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Modern Midwestern Recipes From Our Home to Yours

Memorial Day Weekend Ideas

  • close up of a serving tray covered with beer brats on buns and topped with a variety of toppings like donions, mustard, and ketchup.
    How to Make Beer Brats
  • A turkey burger with a slice of cheese, ketchup, mustard, and lettuce on a sesame seed bun.
    Juicy Turkey Burgers
  • close up of a serving dish filled high with pesto pasta salad with chicken. The bowl is surrounded by a white linen, plate of pasta, small bowl of pesto, and jar of pesto.
    Pesto Pasta Salad with Chicken
  • a large serving bowl filled high with summer tortellini salad with Italian dressing. A white serving spoon, white plates, and a green and white linen sit around the scene.
    Summer Tortellini Salad
  • Top down view of a bowl of old-fashioned vinegar cucumbers and onions with dill.
    Old-Fashioned Cucumber Salad (with Vinegar & Onions)
  • 101 4th of July Cookout Recipes for a Festive Day
  • Stack of scotcheroo bars, surrounded by additional scotcheroo bar squares
    Best Scotcheroos Recipe
  • Red, White, & Blue “Fireworks” 4th of July Cookies
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  • A serving platter filled with egg bites, and a white plate with two egg bites, mini muffins, and bacon ready to enjoy.
    Baked Egg Bites
  • A fork taking a bite from a plate piled high with a hearty scoop of Crockpot Chicken Bacon and Ranch Tater Tot Casserole.
    Crockpot Chicken Bacon Ranch Tater Tot Casserole
  • serving of sweet hawaiian chicken in crockpot served over rice in a white dish. the chicken is topped with green onions and green onions and sits next to additional plates of the dish served and ready to eat, toppings in small bowls, and a white linen.
    Slow Cooker Hawaiian Chicken
  • a healthy tuna salad sandwich cut in half and stacked on top of each other on a stack of white plates. an open-faced tuna and chickpea salad sandwich sits in the background.
    Tuna Salad Recipe without Mayo
  • Close up of a dirt cake cup with gummy worms, surrounded by more dirt cups, cookies, and gummy worms.
    Quick and Easy Dirt Pudding Cups
  • A serving spoon dipped into the baking dish of cottage pie, ready to serve up a scoop.
    Simple Cottage Pie
  • A full wheat germ muffin and a muffin that's cut in half with butter on a white serving plate
    Wheat Germ Muffins (Nutritious & Delicious Muffins)
  • a delicious cookie butter latte in a glass mug. the mug sits on top of 2 white coasters and is surrounded by a tan and red linen, lotus biscoff cookies, and coffee beans. a container of milk and the jar of cookie butter sit in the background.
    Biscoff Cookie Butter Latte
Photo of Meredith, creator of Our Love Language is Food, with a cookie sheet filled with dough balls ready to bake next to a stand mixer with more cookie dough.

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Hi, I’m Meredith!

Welcome to Our Love Language is Food! We’re here to help busy people and families experience the joy of home cooking through better-for-you Midwestern recipes that honor tradition while embracing real, wholesome ingredients.

Here you’ll find a variety of fun breakfasts, flavorful dinners, and amazing desserts along with a mix of DIY coffees, mocktails, and cocktails to celebrate any occasion.

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Newest Recipes

  • Close up of a serving spoon scooping up the homemade green bean casserole.
    Green Bean Casserole Recipe from Scratch
  • Top down view of the frittata in the cast iron skillet, with a slice removed.
    Asparagus, Spinach, & Cheese Frittata
  • A bowl filled with hamburger goulash, ready to eat!
    Homemade Goulash
  • Process shot showing all mexican tuna salad ingredients stirred together until well combined.
    Mexican-Inspired Tuna Salad
  • Close up of a stuffed pepper with melted cheese and a sprinkle of fresh basil on top.
    Beef Stuffed Peppers
  • Close up of a shredded chicken salad sandwich, served on a croissant, on a wooden tray.
    Creamy Chicken Salad with Cherries
  • Close up of a plate of French toast smothered in butter and maple syrup, showcasing a fork holding a bite ready to eat.
    Perfect French Toast
  • Close up of a classic margarita on the rocks in a salt rimmed rocks glass with a lime slice.
    Classic Margarita Recipe
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Breakfast & Brunch

Get your day started on the right foot with one of our AMAZING breakfast recipes! We have a variety of sweet, savory, and healthy options for you to choose from.

