This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #EffortlessPies #CollectiveBias With the holiday season around the corner, these quick and easy Ginger Pumpkin Mini Cheesecake Pies, with only four ingredients, will save you time and stress during the holiday season. I can’t believe the holidays are around the…
Thanksgiving
Find scrumptious Thanksgiving recipes for your holiday dinner. We have everything from turkey, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, and pumpkin praline bread pudding.
Buffalo Blue Cheese Potato Croquettes
Buffalo Blue Cheese Potato Croquettes have soft and creamy Ranch flavored mashed potatoes on the inside and are crispy and spicy with Buffalo Wing sauce on the outside and make an awesome side dish or appetizer for the holidays or any time of year!
Butterfinger Buckeye Brownies
Butterfinger Buckeye Brownies are fudgy brownies topped with a sweet peanut butter layer and a chocolate ganache that is sprinkled with Butterfinger bits! These make awesome dessert bars for tailgating or any party. Before we get to the Butterfinger Buckeye Brownies, we must talk football with the Gridiron Grub Guru himself! Greetings from the Gridiron…
Pumpkin Walnut Crunch Cake
This sweet, creamy, crunchy Pumpkin Walnut Crunch Cake is similar to other Pumpkin Crunch Cake desserts but uses walnuts instead of pecans, and a homemade “cake mix” instead of a packaged cake mix, and includes a sprinkling of cinnamon sugar on top. Serve warm with ice cream for a crowd-pleasing Fall or Thanksgiving dessert! With…
Apple Maple Bacon Pancakes
Apple Maple Bacon Pancakes combine apples, bacon, pancakes and maple syrup for an incredibly delicious breakfast that is perfect for a Fall weekend. Cool mornings with the beautiful red, gold, and green leaves of Fall foliage tell us that Autumn is upon us. OK, maybe not yet in Southeast Texas but in Canada and many…
Brennan’s Houston Bananas Foster
This Brennan’s Houston Bananas Foster recipe, with fresh bananas and ice cream covered in a buttery, brown sugar, rum-laced sauce, is from the famous Creole fine dining restaurant, Brennan’s, in Houston, Texas. I had the opportunity a few weeks ago to attend a Houston Food Blogger Collective Event at Brennan’s Houston to sample and learn about…
Strawberry Pretzel Dessert Mini Parfaits
Strawberry Pretzel Dessert Mini Parfaits are a lightened up version of the traditional Strawberry Pretzel Dessert (or Salad) made with Greek yogurt and served in portion-controlled sized mini mason jars. I created this recipe as part of a sponsored series with Socialstars and SPLENDA® Brand; all opinions are my own. #SweetSwaps #SplendaSweeties When I was…
Watergate Salad
This Watergate Salad, also known as Pistachio Salad, Pistachio Delight or Pistachio Fluff or Green Fluff, can be a side salad or dessert salad and is a sweet, cool, crunchy dessert made with pistachio pudding, whipped topping, crushed pineapple, mini marshmallows, pecans, and coconut. Whether it brings back memories of carnivals, county fairs, backyard BBQ’s…
Asiago Bruschetta Roasted Asparagus
Asiago Bruschetta Roasted Asparagus, with tomatoes, garlic, onions, and asiago cheese, makes a healthy gourmet side dish that can be on the table in 15 minutes and is perfect for brunch, or a weeknight or holiday dinner. Asiago Bruschetta Roasted Asparagus is actually my recipe to share with our family. I would love to make…
Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Pie
This Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Pie makes a super easy no-bake dessert for a holiday dinner or party. However, with all the chocolatey peanut butter deliciousness no one will ever know that it was made with greek yogurt. Pie is a must for any of our family holiday dinners or parties, whether it is for…
Chicken Tetrazzini with Asiago Cream Sauce
This incredibly delicious Chicken Tetrazzini with Asiago Cream Sauce makes an awesome casserole with chicken (or turkey) and linguine (or spaghetti) pasta, is easy to make and is a real crowd-pleaser. It is a great recipe to use up leftover chicken or turkey after a holiday or any day. Chicken and pasta are two of my favorite foods…
Eggnog Tres Leches Cake
This sweet, moist, rich Eggnog Tres Leches Cake recipe makes a unique and impressive Christmas or holiday dessert that your family, friends and guests will love. I love to take this Eggnog Tres Leches Cake to either our family Christmas dinner or a holiday party. We took it over to our friend’s house last night,…
Cajun Herb Prime Rib Roast
This Cajun Herb Prime Rib Roast, also known as a ribeye roast, will bring family and friends together around the #SundaySupper or holiday table to enjoy its tender and juicy roasted flavor. For us, the holidays mean we often get to see family and friends that we don’t get very often. We look forward to it…
