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Delicious flexitarian recipes to help your family eat well together.

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  • Close up overhead view of stuffed delicata squash rings around a single parmesan crisp.
    Sausage Stuffed Squash Rings
  • Overlapping homemade fudge stripe cookies scattered on parchment paper, with one cookie flipped over to show its chocolate-coated bottom.
    Homemade Fudge Stripes
  • Overhead view of cheddar cheese coins on parchment.
    Slice and Bake Cheddar Cheese Coins
  • Overhead view of shaved brussels sprout salad with pomegranate arils, diced apple, candied pecans, dried cranberries and shaved parmesan filling a large white bowl.
    Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad with Pomegranate and Candied Pecans
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mother and daughter from Crowded Kitchen standing at kitchen island making homemade gnocchi.

Welcome to our Crowded Kitchen

Welcome to our Crowded Kitchen! We're Lexi and Beth, a mother-daughter team from Michigan. Here you'll find delicious flexitarian recipes to help your family eat well together!

Over the years, we've developed restaurant-quality recipes that can bring your family together despite any dietary differences. The recipes you'll find here are a reflection of how we bring our family together around the dinner table despite various dietary differences!

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Check out our latest and greatest recipes here!

  • Close up overhead view of a halved chicken and leek hand pie showing the shredded chicken and leek filling inside flaky puff pastry, with whole pies around it.
    Chicken and Leek Hand Pies
  • Overhead view of eleven acorn cheese balls coated in flax seeds, bacon and pecans arranged on a white plate.
    Acorn Cheese Balls
  • Overhead close up view of bacon cheeseburger stuffed onions in a cast iron skillet drizzled with Thousand Island and sprinkled with parsley and sesame seeds
    Bacon Cheeseburger Stuffed Onions
  • Close up view of creamy chicken gnocchi soup in a gray bowl with shredded parmesan, parsley and red pepper flakes, breadsticks and a spoon beside it
    Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Gnocchi Soup

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Better Than Store-Bought Recipes

Recipes from our wildly popular "Better Than Store Bought" series on social media, where we take your favorite store-bought snacks and make them at home.

  • Close up view of dark chocolate and sea salt nut bars stacked on a white plate.
    Dark Chocolate and Sea Salt Nut Bars
  • Pink and yellow fruit-shaped candies on a wire cooling rack, ready to serve or decorate desserts.
    Homemade Fruit Snacks
  • Overhead view of homemade fish shaped cheese crackers scattered on parchment.
    Homemade Goldfish Crackers
  • Close up view of brown sugar cinnamon pop tarts stacked and cut open to show the filling.
    Homemade Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop Tarts

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Easy Dinner Recipes

Browse our favorite weeknight dinner recipes, including easy pastas, soups, salads and more.

  • S plated Mexican bowl with grilled chicken, black beans, rice, guacamole, cheese, corn, and salsa.
    Homemade Chicken Burrito Bowls
  • Baked salmon fillets with lemon slices and fresh herbs, perfectly seasoned and ready to serve.
    Baked Lemon Pepper Salmon Recipe
  • Overhead view of a harvest bowl with sweet potato, wild rice, chicken, apple, almonds and goat cheese.
    Harvest Bowl (Sweetgreen Dupe)
  • Creamy green vegetable soup with grilled cheese croutons, served in a blue bowl.
    Super Green Sheet Pan Soup

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Healthy Recipes

Our favorite healthy recipes to enjoy year round.

  • Fresh vegetable spring rolls with dipping sauce on a colorful plate, healthy vegan appetizer, crowded kitchen photography.
    Vegan Summer Rolls
  • Front view of four bottles of homemade sports drink labeled orange, blueberry, lemon lime and fruit punch.
    Homemade Gatorade
  • Fresh blackberry and cucumber salad with arugula and crumbled goat cheese in a blue bowl.
    Blackberry, Avocado and Arugula Salad
  • Overhead view of turmeric chicken noodle soup with kale and squash in a dark bowl.
    Turmeric Chicken Noodle Soup

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Desserts

Everything from layer cakes, to seasonal fruit desserts, to healthier options. (Plus lots of cookies and brownies!)

  • Overhead view of peanut butter mousse pie.
    Peanut Butter Mousse Pie (No Bake)
  • Close up view of cranberry pomegranate caramels cut into squares with wrappers alongside.
    Cranberry Pomegranate Caramels
  • Chocolate-covered cookie bars topped with chopped nuts on a dark surface.
    Homemade Butterfinger Bars
  • Overhead view of homemade freeze pops in clear sleeves lined up on a blue surface.
    Homemade Freeze Pops

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  • A big stack homemade nutter butters on a white plate.
    Homemade Nutter Butters
  • Overhead view of cowboy candy in a mason jar.
    Peach Cowboy Candy (Candied Jalapeños)
  • Overhead view of cheddar cheese coins on parchment.
    Slice and Bake Cheddar Cheese Coins
  • overhead view of homemade blueberry pop tarts with bright pink icing and sprinkles on a cooling rack.
    Homemade Blueberry Pop Tarts

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