Creamy Ham and Pea Pasta Salad Recipe (Ruby Tuesday Copycat)

If you're a fan of Ruby Tuesday's delicious creamy ham and pea pasta salad from their salad bar, you're in for a treat! This easy-to-make copycat recipe brings all the rich, tangy, and comforting flavors of the original dish right to your kitchen. With tender pasta, salty ham, sweet peas, and a creamy ranch dressing, this pasta salad is the perfect side dish for any meal or a refreshing meal on its own. Bonus; It's a great recipe for leftover ham! 

Copycat Panera Bread Turkey Chili Recipe

After weeks of testing, I’m excited to share my version of a Panera Bread classic dish. This copycat Panera Turkey Chili recipe is a hearty chili. A warm, comforting bowl of goodness that captures the essence of autumn with every spoonful. Packed with lean ground turkey, vibrant vegetables, garbanzo beans, kidney beans, edamame, and a blend of warm spices that is perfect for chilly evenings. 

Grab a large stock pot, Dutch oven, slow cooker, or Instant Pot and let’s recreate this delicious recipe in the comfort of your own home!

Skinny Zuppa Toscana Soup Recipe -Olive Garden Copycat

Brrrr....it's January and it's COLD here in northeast Ohio! That means it's healthy comfort food time...that means it's delicious soup weather! If you are looking for the perfect soup to make on a chilly winter day, this Skinny Zuppa Toscana Soup will warm you right up. 

It's made lighter than the restaurant version by swaping pork sausage with turkey sausage and swapping heavy cream with evaporated skim milk. But, this skinny version still delivers on taste! It has got all the flavor of the Olive Garden restaurant classic original recipe, but with less calories 

Mediterranean Veggie Hummus Toast

Mediterranean Veggie Hummus Toast is my homage to one of my favorite sandwiches I enjoy at a local cafe. It starts with the goodness of whole grains from Pepperidge Farm® Harvest Blends bread then it's topped with a wonderful veggie combination for a nutritious vegetarian snack or light lunch anyone can enjoy! 

Easy Pineapple Foster Sundaes

Easy Pineapple Foster Sundaes is a quick dessert idea perfect for these hot summer days. Pineapple is covered in a rich brown sugar and butter mixture spooned over your favorite ice cream.  It's a super easy take on a New Orleans classic that you will just LOVE!  Thank you to DOLE Canned Fruit for this compensated opportunity to create a delicious dessert recipe to share featuring DOLE Canned Pineapple.  All opinions are mine alone. 

Cracker Barrel Copycat Country Style Green Beans

If copycat restaurant recipes could get awards for being dead ringers, this recipe for Cracker Barrel Copycat Country Style Green Beans would take the prize.  Canned green beans simmered with smokey bacon and onion until they are super tender make an awesome addition to any holiday table, weeknight dinner, or weekend feast!

Jalapeno-Cilantro Hummus (Panera Copycat Recipe)

For the past few weeks, my son and I have been somewhat addicted to the Power Chicken Hummus Bowls at Panera.  The hummus they serve in it is jalapeno cilantro flavored and it's so good.