Family Dinner Recipes & Easy Dessert Ideas

Pumpkin crisp in a bowl with vanilla ice cream on top.

Pumpkin Pie Crisp

A Thanksgiving turkey on a platter garnished with orange sections and vegetables.

Best Turkey Brine

Scooping mashed potatoes out of a baking dish.

Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes

A bite sized portion of pie is missing from a plated slice.

Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake

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Homemade green bean casserole with fresh green beans and crispy fried onions on top in a baking dish with a wooden spoon scooping out a serving.

Green Bean Casserole

A wooden spoon scooping up a serving of crockpot sweet potatoes with marshmallows.

Crockpot Sweet Potatoes

A rustic stuffed squash half filled with sausage, kale, and apples, topped with feta and nuts. In the background are two more stuffed squash on a platter.

Stuffed Acorn Squash

A slice of sweet potato pie being picked up by a pie server.

Best Sweet Potato Pie

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A white plate of spaghetti with tomato meat sauce, topped with parmesan cheese shavings and fresh basil leaves. A fork rests on the side of the plate.

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Instant Pot Spaghetti

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Today's Dessert

A stack of apple cider cookies with sugar crystals sits on burlap. One cookie rests in front. Behind them are a red apple and a jar of apple cider.

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Apple Cider Cookies

5 from 9 votes

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Sliced garlic brown sugar chicken on a fork.

Garlic Brown Sugar Chicken

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Up close view of cheeseburger pasta with tender pasta shells and ground beef in a cheesy cream sauce.

Quick Dinner Ideas

Homemade Hamburger Helper

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A pot of creamy pasta with chicken and peppers.

Quick Dinner Ideas

Creamy Cajun Chicken Pasta

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Close-up of half a burrito, cut on the diagonal with cheese and chips spilling out.

Taco Bell Beefy Melt Burrito

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Cannoli cheesecake with Oreo crust and whipped cream on top.

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Cannoli Cheesecake

A close-up of French dip sliders filled with sliced roast beef, melted provolone cheese, and caramelized onions on a tray, topped with herbed garlic butter.

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French Dip Sliders

Two fluted glass mugs filled with red hot apple cider, topped with whipped cream and a dusting of cinnamon.

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Red Hot Apple Cider

A layered pumpkin pie pudding in a glass trifle bowl, featuring whipped cream, vanilla pudding, crumbled graham cracker crust, and pumpkin pie pieces, sits on a white countertop in a kitchen.

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Pumpkin Pie Pudding

A stack of apple cider cookies with sugar crystals sits on burlap. One cookie rests in front. Behind them are a red apple and a jar of apple cider.

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Apple Cider Cookies

A plate with sweet potato pie dip in a bowl at the center, surrounded by vanilla wafers, graham crackers, and sliced apples, arranged neatly for dipping.

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Sweet Potato Pie Dip

A white plate of spaghetti with tomato meat sauce, topped with parmesan cheese shavings and fresh basil leaves. A fork rests on the side of the plate.

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Instant Pot Spaghetti

Close-up shot of grape jelly meatballs in a crockpot, to show the texture of the sticky sauce.

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Grape Jelly Meatballs

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A close-up of French dip sliders filled with sliced roast beef, melted provolone cheese, and caramelized onions on a tray, topped with herbed garlic butter.

Appetizers & Snacks

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French Dip Sliders

A white plate of spaghetti with tomato meat sauce, topped with parmesan cheese shavings and fresh basil leaves. A fork rests on the side of the plate.

30

Instant Pot Spaghetti

Close-up shot of grape jelly meatballs in a crockpot, to show the texture of the sticky sauce.

Appetizers & Snacks

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Grape Jelly Meatballs

A bowl of creamy fettuccine Alfredo pasta made with rich Alfredo Sauce With Cream Cheese, garnished with chopped parsley and black pepper, with a plate of pasta and fresh herbs in the background.

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Alfredo Sauce with Cream Cheese

A white plate of creamy cherry tomato pasta topped with fresh basil sits on a gray table beside basil leaves, a fork, spoon, a bowl of salt, and a bottle of olive oil.

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Roasted Cherry Tomato Pasta

A close-up of a plate of baked ziti pasta with meatballs, melted cheese, and garnished with parsley. A hand holds a fork, about to take a bite.

Casserole Recipes

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Meatball Casserole

A person holds a hot honey salami sandwich filled with layers of deli meat, sliced cherry tomatoes, and fresh greens. Two pieces of sub bread are visible in the background on a wooden board.

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Hot Honey Salami Sandwich

A close-up of creamy homemade Alfredo Sauce on fettuccine pasta garnished with chopped parsley in a white bowl, with a fork twirling some noodles.

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Homemade Alfredo Sauce

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Cannoli cheesecake with Oreo crust and whipped cream on top.

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Cannoli Cheesecake

A stack of apple cider cookies with sugar crystals sits on burlap. One cookie rests in front. Behind them are a red apple and a jar of apple cider.

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Apple Cider Cookies

A two-layer homemade strawberry shortcake cake topped and filled with whipped cream and fresh strawberries sits on a white cake stand, with one large slice removed, revealing the inside.

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Strawberry Shortcake Cake

A close-up of lemon brownies cut into squares in a glass baking dish, with a thin layer of white lemon glaze on top. One piece is slightly lifted from the dish.

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Lemon Brownies

Three everything but the kitchen sink cookies with brown butter, chocolate chips, pretzels, and pools of caramel are topped with sea salt and arranged in a vertical row on parchment paper.

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Brown Butter Kitchen Sink Cookies

Hands breaking a large stuffed biscoff cookie butter cookie drizzled with biscoff cookie butter over a cooling rack filled with similar cookies and Biscoff biscuits.

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Stuffed Biscoff Cookies

A metal ice cream scoop lifts a serving of creamy No-Churn Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream from a pan filled with more ice cream.

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No-Churn Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream

A decadent chocolate pudding cake topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream sits on a plate. The cake appears gooey and rich, with a melted chocolate pudding filling visible.

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Chocolate Pudding Cake

A stack of chocolate s'mores cookies with gooey marshmallow and melted chocolate inside. One cookie on top is broken in half, showing the soft, melty filling. Marshmallow pieces and crumbs are visible nearby.

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Chocolate S’mores Cookies

A plate of warm banana split cake topped with with strawberry and banana slices, crumbly topping, whipped cream, chocolate drizzle, and a strawberry slice on top.

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Banana Split Dump Cake

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