🥰10/12/25 MEAL PLAN: The Dinners You Didn’t Know I Needed This Week (busy life meets really good meals)...

Ciao Reader!

You know those weeks when you don’t realize how much you need comfort until you start cooking? This week’s recipes surprised me: simple, cozy meals that brought me calm amidst the chaos. I think you’ll feel it, too. Tap reply and let me know what you try! Made with Amore💙, Elena.

✨Let’s start with a recipe you loved this week...

​Italian Apple Cake​

This apple cake recipe is so delicious, so moist, and a big crowd pleaser, not to mention that it is so quick and easy to make! Believe me, you will make this cake over and over again!! I can’t wait to make the other desserts for the holidays! - Linda ​MAKE THIS RECIPE​

✨Your cooking inspiration for the week...

Monday: Cheese Sauce Pasta​ Luca (my son's current obsession right now)- This story went viral on social media, so I'm sharing it again here!

Tuesday: Thanksgiving- Style Baked Chicken​ It's all the comfort of a holiday meal, but super easy to make on a weeknight!

Wednesday: Twice-Baked Potatoes​

Thursday: Garlic Shrimp​ OR Shrimp Scampi with Pasta!

Friday: Overnight Blueberry French Toast​ (Make it Friday night and enjoy Saturday morning!)

Weekend: Chicken Wild Rice Soup​

👩🏻‍🍳 My Top Pick This Week: This week, I shared these healthy oatmeal banana bars, and I received so many DMs from you saying how much you love them, so I am making them my favorite this week...

📣DID YOU KNOW?

Did you know you can favorite recipes on my site so they’re saved to your own easy-to-find list every time you visit?

Here’s how it works:
Just click the 🔖 “Save” button on any recipe card. (You’ll need to be logged in—if you’re not, it will ask you to log in or sign up- this is FREE.)

Then, any time you click the little magnifying glass—either under the heart icon (on the right-hand side of your screen) or at the top of the page, you’ll see “My Favorites” right at the top of your search results.

It’s like your own little CucinabyElena recipe box, ready whenever you need it. 📖

It will look something like this after you start saving your recipes. You can also organize them! I hope you can use this feature.

​