Easy Family Friendly Recipes - Diary of A Recipe Collector

Easy Blender Salsa Recipe - This restaurant-style salsa recipe is so quick and easy and only takes 10 minutes to make!

Appetizers

Strawberry Daiquiri Pie - Diary of a Recipe Collector

desserts

Low-Carb Tuscan Chicken - An easy low-carb healthy one pan dish filled with chicken breasts, broccoli, grape tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, spices, and a creamy light sauce and topped with cheese. It's great for meal prep too!

Main Dishes

This Chicken Fajita Wedge Salad is a perfect way to enjoy fajitas in a light, healthy, and low-carb way!

Salads & Sides

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These Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Protein Squares make a great high protein make ahead breakfast.

Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Protein Squares

This Low Carb Chicken Broccoli Alfredo is so delicious and a super easy macro-friendly meal prep idea!

Low Carb Chicken Broccoli Alfredo

This Best Carrot Cake recipe has a delicious moist carrot cake soaked in a decadent buttermilk glaze and topped with cream cheese icing and pecans.

Best Carrot Cake

This Easy Low Carb Quiche recipe is a delicious high protein and low calorie breakfast idea! It is a perfect way to help hit your protein goals for the day.

Easy Low Carb Quiche

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Crockpot Sausage & Potatoes is such an easy dinner idea with only five ingredients! Plus it will leave your house smelling amazing as it cooks all day!

Crockpot Sausage & Potatoes

Lemon Blossoms

Lemon Blossoms

One-Pot Cabbage Casserole

One-Pot Cabbage Casserole

Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Scampi

Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Scampi

Desserts

This Sour Cream Coconut Pound Cake is an old-fashioned pound cake recipe that is absolutely delicious!

Sour Cream Coconut Pound Cake

Easy Pumpkin Skillet Coffee Cake - An easy pumpkin recipe perfect for fall. It comes together in one bowl and then it's topped with a sugared pecan topping and an easy glaze.

Easy Pumpkin Skillet Coffee Cake

Easy Lemon Coconut Skillet Cake - All lemon lovers will delight in this easy recipe with an extra lemony flavor and soaked in a sweet lemon coconut glaze.

Easy Lemon Coconut Skillet Cake

Salted Caramel Ice Cream Sandwich Cake - An EASY and QUICK dessert perfect for summer filled with layers of salted caramel, caramel truffles, hot fudge, and whipped cream!

Salted Caramel Ice Cream Sandwich Cake

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A Few of Jaren’s Favorite Cajun Recipes

Easy Cajun Fried Chicken Sandwiches - These little chicken sandwiches are a winner chicken dinner for sure! They are easy to prep and come with a delicious Cajun sauce!

Easy Cajun Fried Chicken Sandwiches

Roasted Garlic Cajun Chicken Pasta - Creole seasoned chicken breasts over bow tie pasta tossed with a delicious roasted garlic cream sauce.

Roasted Garlic Cajun Chicken Pasta

One-Pot Cajun Black-Eyed Peas & Rice - A delicious easy one pot super packed full of Cajun flavor and filled with ground beef, black-eyed peas, diced tomatoes, and rice.

One-Pot Cajun Black-Eyed Peas & Rice

Cajun Shrimp Mac and Cheese - The ultimate decadent white cheddar and parmesan shrimp pasta perfect as a main dish and great as a side to grilled steaks!

Cajun Shrimp Mac and Cheese

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Hey, I’m Jaren!

Hello, it’s nice to meet you. My name is Jaren Dubois, and I am a recipe blogger at Diary of a Recipe Collector. I am Louisiana native and mother of 4. I create easy family-friendly recipes with a Cajun Creole twist. I’ve been blogging on my site for over 10 years, and I absolutely love sharing recipes with my readers.

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Quick & Easy

Low-Carb Tuscan Chicken - An easy low-carb healthy one pan dish filled with chicken breasts, broccoli, grape tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, spices, and a creamy light sauce and topped with cheese. It's great for meal prep too!

