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How To Make: Simple Recipes for Beginners

Kickstart your healthy eating journey with this beginner’s guide to cooking nutritious and deliciously simple recipes. We all need to start somewhere! If you’re new to the kitchen, these quick recipes offer easy-to-follow instructions along with expert tips to create wholesome dishes with ease. From mastering how to hard-boil eggs (perfectly, every time!) to how to cook brown rice and air fryer chicken breast, I’m here to guide you through some cooking basics. You’ll be a culinary whiz in no time!

Learn How To Cook

Learn how to cook with these quick and easy recipes that have you covered, whether you’re using the oven, air fryer, Instant Pot, and more. You’ll find all my latest tutorials and how-to’s below.

a bowl of perfect, fluffy quinoa
4

How To Cook Quinoa

  • Dairy Free
  • Gluten Free
  • Under 30 Minutes
  • Vegetarian Meals
20 mins
A jar of homemade Taco Seasoning
0

Taco Seasoning Recipe

  • Dairy Free
  • Gluten Free
  • Keto Recipes
  • Kid Friendly
  • Under 30 Minutes
  • Vegetarian Meals
  • Whole 30 Recipes
5 mins
Pickled Red Onions
0

Pickled Red Onions

  • Dairy Free
  • Gluten Free
  • Low Carb
  • Vegetarian Meals
1 hr 7 mins
Grilled Chicken Breasts with salad
2

The Best Grilled Chicken Breast

  • Dairy Free
  • Gluten Free
  • Keto Recipes
  • Low Carb
  • Meal Prep Recipes
  • Whole 30 Recipes
41 mins
sweet potato fries with ketchip
5

Air Fryer Sweet Potato Fries

  • Air Fryer
  • Dairy Free
  • Gluten Free
  • Kid Friendly
  • Under 30 Minutes
  • Vegetarian Meals
  • Whole 30 Recipes
20 mins
Guacamole
2

Best Guacamole Recipe

  • Dairy Free
  • Gluten Free
  • Keto Recipes
  • Kid Friendly
  • Low Carb
  • Paleo
  • Under 30 Minutes
  • Vegetarian Meals
  • Whole 30 Recipes
5 mins
deviled eggs on a platter
0

Classic Deviled Eggs

  • Dairy Free
  • Gluten Free
  • Keto Recipes
  • Kid Friendly
  • Low Carb
  • Under 30 Minutes
  • Vegetarian Meals
25 mins
Classic Chicken Salad
1

Classic Chicken Salad Recipe

  • Dairy Free
  • Gluten Free
  • Keto Recipes
  • Kid Friendly
  • Low Carb
  • Meal Prep Recipes
  • Under 30 Minutes
10 mins
Perfect Filet Mignon
6

Perfect Filet Mignon for Two

  • Dairy Free
  • Gluten Free
  • Keto Recipes
  • Kid Friendly
  • Low Carb
  • Paleo
  • Under 30 Minutes
  • Whole 30 Recipes
20 mins
Air Fryer Shrimp
2

Perfect Air Fryer Shrimp

  • Air Fryer
  • Dairy Free
  • Gluten Free
  • Low Carb
  • Under 30 Minutes
10 mins
Slow Cooker Steel Cut Oats
6

Slow Cooker Steel Cut Oats

  • Dairy Free
  • Gluten Free
  • Kid Friendly
  • Meal Prep Recipes
  • Slow Cooker Recipes
  • Vegetarian Meals
2 hrs 5 mins
Air Fryer Baked Potato
4

Air Fryer Baked Potato

  • Air Fryer
  • Dairy Free
  • Gluten Free
  • Kid Friendly
  • Vegetarian Meals
  • Whole 30 Recipes
43 mins
Overnight oats in a mason jar (no cooking required)! A hearty healthy breakfast packed with fiber, vitamins, and nutrients.
2

Overnight Oats (How To Make)

  • Dairy Free
  • Gluten Free
  • Meal Prep Recipes
  • Under 30 Minutes
  • Vegetarian Meals
8 hrs 5 mins
Air Fryer Steak
4

Air Fryer Steak

  • Air Fryer
  • Dairy Free
  • Gluten Free
  • Keto Recipes
  • Kid Friendly
  • Low Carb
  • Under 30 Minutes
  • Whole 30 Recipes
15 mins
Air Fryer Baked Sweet Potato
4

Air Fryer Baked Sweet Potato

  • Air Fryer
  • Dairy Free
  • Gluten Free
  • Kid Friendly
  • Vegetarian Meals
  • Whole 30 Recipes
46 mins
Baked Potato with sour cream and chives
4

Perfect Baked Potato

  • Dairy Free
  • Gluten Free
  • Vegetarian Meals
1 hr
Garden Tomato Sauce in a pot.
1

Garden Tomato Sauce

  • Dairy Free
  • Freezer Meals
  • Gluten Free
  • Kid Friendly
  • Low Carb
  • Vegetarian Meals
1 hr
Baked Sweet Potatoes in the oven are so easy and come out perfectly sweet and fluffy on the inside with this foolproof recipe.
3

Baked Sweet Potato (How To Bake Sweet Potatoes)

  • Dairy Free
  • Gluten Free
  • Kid Friendly
  • Paleo
  • Vegetarian Meals
  • Whole 30 Recipes
55 mins
A foolproof method for making perfect, fluffy quinoa in the Instant Pot for adding to salads, bowls and so much more.
3

How To Make Perfect Instant Pot Quinoa

  • Dairy Free
  • Gluten Free
  • Pressure Cooker Recipes
  • Under 30 Minutes
  • Vegetarian Meals
15 mins
1

Perfectly Grilled Zucchini Recipe

  • Dairy Free
  • Gluten Free
  • Keto Recipes
  • Kid Friendly
  • Low Carb
  • Paleo
  • Under 30 Minutes
  • Vegetarian Meals
  • Whole 30 Recipes
25 mins