Recipes for Home Cooking

Welcome to Mandi of the Mountains! Here, you’ll find family-friendly recipes, cooking tips, and fun activities to take the guesswork out of cooking at home.

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A slice of homemade easy hamburger and hashbrown potato casserole on a spatula.

Cheesy Hamburger Hashbrown Casserole

A slice of cheesy chicken spaghetti with Rotel and cheddar.

Chicken Spaghetti with Rotel

A baked ham with a 3-ingredient pineapple glaze.

Easy 3-Ingredient Ham Glaze with Pineapple and Brown Sugar

Slow cooker homestyle meatballs glazed with cranberry sauce, jalapeno, and BBQ.

Cranberry Jalapeno Meatballs

Ladling Dolly's Dixie Stampede soup into a crock.

Creamy Vegetable Soup (Like Dolly Parton’s Stampede)

A bowl of creamy Italian sausage soup with potatoes, kale, and red pepper flakes.

Creamy Italian Sausage Soup with Potatoes and Kale

A turkey bagel sandwich with veggies and cream cheese.

The Ultimate Turkey Bagel Sandwich

Sweet and spicy candied pecans with brown sugar.

Candied Pecans (Spicy & Sweet)

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Easy Lunches

Get inspiration for delicious and easy midday meals. Lunchtime won’t be boring anymore!

Cranberry pecan chicken salad on lettuce.

Pecan and Cranberry Chicken Salad

Grilled chicken breast on a white platter.

Perfect Boneless Grilled Chicken Breast

Crunchy kale and cabbage salad with roasted almonds and a homemade salad dressing.

Kale Crunch Salad with Cabbage and Almonds

Southern style ham and cheese sandwich being served with a spatula.

Ham Delights (Baked Ham and Cheese Sliders)

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Drinks to Make at Home

Check out these easy cocktails, mocktails, and classic beverage recipes.

A grapefruit margarita with a tajin rim, fresh grapefruit, and lime.

Grapefruit Margarita

A spoonful of strawberry puree dripping into a jar.

Strawberry Puree + How To Make, Use, and Freeze It

A watermelon whiskey sour cocktail with bourbon and a dish of watermelon in the background.

Watermelon Whiskey Sour with Fresh Watermelon

A mug of mulled wine with orange slices and star anise.

Easy Slow Cooker Mulled Wine

More Drink Recipes

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Salad Inspiration

Easy salad recipes that are far from boring!

A spinach strawberry goat cheese salad.

Strawberry Salad with Goat Cheese and Bacon

spicy salmon salad with avocado, carrots, cucumber, and radishes in a black bowl

Spicy Salmon Salad

Greek salad with feta, tomatoes, cucumbers, kalamata olives oregano, red onions, and Greek vinaigrette.

The Best Greek Salad with Homemade Dressing (American Style)

An arugula and parmesan salad with lemon, olive oil, and balsamic.

Arugula Salad with Parmesan, Lemon, and Olive Oil

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Serving a slice of ham and cheese frittata.

Ham and Cheese Frittata

A bowl of slow cooker chicken taco soup with rotel.

Slow Cooker Taco Soup

A vanilla mint shamrock smoothie with whipped cream and a cherry on top.

Shamrock Smoothie (Vanilla & Mint)

Bowtie pasta with crispy bacon, green peas, and parmesan cheese.

Pasta with Peas and Bacon

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Hawaiian rolls breakfast sliders.

Breakfast

A tall stack of veggie and cream cheese sandwich on whole grain bread.

Lunch

Chili lime shrimp tacos with cilantro lime crema, onions, and jalapenos on corn tortillas.

Dinner

A spoon of slow cooker cheesy corn with cheddar and cream cheese.

Side Dishes

Crunchy kale and cabbage salad with roasted almonds and a homemade salad dressing.

Salads

A caprese crostini, balsamic glaze, mozzarella, tomato, basil, and baguette.

Appetizers

A slice of coconut poke cake with cream of coconut, cool whip, and shredded coconut.

Desserts

Close up of summer vegetable pasta salad with basil garnish.

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Hawaiian rolls breakfast sliders.

Breakfast

A tall stack of veggie and cream cheese sandwich on whole grain bread.

Lunch

Chili lime shrimp tacos with cilantro lime crema, onions, and jalapenos on corn tortillas.

Dinner

A spoon of slow cooker cheesy corn with cheddar and cream cheese.

Side Dishes

Crunchy kale and cabbage salad with roasted almonds and a homemade salad dressing.

Salads

A caprese crostini, balsamic glaze, mozzarella, tomato, basil, and baguette.

Appetizers

A slice of coconut poke cake with cream of coconut, cool whip, and shredded coconut.

Desserts

A valentine red love potion cocktail garnished with fresh raspberries and hearts.

Drinks

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