Mexican Churro Breakfast Oats and 5 Other Things We Discovered on Instagram This Week

Each week we round up our favorite food photos on Instagram—it's all part of #CookIt, our hashtag that captures what happens after you find the recipe. This week we've got shrimp two ways, a new way to eat breakfast oats, and more.

By Matt Duckor

March 23, 2016

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Old Bay peel-and-eat shrimp with potatoes is the only thing we want to eat right now.

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Not a fan of peel-and-eat? No problem—no peeling required with this tomato-and-garlic version.

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Great things happening in Sweden right now—like this fresh-outta-the-oven rye bread.

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Any recipe that requires one pan and yields chicken this good is a friend of ours.

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Truth: We had no idea a pan of vegetables could look so good.

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Mexican. Churro. Oats. That's all.

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