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IRRESISTIBLY CREAMY GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE FROM SCRATCH

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A creamy and comforting green bean casserole made entirely from scratch. Topped with shoe-string onions and the best part is, my green bean casserole doesn’t require oven time! I’m going to tell you a big secret. And you might need to sit down for this one. Green bean casserole was never really on the top of hubby’s (or my own, come to think of it) Thanksgiving food list.   Are you still breathing? The majority of green bean casserole’s the both of us had experienced in the past, usually consisted of a casserole dish filled with beans that once used to be green, perhaps lifetimes ago, floating in gelatinous cream of mushroom soup. Yeah, it’s not a pretty picture, I know. Needless to say, I really didn’t have much hope for my green bean casserole recipe when I started recipe testing it. I knew I wanted to use fresh beans, swap the can of mush for real ingredients but I didn’t expect to love what came out of my casserole dish! I liked it so much that I made it again with homemade fri...

GARLIC BUTTER SKILLET STEAK AND SHRIMP

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Learn how to make the most tender pan-seared garlic butter skillet steak and shrimp. You don’t have to go out to get good surf & turf when you can make it so easily at home! Summer eatzzz! I take that back. You can pretty much eat skillet steak and shrimp all year long because it’s made indoors on a skillet which makes it perfect for weeknights, weekends, summer, or even winter. Along with being a year-round recipe, it’s incredibly easy to make. As in I could buy steaks, ask the hubby to season them and throw them in a pan and around 20 minutes later, we could be eating a fancy skillet steak dinner. It’s no secret that I love a good steak dinner. I’m not the kind of girl that’s afraid to order a hunk of meat at a restaurant. In fact, most days we eat out, I’ll order beef rather than chicken. So imagine my surprise when I looked through the archives here and realized that I hadn’t shared an easy steak recipe with you! I take that back. I’ve shared my  steak fajitas  before,...