  • Two slices of banana bread on a parchment paper lined cutting board, next to the rest of the loaf.
    Easy Recipe for Banana Bread
  • A cinnamon scone on a white plate with cinnamon chips, cinnamon sticks, and additional scones around the scene.
    Cinnamon Scones
  • An unwrapped pumpkin muffin on a serving plate surrounded by more muffins, including one that's cut in half.
    Pumpkin Streusel Muffins
  • A pumpkin pecan waffle on a serving plate topped with maple syrup, whipped cream, and chopped pecans.
    Pumpkin Pecan Waffles Recipe

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Lunch & Dinner

Creative lunch and dinner recipes to keep your meals interesting and delicious!

  • Close up of the homemade cream of chicken soup substitute after sitting to thicken.
    Homemade Cream of Chicken Soup (Replaces a 10.5 Ounce Can)
  • Close up of the tater tot casserole with a scoop taken out of it.
    Hamburger Tater Tot Casserole (No Soup!)
  • A white serving bowl filled with red pozole soup and garnished with radishes and cilantro.
    How to Make Pozole with Ground Chicken
  • Close up of a sloppy joe served on a bun with potato chips on a white plate.
    Best Homemade Sloppy Joe Recipe

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Desserts

A sweet treat for every day of the week! Indulge in one of these delicious desserts today, you deserve it.

  • Close up of a stack of brownies sitting on parchment paper and a cutting board.
    Easy Brownies From Scratch
  • A tall glass with a homemade shamrock shake, whipped cream, a cherry, shamrock sprinkles, and a straw.
    Homemade Shamrock Shake Recipe
  • A stack of cookies on a white serving plate, with additional cookies, butterscotch chips, and oats around it.
    Oatmeal Scotchies
  • A plate stacked with monster cookies, with additional cookies, m&ms, chocolate chips, and oats around it.
    Soft and Chewy Monster Cookies

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Beverages

DIY coffees, mocktails, and cocktails galore!

  • Close-up shot of two Brandy Old Fashioned Sweet cocktails in rocks glasses with a skewer of an orange slice and a maraschino cherry on top of each glass, on top of a black stone platter.
    Brandy Old Fashioned Sweet
  • Highball glass filled with this mojito mocktail recipe. The glass has a sprig of mint for garnish and a straw, and is sitting on a cutting board covered in additional mint and lime wedges.
    Mocktail Mojito
  • Close up shot of two wine glasses filled with fall red wine sangria and garnished with a cinnamon stick. Apples and a white linen are in the background.
    Fall Sangria Recipe (Red Wine)
  • A chocolate coffee protein shake with a reusable straw topped with coffee beans and extra cocoa powder.
    Coffee Chocolate Protein Shake

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I am a Midwest-based foodie and mom working full time by day and sharing my passion for all things food by night. Follow along for great recipes to share with your family and friends. I've got you covered for breakfast, dinner, snack-time, parties, desserts, drinks, and more!

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Cozy Recipes

  • A serving bowl filled with tuscan chicken meatballs and gnocchi topped with parmesan.
    Slow Cooker Tuscan Chicken Meatballs with Gnocchi

  • A serving plate with a hearty scoop of tuna casserole topped with parsley.
    Stovetop Tuna Casserole

  • a stoneware bowl filled with healthy turkey chili topped with cheese, frito chips, sour cream, and diced red bell peppers. Another bowl of chili sits in the background, along with a small bowl of cheese and bowl of fritos on a wooden board. a white linen and spoons sit in frame too.
    Easy Ground Turkey Chili

  • close up of a white bowl filled with tuscan vegetable soup. The bowl is sitting on a plate with a spoon, and slices of french bread and grated cheese is shown in the background.
    Hearty Tuscan White Bean and Lentil Soup with Kale

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  • Highball glass filled with this mojito mocktail recipe. The glass has a sprig of mint for garnish and a straw, and is sitting on a cutting board covered in additional mint and lime wedges.
    Mocktail Mojito

  • A full wheat germ muffin and a muffin that's cut in half with butter on a white serving plate
    Wheat Germ Muffins (Nutritious & Delicious Muffins)

  • a bowl of white chicken chili with a hand taking a spoonful of chili to eat.
    White Chicken Chili with Bacon

  • Cocoa pebbles treats cut into squares sitting in a 9x13 pan.
    Chocolate Krispie Treats (with Cocoa Pebbles or Krispies)

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