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Family recipes

Your family kitchen is the heart of the home and the place where you connect with each other and cook nutritious meals. Our family recipe collection includes yummy breakfasts, easy lunches and filling family dinners that include all the food groups that can be finished off with a delicious dessert from cookies to pies. You’ll have no problem gathering everyone around the table with our delicious ideas. Cooking a family meal on a busy weeknight is no small task. You likely have some main dishes you can rely on, some easy ideas for chicken and a few great pizza recipes that you cook often. Here we’ve created a collection of fresh recipe ideas that you may not have considered before from breakfast-for-dinner recipes to hearty soups and delicious casseroles to easy pasta dishes.

Aunt Susie’s Sweet Potato Soufflé Recipe

A delicious side dish for every occasion

Build-Your-Own Burrito Bowls Recipe

Easy, healthy weeknight meal

Grilled Veggie and Fruit Kabobs Recipe

Quick and healthy dinner everyone will love

Berry Ice Cream Cake Recipe

Easy festive dessert with variations

The Best Blueberry Lemon Ricotta Pancake Recipe

A delicious brunch recipe to spoil your loved ones

Build-Your-Own Burrito Bowls Recipe

Easy, healthy weeknight meal

Grilled Veggie and Fruit Kabobs Recipe

Quick and healthy dinner everyone will love

Berry Ice Cream Cake Recipe

Easy festive dessert with variations

The Best Blueberry Lemon Ricotta Pancake Recipe

A delicious brunch recipe to spoil your loved ones

How to Make Mouthwatering Stuffed Peppers

A delicious stuffed peppers recipe easy enough for weeknights.

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Your family home is where you and your children spend the majority of their time, so you want it to be comfortable, welcoming and restful. You want to be able to enjoy family meals, board games and movie nights with space outside to garden and play tag, too. Here, you will find articles on topics from remodeling and additions to crafty projects and decorating your home for each season. Great ideas for outdoor play spaces range from swing sets and slides to tire swings, play houses,. tree houses, balance beams, sandboxes and lawn games like badminton and horseshoes. You will also find Charlottesville area realtors, home service providers, home organization tips and tips for newcomers to Charlottesville.

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