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Turkey Chili Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes

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October 21, 2019

Turkey chili twice-baked sweet potatoes are the PERFECT healthier way to get your chili fix! Soft sweet potatoes are packed with flavorful turkey chili, tons of cheese, and all your favorite chili toppings.

I’ve got the perfect vehicle for you to get your chili fix every night. It may be a ginormous sweet potato and there may also be cheese involved.

Cause chili cravings this time of year are a very real thing and if you need proof, just ask my dutch oven that has been recently renamed as The Almighty Chili Pot.

When it gets cold for the first time in Wisconsin, it means business and the first week or so is always a horrifying shock to the system. Obviously cozy food is consumed in mass quantities during this week and for all the weeks prior.

Creamy Goat Cheese Bow Ties with Caramelized Onions + Sausage

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October 7, 2019

Ultra-creamy goat cheese bow ties packed with flavorful caramelized onions and sausage is the perfect pasta dish to put on the table when you want to shake up your pasta dinner game!

The pot o’ carbs I heard your Monday was MADE FOR. Also, I didn’t hear that I just made it up.

Because these bow ties are smothered in freaking GOAT CHEESE SAUCE. With caramelized onions and little sausage bits in between. Face shovin’ 101 right here.

I don’t know about you, but once October hits it’s all downhill as far as comfort food goes. Soups and creamy pastas and caaaaarbs are a 24/7 necessity.

One-Pan Orange Rosemary Steak and Sweet Potatoes

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September 30, 2019

Juicy oranges and fragrant rosemary join forces in this weeknight-friendly one-pan orange rosemary steak roasted with tender sweet potatoes in an incredible orange rosemary sauce!

Raising the “steaks” on the Monday dinner game starts right now. You KNOW that means it’s about to go down in one pan dinner land around here.

Also going down the path of juicy seared steaks in a buttery rosemary orange sauce with tons ‘o tender little sweet potato cubes stuffed into every spare inch. 🤤🤤

I don’t know how it is in your neck of the woods, but the weather just recently changed to those picture-perfect crisp fall Wisconsin days here and I am feeling ALLLL the cozy food on instant repeat for the rest of all time, period.

Miso Sweet Pepper Cashew Cauliflower Stir-Fry

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September 23, 2019

Flavorful miso transforms this sweet pepper cashew cauliflower stir-fry into one for the dinner record books! You won’t even miss the meat in the least bit.

Meat is about the most overrated stir-fry component ever today, can we all agree with that hard cold fact?

Cause yes, like the trendy, with-it people we all are, we are hopping onboard the cashew cauliflower stir-fry train today and never ever looking back.

Heck yes, we are inviting a sweet ‘n’ savory miso sauce, sweet peppers, and piles of fluffy rice to also board this train with us.

One-Pot Beef Sweet Potato Chickpea Curry

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September 16, 2019

Tender sweet potatoes and melt-in-your-mouth beef paired with tons of cozy curry spices make this one-pot beef sweet potato chickpea curry one for the dinner record books!

Cozy food season, we are looking STRAIGHT ‘atcha. While stuffing our respective faces with one-pot beef sweet potato chickpea curry.

Ahhhh yesssss. It’s comfort foods like this glorious pot right here that remind me why fall is the freaking best season.

And really, there is absolutely NO GOING WRONG with a good curry. Especially when your curry story involves fall-apart tender beef cubes, soft sweet potatoes, tons of chickpeas, and the most flavorful spiced curry sauce ever.

Instant Pot Shiitake Mushroom Beef Stroganoff

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September 2, 2019

Made ENTIRELY in the instant pot in less than 30 minutes and a dead ringer for the real thing, this shiitake mushroom beef stroganoff is the easy comfort food you NEED!

September is the unofficial start to COZY food season. Although if we’re being real here, cozy food is an all time deal for me and yes, that means soup in the 85 degree weather like a irrational person.

