Peppermint Kiss Chocolate Crinkle Cookies are yummy chocolatey, minty cookies that are perfect for any Christmas Cookie tray. On the day after Thanksgiving while everyone else is at the mall shopping, I love to crank up the Christmas music and bake Christmas cookies! It is so much fun and gets me in the Christmas spirit….
Holiday
Flavor Mosaic recipes that are often served on specific holidays, such as Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, Valentine's Day, etc.
Chocolate Mint Bark
Chocolate Mint Bark is a super quick and easy Christmas treat that will be welcomed on any Christmas baking list. My taste tester, Mr. Flavor Mosaic, gave these 2 thumbs up. You know those chocolate chips they have at the grocery store for the holiday season? The ones that have some chocolate chips and green…
Cranberry Pork
Cranberry Pork is pork sautéed in a sweet, tart, tangy, spicy sauce made with cranberries, red wine, and dijon mustard. I had leftover fresh cranberries and a small pork roast to cook. I waited to long to start a slow cooker dinner. So I cut the pork into cubes or pieces and decided to do…
Homemade Fresh Cranberry Christmas Cake
Homemade Fresh Cranberry Christmas Cake is an easy homemade moist white cake with orange zest that is made from scratch with fresh cranberries. This cake is perfect for a Christmas or holiday party. This cake screams Christmas to me! Maybe it’s the cranberries or the fluffy moist white cake with the hint of orange flavor….
Mini Corn Dip Taco Cups – Delicious Party Food
For me one of the most relaxing days is New Years Day kicking back with our family and close friends together watching football on the big screen at my sister’s house. Every year I bring my Mini Spicy Cajun Corn Dip Cups, which are mini corn tortilla “cups” filled with creamy, spicy, cheesy cajun corn dip made with Tabasco and baked. So easy, yummy, and mini! They are always a hit. You have to make a lot because they go fast!
Caramel Brittle Popcorn Snack Mix
Caramel Brittle Popcorn Snack Mix is a delicious combination Planter’s Brittle Nut Medley with popcorn drizzled with a sweet and salty caramel sauce.
Each year the day after Thanksgiving, my sister and I turn on the holiday music and spend the day baking holiday treats for Christmas parties and to give away as gifts. It is a fun way to spend the day with family and create some family traditions.
Pumpkin Eggnog Thumbprint Cookies
I love pumpkin! I love eggnog! So it seems natural to me to combine the two into one delicious cookie! And my Pumpkin Eggnog Thumbprint Cookies were born. Both pumpkin and eggnog represent the holidays to me. Each year I try to add a couple of new cookies to my holiday baking. This year I’m adding these yummy pumpkin thumbprint cookies with eggnog frosting.
Oven Roasted Green Beans
Oven Roasted Green Beans are so quick and easy they hardly qualify as a recipe. Yet they are so delicious your whole family will love them. As we get older we are trying to eat healthier, especially at the holidays to avoid those extra 7 pounds each year. These Oven Roasted Green Beans offer a…
Bacon Onion Horseradish Mashed Potatoes
Every other day when I am on a diet (wait, don’t tell me I’m the only one that does that) I look for ingredients that add flavor without adding additional calories. I was so happy to find De Nigris Seasoned Vinegars, especially their seasoned White Wine Vinegar, because they add amazing flavor to my everyday recipes without adding additional fat and calories. Another reason I like it is that it is all natural with no artificial preservatives.
Bacon, Onion and Horseradish Mashed Potatoes
We love mashed potatoes. It is a super flavorful potato recipe. However, when you add bacon, horseradish, and caramelized onions to buttery mashed potatoes, you take them over the top! The tangy notes of these horseradish-dijon mashed potatoes add an additional layer of flavor to traditional mashed potatoes, and the earthy flavor of the onion…
Red Wine Poached Pear Gorgonzola Salad #CleverlyPoached
Red Wine Poached Pear Gorgonzola Salad is a beautifully elegant green salad with bosc pears poached in red wine and combined with salty gorgonzola cheese and crunchy chopped walnuts for a flavor combination that is sure to impress your family and friends.
Pumpkin Sheet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
This Pumpkin Sheet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is an easy, delicious, moist pumpkin cake with a cream cheese frosting that the whole family will love. Tastes as good or better than the famous Pumpkin Roll Cake without the hassle of rolling the cake. For Thanksgiving a couple of years ago I decided it was…
Smokehouse BBQ Salsa Sliders
For this year’s Halloween get together I am serving these easy and delicious Smokehouse BBQ Salsa Sliders with pulled pork, pepper jack cheese, and pico de gallo salsa. We get together with our family and a few friends to hand out candy. This year, since I’m working, I’m making it easy on myself by using precooked FarmRich Pulled Pork BBQ.
