If you’ve signed up for a meal train but aren’t sure what to make, you’ve come to the right place. This post is chock full of our best meal train ideas, including easy dinner recipes, comfort food, soups, healthy recipes, and options for families with dietary restrictions. Whether it’s a grieving family, a new mom, or someone who is ill or recently had surgery, providing a meal is a practical and tangible way to care for someone you love. Showing Love through Food: Our Best Meal Train Ideas Long before the Internet, communities showed their support for families in crisis by bringing them food ..read more

These Big Chocolate Chunk Cookies are thick, chewy, buttery, and studded with big melty chunks of chocolate. Finish them off with a sprinkle of sea salt for a gourmet bakery cookie experience. The BEST Big Chocolate Chunk Cookies Yes, this is another post about chocolate chip cookies. I would apologize, but I don’t believe there’s much room for sorrys when chocolate is involved. We’ve talked about chocolate chip cookies a lot over the years. We’ve discussed melted butter and extra egg yolks, the merits of refrigeration, and the necessity of always slightly under baking There have been two epi ..read more

If you want all the flavors of a classic lasagna in half the time, give this Easy One Pot Lasagna a try! Beefy, cheesy, and saucy, this is everything you love about lasagna without all the work. Can’t get enough lasagna? Try our Lasagna Dip and One Pot Lasagna Soup! One Pot Lasagna: A Weeknight Dinner Miracle I love lasagna but until recently I always considered it a “special occasion” dish. It’s not that lasagna is super fancy. After all, it usually ends up in a sloppy pile on your plate anyway.  I mainly considered it a special occasion dish because of the drawn out process required to ..read more

Puff Pastry Beef Pot Pie features a slow-cooked Guinness beef and vegetable stew topped with a flaky puff pastry crust. Transport yourself to an Irish pub with this serious comfort food recipe that will make your house smell amazing! If you enjoyed this recipe, you’ll also want to give our Guinness Beef Stew a try! This post is sponsored by Ohio Beef. As always, all opinions are our own. Cozy Puff Pastry Beef Pot Pie There are few things more cozy than a beef pot pie, and this one, made with Guinness and fresh herbs and draped in puff pastry, is perhaps the coziest of them all. Eating this po ..read more

Nothing beats Grandma’s recipes, and that definitely holds true for this Easy Drop Biscuits Recipe. These super quick homemade biscuits can be whipped up and out of your oven in less than 30 minutes! Perfect as a side with soups and eggs, or served on their own with butter and jam, drop biscuits are a staple recipe to add to your collection! The Hunt for the Best Drop Biscuit Recipe I recently searched my Pinterest pins for biscuits and found no less than 20 different recipes I’ve pinned over the past few months. My search for a good biscuit has been a long and rocky road. I’ve made decent bis ..read more

This Roast Beef Sliders recipe features piles of deli sliced roast beef with melty white cheddar, French fried onions, and a killer horseradish sauce. This easy recipe is a crowd favorite and perfect parties! If you love making sliders as much as we do, be sure to also try our Hawaiian Roll Ham and Swiss Sliders, Sloppy Joe Sliders, and Ground Beef Sliders! Easy Roast Beef Sliders We’re gearing up for Big Game season, which means dusting off all of our favorite party foods.  You know the ones–they’re hot, they’re savory, and they’re perfect for stress eating, celebrating, or drowning you ..read more

Slow Cooker Reuben Dip transforms all the ingredients of a classic Reuben sandwich into an irresistible appetizer! This easy set-it-and-forget-it recipe is stuffed with corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut in a creamy, scoopable sauce. Perfect for game day parties, holiday gatherings, and St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, this hot reuben dip is a cinch to throw together and always a crowd favorite. This post was developed in partnership with Ohio Beef. To learn more about the 17,000+ family owned farms here in Ohio, visit OhioBeef.org. As always, all opinions are my own. Easy Reuben Dip in ..read more

Slow Cooker Beef Stew and Dumplings is a classic comfort food dinner featuring an easy beef stew topped with fluffy herbed dumplings. Everything is made in the crock pot for a no-fuss dinner that’s rich and satisfying. Easy Slow Cooker Beef Stew and Dumplings When I first made and wrote about this recipe back in 2012, I spent several paragraphs ranting about daylight savings time. I won’t do that now (although daylight savings time is still the worst and WHY HASN’T IT BEEN CANCELLED YET??), but I WILL still rave about the wonders of this Crock Pot Beef Stew and Dumplings. We’ve got all the us ..read more

Buttery garlic shrimp combines with silky pappardelle pasta to make this creamy Shrimp Pappardelle! This 30 minute recipe is easy enough for a weeknight meal, but elegant enough for a date night in. If you’re looking for more romantic pasta recipes, try our Steak Pasta with Gorgonzola or our Seafood Mac and Cheese. Easy, Creamy Shrimp Pappardelle There are not many things in this life better than butter, garlic, and shrimp, but tossing said shrimp with a creamy, lemony pasta might be one of them. Think of this Shrimp Pappardelle recipe as a joyful fusion of two of our all time favorite meals ..read more

These citrusy Orange Poppy Seed Muffins will brighten up even the dreariest of days. Moist, fluffy, and popping with orange flavor, these orange muffins are a fantastic breakfast or afternoon snack. Bright and Cheery Orange Poppy Seed Muffins Fresh citrus is one of the few redeeming qualities of winter. We might not have sunshine or adequate levels of Vitamin D, but by gosh we have citrus fruit! When we’re in the darkest days of winter, I find myself craving bright, zesty baked goods like Lemon Raspberry Bars, Lemon Bundt Cake, and Orange Cookies. Now we can add these Orange and Poppy Seed Mu ..read more