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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)!

    • 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
    • a small glass Weck jar with homemade BBQ seasoning spice rub in it
      3-Minute Easy Homemade BBQ Spice Rub (Best Barbecue Dry Rub)
    • 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, healthier 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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    Cozy Winter Recipes

    • Anti-inflammatory turmeric ginger mushroom chicken bone broth in ceramic mug showing healing sippable golden broth with health benefits for wellness.
      Anti-Inflammatory Chicken Bone Broth w/Turmeric, Ginger, Mushrooms
    • A piping hot bowl of cicerchie and spicy ventricina soup garnished with grated parmesan cheese and chopped chives with 2 pieces of toasted Italian bread tucked into the bowl.
      Italian Cicerchie Bean & Ventricina Soup (Zuppa di Fagioli Cicerchie)
    • A bowl of completely made from scratch tonkotsu ramen, ramen toppings, and ramen tare with chopsticks.
      Tonkotsu Ramen Recipe (Easy Authentic Ramen)
    • A bowl full of tender homemade spinach gnocchi covered in a meaty authentic bolognese sauce and sprinkled with grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese.
      Easy Gnocchi Bolognese (100% Made From Scratch)

    30-Minute Meals (or Less!)

    • Creamy pumpkin pasta with sausage and kale in a cast iron skillet featuring trottole pasta coated in pumpkin cream sauce, an easy pumpkin pasta sauce recipe.
      Creamy Pumpkin Pasta Sauce with Sausage and Kale
    • A pasta bowl filled with black squid ink tagliatelle with crab meat sugo and chunks of crab with a hot pepper garnish on top.
      Quick and Easy Crab Linguine (Linguine Nero di Seppia al Granchio Blu)
    • a sauté pan full of just tossed creamy sausage and wine sauce with rigatoni
      Creamy Sausage Pasta With Wine Sauce (Almost Pasta alla Norcina w/Video)
    • A large pile of light and crispy beer-battered chicken tenders (chicken fingers copycat recipe of Chili's Chicken Crispers with twice fried french fries on top of the sunday comics newspaper section.
      Crispy Beer Battered Chicken Tenders (Chili's Copycat)

    Authentic Italian Lasagne Recipes

    • A slice of prosciutto cotto and mozzarella lasagna with cheese and tomato sauce oozing out.
      Italian Ham & Mozzarella Lasagna (Lasagna di Prosciutto Cotto e Mozzarella)
    • Traditional homemade lasagna bolognese with eight layers, showcasing rich meat sauce and handmade spinach egg pasta noodles in classic Italian culinary style.
      Authentic Lasagna Bolognese (Lasagne alla Bolognese +Video)
    • eggplant and zucchine parmigiana with text overlay stating the recipe was a pinterest and Food52 Grand Prize Recipe winner
      Mama A's Eggplant & Zucchini Parmigiana (Pinterest & Food52 Golden Recipe Grand Prize Winner)
    • Speck and Asparagus lasagna just out of the oven
      Italian Speck & Asparagus Lasagna (w/Asparagus Béchamel & Zucchini Crema)
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