Can’t-Miss Easy Recipes We Absolutely Love

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If your idea of a perfect recipe involves big flavor and minimal effort, you’re in the right place. These easy-to-love dishes cover everything from weeknight staples to sweet showstoppers. Try savory comfort foods like Easy Cheesy Tennessee Onions, Homemade Creamy Mac and Cheese, and Beer Braised Beef Brisket, or satisfy your sweet side with Gluten-Free Banana Cake Recipe with Maple Walnut Frosting, Easy Peach Crescent Roll Dumpling Recipe, and Easy 15 Minute Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cream Pie. Whether you’re feeding a crowd or just yourself, these recipes make deliciously light work of it!

Easy Cheesy Tennessee Onions

Presenting a delicious Easy Cheesy Tennessee Onions
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Get ready to swoon over Easy Cheesy Tennessee Onions, where sweet Vidalias soak up butter, herbs, smoky Gouda and cheddar until they’re bubbling cheesy perfection—your cheesy side dish dreams come true.
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Strawberry Blueberry Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette

A close up image of a fruit and tomato salad with mozzarella and parmesan cheese.
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Crisp greens meet juicy berries and mozzarella in Strawberry Blueberry Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette, drizzled with bright balsamic for a summery bowl that’s as easy as it is irresistible.
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A Baked Spaghetti Casserole Recipe

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Savor cozy comfort with A Baked Spaghetti Casserole Recipe, layered with sauce, pasta, and cheese—and totally customizable to suit your crowd or craving.
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A Tasty and Kid-friendly Pickle Macaroni Salad

Macaroni salad in a bowl with a wooden spoon.
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Tangy, creamy, and kid-approved, A Tasty and Kid-Friendly Pickle Macaroni Salad brings elbow macaroni together with pickle relish and mayo in a side that sneaks in crunch and fun.
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Gluten-free Banana Cake Recipe with Maple Walnut Frosting

a hunk of cake, with frosting and walnuts
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Hands-down irresistible, Gluten‑Free Banana Cake Recipe with Maple Walnut Frosting marries moist banana cake with a dreamy maple‑walnut cream cheese swirl for snack-time euphoria.
Get the Recipe: Gluten-free Banana Cake Recipe with Maple Walnut Frosting

Homemade Creamy Mac and Cheese

Homemade Creamy Mac And Cheese
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Rich, oozy, and undeniably comforting—Homemade Creamy Mac And Cheese blends mascarpone, Dijon, rosemary and a golden breadcrumb top into a dish you’ll fight over at the table.
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Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese Pound Cake

a bundt cake with cranberries and coffee
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Bursting with autumnal spice, Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese Pound Cake layers creamy center and moist cake, with cinnamon, cranberries, and cardamom in every aromatic bite.
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Beer Braised Beef Brisket

Slices of roasted beef topped with onion rings and accompanied by pickle slices and two pieces of white bread on a parchment-lined plate. A jar of sauce, knife, onion, and herbs are on the wooden table surface.
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Slow‑cooked in stout and meltingly tender, Beer Braised Beef Brisket delivers deep, rich flavor with an edge of pub-style sophistication that’ll wow at any dinner.
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Easy 15 Minute Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cream Pie

slice of pie on a white plate, with peanut butter and chocolate
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Ready in minutes, Easy 15 Minute Peanut Butter And Chocolate Cream Pie stacks peanut butter and chocolate layers on a graham crust, no baking required—and zero judgment if you eat it all.
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Parsley Pesto Salmon Recipe

a white baking dish, with salmon fillet and vegetables
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Bright and herb-scented, Parsley Pesto Salmon Recipe pairs garlicky parsley pesto with flaky salmon for a dinner that feels fancy but couldn’t be simpler.
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Easy Peach Crescent Roll Dumpling Recipe

A white plate with a serving of peach cobbler topped with a dollop of whipped cream. Beside the cobbler are several slices of fresh peach. The background includes a partially visible peach and a flowery placemat.
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Sweet peach wrapped in buttery crescent dough meets rum-spiced sauce in Easy Peach Crescent Roll Dumpling Recipe, a warm dessert that’s deceptively simple and utterly swoon-worthy.
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Amish Apple Fritter Bread

a platter, with apple bread
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Full of apple-cinnamon goodness and finished with a tangy sour cream glaze, Amish Apple Fritter Bread is a loaf you’ll want to bake, slice, and devour immediately—twice.
Get the Recipe: Amish Apple Fritter Bread

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About Jenny deRemer

I am a Charleston, South Carolina-based culinary novice, an ardent authority on all things travel, a designer by trade, and the creator of Not Entirely Average. I have a weakness for farmers' markets, delight in adventures way off the beaten path, enjoy documenting my many moods through photography, and have been known to conquer the occasional yard sale with gusto!

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