Easy Healthy Meals for the New Year

Easy Chicken Alfredo Sliders - Dinner cannot get much easier than these! Plus, they are so delicious and perfect for a weeknight, game day, or party!

Easy Chicken Alfredo Sliders

Easy Chicken Tortellini Pasta Bake - A quick creamy pasta recipe filled with a delicious homemade basil Alfredo sauce, cheese tortellini, rotisserie chicken, and shredded mozzarella cheese.

Easy Chicken Tortellini Pasta Bake

Easy Cajun Fried Chicken Sandwiches - These little chicken sandwiches are a winner chicken dinner for sure! They are easy to prep and come with a delicious Cajun sauce!

Easy Cajun Fried Chicken Sandwiches

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Seasonal

Fourth of July Recipes perfect for all your gatherings and all summer long!

Fourth of July Recipes

Patriotic Dirt Pudding - An easy and absolutely delicious dessert perfect all summer long. It's layers of cream cheese and vanilla pudding with Golden Oreos, strawberries, and blueberries!

Patriotic Dirt Pudding

Here is a list of 15 Fun Summer Snacks and Must-Haves to kick your summer off to a great start!

15 Fun Summer Snacks and Must-Haves

Easy Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream - This easy ice cream recipe is only 5 ingredients and egg-free. We are making it on repeat around our house all summer!

Easy Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream

Salted Caramel Brownie Ice Cream Cake

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Appetizers

Veggie Squares -This easy appetizer is a great recipe for any get-together. When you want a break from the ordinary vegetable tray, this is the way to go! They are always a hit! Crescent rolls, ranch packet, cream cheese, mayo, veggies, and shredded cheese...super easy!

Veggie Squares

Stuffed Ranch Cream Cheese Mini Peppers - These make a great party appetizer! They are stuffed with a spicy veggie ranch cream cheese which pairs perfectly with the sweet peppers.

Stuffed Ranch Cream Cheese Mini Peppers

These Balsamic Chicken Bacon Sliders are full of flavor! They are filled with roasted garlic, chicken, bacon, balsamic, and Colby Jack cheese and topped with a Parmesan garlic butter sauce!

Balsamic Chicken Bacon Sliders

Here is a list of 15 Fun Summer Snacks and Must-Haves to kick your summer off to a great start!

15 Fun Summer Snacks and Must-Haves

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Lighter Recipes

Cinnamon Sugar Protein Muffins make a great meal prep recipe that only takes a few minutes to prepare and helps you start your day with a high protein breakfast!

Cinnamon Sugar Protein Muffins

Low-Carb Tuscan Chicken - An easy low-carb healthy one pan dish filled with chicken breasts, broccoli, grape tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, spices, and a creamy light sauce and topped with cheese. It's great for meal prep too!

Low-Carb Tuscan Chicken

Skinny Taco Stuffed Peppers make a great high-protein, low carb meal prep idea! They are filled with taco flavor and topped with tomatoes, red onion, cilantro, and shredded cheese.

Skinny Taco Stuffed Peppers

Egg Roll Soup is a delicious low-carb recipe with all the good filling of an egg roll but made healthy with ground chicken. Plus, it is done in about 30 minutes and great for meal-prep!

Egg Roll Soup

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Travel

Venture out of the city of London, and head out into the English countryside to see more of beautiful and historical England!

London Trip Days 4-6

London Trip Days 1-3

London Trip Days 1-3

Boston and Nantucket Trip Part 3 - Here is the final part of our wonderful 20th anniversary trip! These are the highlights from our stops in Plymouth and Nantucket.

Boston and Nantucket Part 3

Boston and Nantucket Trip Part 2 - Here is the second part of our wonderful 20th anniversary trip! These are the highlights from our stops in Salem, Gloucester, and Plymouth.

Boston and Nantucket Trip Part 2

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