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EASY Instant Pot Honey Garlic Chicken

This Instant Pot honey garlic chicken is the perfect weeknight meal. Toss a handful of ingredients in your pressure cooker, walk away, and have a delicious, better-than-takeout dinner on the table in 30 minutes.

Instant Pot honey garlic chicken over rice

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I do not have the time or energy for fancy dinners these days. Still, I don’t want to settle for mediocre-tasting food, nor do I want to spend a ton of money to buy already prepared meals or take-out all the time.

Call me picky, but I want it all: a healthy, delicious, home-cooked meal that I can have on the table in 30 minutes from start to finish.

Is that too much to ask?

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Easy lasagna skillet (one pot meal)

This one pot, 30-minute meal has all the fabulous tastes of a classic lasagna but a lasagna skillet is SO much less work. It’s comfort food at it’s best: simple, hearty, and delicious!

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I love lasagna, but truth be told…I think I’ve made it twice in my whole married life. It’s just too much work. I mean, really! Who has two hours to spend making sauce, boiling noodles, and carefully layering everything into a masterpiece?

Not me. Do you know what messes a two-year-old could make it that amount of time? Come to think of it, you probably do. That’s why you’re reading this recipe and NOT one for traditional lasagna.

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Loaded Baked Potato Soup (30-minute meal)

This 30-minute meal is the ultimate comfort food to warm you up on a chilly night. Full of flavor and simple to throw together, this hearty baked potato soup deserves a place in your weeknight meal rotation. 

This 30-minute meal is the ultimate comfort food to warm you up on a chilly night. Full of flavor and simple to throw together, this hearty soup recipe deserves a place in your weeknight meal rotation.

Is anyone else ready for winter to be DONE already? By the end of January I am always SO ready for sunshine that is above freezing…and kids that aren’t sick. Seriously, someone come disinfect my house! At least I can console myself with cooking delicious warm food–my favorite coping strategy.

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White Chicken Chili (Instant Pot or Stove Top)

This white chicken chili is the perfect dump-and-go Instant Pot meal for a busy weeknight. It’s full of flavor, but still mild enough to be kid-friendly. Dinner doesn’t get much easier (or better) than this!This white chicken chili is the perfect dump-and-go Instant Pot meal for a busy weeknight. It's full of flavor, but still mild enough to be kid-friendly. Dinner doesn't get much easier (or better) than this!Raise your hand if you have virtually ZERO motivation to cook in the summer time. Pick ME! We’re too busy having wild summer adventures to think about daily responsibilities…like dinner. And yet, somehow six o’clock rolls around and the little people start to expect food to show up on the table. Hmmm…

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Easy BBQ Sloppy Joes (30-minute meal)

Weeknight dinners don’t get any better than this 30 minute meal that uses just five ingredients to make a delicious main dish everyone in the family will happily devour.Weeknight dinners don't get any better than this 30 minute meal that uses just five ingredients to make a delicious main dish everyone in the family will happily devour.

Does anyone else ever feel like cooking for toddlers is like playing roulette? Even if your child liked something yesterday, there’s no guarantee he will like it today. Sometimes I know when I make dinner that there is a good chance my kids won’t love it. That’s okay. I want to expand their horizons. But, there’s nothing worse at the end of the day than having my kids turn up their noses at a meal that I’ve worked hard to make and legitimately thought they would like.

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