Courtney Hamilton

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How To Beef Up Your Pasta – 8 Meaty Pasta Creations

Pasta and meat are a classic pairing; where would we be without spaghetti and meatballs, or chicken Alfredo? But, there are so many cuts of meat that you may not have considered combining with your pasta dishes. And, if you only indulge in pasta occasionally or nix it altogether from […]

7 of the Best Burger Recipes You’ll Find Anywhere

Nothing beats a perfectly-cooked, juicy burger. With some of the best burger recipes we could find, there’s no reason to head out to the local drive-thru for a great burger. On this list, you’ll find both gourmet and simple burger recipes alike — with some healthier options and uber-indulgent burgers […]

8 Ways to Cook Meat From Frozen in Your Instant Pot

You get home from a long day of work and realize you haven’t thawed anything for dinner. What do you do? Grab takeout? Scrounge up a sad meal of whatever you can find in the pantry? Have you tried, well, cooking the frozen food you have? Conventionally, we’ve been taught […]

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8 Dinners You Can Make with a Handful of Ingredients

So often, we feel like gourmet dinners require hours in the kitchen and long grocery lists. But, in truth, eating well really just means combining a few quality, nutritious ingredients in a reasonable time span. That’s what we set out to prove with these recipes, which keep the ingredient lists […]

leftover turkey hash

How to Use Up Leftover Meat and Avoid Food Waste

You made a gigantic family feast, and now you’ve got lots of leftover turkey, chicken or pot roast. You hate wasting food, but you can’t stand to eat the same meal over and over again. Plus, there’s a turkey carcass or a pile of bones to think about. The good […]

glazed salmon with homemade pickles

8 of Our Favorite Easy Salmon Recipes

Though salmon is one of the most popular fish, and our wild-caught fish from Alaska is prized for its abundance of healthy omega-3 fats, it can be intimidating to cook. Though it’s perfectly delicious cooked very simply with just a few pantry spices, you can whip up a super-flavorful restaurant-worthy […]

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8 Easy Slow Cooker Beef Recipes

We love our slow cookers for so many reasons — one of the major ones is that it can help break down tougher cuts of meat, transforming them into succulent dishes with big, bold flavors, all with very little effort. Low and slow cooking methods are perfect for tenderizing cuts […]

chicken wings on a grill

5 Unexpected Ways to Cook Chicken

Grilled or baked chicken breast recipes with a side of veggies are common weeknight dinners for a reason: They’re simple to make, on budget, and everyone likes them. Nothing wrong with that. But once in a while, you want to shake things up — and that’s what we’ve done here. […]

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5 Meal Prep-Friendly Recipes for Busy Weeks

Eating healthy while you juggle all your commitments — work, kids, chores, exercise, errands, the list goes on — can be a challenge. It’s so tempting to pick up fast food on your way home from work or grab takeout for lunch on days that just don’t seem to end. Enter meal […]

pork carnitas lettuce wrap taco

6 Easy Instant Pot Recipes

If you have an Instant Pot, you already know just how quickly and easily you can get fork-tender, fall-apart meat with intense flavors on the table. It absolutely laps traditional cooking methods and standard slow cookers. Plus, in the Instant Pot, you can make multiple meal components simultaneously. We’re talking umami […]

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7 Delectable Ribs Recipes

When we say “ribs,” you might think immediately of barbecue — and as good as those are, there are different types of ribs, and several ways to prepare them. If you love ribs, as we do, there are so many ways to enjoy them. Within beef and pork ribs, there […]