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 I agree with everyone else that it’s impossible to pick, but if pressed, I gotta go with the shrimp boil! As a Texan with Louisiana roots who now lives in LA and can’t get google Cajun food here, it really scratches the itch!! When I make it, I always think my Louisianan grandma, great grandpa and great grandma would be proud! Especially because I’ve always been told that my great grandpa used to request a gravy or a sauce every night for dinner- he’d call it a “sop up” to be able to sop it up with a piece of bread! So I leave it a little saucy and make the aioli and cocktail sauce for 3 options to sop up in his memory 💜💛💚 Expand full comment Love this story so so much and think I need adopt the phrase sop up!! Expand full comment How cute is that pic with Tav looking up at Caro? (Rushes for a glass of water to try to extinguish the baby fever). Lol Expand full comment Lol did it work?! 😂 Expand full comment I’ve made the Vietnamese inspired nuoc cham style chicken so many times this summer! I have a mint plant and love sushi ginger, so how could anything be better?? 😂 Expand full comment My middle schooler is currently sustaining life with her crazy schedule because of the “car meatballs” I only learned about last week (thank you!!!) I personally love the bacon kimchi salmon fried rice. My kids will eat the salmon with the short-cut microwaved rice with bacon sprinkles while their dad and I can enjoy the “adult” flavors of the complete recipe. And I don’t have to make two separate meals 😁 Expand full comment Such goods ones!!! So glad your girl is loving the car meatballs! Expand full comment Truly so hard to pick one - but I have to go with the Mob Wife Salad. I was completely obsessed last summer during my pregnancy, must have (made my husband) make it a thousand times. Just thinking about that combination of salty and tangy makes me hungry!! ♥️😋 Expand full comment I am obsessed with the springy sheet-pan gnocchi! It is a perfect "I'm tired after work but need real food" meal, and the flavor to effort ratio is perfect. If I don't have pancetta, I'll swap it for diced up bacon or crumbles of sausage. Expand full comment Congrats Erin! You're a winner of this giveaway! I'll DM you for your info Expand full comment So hard to pick a favorite! I think would have to say the peanutty pork and brussels is the most made (and also the most stained/dirty page in the book because I have it open to that one so often!) Expand full comment Congrats Taylor! You're a winner of this giveaway! I'll DM you for your info Expand full comment Rainbow chicken chopped salad!!! Expand full comment Congrats Allie! You're a winner of this giveaway! I'll DM you for your info xx Expand full comment I make a veggie version of the sausage kale pasta and it is now a family staple! I pack it in my toddler's lunchbox all the time and he LOVES it! I even made it for a friend postpartum and she still raves about it (and her toddlers loved it too). 10/10 recipe!! Expand full comment Yum!! What veggies do you use?! Expand full comment So it’s funny that my favorite WTC recipe to date is actually the roasted chicken and peaches with pesto rice! I’ve shared it more than any other recipe and literally drool thinking about it while I wait for peach season. May have to make it again this week! I also love the pasta alla Norma! Can’t wait ti see what notorious foodie has in store for us this week! Expand full comment The street corn tacos!! Obsessed. Expand full comment We make these all the time now! So good! Expand full comment I absolutely love the balsamic basil chicken. It's my favorite grilled chicken to date. I've not actually tried it as a sandwich like the recipe suggests though. It's delicious as a piece of chicken! Expand full comment I need to try this one. I always do the grilled chicken marinade from the strawberry salsa recipe and love it too! Expand full comment The summer sauté is my fave! Love how it works with whatever great summer produce I have on hand. Expand full comment Best recipe is the sheet pan roasted gnocchi with Brussels!! Expand full comment Hmm. Probably the crunchy chicken with honey mustard! I make this for my family all the time and my kids love it!! Expand full comment the tater tot frittata is my fave recipe from the wtc book! Expand full comment