Sausage Mediterranean Cups
These Sausage Mediterranean Cups, with sausage, feta cheese, olives, thyme, and tomatoes, make tasty appetizers for Thanksgiving or a Holiday party and help make the holidays more memorable. This post is sponsored by Randalls stores and Pillsbury™. I used Pillsbury’s Grands! Flaky Layer Biscuits, purchased at my local Randalls, to produce this awesome appetizer. Each year…
Easy Cornbread Dressing
This Easy Cornbread Dressing recipe, or stuffing if you prefer, is a must for a family’s Thanksgiving holiday table. At our house it would not be Thanksgiving without it. Hopefully, it will become your favorite too. Click here to receive FREE recipes in your inbox! Cornbread Dressing – A Favorite Thanksgiving Side Dish Thanksgiving would not be…
Homemade Cranberry Sauce
This Homemade Cranberry Sauce is so easy, it can be made in 15 minutes, with only 3 ingredients, one of which is fresh cranberries, and tastes far better than the canned stuff. When I was a kid, and even when I was a young adult, I had never tried cranberry sauce, other than what came out of…
Orange Pomegranate Rosemary Pork Roast
I was excited to be asked by the National Pork Board to participate in their Porksgiving program that honors people, who take the time to help others, by preparing a home cooked meal for them in recognition of their contributions. The hope is that this program will inspire others to thank those who go the extra mile to help others, such as teachers, caregivers, military, volunteers, and others. One of the best way to show your thanks is to prepare a home cooked meal for them.
Reduce Stress at Thanksgiving with Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes
Planning a Thanksgiving dinner, whether for a few people or a large group, can be stressful. Learn the tips and tricks to make Thanksgiving easier and less chaotic. Guests show up late? No problem. Dishes take longer to cook than expected? No problem. Not enough oven space for all the dishes to cook? No problem….
Pumpkin Pecan Cheesecake Bars
These sweet Pumpkin Pecan Cheesecake Bars with a crunchy Gingersnap crust, a layer of creamy pumpkin cheesecake, and a crumbly pecan topping drizzled in a sweet vanilla glaze make this a fantastic fall dessert. Previously, in my Pumpkin Praline Bread Pudding post, I wrote about my quest to make a yummy yet easy pumpkin dessert…
Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Cake
This Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Cake made with fresh apples, cinnamon, chopped pecans, and a cream cheese filling, topped with a vanilla glaze is a delicious fall dessert your guests will love. Yay!! It’s Fall baking season, which means it is fall apple season! Never mind that it is 100 degrees outside here, I just crank up the a/c and start baking fall desserts! Baking makes me happy. Apples make me happy. So this Apple Pecan Cream Cheese Cake makes me very happy!!
No Bake Peanut Butter Butterfinger Pie
This No Bake Peanut Butter Butterfinger Pie, with a Nutella chocolate hazelnut spread swirl, is an ultra rich and decadent make-ahead frozen chocolate candy pie that requires no baking. I’ve been on a dessert kick lately. Not only dessert, but frozen desserts. Not only frozen desserts but No Bake frozen desserts like the No Bake Banana…
No Bake Banana Pudding Cream Pie
This easy No Bake Banana Pudding Cream Pie recipe is super easy to make and requires no baking! Yay! Yet it still has that creamy banana cream filling over the crunchy graham cracker crust and vanilla wafers. This No Bake Banana Pudding Cream Pie Recipe tastes wonderful this time of year. Best of all, for the…
Green Bean Potato Salad with Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto
This easy gluten-free Green Bean Potato Salad with Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto makes an outstanding side dish to take to a summer picnic or potluck because it has no mayo and only 5 ingredients. This Green Bean Potato Salad with Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto recipe features: A delicious Gluten-Free side dish Gourmet ingredients, such as Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto Only…
Savory Herb Monkey Bread Rolls
Savory Herb Monkey Bread Rolls are soft, buttery, pull-apart rolls with garlic, parmesan cheese, italian seasoning, and parsley on top of rolls made with bites of crescent roll dough. Savory Herb Monkey Bread Rolls are easy because they start with refrigerated crescent roll dough. Then you cut the crescent roll dough into strips and roll…
