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Angel Food Cake with Layers of Strawberries and Stabilized Whipped Cream
This strawberry angel food cake recipe is a light and fluffy dessert. It’s made with fresh strawberries and a box mix for the cake, for a simple strawberry cake recipe that anyone can make! The cake is airy and delicious by itself but adds layers of whipped cream and freshly picked strawberries and you are…

Extra Lemon Pasta Salad
There is nothing more fun than eating outside. Picnic Extra Lemon Pasta Salad will make you want to have dinner outside every night. Fresh, clean, light ingredients with lots of lemons give the pasta salad extra freshness. My family loves to eat outside on our deck and pasta salad is one of our favorite dishes….

Instant Pot Corn Chowder with Potato
Quick & Easy summer fresh sweet corn chowder recipe is amazing and cooked perfectly in your Instant Pot. Creamy & Delicious, simple whole ingredients, fresh with garden picked corn or your local farmers market. Save time in your day when preparing meals by using the Instant Pot to help you be hands-free. Spend more time…

The Best Easy Homemade Refrigerator Dill Pickle Recipe
It is so easy to make the best refrigerator dill pickles right in your fridge. Super simple ready in 3 days. If you have cucumbers in our garden or a peck from the local farmers market you can serve these pickles as a side dish for dinner or just a snack. Pickles, what can you…

How to Make Strawberry Pretzel Salad
Delicious creamy classic Strawberry Pretzel Salad. It is not really a salad but more of a nostalgic dessert that is sweet, tart, and salty all with fresh strawberries on top. How to make this family favorite dessert with no waiting to set the Jell-O. Strawberry Pretzel Salad is like Watergate Salad, while they are called…
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Welcome to my kitchen
Welcome to my kitchen. I love to cook & feed my family. However, I do not like to spend so much time in the kitchen that it takes away quality time with my husband and kids.
I want to help you feed your family healthy homemade dinners, desserts, and snacks that help them grow without you spending hours standing over the stove.
At Crafting A Family Dinner you will find all your favorite traditional recipes and a lot of new ones with healthy ingredients and methods that cut cooking time using modern appliances.