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Pesto Pasta Salad

June 5, 2019 by Anna 20 Comments

Pesto Pasta Salad – delicious vegetarian pasta salad recipe with pesto, bow tie pasta, spinach and lemon. Perfect to pack into a jar for a picnic!

Serve this delicious pasta salad with our Easy Grilled Chicken or 2-Ingredient Flatbread.

PESTO PASTA SALAD

I am so excited to share this recipe for a pasta salad with you today, as it has been my favorite lunch lately! The flavors are so fresh and delicious – so good on hot summer days. This pasta salad is perfect for summer! It’s easy to make (you can make it ahead of time and keep in the fridge) AND absolutely delicious and full of fresh flavors. Pesto, bow tie pasta, spinach, cannellini beans, lemon zest and Parmesan are all you need to stir up this salad. At our house, it replaces the hot and steaming mac and cheese during summer.

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Easiest Instant Pot Baked Beans

May 25, 2019 by Anna 5 Comments

The best Instant Pot Baked Beans cooked in your pressure cooker! No soaking needed for this easiest, fail-proof recipe! This is a perfect side dish recipe for your next BBQ dinner.

We serve it with Easy Grilled Chicken or pulled pork and a side of baked potatoes.

INSTANT POT BAKED BEANS

Some of my favorite things to cook in my Instant Pot are bean dishes. I no longer buy canned beans because cooking them under pressure is so easy! Depending on the type of bean, in general, you can have a big batch of beans done in half an hour. My Instant Pot Black Beans cook in 25 minutes, the pinto beans for Instant Pot Refried Beans cook for 45 minutes. It’s just so easy! These baked beans cook in 33 minutes, for the perfect texture, and then simmer in the sweet sauce.

Slow Cooker Baked Beans

May 21, 2019 by Anna 13 Comments

Slow Cooker Baked Beans – comfort food classic made easy in the slow cooker with dried beans (no cans!). Use a leftover ham bone or bacon for best flavor. This recipe is a family favorite!

We love serving these beans with grilled chicken, pulled pork and a side of coleslaw.

SLOW COOKER BAKED BEANS

I can now officially say that I used every last bit of our Christmas ham. We enjoyed a hefty part of it for our holiday dinner, the leftovers got chopped and mixed in to make this delicious chowder and I even froze some for a breakfast casserole this weekend. The ham bone had a lot of meat on it and I knew I would use it to make something fantastic. What better dish than baked beans! In a slow cooker, because they are the best cooked slow.

If you are looking for real comfort food to warm up your soul – these baked beans are soft, rich in flavor thanks to the sweet and tangy sauce with chunks of meat or bacon. Pure comfort food!