Copycat Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli Soup
This Copycat Olive Garden Pasta e Fagioli soup is a wonderful, warm, hearty and comforting Italian inspired soup that is delicious and super easy to make. Finally, we are having some fall weather. For us that means temperatures below 90 degrees F. With fall football and festivals and cooler weather, I love making hearty cold-weather…
Jalapeño Popper Lasagna Rolls
Jalapeño Popper Lasagna Rolls are a combination of two favorites: jalapeño popper appetizers and traditional lasagna rolls. Lasagna noodles are rolled up with cream cheese, bacon, cheese, and jalapeños inside to make a spicy, cheesy appetizer or tapas. I love that these little Jalapeño Popper Lasagna Rolls are so versatile that they can either be…
Sun Dried Tomato Pesto Cheesy Potatoes
Sun Dried Tomato Pesto Cheesy Potatoes will make you a hero at your family get togethers. Cheddar cheese, sun dried tomato pesto, and scalloped potatoes combine for an easy, rich, creamy and cheesy side dish recipe. Who doesn’t love potatoes, especially cheesy potatoes with sun dried tomato pesto. I love potatoes prepared just about any way…
Garlic Parmesan Oven Roasted Cauliflower
Garlic Parmesan Oven Roasted Cauliflower is a delicious, healthy and savory side dish that is perfect for a weeknight meal or as a Thanksgiving or holiday side dish. Roasting gives vegetables such an earthy, savory flavor unlike any other cooking method. As a kid, I would not eat cauliflower. It was not until I was an…
Teriyaki Glazed Chicken
Teriyaki Glazed Chicken is an easy, delicious baked chicken dish with a sauce that perfectly balances the sweet, spicy, and salty Asian flavors. I was staring at a package of chicken tenders in the refrigerator trying to figure out a new, delicious, easy yet different way to fix them. I knew I wanted to bake…
Slow Cooker Country Style Boneless Pork Ribs
Slow Cooker Country Style Boneless Pork Ribs are sweet, tangy, smoky and delicious whether you make them as ribs or shred them for tacos or sandwiches. I bet you know how this goes. I wasn’t planning on making pork ribs. However, when I went to the grocery store, country style boneless pork ribs were on…
Pumpkin Cookie Dough Chocolate Truffles
Pumpkin Cookie Dough Chocolate Truffles are luscious little bites of sweet pumpkin cookie dough with chocolate chips and covered in creamy melted chocolate! Pure heaven! As you may have noticed, I LOVE pumpkin! Maybe it was the Pumpkin Praline Bread Pudding or the Pumpkin Tres Leches Cake that gave it away. It could also have…
Cranberry Chicken Salad Sandwich
This Cranberry Chicken Salad Sandwich, with cranberries, pecans (or walnuts), tomatoes, onions and celery, is a delicious way to use up leftover chicken without heating up the kitchen. I love chicken salad and chicken salad sandwiches. They taste great. They are creamy and crunchy, savory and even slightly sweet. They are a great way to…
Candied Peppered Bacon
Candied Peppered Bacon is a sweet and savory baked bacon that can be used in salads, vegetables, casseroles, pasta dishes, pizzas, and even desserts. Who doesn’t love bacon? It adds a smoky, salty, savory flavor to any recipe. So why mess with a good thing? Because I can. Sweet, smoky, savory bacon is even better….
Pumpkin Chipotle Vegetarian Chili
This smoky, spicy Pumpkin Chipotle Vegetarian Chili recipe makes a delicious, hearty, and budget-friendly fall or autumn one-pot pumpkin chili that is perfect for tailgating or game day. Fall is in the air and pumpkin is everywhere. Don’t believe me? Check out my other pumpkin recipes I have been busy making such as Pumpkin Praline…
Cinnamon Swirl Pumpkin Coffee Cake
Cinnamon Swirl Pumpkin Coffee Cake is a delicious pumpkin coffee cake with a buttery cinnamon-sugar mixture swirled throughout the cake. Have you ever made a mistake that ended up turning out much better than your original idea? That happened to me with this recipe, Cinnamon Swirl Pumpkin Coffee Cake. I originally set out to make Pumpkin…