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The Fresh Cooky: Easy Dinners, Copycat Recipes & Cookies

Easy dinners, spot-on copycat recipes, and cookies worth sharing. From scratch when it matters, shortcuts when life happens.

I've been cooking since I was a kid, first in my grandmother's kitchen, then my mom's. These days 33,000+ of you hear from me a few times a week. Easy dinners. Copycats I fuss over until they taste like the real thing. Cookies, lots of cookies. It's real food with a healthy-ish twist, tested by home cooks all over the country before it ever hits your inbox. And yes, there's always dessert.

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Fresh Fridays No. 193 A little life, a lot of good food Happy Friday, Reader! First, a quick reminder. Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend. Set your clocks back an hour before you go to bed Saturday night, and enjoy that extra hour of sleep! (Arizona and Hawaii, carry on. LOL!) Last weekend, Brad and I drove two and a half hours southwest to see our dear friends Pat and Sarah, near Westcliffe. Brad and Pat have been friends since their 20s. That's a lot of years, friends. There's something...

3 days ago • 4 min read

Recipes for August's Arrival 💛 💙 Keep it old-fashioned (Blueberry Cobbler) 🍓 Low Sugar Strawberry Freezer Jam (so easy!) 🍒 Cherry Bomb Cocktail 🍓 Sip Some Strawberry 🍑 Life is Peachy with this Cobbler Dump Cake 🍋 Lemony Blueberry Treat What's Hot Right Now ✨ 🍑 Peachy Cobbler Pound Cake 🍋 A Starbucks Copycat (My Favorite Lemonade Tea) 🍦 You can't go wrong with any of these ice cream recipes! 😍 Philly Cheesesteak Sandwiches are perfect for football viewing (which is coming up so soon!) Trending...

over 2 years ago • 1 min read

Grilling Recipes for June! 💗 🍔 Burgers with a Twist (Bison-Style) 😛 Spice Up Pork Loin 🍢 Always a Favorite - Shish Kabob! 🥩 The BEST Steak Marinade 🥩🍤 Hibachi Style Steak and Shrimp Easy Recipes with BIG Results 🌽 Skip the Preheating - Crockpot Corn Casserole ❤ Red, White, and Blue Ice Cream 😍 Philly Cheesesteak Dip GREAT Entertaining Recipes! 🍔 Have you ever had cheeseburger sliders? 🍞 Easiest Yeast Rolls 🍌 Have ripe bananas? Trending Recipes 📍 ☕ Long-Time Favorite - DIY Chai Latte 📌...

over 2 years ago • 1 min read

Hi Reader, we missed you on Friday! I get it; our inboxes are so very full, and I am so appreciative that you allow mine in your inbox each week! Thank you! Welcome to my new newsletter format! Sorry about the glitch last week, total operator error on my side. I own it! Phew! Some weeks nothing happens like you planned! Do you ever have weeks like that? I know you do -- I see your hand raised! I'll tell you more about it in my A Week in My Life section. This week I updated on an older post...

over 2 years ago • 1 min read

Welcome to my new newsletter format! Sorry about the glitch last week, total operator error on my side. I own it! Phew! Some weeks nothing happens like you planned! Do you ever have weeks like that? I know you do -- I see your hand raised! I'll tell you more about it in my A Week in My Life section. This week I updated on an older post that is a FANTABULOUS condiment, posted Small Batch Cinnamon Rolls! We've got our top 3 reader recipes, a fun fact, A Week in my Life + Mother's Day gift...

over 2 years ago • 1 min read