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Make Your Own Chicken Bone Broth

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Easy to make Artichoke Chicken

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Homemade Vanilla Extract is Simple to Make

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Risotto is one of the most satisfying dishes! With just a few ingredients, you have a delicious, hearty main course or side dish. Most of the time, the ingredients are pantry and fridge staples, too! It’s a perfect dish to welcome cooler weather.

Chicken Crock-Pot Meals Main Dish Recipes

Crock-Pot Crack Chicken Sandwiches

Easy-to-make Crock-pot Crack Chicken Sandwiches make weeknight dinners so easy! These flavorful sandwiches are made with boneless chicken breast, ranch seasoning, cream cheese, and pepperoncinis plus and handful of other ingredients for a creamy, hearty filling that’s perfect on toasted buns. They’ll be a family favorite worth repeating.

Appetizers Bread Recipes Snack

Make Easy 15-Minute Tomato Crostini

Make this incredibly easy 15-minute Tomato Crostini with your summer crop of tomatoes. Light and satisfying, this appetizer is perfect as a starter or part of a meal. French bread slices are slathered with olive oil and crisped in the oven, rubbed with fresh garlic, topped with shredded parmesan cheese. They go back in the […]

Appetizers Recipes Salads Side Dish

Pasta House Salad copycat recipe

If you live in St. Louis, you have undoubtedly had Pasta House Company’s famous salad. My version is quick and easy, as any good salad should be, with crisp romaine and crunchy iceberg. Add a couple pantry staples like canned or jarred artichoke hearts, diced pimentoes, thinly sliced red onion, and grated parmesan cheese and simple, homemade dressing and you have the best salad ever.

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Shop Laura’s Top 5 Dinnerware Picks

You already know I love all things kitchen and dining. But did you know I could easily own and use five sets of dinnerware? I get this trait from my mama. She had several and it seemed like she was always buying a new one or replacing them here and there. I fully understand this! I don’t have the space for five dinnerware sets, and neither did Mom, but if I did, here are the ones I would buy today in no particular order.

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Shop Laura’s Top 10 Serveware & Accessories for Prime Day

Serveware & Accessories for the kitchen includes some great Prime Day deals. This category encompasses some of my favorite detail items that help bring a table together. I hope you like some of these as much as I do. This list contains Prime Day Deals where you can get significant savings. Let’s get to it!

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Shop Laura’s Top 5 Silverware Sets

Boy! This was tough to narrow down to 5, so I am really giving you 6 sets. All of them are made of 18/10 stainless steel which is the only thing I buy for durability and performance. I could own 10 sets of silverware if I had the space! I am obsessed! (I currently have three, two of which are vintage sets.) Here are my top Prime Day Deal picks in order of number of place settings.

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Laura’s Top 5 Knife Deals

Kitchen Knives can be a confusing topic for many of us home cooks. Which knives do you need? Which ones can you do without? How do you keep them sharp? Won’t I cut myself if they’re too sharp? During Amazon Prime is a great time to purchase kitchen knives. And you don’t need an entire block of knives, but rather just a few will do the trick.

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Laura’s Top 5 Measuring Deals

I have a confession about my cooking and baking…I haven’t always measured my ingredients! For most of my cooking life, I just tossed in ingredients, especially spices, without measuring. But when people started asking me for recipes, I began writing down what I was doing and making measurements a priority. Nothing is worse than NOT being able to replicate a great dish. So here are my Top 5 recommendations to make cooking and baking easier in your kitchen, too.

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Laura’s Top 5 Bakeware Deals

If you are a baker or know one, Amazon Prime Day is the perfect time to take advantage of incredible deals to update your kitchen or shop for gifts for graduations, weddings, showers, and birthdays. Here are our Top 5 recommendations to shop for your kitchen or someone else.

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Laura’s Top 5 Cookware Deals

Amazon Prime Day is the perfect time to update your cookware or purchase your first heirloom piece. here are our Top 5 recommendations from Laura’s Corner Kitchen.

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Shop Laura’s Top 5 Amazon Prime Small Appliances

Amazon Prime is the perfect time to update your small appliances with our Top 5 picks for Prime Day.

