Slow Cooker Italian Pork

Shredded slow cooker Italian pork in a gray bowl. Bottle of dressing in upper left corner and baguette in lower left corner. Pale pink cloth napkin draped on right side of photo.

Need an incredibly easy dinner for the family tonight? This Slow Cooker Italian Pork requires only TWO ingredients and a few hours in the crock pot. This post may contain affiliate links. For more information, please read my disclosure policy. I love a slow cooker recipe, especially during the back to school season. And I’ve

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Italian Mac and Cheese

This Italian Mac and Cheese is the creamiest, cheesiest pasta around. Perfectly al dente pasta tossed in a sauce packed with several Italian cheeses and Italian seasonings.

Get ready for the most indulgent, creamy and totally addicting macaroni and cheese around. This Italian Mac and Cheese features 4 different cheeses and Italian seasoning which bring all the flavor. This post may contain affiliate links. For more information, please read my disclosure policy here. This Italian Mac and Cheese is one of my

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Pasta Carbonara

Pasta Carbonara

Pasta Carbonara is a simple, delicious pasta dish that the whole family will gobble up. Cream cheese, smoky bacon, parmesan and garlic all combine to create the most decadent pasta. *EDIT: The text and photos in this post have been updated since it’s original publication in 2011. There was a lack of text and the

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Baked Gnocchi

Baked Gnocchi

Everybody loves a baked pasta but this Baked Gnocchi takes it to a whole new level. Store bought gnocchi, homemade meaty spaghetti sauce and melty mozzarella all combine to create a simple yet delicious dinner. Who is ready for Spring? This girl. We had a little preview on Friday with a high of 64 degrees.

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Homemade Ricotta

I made homemade ricotta this week. Be amazed friends. And go make some because it’s ridiculously easy with stellar results. I’ve had homemade ricotta on my list of foods to try making at home forEVER but it always intimidated me. Part of the problem was I never really looked into how exactly it was made so

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Copycat Olive Garden Dressing

Have any of you stripped and refinished furniture before? Any tips or tricks? It’s our big project this weekend and it seems like a bit of work but I’m super pumped about it. We are tackling our dining room table and buffet which are both older than me. My parents bought it right before I

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Pizza Hut Breadsticks

Hands down, Joel’s absolute favorite chain pizza is Pizza Hut. He loves all the cheese, meat and grease that comes along with it and I will admit, it’s good but it’s definitely not the kind of pizza you want all the time. I do love their breadsticks though. I have always kind of wondered who it

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Pepperoni Sauce

Have you ever done something that you immediately regret? I am usually a pretty cautious person and think things through but lately I’ve been having some blonde moments. I call pregnancy brain. It’s not been anything major but just enough to make me slap my head and think “well that was dumb.” I totally had

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Tiramisu

Whenever we have something big happen in our house, I like to make a big, fancy meal to celebrate. Joel’s first day at his new job was on Monday so I had consulted him about what he wanted for dinner (filet mignon, twice baked potatoes and caesar salad) but I wanted to surprise him with dessert.

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