These Spicy Peanut Chicken Bowls are packed with protein, packed with fresh flavors, and drizzled with the most delicious homemade peanut sauce! Juicy grilled chicken, hearty farro, crunchy cucumber carrot salad, and edamame come together in a bowl that’s fresh, filling, and full of flavor.

Why You’ll Love These Spicy Peanut Chicken Bowls

This is one of those meals that feels like something you’d order from your favorite lunch spot, but it’s easy to make at home.

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This High Protein Chicken Meatball Lemon Orzo Skillet is an easy one-pan dinner made with the juiciest chicken meatballs, creamy lemon orzo, fresh spinach, and Parmesan. The best part is each serving packs over 50 grams of protein!

This is exactly the kind of high-protein dinner I love because it doesn’t feel like you’re eating a “high-protein meal.” It’s just a really delicious, family-friendly dinner idea that happens to have an impressive amount of protein!

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These juicy Pesto Chicken Meatballs are packed with fresh basil flavor, plenty of Parmesan cheese, and come together with just a handful of simple ingredients. They’re baked instead of fried and ready in about 30 minutes making them an easy weeknight dinner or meal prep and packed with protein!

Love chicken meatballs? Switch things up with this high protein chicken meatball lemon orzo skillet for a fresh and flavorful dinner.

Why You’ll Love These Pesto Meatballs

If you’re looking for a way to switch my classic chicken meatball recipe, this one is a keeper.

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These Brown Butter Churro Cookies have everything you love about a fresh churro in cookie form. They’re made with rich brown butter, plenty of brown sugar, vanilla, and rolled in a generous coating of cinnamon sugar before baking. The edges are perfectly crisp while the centers stay soft, chewy, and buttery. A final sprinkle of cinnamon sugar while they’re still warm gives them that perfect churro texture!

Why You’ll Love These Churro Cookies

There are a lot of cinnamon sugar cookies out there, but these stand out for a few reasons:

• Brown butter gives every bite a rich, nutty caramel flavor, mimicking the fried flavor of a traditional churro.

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If your family loves Tex-Mex dinners, this Chicken Enchilada Casserole is going to earn a regular spot on your menu. It has all the cozy flavors of classic chicken enchiladas layered into an easy casserole that’s perfect for busy weeknights, meal prep, and freezer cooking. No rolling tortillas required.

If you love easy comfort food dinners, make sure to also try my Chicken Enchiladas and this hearty White Chicken Chili for another family favorite.

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My Chicken Meatballs are one of those recipes that you will make over and over. I’ve done the legwork and created the most juicy, soft, moist, and flavor-packed meatball recipe that can be used in so many different recipes.

Turn these easy chicken meatballs into a complete meal with this high protein chicken meatball lemon orzo skillet.

Why You’ll Love These Chicken Meatballs

The problem I’ve always had with chicken meatballs, is they seem to be dense and dry no matter what recipe I tried.

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This ultra fluffy Lemon Layer Cake is soft, buttery, and stacked high with silky lemon curd and fluffy lemon buttercream like a lemon cloud! It’s the kind of cake that feels fancy enough for a celebration, but simple enough to bake just because you’re craving something sweet and citrusy.

Why You’ll Love This Lemon Cake

• Layered with flavor: You get lemon in every bite from the cake, to the tart lemon curd AND the lemon buttercream frosting!

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These super easy, nostalgic Lemon Lush is the perfect make-ahead dessert. Layers of creamy whipped topping, lemon pudding, and cheesecake all topped on the most delicious, buttery shortbread crust!

Love lemon? Try my Lemonade Cake or my Lemon Blueberry Blondies!

What Is Lemon Lush

If you love bright, citrusy desserts that are incredibly easy to make, this Lemon Lush recipe is going to become a favorite. Also known as lemon delight dessert or lemon layered dessert, Lemon Lush is a classic make-ahead dessert with layers of buttery shortbread crust, sweet cream cheese, lemon pudding, and creamy whipped topping.

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If you love a chocolate chip cookie with crisp, buttery edges, a soft and chewy center, and those gorgeous bakery-style crinkles, these Giant Crinkled Chocolate Chip Cookies are just for you.

This recipe uses the pan-banging method to create dramatic ripples and texture while keeping the centers perfectly tender. The cookies are big (we’re talking bakery-big), loaded with chopped semi-sweet chocolate, and finished with a sprinkle of flaky sea salt for that sweet-salty magic.

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This creamy coconut curry potsticker soup is packed with flavorful Asian-inspired ingredients, including red curry sauce, coconut milk, tender Chinese dumplings, and veggies!

If you’re looking for another Asian-inspired dinner to make this week, try my easy pork ramen noodles next.

This is coconut curry soup, made even better! My recipe has fluffy potsticker dumplings afloat in a rich coconut broth with red curry, veggies, garlic, and ginger. It’s bright and flavorful, and extra comforting.

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