Cheesecake Desserts

Easy Impressive Mini Cheesecakes

Easy, impressive Mini Cheesecakes are lightly sweet, tangy, and velvety smooth. They’re perfectly balanced with creamy texture and crunchy graham cracker crust. The individual serving size makes a beautifully presentation.

Chicken Main Dish Recipes

Make Easy Grilled Chipotle Chicken

Easy Grilled Chipotle Chicken is Mexican-inspired, juicy, grilled chicken marinated in a chipotle sauce – great for tacos, fajitas, salads, burritos.

Chicken Main Dish Recipes Soups

Easy Award Winning Chicken Chili

A rich, creamy base with shredded chicken, white beans, tomatoes and chilis, and just enough heat to satisfy chili lovers and ready in 1 hour

Bars Desserts Snack

Peanut Butter Crispy Treats (Laura’s Version)

Peanut butter crispy rice treats topped with a mixture of melted chocolate and butterscotch are ready in 30 minutes or less

Main Dish Pasta

20-Minute Pasta

20-Minute Pasta is fast, easy, fresh and everyone loves it! So easy to make this one-pot wonder, internet sensation!

Bread

Quick & Easy Beer Cheese Bread

Quick & easy beer cheese bread is ready in 45 minutes with ingredients you probably have on hand: flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, cheddar cheese, and beer!

Breakfast Desserts Gifts from the Kitchen

Homemade Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting

Homemade Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting are warm and gooey and rival any bakery version. These easy to make goodies are worth the time, so plan ahead for rising time.

Bars Desserts Gifts from the Kitchen

Easy Fudge Brownie Mix in a jar to give as gifts!

Fudge Brownie Mix in a jar to give as gifts?! YES, please! We LOVE warm, fudgy brownies at Laura’s Corner Kitchen! And they make great gifts, whether you give a mix with instructions or bake them yourself. I love to pack the ingredients in quart jars and give for the recipient to make at another […]

Gifts from the Kitchen

I love a homemade gift! It warms my heart to have someone make something especially for me. And I love to do the same for others. Here are my top 4 gifts to make and give from the kitchen: Spicy Snack Mix, Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix, Old-Fashioned Gum Drop Cookie Mix, and Hot Cocoa Mix. […]

Gift Guides

Amazing Gifts for Cooks

Amazing gifts for cooks that are heirloom quality

Gift Guides

Gourmet Gift Guide for Foodies

Gourmet Gift for Foodies has great holiday ideas

Gift Guides

Stocking Stuffer Gift Guide: Over A Dozen Great Ideas for Foodies

Stocking Stuffer Gift Guide with over a dozen great ideas for foodies

Side Dish

Perfect Mashed Potatoes

Thanksgiving is all about time together, so easy, make-ahead dishes like Perfect Mashed Potatoes make your life easier without sacrificing great taste and lots of compliments.

Breakfast Desserts Muffins

Pumpkin Muffins

Laura shares her long-standing family recipe for pumpkin muffins, perfect for Thanksgiving and the entire autumn season. They are filled with warm spices and can be either plain or topped with homemade streusel. Laura also gives advice on making homemade pumpkin puree, and how to bake these muffins quickly and easily. Laura also recommends baking tools and stresses that these muffins are a versatile addition to any holiday season menu.

Bars Breakfast Desserts Recipes

Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting is a fall favorite and comes together in about an hour

Chicken Main Dish Salads

Quick & Easy Chicken Salad

Looking for a quick and easy lunch or dinner? Quick & Easy Chicken Salad is the perfect choice! It’s ready in 30 minutes or less, and can be served as a salad or sandwich. It can also be dressed up a bit for events such as showers, brunches, or other gatherings. My family loves this […]

Chicken Main Dish

Simple Herb-roasted Chicken with Pan Sauce

Simple Herb-roasted chicken with pan sauce is perfect for Sunday dinner and meal planning for the week

Corner Restaurants

Main Street Creamery

A visit to Main Street Creamery in Washington, MO is the perfect after dinner treat!

Main Dish Soups

Turkey Chili

Turkey Chili is a simple weeknight, one pot, Dutch oven meal that’s ready in 1 hour. I love to throw this together after work because it’s fast and easy, and has less fat than my usual chili recipe. It’s light enough to eat on top of Perfect Baked Potatoes or in a bowl topped with […]

Cakes Chocolate Desserts Recipes