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Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes Recipe

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This Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes recipe is a quintessential holiday side dish. Made with minimal pantry ingredients – and lots of cheese – they’re the perfect pairing to Easter dinner!

Cheesy Scalloped Potato Recipe

Scalloped Potatoes have been a part of my universe since birth. Also, quite possibly before that, since I’m sure my mom was at some family gathering or another while pregnant with me and ate a serving. Or two.

Because that’s the thing about Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes. They’re at every family gathering, on every person’s plate, oftentimes more than once. And there’s a reason for that.

The reason is cheese. It’s also:

  • Potatoes
  • Cream
  • Crispy edges
  • The fact that you can make enough to feed an army (or a group of hungry Midwesterners) with very few ingredients and even fewer dollars.

A recipe for Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes is what we need right now. Always and forever.

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Spicy Shrimp Stir Fry

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Spicy Shrimp Stir Fry is a ridiculously easy and even more delicious weeknight meal that comes together in less than 30 minutes! Chock full of vegetables and good-for-you ingredients, it’s a wonderful way to start this year’s meal planning!

This dish right here? This Spicy Shrimp Stir Fry? It’s all you’ll need for dinner tonight. This week. This month. This year!

It’s SO good! Seth and I are obsessed for a multitude of reasons.

For one thing – it’ super flavorful! The sauce is made from the base of my go-to stir fry with a hefty dose of sweet Thai chili sauce thrown in (because we like a short cut on weeknights, ok?).

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Shaved Brussels Sprouts Caesar Salad

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This Shaved Brussels Sprouts Caesar Salad recipe is a slight twist on a classic dish. Homemade Caesar Dressing is made much easier with the help of a secret ingredient – mayo! Enjoy this healthy recipe topped with grilled chicken or shrimp for a truly delicious meal!
Shaved Brussels Sprouts Caesar Salad recipe with homemade Caesar Dressing

Starting the New Year off with a salad…could I be any more of a cliché?

Shaved Brussels Sprouts Caesar Salad recipe with homemade Caesar Dressing

Probably.

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For instance – I could wax poetic about how important it is to go into the New Year eating food to fuel your body. Good food. Real food. Whole food. I could talk about how kale is loaded with vitamins and minerals and how cutting out the croutons means less carbs and blah blah blah.

Or, I can just give it to you straight.

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Pecan Lacey Cookies (& perspective)

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These cookies may not look like much but let me tell you…

They were a pain in the ass labor of love.

Perspective. It makes all the difference. These cookies, for instance, could be seen as simple, passable, unimportant nothings compared to the more festooned Christmas cookies.

Or! They can be seen as complex, distinctive, and intriguing.

Perspective.

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Creme Brûlée (Toasted) Sugar Cookies (& pie weights)

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Toasted sugar, you say?

Toasted sugar, I say!

What is toasted sugar, you say?

I’ll tell you what toasted sugar is, I say!

(Can you tell I’ve had a lot of coffee today?)

Toasted sugar is just regular ol’ sugar that’s been toasted. That’s it! Very simple. It’s as easy as, well…pie! The toasting process comes from making pie. Lots of pie. Like, seriously, a lot of pies.

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