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Favorite Recipes for Your Family

Here are some of our favorite family recipes including desserts, quick dinners, slow cooker meals and more.
  1. Appetizers and Dips (18)
  2. Breads And Rolls (19)
  3. Cake Mix Recipes (11)
  4. Cakes and Desserts (38)
  5. Cookies And Bars (23)
  6. Crock / Slow Cooker (33)
  7. Main Dish Recipes (78)
  8. Meatloaf Recipes (7)
  9. Pies (12)
  10. Quick Dinner Recipes (16)
  11. Salad Dressings (7)
  12. Salads and Side Dishes (20)
  13. Sandwich Maker (7)
  14. Shepherd's Pie (8)
  15. Snacks for Kids

Top Picks: Favorite Recipes for Leftovers

Here are some of my favorite recipes for using leftovers.

Tomato Dumplings

These tomato dumplings are good as a side dish or a light meal by themselves.

Ripe Tomato Preserves

This old-fashioned recipe can be used in recipes calling for canned or crushed tomatoes.

Killer Salsa

This spicy and tasty salsa is excellent served with tortilla chips or with your favorite Mexican-food recipe.

Dilly Green Tomatoes

Dill pickled tomatoes are a great way to use up those small, green tomatoes. Stored in airtight jars, dilly green tomatoes are available all year long.

Tomato Soup

A rich and creamy recipe for tomato soup.

Tomato Salad

Made with red and yellow tomatoes and cucumbers, this easy summertime salad is sure to please your family.

A-Z Food Photo Gallery

Photos of our recipes, listed alphabetically.

Beyond Grilled Cheese: Sandwich Maker

The sandwich maker can be a great time and money saver. And it makes fast and easy after-school snacks for your kids.

Cereal Cookies: Use That Leftover Cereal

Jacci Bear shares her cookie recipe using that leftover cereal the kids just won't eat.

Hershey's Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream

This recipe is written for kids and includes directions for 3, 6 and 12 servings, along with nutritional information. So your kids can learn about fractions by varying the serving sizes and they can enjoy this tasty treat.

How to Deep Fry a Turkey

Deep frying a turkey produces a crispy, dark brown turkey with moist, delicious meat. And it doesn't taste greasy at all. Here's a step-by-step lesson explaining how to deep fry a turkey.

Meals on a Budget

Money-saving recipes for one-income families.

Miserly Meals: Book Review

Feed your family inexpensively. Book review of Miserly Meals, written by Jonni McCoy, author of Miserly Moms, offering over 200 frugal recipes each costing less than 75 cents per serving.

Pillsbury Adds New Products

I really like Pillsbury refrigerated rolls and now Pillsbury is introducing a new line of frozen rolls. Pillsbury has three new products - Soft White Dinner Rolls, Crusty Sourdough Dinner Rolls and Extra Large Easy Split™ Biscuits. Get more information about these new products, including pricing information.

Summertime Barbecues

Summer is a time for family picnics, camping and barbecues. Our discussion forum members have shared some of their favorite marinades, salads, and main dishes.

Summertime Desserts

When the weather is hot, these cool, easy, summertime desserts are perfect to get you out of the kitchen quickly.

Tomato Recipes

If your family has an abundance of fresh tomatoes, here are recipes as well as canning and freezing techniques to help your deal with all those tomatoes.

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