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American food can be found here that is both healthy and family-friendly!  Here you will find an easy to make Slow Cooker Pot Roast, a kid-approved Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup, and an American classic Jambalaya Recipe.

Entertaining guest?  Try my sure to please Buffalo Chicken Dip!

Picky eaters? This Goulash Recipe is the one for you!

Close up image of a single hamburger patty with cheese on a sesame bun with lettuce, mayo, red onion, and tomato.

Hamburgers Recipe

A large white bowl filled with creamy potato salad and garnished with chopped parsley.

Easy Creamy Potato Salad Recipe

Large white oval serving dish filled with homemade classic macaroni salad garnished with a light dusting of paprika and fresh chopped parsley.

Macaroni Salad

Grilled Kalbi (Korean BBQ Beef Short Ribs) on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and garnished with thinly sliced green onions and served with a side of kimchi.

Kalbi (Korean BBQ Beef Short Ribs)

A whole cooked air fryer chicken in an air fryer basket.

Air Fryer Whole Chicken

Large skillet filled with creamy shrimp alfredo with fettuccine pasta.

Shrimp Alfredo

Cast iron skillet filled with cooked beef and broccoli recipe garnished with slice green onions.

Beef and Broccoli Recipe

Dutch oven pot roast made with potatoes, carrots, and beef chuck roast just out of the oven.

Dutch Oven Pot Roast

Large white dutch oven filled with tender cooked braised beef short ribs with a red wine beef gravy.

Braised Short Ribs

White plate with a fluffy buttermilk biscuit topped with creamy sausage gravy.

Biscuits and Gravy

Three large cooked chicken thighs in an air fryer.

Air Fryer Chicken Thighs

Large stainless steel skillet filled with cooked fettuccine noodles tossed in alfredo sauce.

Best Alfredo Sauce Recipe

White serving bowl filled with filled with Hamburger Soup made with ground beef, tomatoes, macaroni noodles, peas, and carrots.

Hamburger Soup

Wooden serving spoon scooping a large serving of cheesy hashbrown casserole from a white baking dish.

Hashbrown Casserole

Overhead image of a large soup bowl filled with beef barley soup topped with fresh oregano.

The Best Beef Barley Soup

White soup bowl filled with carrots, shredded chicken, celery, and noodles, in a creamy chicken broth.

Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup

Large white ceramic Dutch oven filled with homemade hamburger helper made with ground beef and macaroni noodles.

The Best Homemade Hamburger Helper

A bowl of Italian wedding soup

Italian Wedding Soup

Large baking sheet line with parchment paper and filled with french fries smothered with carne asada, cheese, jalapeno, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole.

Carne Asada Fries

Tray filled with four carne asada tacos made with corn tortillas and topped with a fresh onion, cilantro, and lime juice salsa.

Carne Asada Tacos

Large serving plate filled with thinly sliced carne asada garnished with limes and fresh cilantro.

Carne Asada

Potato skins filled with cheese, bacon, chives, and some with sour cream on a wire cooking rack.

Potato Skins

Large Dutch oven filled with a stew made with shredded pork, frozen lima beans, corn, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, and bbq sauce.

Brunswick Stew

Two bowls filled with beef stew made in the Instant Pot and filled with juicy chunks of meat, carrots, and potatoes.

Instant Pot Beef Stew

Large pot filled with simmering beef stew made with beef, potatoes, carrots, onions, in a red wine broth and garnished with fresh parsley.

Beef Stew Recipe

Close-up image of mini cocktail hot dogs wrapped in crescent roll dough and baked until golden.

Pigs in a Blanket

Large white baking pan filled with cooked porcupine meatballs in a hearty tomato sauce.

Porcupine Meatballs

Large round white bowl filled with homemade French onion dip topped with golden caramelized onions and chopped chives.

French Onion Dip

Shredded cooked pork shoulder mixed with bbq sauce in a large slow cooker.

Pulled Pork Recipe

Shredded Mississippi pot roast served over mashed potatoes on a white plate.

Mississippi Pot Roast

White dinner plate with creamy mashed potatoes topped with chicken madeira and mushrooms and a creamy madeira sauce with a side of asparagus.

Creamy Chicken Madeira

Wood serving spoon pouring homemade marsala cream sauce over a cooked chicken cutlet in a large pan filled with marsala cream sauce.

Creamy Chicken Marsala

Wooden spoon filled with rotel dip resting on top of a white bowl filled with cheesy rotel dip.

Rotel Dip

Glass Pyrex dish filled with cheesy tater tot breakfast casserole.

Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole

Large serving platter with Bacon Wrapped Jalapeño Poppers and a small bowl of ranch dressing.

Bacon Wrapped Jalapeño Poppers

Piece of cheese and sausage breakfast sausage on a white plate with a glass od orange juice and bowl of fruit in the backgroud.

Breakfast Casserole

White serving bowl fllled with chicken, rice, and veggie souop seasoned with salt, pepper, and dried Italian seasoning.

Chicken and Rice Soup

White shallow bowl filled with broccoli cheddar soup topped with blanched broccoli florets.

Broccoli Cheese Soup

White soup bowl filled with broccoli cheddar soup.

Broccoli Cheddar Soup (30 Minutes!)

Small while plate filled with lemon chicken orzo.

Lemon Chicken Orzo

A bowl of Snert

Split Pea Soup

A slow cooker filled with Ham and Bean soup

Ham and Bean Soup (Crock Pot)

Close up of a large white salad bowl filled with shredded Brussels sprouts, kale, avocado, grated carrot, pomegranate arils, tossed in a light lemon vinaigrette.

Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad

White plate filled with cooked lemon rice filled with artichoke hearts and olives and topped with a bone-in skin-on chicken thigh.

Chicken and Rice Bake

A close up of food, with Butter Garlic steak

Garlic Butter Steak Bites

White rectangle serving plate filled with bacon wrapped shrimp and garnished with fresh parsley.

Bacon Wrapped Shrimp

Close up of thick cinnamon honey butter smeared onto a wooden board and drizzled with sweet honey and cinnamon.

Cinnamon Honey Butter Board

Twice baked potato on a baking sheet topped with cheese, bacon, and fresh chives.

Twice Baked Potatoes

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