkerboard napkin.

Southern Fried Apples

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Raspberry Cocktails with Rosemary

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Apple Cider Vinegar Honey Shot (Non-Alcoholic)

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Starbucks Pink Drink Copycat Recipe

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Peach White Wine Sangria

A tall highball glass containing a strawberry mojito, with rum and ice layer on top of muddled strawberries and mint.

Strawberry Mojito

A clear glass mug of rich paleo peppermint hot chocolate topped with whipped coconut cream and candy cane pieces.

Paleo Peppermint Hot Chocolate

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Paleo Hot Chocolate

Two clear glass coffee mugs holding a pumpkin spice latte with rich pumpkin spice creamer.

Homemade Pumpkin Spice Creamer Recipe

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