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Instant Pot Hawaiian Chicken (with Video)

A simple and delicious Instant Pot chicken recipe for busy weeknights, this Instant Pot Hawaiian Chicken is only 5 ingredients and comes together in 20 minutes – perfect for busy weeknights and better than take-out! Instant Pot Hawaiian Chicken Recipe My favorite memories from our family’s Hawaiian vacation are split equally between lazy beach days and all that gorgeous food. Hawaiian food is often stereotyped to just be super sweet, pineapple-laden pork dishes – but real Hawaiian food is a foodie’s dream. Poke bowls. Kalua pig. Salmon salsa (lomi salmon). Coconut and mochi desserts. Acai breakfast bowls.  Hawaii’s multicultural melting pot also means that Asian, Portuguese and traditional American flavors often come together to create dishes that could only be...

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How to Grill Asparagus

Wondering how to grill asparagus without cursing up a storm when your spears fall through the grill rack? It’s easy once you know this simple trick.Adapted from Bryan Calvert | Brooklyn Rustic | Little, Brown and Company, 2016Here’s how to grill asparagus without some spears ending up charred into oblivion and others ending up crunchy and still others slipping through the grill rack (and you cursing up a storm). This easy approach...devour more »**Disclaimer – My article contains affiliate links. All products are ones I recommend. If you choose to buy one of these products through the link , I will get a small commission at no extra cost to you.

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20 Pasta Salad Recipes

Pasta salads are an expected side dish at warm-weather gatherings. Holidays, picnics, and BBQs are the perfect place to share your chilled noodle salads with friends and family. Here, you’ll find 20 delicious pasta salad recipes that will earn you rave reviews. You’ll find pasta salads that range from veggie-based to meat or seafood-based, zesty and tangy pasta salads, as well as sweet and savory pasta salads; all chilled and ready to be devoured. Pasta salads are great because you can basically add fresh veggies of any kind, maybe some meat for protein, if you want to make it a main dish instead of a side dish, drizzle on some dressing and you’re done! In case you missed my post...

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20 Tasty Meal Ideas (+ Personal Eating Update)

You’re going to love these delicious dinner ideas! Hungry but short on time? Pin this for later! Or should I just call this my favorite meals of the past two months? I’ll stick with the former because these are 20 meals I am eating and loving lately. But first, let’s chat about dietary restrictions. Actually, let me tell you about how I currently have no dietary restrictions and it’s incredibly refreshing. After going plant-based (basically vegan) for a year, then having to re-introduce animal protein for hormone reasons, then having to implement an elimination diet after getting the results of a food sensitivity test in order to take care of some gut healing, it feels really good that after a...

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Cream Cheese Pepper Role

Simple recipes – no taste? NOT IN MY HOUSE! Jump to Recipe Simple recipes enable the ingredients to shine. The key is learning how to bring ingredients together that balance well. In this Cream Cheese Pepper Roll, the recipe has sweetness from the cream cheese, sharpness from the peppers and the freshness the parsley. The result is also so colorful and pleasing to the eye. Below are some of my other appetizer recipes that were so easy to make, had only a small number of ingredients and were delicious. EASY ASPARAGUS TART PIMENTO CHEESE BOWL SMOKED SALMON DIP ASIAN EDAMAME I have already been suggesting how easy this recipe is. The hardest thing to do is to remember to take...

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