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    Spice Blends & Seasoning Recipes

    Say goodbye to bland food forever with our favorite budget-friendly homemade spice blends, seasoning mixes, and dry rubs all in one place. From our ‘famous’ spicy shawarma blend for chicken, pork, and lamb to Tuesday night taco seasoning, southern BBQ dry rub, homemade poultry seasoning, and much more (including pumpkin pie spice to warm up all your holiday baking)!

    • Homemade BBQ (barbecue) dry rub seasoning blend in a glass Weck canning jar.
      3-Minute Homemade BBQ Spice Rub (Best Barbecue Dry Rub)
    • DIY vanilla pudding mix in a mason canning jar with pieces of vanilla beans poking out from the top.
      5-Minute DIY Vanilla Pudding Mix (For Adding to Cake & Cookie Recipes)
    • A bottle of McCormick's pumpkin pie spice next to a glass weck jar filled with homemade McCormick's substitute with two spoons filled with the respective spice mixes to show the color of each.
      Pumpkin Pie Spice Recipe (Best McCormick Copycat)
    • homemade chipotle in adobo sauce just mixed in a glass bowl sitting on top of a brightly painted terra cotta Mexican artwork plate
      How to Make Easy 2-Minute Chipotle in Adobo Sauce
    • Shawarma spice blend on a plate in individual mounds not yet mixed together
      Easy 3-Minute Shawarma Seasoning (Tastes Great on Everything)
    • an Italian clear glass cappuccino mug filled with homemade hot chocolate and ghost marshmallow slowly melting on top
      Easy Deluxe Homemade Hot Cocoa Mix

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    Hi, I'm Kelly! A private chef helping busy families cook and enjoy tastier, less-processed meals at home. Born and raised in Arkansas, I've lived and worked in NYC, Sichuan China, and now Northeast Italy. Each of these places impacts the diverse way we cook, live, and celebrate life. You'll find a bit of everything here, whether you're new to cooking or you've made it all. If you love to eat, you're in the right place!

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    Celebrate Cinco de Mayo

    • Tex Mex recipes collage with homemade enchilada sauce, cheese enchiladas, quesadillas, cilantro lime rice, carne asada, tacos al pastor, cheeseburger quesadillas, refried beans, and vegetarian tacos.
      14 Best Tex-Mex Recipes (Restaurant Tex-Mex for Less)
    • An All-Clad sauté pan filled with homemade red enchilada sauce with a whisk resting in the pan.
      Red Enchilada Sauce Recipe (Authentic Tex-Mex w/Video)
    • A single taco al pastor on a plate consisting of a warm yellow corn tortilla topped with homemade pork pastor, salsa, grilled pineapple, and cilantro.
      How to Make Tacos al Pastor at Home
    • the best perfectly cooked carne asada steak with caramelized onions on a sheet pan
      Restaurant-Style Carne Asada Steak (For Two or a Crowd)
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    • Spaghetti alle vongole with veraci clams in All-Clad saute pan, best clam pasta recipe with fresh Italian clams.
      Linguine with Clam Sauce Recipe (Pasta alle Vongole)
    • Slice of perfect tiramisu next to a Polspotten mug with handpainted woman holding her nose under the espresso, with the larger tiramisu in the background.
      Authentic Tiramisu Recipe (Thick & Luscious Mascarpone Cream)
    • a pitcher half full milky-looking bright yellow homemade Italian limoncello next to a bottle of homemade limoncello and a fresh lemon on a red and white striped pot holder
      How to Make Limoncello (The Authentic Italian Way)
    • Homemade lobster ravioli and shrimp ravioli in heart and star shapes on a serving platter covered with lobster tomato cream sauce, showing the best sauce for lobster ravioli recipe.
      Lobster Ravioli With Tomato Cream Sauce
    • Golden brown crostata di marmellata with lattice top and decorative hearts sprinkled with homemade cherry sugar showing authentic Italian jam tart recipe.
      Crostata di Marmellata (Authentic Italian Jam Tart w/Video)
    • A double layer no-raisin best carrot cake with pecans and matcha cream cheese frosting, piped in kisses and garnished with toasted pistachios.
      Best Carrot Cake Recipe (Super Moist, Made from Scratch)
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    Our Favorite Spring Recipes

    • Easy strawberry sugar using double the amount of strawberries to get the dark pink flavored sugar.
      Strawberry Sugar Recipe (All-Natural w/Video)
    • a pasta bowl plate filled with spring green asparagus risotto with three pan seared spears and three pan seared scallops on top with a sprinkling of crumbled crispy-fried prosciutto on top
      Asparagus Risotto w/Pan-Seared Scallops & Crispy Speck
    • a beautifully broiled diver sea scallop in its shell with slightly crispy and golden brown edges and glistening in oil
      Italian Diver Scallops au Gratin (Capesante Gratinate)
    • A serving platter filled with bright green creamy mashed sweet mushy peas with whole sweet peas for garnish.
      Easy Mushy Peas Recipe

    Make Better Homemade Pizza

    • Collection of 25 homemade pizza varieties including vegetarian options, meat-vegetable combinations, hawaiian, prosciutto-arugula, marinara, margherita, mushroom, various cheese pizzas, olive, breakfast pizza, capricciosa, zucchini and ham, pepperoni, quattro formaggi, BBQ chicken pizza, and more on different kinds of homemade pizza dough including neapolitan, whole wheat, bread flour, 00 flour, St. Louis Style, pizza fritta, and pinsa Romana.
      Best Pizza Toppings & Pizza Dough Ultimate Guide w/Real Photos
    • Pizza dough recipe for a homemade pizza with sausage and onion on a crispy bread flour pizza crust recipe, how to make pizza dough for the best homemade pizza dough.
      Best Bread Flour Pizza Dough Recipe (5 Ingredients)
    • Super crispy sliced whole wheat Supreme pizza with green olives, spicy ventricina salami, salsiccia, prosciutto cotto, mushrooms, red bell peppers, and onions.
      Best Whole Wheat Pizza Dough Recipe (For Thin Crust Pizza)
    • Perfect thick-crust pizza dough with pizza margherita toppings (including homemade pizza sauce, shredded mozzarella, and mini buffalo mozzarella balls.
      Thick-Crust Pizza (Fluffy 00 Flour Pizza Dough Recipe)
    • A platter with three golden brown fried pizzas topped with burrata cheese, mozzarella, prosciutto di parma, olives, and sun dried tomatoes.
      Crispy Italian Fried Pizza (Easy Abruzzo Pizza Fritta)
    • St. Louis style thin crust whole wheat pizza cut into squares topped with artichoke hearts, Taggiasche olives, caramelized onions and melted mozzarella cheese - no yeast pizza dough recipe.
      Easy 20-Minute Thin & Crispy St. Louis-Style Whole Wheat Pizza
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