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Just last night, I won first place in a chili contest with this Chili Recipe with Corn. We love this chili. It is the perfect one-pot meal. It makes a great cozy dinner on a busy weeknight, or easily feeds a crowd for game nights, Halloween, or other fall and winter gatherings. Made with ground beef, chili beans, pinto beans, green chiles, broth, tomatoes, tomato sauce, seasonings, and corn, we love how the slight sweetness of the corn balances with the flavorful seasoned chili. This image shows an overhead of the chili served in a bowl with toppings including corn, avocao, green onions and grated cheese. Cornbread is shown above the bowl of chili.

Chili Recipe with Corn

These Big Soft Fluffy Dinner Rolls are a favorite at our dinner table. Irresistibly soft on the inside with a buttery golden crust, this recipe makes a big batch of 35 rolls at once, making it a perfect side for holiday and family dinners. Here the rolls are on the baking sheet hot out of the oven. One roll has been taken off and the shot shows the fluffiness of the rolls in the pan.

Big Soft Fluffy Dinner Rolls

This Fall Themed Charcuterie Board is the ultimate autumn centerpiece. Filled with sweet and savory fall desserts and snacks, it's perfect for Friendsgiving, Thanksgiving, or just a fun night at home. The recipes for the pecan tassies, pumpkin cream cheese cookies, apple caramel cake, caramel sauce, and cherry pecan brie are in the blog post, as well as lots of tips for how to create a charcuterie board. This board is easy to customize using your favorite fall eats and treats. Here you see an overhead view of the round board filled with the baked goods mentioned as well as feta cheese stuffed olives, pretzels, sliced baguette, cranberry hazelnut crisps, trail mix, sliced dried oranges, sliced salami, cubed cheddar cheese, grapes, sliced apples and autumn leaf candies.

Fall Themed Charcuterie Board

This Pretzel Dog Recipe is the ultimate mash-up of two comfort foods. The pillowy soft, salty dough wrapped around the savory, juicy hot dogs makes a kid-friendly, nostalgic treat. Perfect for fun family meals or game day snacks, both kids and adults love them. In this image, there are three hot dogs placed on a small platter, ready to serve with a few other pretzel dogs in the background as well as various mustards.

Pretzel Dog Recipe

These Homemade Pretzel Bites are crispy on the outside and pillowy soft on the inside. Made with a few pantry ingredients, these bakery-quality pretzels are the best comfort snack and perfect for dipping and sharing. We love their crisp, salty crust and fluffy middle; they are impossible to stop eating and make a perfect after school, game day, fun day snack. Here the pretzel bites are shown served on a platter with honey mustard sauce, with other sauces and kosher salt around the platter in an overhead shot.

Homemade Pretzel Bites

These Pecan Tassies with Honey have a buttery cream cheese crust and a rich, gooey pecan filling. They are bite-sized treats that taste like mini pecan pies and are a perfect addition to any holiday dessert platter. In this image, the tassies are arranged on a plate in the center of the image with a plate and platter of tassies in the background and some finely chopped pecans in the foreground and background.

Pecan Tassies with Honey

This Cheesy Mini Meatloaf is a kid-friendly weeknight dinner that cooks so much faster than a larger meatloaf. Each mini meatloaf is juicy, packed with flavor, and has everything you love about a traditional meatloaf in muffin-sized form. The cheesy goodness in each bite, combined with the tender meat and ketchup-based sauce, makes these a year-round family favorite. Here, there are two cheesy mini meatloaves plated in the center of the image with mashed potatoes and broccoli, with an additional plate in the background as well as additional sauce for serving.

Cheesy Mini Meatloaf