30 Minute Meals

Chipotle Barbecue Sauce Chicken Quesadillas

Chipotle Barbecue Sauce Chicken Quesadillas will quickly become a new favorite weeknight dinner or entertaining essential just like they are at my house! Look at all that melty cheese, what’s not to love???

Sweet, Smoky, Spicy Homemade Chipotle Barbecue Sauce is combined with grilled chicken, roasted corn, black beans, and all that ooey, gooey cheese, stuffed in a crispy, toasted tortilla Quesadilla-style!

These quesadillas come together fast and are the perfect weeknight meal, game day treat, or party appetizer.

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Apple Streusel Muffins

Apple Streusel Muffins are full of tender, juicy pieces of apple, incredibly moist, spiced with cinnamon, and topped with a buttery, crisp crumble!

These Apple Streusel Muffins are super quick to come together, from bowl to breakfast or brunch table in 30 minutes or less.

Sour cream makes them perfectly moist with a tender crumb and adds a nice depth of flavor to showcase the tart, sweetness of the apples, just like it does in my favorite Blueberry Muffins. The delicate crunch of the streusel is a burst of buttery flavor and texture with every bite.

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Pizza Sloppy Joes

Pizza Sloppy Joes will become be your family’s new favorite weeknight meal too!

Italian sausage crumbles, flavorful marinara, sauteed mushrooms, onions, and green peppers, pepperoni pieces, topped with melty mozzarella cheese, all served up on a toasted bun. Your favorite pizza, but Sloppy Joe style!

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Pumpkin Pie Dutch Baby Recipe

This Pumpkin Pie Dutch Baby Recipe has all the fabulous fall flavor you love in a puffy, golden oven-baked pancake.

Pumpkin Pie Dutch Baby in a cat iron skillet with whipped cream

A Dutch Baby, sometimes called a German Pancake, is a bit of cross between a popover or a Yorkshire pudding. The outside is puffed up to beautiful golden, buttery crisp perfection with a slightly more eggy interior, like that of a crepe. The Pumpkin and Spice flavors elevate this classic breakfast dish into a treat for the Fall and Winter seasons. Quick enough for a weekday treat, it’s golden, puffy perfection will also impress your holiday breakfast crowd.

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Caramel Apple Dutch Baby

This Caramel Apple Dutch Baby has swirls of cinnamon-infused caramel, tart Granny Smith apple slices, baked in a Cast Iron Skillet until the buttery, golden pancake puffs like a pop-over.

I’ve been eating this large, fluffy pancake since I was a child. It was a favorite Sunday morning breakfast that my dad loved to make, in part due to the simplicity, and partially because they are just really good!

What is a Dutch Baby? Sometimes called a German Pancake, it’s a cross between pancake, popover, and Yorkshire pudding. The batter is made up of eggs, flour, milk, and butter. It’s traditionally cooked in a cast iron skillet and usually rises higher around the outside edges then the middle. The outside is golden, crisp, and buttery with a slightly more eggey consistency, kind of like that of a crepe, then a traditional pancake.

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Baked Chicken Ricotta Meatballs

Tender and flavor packed, these Baked Chicken Ricotta Meatballs are so incredibly easy and so insanely delicious!

Incredibly juicy, these meatballs are made with ground chicken, ricotta, and fresh-grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and will quickly become a favorite. Made without breadcrumbs, the tender texture is almost indescribable and is simply scrumptious. The best part? From beginning to end, they are ready in about 30 minutes!

These meatballs are amazing with my favorite Homemade Red Sauce, your preferred pasta, use in place of Italian Sausage on the Italian Bomb Sandwich, your best Alfredo Sauce, as a pizza topping, or add a toothpick as an easy, make-ahead appetizer, these little balls of joy are sure to please.

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Garlic Shrimp with Mango Cucumber Salsa and Coconut Rice

Garlic Shrimp with Mango Cucumber Salsa and Coconut Rice is created with garlic and orange juice marinated shrimp that are quick sauteed and served with a bright and beautiful Mango, Cucumber, and Tomato Salsa. The tropical, summer flavors are complimented with tender, flavorful coconut rice.

Looking for ways to use up the summer bounty of tomatoes and cucumbers? Garlic Shrimp with Mango Cucumber Salsa and Coconut Rice combines those flavors when they are at their best and brings them to life in an unique, tropical way.

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Smokey Brown Sugar Crusted Pork Tenderloin

Rubbed with a smoky, chipotle brown sugar rub, this Smokey Brown Sugar Crusted Pork Tenderloin is grilled to juicy perfection. A squeeze of fresh lime juice perfectly compliments each bite of sticky, crusty and perfectly moist lean pork.

Pork Tenderloin is a great weeknight grill choice. It cooks very quickly, and for the health conscience, it’s very lean, but still flavorful and juicy.

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Grilled Asparagus with Grilled Lemon

Grilled Asparagus with Grilled Lemon is fresh and earthy, cooked to tender-crisp perfection, and enhanced with the smoky, charred burst of bright lemon flavor.

If you are looking for an easy warm weather side dish, but want something new and a little different, Grilled Asparagus with Grilled Lemon is the perfect, quick spring or summer side.

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Sesame Beef Stir Fry

This better then restaurant quality Sesame Beef Stir Fry is ready in under 30 minutes! Melt in your mouth slices of beef marinated with ginger and soy, tossed with tender-crisp carrots and onion, all swirled together with a savory sauce that’s slightly sweet with a pinch of heat.

This much healthier version tastes even better then take-out and isn’t deep fried in oil. The crispy edged beef is tender, flavorful perfection. And the sauce! If I could do it without being seen, I would totally lick my plate. The sauce has all the delectable flavors of fresh ginger, soy, and toasted sesame.

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