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Holiday
Flavor Mosaic recipes that are often served on specific holidays, such as Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, Valentine's Day, etc.
Red White and Blue Frozen Yogurt Bars
Red White and Blue Frozen Yogurt Bars are super easy, healthy, make ahead frozen desserts that are perfect for summer and for your whole family. Have you checked out Renee’s Kitchen Adventures blog? Today is your opportunity! While Renee is enjoying her vacation I’m playing on her blog and writing a guest post about these…
No Bake Strawberry Dessert Recipe Round Up
This No Bake Strawberry Dessert Recipe Round Up caps off this week at Flavor Mosaic by featuring some of my favorite No Bake Strawberry Dessert recipes from bloggers around the web. This is the first of a weekly series where I select a theme, such as No Bake Strawberry Dessert Recipes, and share some of…
Strawberry Margarita Pie
While I am busy working this week, I have some fabulous bloggers guest posting for me. Today Mary Ellen with That’s My Home is sharing her gorgeous, mouthwatering Strawberry Margarita Pie! Mary Ellen has been cooking and baking all her life and it shows. Take it away Mary Ellen! Hi everyone, I am Mary Ellen and…
German Chocolate Cookie Cups
German Chocolate Cookie Cups are easy, delicious cookie cupcakes with a chocolate cookie crust with a coconut pecan filling with chocolate chips that makes a wonderful dessert. Mr. Flavor Mosaic wanted something sweet. However, it was near the end of the week and I had not yet gone to the store to restock the pantry….
Red White and Blue Bark
While I’m busy working, one of my best blogging friends, Marion from Life Tastes Good, is going to share with you her Red White and Blue Bark, a very easy, fun, and patriotic 2-ingredient treat that is perfect for fourth of July. I know you will love her personable writing style, stunning photos, and delicious recipes….
Maple Chipotle Barbecue Pork Tenderloin
Maple Chipotle Barbecue Pork Tenderloin is a wonderful smoky, sweet, spicy, tangy, barbecue pork that is a perfect “Man Food” for Father’s Day and a Sunday supper. What better way to celebrate Father’s Day than to get together as a family for a Sunday Supper. Mr. Flavor Mosaic and I both lost our fathers way…
Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Scampi
Copycat Olive Garden Chicken Scampi is my homemade copycat recipe of Olive Garden’s popular Chicken Scampi dish with sautéed chicken breast, onions, and bell peppers served over pasta with a creamy garlic white sauce. The chicken scampi dish at Olive Garden is my Mother-in-Law’s favorite restaurant dish. If we ask her what she would like…
Cheesy Tomatillo Verde Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas
Cheesy Tomatillo Verde Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas are cheesy, creamy, spicy, chicken enchiladas that are easy to make and your family will love. I love Tex-Mex. I live in the right place. We have numerous excellent Tex-Mex restaurants in town. However, while I make other types of Tex-Mex recipes at home, I don’t often make…
Texas Barbecue Loaded Baked Potato Salad
Texas Barbecue Loaded Baked Potato Salad is a creamy potato salad dressed up like a Texas style loaded baked potato topped with barbecue sauce similar to what you would find in one of our local Texas barbecue restaurants. When I was a child, I would always add a touch of barbecue sauce to my potato…
Blueberry Crumb Bars
Blueberry Crumb Bars, made with fresh or frozen blueberries, with a buttery crumb topping, are a perfect dessert for a summer potluck, picnic, cookout, etc. With fresh blueberries that I needed to use up, I went searching for a recipe that was delicious but also easy to make and take to a party or potluck….