And big ‘ol instant pots full of shiitake mushroom beef stroganoff cause cozy classics like this NEVER go outta style.

Yes, I will gladly eat it straight outta the pot if you bring up the idea. Don’t tempt my cozy food lovin’ soul.

Basil Bruschetta Mozzarella Burgers

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August 19, 2019

Juicy, melty mozzarella burgers are piled high with a flavorful basil bruschetta topping for the BEST summer burger any cookout could ask for! If there was ever a burger these last precious days of summer need……it’s a bruschetta mozzarella burger, but please make mine a triple. Juicy beef burger + melty mozzarella + fresh basil […]

Citrus Grilled Chicken Tacos with Mango Jalapeno Slaw

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August 15, 2019

Juicy citrus-marinated grilled chicken and a zingy fresh mango jalapeno slaw are the taco duo your taco dinner game NEEDS! Pile these citrus grilled chicken tacos high! Please tell me your grill game is still going strong. We’ve still got half a month of summer left, which in my mind, is not NEARLY enough time […]

Barbecue Chicken Sliders with Peach Scallion Slaw

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July 22, 2019

Massively flavorful barbecue chicken sliders are piled high with a sweet peach scallion slaw for the ULTIMATELY easy and crowd-pleasing summer appetizer!

Just in case you were looking to pre-game all those mid-summer cookouts the RIGHT way……barbecue chicken sliders with peach scallion slaw comin in hoooooooot!!

Yes, you will have to preheat the grill earlier than usual. Promise it’s 1000% worth it for these beauties.

Lookit’ how STACKED and stuffed these barbecue chicken sliders are, guys. Biggest pet peeve is when the slider is only like 2 bites and then it’s gone.

The Best Grilled Tandoori Chicken Skewers

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July 15, 2019

Hands down the BEST grilled tandoori chicken skewers you will ever throw on the grill this summer. The secret is in the SUPER flavorful long marinade and homemade tzatziki sauce. I do, in fact, mean the freaking BEST, you guys. I don’t say the B word that often unless I really truly mean it. And […]

Charred Sweet Corn Zucchini Coconut Curry

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July 8, 2019

Charred sweet corn and tender zucchini cubes in an INSANELY flavorful coconut curry sauce piled over fluffy rice make this zucchini coconut curry one for the summer books! I don’t know about you but the first day post-vacay/4th of July weekend has me reaching for ALL the veggies I can get my hands on. And […]

Lemon Ginger Soy Marinated Grilled Chicken

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July 3, 2019

Marinated for hours in a flavorful lemon ginger soy sauce and then grilled to perfection, this lemon ginger soy marinated grilled chicken is SO insanely juicy it’ll quickly become a grill favorite!

Do I dare make a claim so bold that this chicken is THE grilled chicken of the summer? I am so serious.

Yes, I know there are plenty of chicken in the sea (?) as far as grilling season goes, but lemon ginger soy marinade has currently and permanently stolen my heart.

I can’t even describe to you how magical this chicken marinade is, guys. Do yourself a favor and put this chicken on the grill-out agenda for the Fourth of July weekend and yes, I do mean every.single.day.

Sun-Dried Tomato Goat Cheese Stuffed Chicken with Chimichurri Sauce

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June 24, 2019

This sun-dried tomato goat cheese stuffed chicken is packed with tender sun-dried tomatoes and spinach, creamy goat cheese, and drizzled with an INSANELY flavorful chimichurri sauce.

THE most Monday-worthy chicken in all the land, guys. Go ahead and contemplate how the heck goat cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, and chimichurri couldn’t brighten up your dinner life tonight.

Go ahead and faceplant into all that goat cheese stuffed chicken goodness. It just seems appropriate.

For me, summers aren’t always just about nonstop grilling everything on the face of the planet. Weekdays still exist and they still call for EASY PEASY chicken dinners that can be made with easy ingredients and minimal prep time.