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    Add Salt & Serve

    Welcome to Add Salt & Serve, where you will find easy recipes and meal plans for busy cooks! Our recipes are easy, delicious, and family-friendly, and our meal plans are uniquely crafted to make the most of your time and money.

    Quick & Easy Recipes

    • Cheesy Tuna Casserole
    • Frozen Burrito Casserole.
      Easy Frozen Burrito Casserole
    • Potato soup in a brown soup bowl, topped with shredded cheddar cheese and garnished with chopped green onions.
      Hash Brown Potato Soup {30 Minute Recipe}
    • White plate with penne pasta, cooked baby spinach, cherry tomatoes, and shredded mozzarella cheese. There is a fork on the plate.
      Pasta Carbonara with Tomatoes and Spinach
    • Cast iron skillet with cooked ravioli mixed with salsa, herbs, and tomato sauce and topped with cheese, black olives, and cilantro.
      Mexican Ravioli
    • Corn and black beans topped with shredded cheddar cheese on a bed of tortilla chips on a white plate
      Chicken Enchilada Soup (15 Minute Meal)

    Trending Recipes

    These are our most popular recipes and posts, and they include some of my personal favorites. Give one a try and let me know what you think!

    • Terlingua chili over spaghetti garnished with cheese
      Terlingua Chili
    • Half of a cooked acorn squash topped with a butter, sugar and cinnamon mixture plated with a serving of poppy seed chicken casserole and seasoned green beans
      Microwave Acorn Squash
    • Pizza dough cinnamon sticks with frosting
      Easy Homemade Cinnamon Sticks with Pizza Dough
    • Sliced cornbread in a round cast iron skillet and piece of cornbread on a plate
      Easy Cornbread with Corn Kernels
    • Overhead view of Carne Guisada made in the crock pot.
      Carne Guisada (Slow Cooker)
    • Chicken and dumplings garnished with parsley in a white bowl with a blue rim. There is a spoon with a dumpling and some broth. The bowl is on a wooden cutting board on top of a blue napkin with white stripes, all on a white marble counter.
      Easy Crockpot Chicken & Dumplings with Biscuits

    Free Meal Plans

    Our meal plans are free and customizable! Use them as is or substitute recipes—your choice. All quantities are adjustable for both the meal plan and the shopping list. Learn more or get started for free by selecting a meal plan below.

    • List of recipes in Meal Plan Week 52 (Group 2).
    • List of recipes in free meal plan for week 51 (Group 2)

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    Recent Recipes

    • Instant Pot French dip sandwiches with au jus
      Instant Pot French Dip with French Onion Soup
    • Colorful rotini pasta in a bowl with diced peppers and nuts
      Thai Pasta Salad with Sesame Ginger Dressing
    • Sliced roasted turkey breast with golden brown skin on a white plate garnished with parsley
      Easy Roast Turkey & Gravy
    • Glass dish with grilled vegetarian meatball and pineapple kabobs on a cutting board with whole pineapple to the side
      Grilled Vegetarian "Meatball" & Pineapple Kabobs

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      Meals For Hard Times
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      The Convenience and Savings of a Well-Stocked Kitchen
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      Add Salt & Serve Free Printable Planner
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      Kitchen Management and Meal Planning

    Bulk Cooking Plans

    OAMC, bulk cooking, and cooking for the freezer are different ways of preparing ahead and filling your freezer with prepared ingredients, meals, or even an entire month's worth of food. Check out our popular bulk cooking plans below.

    • Bowl of unpeeled potatoes
      The Potato Plan (Bulk Freezing Potatoes)
    • Whole roasted chicken on a platter with lemons and herbs
      The Chicken Plan
    • Overhead shot of ground beef in a cast iron skillet with taco seasoning on top
      The Hamburger Plan
    • Freezer meals stacked in a freezer with text Bulk Freezer Cooking
      Bulk Cooking the Easy Way

    Busy Cook's Pyramid

    30 minutes is an ideal time limit for weeknight meal preparation, and using the secrets of a busy cook as shown in the Busy Cook’s Pyramid is how you can accomplish this goal. The secrets are a combination of several different techniques with which you are probably already familiar, and when you combine them in an organized manner, it makes weekday cooking a breeze.

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    Mary Ann Kelley

    Hi there! I'm Mary Ann Kelley, and I'm the food blogger/meal planner here at Add Salt & Serve. Read more

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