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    The Perfect Pot Roast Recipe

    I don’t know about you, but on a chilly Fall day I love a good hearty, slow cooked meal. Enter, the perfect pot roast recipe. This recipe is warming and soulful. The pot roast is melt in your mouth tender and juicy. Not to mention the perfect cooked carrots and the sauce, oh the sauce. I love everything about a perfectly cooked pot roast. I spent a lot of time perfecting the recipe and this is truly the perfect pot roast roast recipe. Here is why. How can I know this is the perfect pot roast recipe? For one thing, the roast itself needs to be perfectly tender, while staying juicy. I have…

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    Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies

    Ok, all you PSL lovers out there… you know who you are! If you are someone who waits for this time of year, these pumpkin spice oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are for you. Believe it or not I am actually not a PSL lover, but I have discovered a love for pumpkin spice in baked goods. I especially love the pumpkin spice with the brown sugar and oats in this recipe. Not to mention the dark chocolate. Did you know that dark chocolate pairs well with pumpkin and pumpkin spice? I actually did not know this until about 11 years ago I started making a chocolate pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving. Here is the…

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    Best Homemade Soft Pretzels

    Game time is officially here and I don’t know about you, but my favorite part of a football game is the snacks! It is the perfect reason to snack a little more than usual. To eat junk food while watching TV and to have fun in the kitchen with snacks, dips and fried goodies! These are truly the Best Homemade Soft Pretzels I have ever made. I have tried a few different recipes, but this one takes the cake. I love how crisp they still are on the bottom and very top. Also, how soft and fluffy they are on the inside. These are the Best Homemade Soft Pretzels you will make and…

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    Tree Nut Free Granola

    If you have kids, spouse or you yourself that have food allergies, you know how difficult it can be to shop. Especially for granola! In this tree nut free granola recipe, I have made it simple to make a homemade delicious granola with no tree nuts. Now, if your allergy or the person in the house with the allergy is also allergic to peanuts, that is an easy fix. You can still make this tree nut free granola recipe, just swap out the peanut butter for sun butter. My daughter has a very severe tree nut allergy where she goes into anaphylactic shock when she ingests tree nuts. We found this out the…

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    Creamy Summer Harvest Orzo

    Do you love the taste of sweet, fresh late Summer corn as much as I do? Well, if you do, then this creamy Summer Harvest Orzo is for you. I was actually really surprised because my kids gobbled it up just as much as I did. We were literally standing around the pot eating it all together. It was that good! We all need new and exciting side dishes, am I right? This creamy Summer Harvest Orzo is an amazing, seasonal, delicious and quick side dish. It is such a great way to use up and enjoy all of the late summer produce that is right there for the picking. Why is this…

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    The Best Homemade Cheddar Biscuits

    These truly are the best homemade Cheddar biscuits I have ever made or eaten. For me that is saying a lot, because I have tried so many recipes and eaten so many in my day! I put together a collaboration of recipes I have used before to create this one. Let’s just say, ding, ding ding… we have a winner! I don’t know about you, but I am a sucker for a good biscuit. I am also a sucker for anything that has cheddar cheese in it. SO, I mean, put the two together and well… you guessed it, I am  sucker for it every time! So, if you are anything like me,…

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    Crumb Topped Blueberry Muffins

    I look forward all year to freshly picked blueberries. We go up to Michigan or my niece goes up to Michigan and we always get a ton of freshly picked blueberries. We eat as many of them as we possibly can, but there are always way too many. So, I started making these crumb topped blueberry muffins and they are to die for. I cannot say no to a good muffin. Especially when they are bursting with freshly picked blueberries and have a sweet, crunchy topping. I love the crumb topped blueberry muffins because they add that extra layer of flavor and texture with the slightly tart, juicy berries. These muffins are great…

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    No Churn Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream

    I love me some chocolate peanut butter ice cream. This No churn chocolate peanut butter ice cream may just be my new favorite. I thought there was no way that a no churn could be as creamy and luscious as the original, but I was wrong. In this No churn chocolate peanut butter ice cream there is cocoa powder and chocolate chunks. There is creamy peanut butter and vanilla. It checks all of the boxes. The best part is that I do not need to pull out the ice cream maker to make it. Plus, I have ice cream to eat in just 2 hours!!!! What do you need to make this No…

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    Taco Salad with Crispy Homemade Taco Shells

    I am a taco salad junkie and with the crispy homemade taco shells, these are like ordering it from a restaurant. I am all about the restaurant-quality easy weeknight meals at home and this is exactly that! In fact, that is exactly why I came up with this recipe. I was having such a taste for a taco salad in that crispy homemade taco shell from my favorite Mexican spot. I was tasting it for days and there was no time to get over there to order one. Then I thought, wait, you can make it! So, here we go… How did I get the shell right? In the testing of this recipe…

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    Cinnamon Sugar French Toast Sticks

    These Cinnamon-sugar french toast sticks will not only be a perfect one for the kids, but it will transport you right back to being a kid yourself! I swear I ate more than half of these and the kiddos ate the rest! These french toast sticks are backed with cinnamon, a hint of sugar and perfectly dip-able. Don’t be shy with the maple syrup here and let’s face it, everyone loves to dip their food! I did a two cook method on these and they came out incredible. I have seen recipes that brown them in a pan and I have seen recipes that just bake them. When I was working on this…

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I am Chef Steph, aka The Happy Chef Mama. I am a pofessional chef and mama of three littles. I am a recipe creator, executive chef, busy mama, full of energy lady! I love to share my recipes, pro chef tips, kiddos and life with you here on my corner of the web.

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