Bang Bang Chicken with Quinoa
Bang Bang Chicken with Quinoa is a quick and easy stir fry with a Bang Bang sauce, like that of Bonefish Grill, with Sriracha, Sweet Thai Chili Sauce, mayonnaise and other ingredients served over gluten-free quinoa. My blogging friend, Shelby, is on vacation this week, and she graciously allowed me to write a guest post…
Tex-Mex Mini Meatloaves
Tex-Mex Mini Meatloaves are delicious, quick and easy, single-serving meatloaves that you can make either on the grill or in the oven, and have dinner on the table in less than 30 minutes. No boring meatloaf here. These babies have an added Tex-Mex kick of taco seasoning, crushed tortilla chips, diced tomatoes and chilies, corn,…
Bacon Pasta Salad Primavera
Bacon Pasta Salad Primavera is an easy summer pasta salad with only 5 ingredients but plenty of bacon and a variety of Italian spring vegetables like you see in a pasta primavera dish. This Bacon Pasta Salad Primavera is best made ahead of time. This makes it perfect for Memorial Day or July 4th or…
Salsa Chicken
Salsa Chicken is about the easiest chicken dish you will ever see. It is amazing that it can be so delicious with so few ingredients, and so little work. For this recipe I used boneless, skinless, chicken thighs because they retain moisture better than chicken breasts when baking. However, boneless skinless chicken breasts would work…
Jalapeno Popper Pasta Salad
Jalapeño Popper Pasta Salad is my contribution to a Summer Salad Recipe Round up with several fantastic bloggers to celebrate May as Salad month. This Jalapeño Popper Pasta Salad is perfect for a barbecue, picnic, or pot luck…..spicy, creamy, crispy, and crunchy. This pasta salad includes jalapeños, and bacon just as in a jalapeño popper…
Oven Roasted Garlic Herb Parmesan Potatoes
Oven Roasted Garlic Herb Parmesan Potatoes…..just the name alone makes me hungry. Imagine buttery potatoes coated with olive oil, garlic, herbs de provence, and freshly grated parmesan cheese. MMMMM! I love potatoes pretty much any way you can fix them….mashed, baked, fried, but roasting especially brings out such a wonderful, earthy flavor to the potatoes,…
Cinco De Mayo Fiesta Menu
I’m sharing a fantastic Cinco de Mayo Fiesta Menu that includes a round up of Mexican inspired recipes that are perfect for your Cinco de Mayo Mexican Fiesta celebration or for any party or get-together! What is even better is that most are flavorful, spicy, and delicious without all the fat and calories! Let’s hear…
Fresh Mango Pico de Gallo Salsa
Fresh Mango Pico de Gallo Salsa is another variation of my Pico De Gallo Salsa made with a fresh mango, tomatoes, onion, minced garlic, fresh cilantro, a jalapeño, and lime juice. The first sentence that describes what makes up Fresh Mango Pico de Gallo Salsa is basically also the recipe. The most important ingredient in this…
Chicken Fajita Quesadillas with Pico De Gallo Salsa
Chicken Fajita Quesadillas with Pico De Gallo Salsa are oohey gooey cheesy, spicy, colorful and amazing! They are kind of like a Mexican or Tex-Mex version of a grilled cheese sandwich, except with flour tortillas instead of bread and with spicy pico de gallo and chicken in addition to the cheese. Since I had made…
Pico de Gallo Salsa
Pico de Gallo Salsa is a delicious, colorful, spicy, healthy Mexican or Tex-Mex appetizer dip that is perfect for the upcoming Cinco de Mayo or graduation celebrations! It will keep everyone happy since it fits into a vegan, gluten free, low carb, low fat, or Paleo diet plan. I LOVE Tex-Mex food. To me it…
Strawberry Muffins
These gorgeous Strawberry Muffins are sweet, light, fluffy, moist and delicious……and so easy to make. They are perfect for a Mother’s Day breakfast or brunch or for a sweet treat anytime. Even hubby and the kids could make these. With Mother’s Day around the corner, maybe you can hint to hubby that you would like…
Grandma Lois’ Spring Pea Salad
Grandma Lois’ Spring Pea Salad is my Mother-in-Law’s recipe that she has brought to every holiday gathering for years. It is a tradition. It would not be a holiday in our house without Lois or her pea salad. She gave me the recipe to share with you. I love it, not only because it is…
Lemon Strawberry Pound Cake with Chocolate Ganache
Lemon Strawberry Pound Cake with Chocolate Ganache is a variation of my Glazed Lemon Blueberry Pound Cake. With Easter around the corner, I wanted to create a strawberry dessert that is perfect for Spring and Easter. Strawberries are starting to come into season, and I love fresh strawberries. For several years one of our grandmothers…