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Italian Garlic Butter Meatballs with Crostini

This week, I introduce a gooey, cheesy, Italian appetizer that few will be able to pass up. Teaching techniques like making homemade crostini, to baking with an iron skillet, there's so much to take from this video into your own kitchen! I hope you enjoy!

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Lemony Dill Chicken Salad

Hello Crème friends! As promised, I wanted to share a chicken salad recipe that I mention briefly during my “Perfect Roasted Chicken Breast” video posted last week. Its a family favorite— creamy, with just enough lemon and roasted almond to take your breath away with each bite. It’s oh so good picking from the bowl with a fork (come on you know you would too) or piled high on your favorite bakery bun. 

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Perfect Roasted Chicken Breast

This week, we feature another Crème Crash Course, this time featuring roasted chicken breast! This is the go-to recipe for any and all dishes that call for it (you can find a bonus way to use it below!). Juicy meat… crispy skin… what better? Hope you all enjoy the recipe, and happy cooking!

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Grilling Pizza: My Tips and Tricks

We all have our favorite pizza places (and I’m one of the lucky few to have kids who all have different ones), but what I’ve come to find is that there are very few places to beat my pizza. I think that’s one thing my kids can agree on. Now, I’m not going to lie, ordering a pizza is WAY easier than making it yourself. But why bother settling for delivery-grade pies when you can make your own? Here, I’ll give you a few tips for making your own pizza from home, using my favorite techniques and ingredients that I’ve found along the way!

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Italian Quiche Made Easy

We're back in the kitchen with another scrumptious recipe you can make at home! Today, it's Italian Quiche- and it couldn't look more delicious! You can find the recipe at the end of the video! Don't forget to subscribe to our channel! And if you make this recipe, feel free to send a picture here. Happy cooking!

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Bacon. Have We Gotten Your Attention Yet?

Can we talk a moment about what bacon means to my family? I recently had a conversation with my kids about whether or not we could live without meat. A nice juicy steak? Perhaps. Chicken? We were on the fence. But bacon, I asked? Definitely not. Bacon to me is in a food group of its own. Bacon is the star in a BLT. Bacon makes your baked beans scream with delight. And how about bacon and eggs? A match made in heaven.

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Crispy French Toast Sticks

Since those infamous school mornings are inching closer, what better recipe to feature than one you can grab from the freezer? If your children love french toast sticks as much as mine do, this is the recipe for you!

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The Dog Days Grilled Potato Packet

Happy Saturday, everyone! If I can go a couple days without my children asking for potatoes for dinner (I’ve recently been on a cauliflower-as-a-healthy-replacement kick), I’d be a lucky gal. However, I did oblige them this once with a quick and easy side to a ribeye dinner that I recently made.

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Bacon Cheeseburger Ciabatta

Everybody loves burgers, right? Now you can make them easy! In this video, Paula gives you the perfect home recipe for America's favorite dish. Hope you enjoy!

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Lake Life and Breakfast with a Twist

Summer in my household, as a lot of you know, is spending time at our lake home on Lake Poinsett in South Dakota. It is my happy place— the place I go to unwind. Peace and water to wake up to every morning. We spend time fishing, boating, and huddling around the campfire in the evenings.

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Béchamel - Crème Crash Course

In our latest video, Paula gives you a Crème Crash Course, this time over how you can make Béchamel from home. Yum! The recipe featured is listed below. If you make either (or both!) of these dishes, feel free to send us a picture, and we’ll featured you in the community section of our blog! Happy cooking!

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The Most Amazing Summertime Drink

Happy Saturday- blog day! I hope you all have been feverishly baking your Firecracker Forth of July poke cake in your kitchens from this weeks video release! Don’t forget to share pictures if you do ;) So now, let’s talk cocktails. My taste for cocktails seems to change with the seasons. My Autumn Sangria featured in the Creme Cookbook volume 2 is a favorite of mine in the Fall in front of a cozy fire. Get me a cheese plate and warm bread to go with it and I am in Sangria heaven!

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The Fourth of July Feast

I hope you all enjoyed my decorating ideas (if you haven’t seen it, you can click through here!), but now we’re on to the food! In this post, I’ll be featuring my Simple Barbecue Chicken Drumsticks recipe and will give you a sneak peak for The Firecracker Fourth Poke Cake, which you’ll see in our upcoming video this Wednesday! Enjoy!

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Delicious Crockpot Roast

In this week’s video, Paula reveals a long-time family recipe- Crockpot Roast! And yes, it's as delicious as it looks! The recipe featured is listed below. If you make this dish, feel free to send us a picture here.

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Charcuterie - Made Simple

Charcuterie… it’s *almost* as fun to eat as it is to say!

Being a great way to spread your favorite bites of meat, cheese, and much more, it’s something our family loves to do together. We recently decided to get out our favorite large serving board and get a little creative.

Of course, it’s great for parties and holidays, but also for hot summer days when you don’t really want to turn on your oven.

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Crispy Pan-Fried Walleye

We just published a new video! Yay! (If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s linked below!) This week, Paula introduced a new recipe for white fish, this time with Pan-Fried Walleye! The perfect summer dinner! The recipe featured is listed below. If you make this dish, feel free to send us a picture at ava@cremedelacremeomaha.com!

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Brussels Sprouts - Crème Crash Course

This week, we debuted our first YouTube video! (If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s linked below!) Featured was our first Crème Crash Course, this time over how you can make restaurant-style brussels sprouts from home. Yum! The recipe featured is listed below. If you make this dish, feel free to send us a picture, and we’ll featured you in our community section!

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