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Dinner recipes for two. Romantic dinners for two to celebrate date nights at home, anniversaries, and Valentine’s Day! These easy meals for two can be scaled up to serve more.
Instant pot mac and cheese, made in the instant pot mini. Fun recipe for a small batch of pressure cooker macaroni and cheese! When I first bought my instant pot mini, I thought I would only use it in the…
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Pesto Tortellini Pasta Salad is an easy 10-minute summer dinner for two. When I’m lucky enough to get invited to a barbecue, potluck, or some other type of food-related gathering, I always hit the side dish table first. Barbecue…
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Instant Pot Salsa Chicken with Cheesy Rice is a quick one-pot meal in the Instant Pot mini! This post has been sponsored by Kroger and Tillamook. All thoughts, opinions, photos and recipe are my own. A few weeks ago, I…
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Instant Pot Spaghetti is my latest Instant Pot Mini recipe. I love this recipe because it comes together so quickly, but tastes like it was cooked all day long! I left town for 4 days, and came back to a brand…
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Zuppa Toscana (copycat Olive Garden recipe) made in just one pot to serve two. I’m thinking of changing my blog name to ‘Notes from a Recovering Vegetarian.’ I feel like I’ve missed out on so much by avoiding meat for…
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Beef bourguignon recipe for two. It’s so romantic around here today, that I can hardly stand it! As someone whose love language is doing things for someone, like, ahem: cooking, this romantic dinner for two is the only thing I…
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Romantic Meals for Two at home is what I’m pushing for Valentine’s Day this year. If you haven’t made a dinner reservation at a restaurant yet, let me stop you right there. It’s just not necessary! You can cook at…
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Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings for two, made in the Instant Pot mini! You’ve never met a bigger fan of dumplings than me. And the thing is, I didn’t even grow up on them. I grew up on great chicken soup,…
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Instant Pot Chicken Stock (small batch). Would you be surprised if I told you that Santa brought me an Instant Pot for Christmas? Did you know they make a mini Instant Pot? It’s called the Instant Pot Duo Mini, and…
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Philly Cheesesteak Pasta: from my pal Lauren Grier’s latest cookbook: Modern Comfort Cooking. It’s Friday! And as promised, I’m here with another Dinner for Two for you! And this one, you guys, it’s killer. Truth be told, I’ve never had…
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Southwestern Stuffed Peppers for Two, a recipe from Serena Wolf’s cookbook, The Dude Diet. I had never met a stuffed pepper that I liked. Until these Southwestern stuffed peppers for two. Like most good Texans, I show up for chili…
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White chicken chili for two. So, um, I’m from Texas and I don’t normally like chili. I know, I know! I think it’s because I like beans so much. Normally, a Texas ‘bowl of red’ does not contain beans. My…
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Copycat Swedish Meatballs for Two: this post is sponsored by Vital Proteins, a product I’ve used for over a year and love, and am so happy to finally partner with them! I finally feel vindicated for the insanely high number…
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Creamy chicken pot pie for two, maybe I’ll share with you. Once you have puff pastry on top of chicken pot pie, you’ll never go back to pie crust or canned biscuits. This recipe is more of an amalgamation of…
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Brioche bun recipe for the best hamburger buns ever! Small batch recipe makes just 4 hamburger buns. The only real reason I ever eat a burger is for the bun. Brioche buns, to be more specific. I can pass up on…
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Rosemary focaccia bread! How to make a small batch of focaccia in a quarter sheet pan. Easy focaccia recipe in just 2 hours. Hey! Hi. Hi! I’ve been eating a lot of bread. And I think it’s related, but I’m…
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Shakshuka with feta and Israeli couscous, recipe from Molly On The Range by Molly Yeh. Today, we’re going to talk about something very cute, very small and very lovely. Are you ready? Of course you are! Her name is Molly Yeh…
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Thanksgiving for two can be still be a small Thanksgiving feast. Here’s how to pull it off while making sure you get a taste of everything quintessential Thanksgiving! Hey! I’m bringing this fantastical collection of small-batch Thanksgiving recipes up from…
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Melting sweet potatoes with maple-pecan sauce. Hey friends! I’m re-sharing this Melting Sweet Potato recipe, because we’re getting close to Thanksgiving! If you’ve made these before, you know how good they are. If not, (welcome from Pinterest), pull up a chair and…
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Pumpkin gnocchi, errrr, pumpkin ricotta gnocchi. The only way I make gnocchi is with ricotta, because it is seriously so easy! Read on for the step-by-step in photos! I made pumpkin gnocchi last weekend. I didn’t intend to share it with…
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Raspberry chipotle chicken is your new dinner for two recipe that uses your favorite flavor combo: raspberry chipotle sauce! I’m working with Driscoll’s to bring you this raspberry’licious recipe today. Visit them for more berry recipes, and enter their Sweetest…
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Asian chicken soup made with ginger, cilantro, fresh lime juice, and rice noodles. Well, did you learn how to roast a whole chicken this weekend? I smiled and sipped wine on Friday night, thinking that you would be prepping to…
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This post is sponsored by Bush’s Beans. Thanks for letting me partner with brands I love and use in my kitchen! I think I’ve figured out another way to get an easy dinner on the table! You know on the weekends when…
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How to roast a whole chicken, and use the leftovers all week long! Plus, a recipe for carrot beet fritters that my baby LOVES! I know, I know–an entire roasted chicken serves way more than two people. I get that….
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