We all know the Holidays can be a happy but sometimes stressful time. Let Laughing Spatula help ease your troubles with a few of our most popular and delicious HOLIDAY RECIPES FOR A CROWD! APPETIZERS TO START! HONEY ROASTED PECANS WITH ROSEMARY These are one of our most friend requested recipes! “Bring the pecans…
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Baked Ziti with Sausage and Bechamel
If your looking for a delicious way to feed a crowd this Baked Ziti with Sausage and Béchamel will wow your guests! Easy on the cook using store bought Marinara sauce with a super simple Béchamel Sauce to make it creamy and cheesy! Don’t be scared by that fancy word ‘Béchamel’.  I promise to take…
Easy One Pan Chicken Pot Pie
This spin on a classic Chicken Pot Pie is delicious, easy, has way fewer carbs than traditional versions, and best of all it is all made in one pan. It’s got a cozy flavor that tastes like a warm home feels! Start off making this dish by slicing up your mirepoix; Mirepoix is French for…
Roasted Butternut Squash with Penne and Garlic Cream Sauce
Roasted Butternut Squash with Penne and Garlic Cream Sauce! – A delicious and easy to make side dish or main meal for Fall and Holidays! Rachel and I couldn’t keep our forks (or fingers) out of this dish! Â The cream sauce is infused with the sage and roasted butternut adds a savory sweet side…
Baked Spaghetti Casserole
 Easy Baked Spaghetti Casserole  with a meaty sauce layered between spaghetti and cheese….like a spaghetti Lasagna only easier to make! This delicious casserole feeds a crowd and then some.  I love to make this up on a Friday night so we don’t have to cook all weekend.  Love my Friday night music and cooking…
30 Minute Minestrone Soup with Sausage
This 30 Minute Minestrone Soup with Sausage is the soup we make around here when we need a soup fix in a hurry.  Simple and fresh ingredients that come together in a flash with a deep flavor that tastes like you slaved all day over a hot soup pot! The sausage does so much of the…
Pumpkin Loaf Cake with Streusel Topping
Delicious, moist and dense pumpkin cake is met with loads of delicious streusel topping, this Pumpkin Loaf Cake with Streusel Topping will make your house smell like Fall! To start off this pumpkin loaf, make the batter, mix your dry ingredients, then add in the wet ones and the pumpkin. 50% there, ya’ll!  Pour the batter…
Easy Salisbury Steak
One pan 30 Minute EASY SALISBURY STEAK! Tender beef patties simmered in a savory mushroom and onion gravy. Total comfort food that comes together in about 30 minutes! Oh boy oh boy oh boy! Who doesn’t like a bit of gravy now and then! We have been making this Easy Salisbury Steak dinner for as…
Easy Poppy Seed Dressing
In about two minutes you can whip up a batch of this delicious homemade Easy Poppy Seed Salad Dressing! This Poppyseed Dressing is delicious on all kinds of salad. Â Veggie, fruit or pasta! No need to run to the store and buy the bottled stuff. Â This easy to make dressing is made from ingredients you…
Roasted Lemon Chicken with Potatoes and Rosemary
Roasted Lemon Chicken with Potatoes and Rosemary! – Â Once you make this easy dish, you will make it over and over again! Â Simple roasted chicken and potatoes never tasted so good! Â This is one of those recipes that can be made 100 different ways and they would all be good! Â If you never learned…
20 Minute One Pan Shrimp and Orzo Dinner
In just a few minutes you can serve up this comforting delicious Shrimp and Orzo Dinner and better yet, do it all in one pan! Well hello fast and fresh dinner! Â This beautiful one pan meal is ready in…wait for it… 20 MINUTES! Â Ready, set, go and dinner is done! Besides being easy…
Crispy Chicken and Potatoes in Garlic Leek Cream Sauce
This Easy Baked Chicken in Garlic and Leek Cream Sauce is a breeze to make and get this…the cream sauce is mostly chicken broth and the chicken is skinless so win win on the fat-o-meter! If you have never cooked with leeks before you are in for a real treat! Â They have a mild green…
Gnocchi Sausage and Spinach Soup
With just a few simple and wholesome ingredients, you can make this most amazing and comforting Gnocchi Sausage Soup in less than 30 minutes! A recipe re-doooo !  We first posted this in December of 2011.  That’s like a 100 in blog years.  This was our first viral recipe and I remember doing cart wheels in…
BLT Salad with Ranch & Avocado
This delicious BLT Salad with Ranch and Avocado is full of pasta, lettuce, bacon, tomato, shredded cheese, and dressed in store bought ranch. It is a favorite for BBQ’s, potlucks, or even for dinner! This is a super simple recipe; it’s really no fail. You could try a bunch of variations of it, too! Tips to…
Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup
We love this 20 Minute Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup in winter or summer!  This super fast and fresh soup is healthy and full of flavor!  And at only 165 calories for a big serving you can eat this all week!  We are having so much fun reposting some of our most popular content! We…