These chicken and dumplings are to die for! Making the broth from scratch and letting it simmer for hours really takes this dish to another level of flavor. I wouldn’t classify this dish as being incredibly hard. The only tricky part (for me at least) was when it came to the dumplings and not over cooking them. Don’t worry, I’ll give you tips and tricks along the way to ensure yours will turn out fabulous! 

Oooooo girl, this recipe for Sleep Time Stew by Chrissy Teigen is one of my all time favorite comfort meals! This recipe is out of Chrissy’s second cookbook called Cravings: Hungry for More, which I would totally recommend buying. It’s delicious, hearty and totally fulfilling for a cozy family dinner.

Next on my Go-To Holiday Sides series is this AMAZING recipe for Chrissy Teigen’s Smashed Potatoes. These mashed potatoes are packed with flavor and oh-so creamy! I probably will never turn my back on this mashed potato recipe for any other for the rest of my life. That’s how good they are. They are great for every occasion and easy to whip together. 

I decided to kick off this up-coming holiday season with a series on all my favorite holiday sides! I make all these every. single. year. And they never get old, cause ya know, they’re delicious. 

I’ve been recently loving me some Jessie James Decker recipes and wanted to give another one a try! People have also been loooooving all my JJD recipe posts so I figured one more wouldn’t hurt.

Alright everyone, it's time for the 4th recipe out of my First Impressions Series feating the cookbook Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines!I chose this recipe because it seemed super easy and straight forward to cook. And of course, I love me a good pork meal.

Who doesn’t love a good enchilada?? I figured this recipe would appeal to a lot of people and is a quick easy meal for my third first-impression recipe out of Joanna Gaines' cookbook, MagnoliaTable.

My husband defiantly lives up to his Irish roots when it comes to obsessively loving beef and potatoes, so picking this beef stew to make was right up his alley. I’m not gonna lie to ya, I'm not the biggest beef fan but I figured I’d give this a whirl. Chrissy Teigen has a beef stew in her second cookbook called Sleepy Time Stew and it’s the freaking bomb. So what the hey, let’s give it a try. 

So I figured I would start this firstimpression series off with the highly known cookbook by Joanna Gaines, Magnolia Table. I’ve seen so many people buy it, but have yet to cook from it and I’ve been dying to know if it’s good or not.

Try not to be intimidated by this meal, it is really not that hard to achieve and freaking delicious! I can’t figure out what I like more, the stuffed goat cheese and cream cheese mixture or that it’s wrapped in prosciutto... ugh and don’t forget about the cherry tomatoes! Okay it’s all great.

Okay, real talk though.. These meatballs subs are the dinner meal you never knew you needed. Is it time consuming? Yes. Is it the simplest meal? No. But DAMNIT IT’S GOOD! And it sounds a little crazy to make these on hotdog buns, but I swear that’s what makes it so freaking good. The damn hotdog bun. Who knew?

There are no words for this soup. Honestly. It’s so unbelievably good that it makes me speechless. And trust me, that’s rare... I don’t shut up. I honestly don’t know what Chrissy Teigen did or put in this to make it blow everyone’s mind but damn-it, whatever she did WORKS.

When I first started getting into cooking I had no idea how to properly cook a steak, let alone a filet. When I got this cookbook, The Seasoned Life by Ayesha Curry (link attached), I was slightly intimidated to cook a filet. I gave it a shot and IT WAS BEYOND EASY!

Giiiiiiirllllll, I love me a Dutch baby pancake on a sunny Saturday morning. It’s super easy, looks pretty damn awesome, and is DELICOUS. It reminds me of a mix between French toast and a pancake all twisted into one yummy breakfast treat. Once again, another one of my go-to recipes from Cravings, by Chrissy Teigen. Now let’s begin, shall we? 

Im not gunna lie, when I first read this recipe, I was like, really…. a boxed meal…. with some added veggies and meats…….…. and this is in a “cookbook”?? This recipe is basically on the side of the Zatarain’s box. My food-prissy self hasn’t cooked a meal with pre-made boxed ingredients in quite some time. But ya’ll... it’s goooooood. And easy! Honestly, it’s a win, win! Sorry I doubted you Jessie.. This meal really is DELISH!  

This is one of my go-to recipes from the Cravings cookbook by Chrissy Teigen. Once you make it, it becomes pretty straight forward to quickly whip together. And ALWAYS a crowd favorite! P.F. Changs has NOTHING on this! 

Chrissy Teigen actually calls this dish just Garlic Honey Shrimp, no orange. The first time I made it, I re-looked at the cookbook title and thought, “why isn’t this called ORANGE honey shrimp!?!?”.

 THIS. COBB. SALAD. Holy nutcrackers, this salad is amazing. How can a SALAD be so good?? I know, I thought the same thing. But gosh darn it, it is amazing. The combo of the seasoning on the chicken and the unbelievable dressing, makes it for a match made in heaven.