This week I am bringing to you a complete, holiday dinner menu consisting of 4 recipes. If you’re all ‘turkeyed out’ from Thanksgiving, then this is the menu for you. A complete holiday/Christmas menu In addition to this green bean casserole recipe, I have for you herb roasted beef tenderloin, cheesy rosemary mashed potato casserole (the best!) and you can’t have roast beef without my homemade creamy horseradish sauce....
You can let this Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken simmer in the Crockpot all day, or you can have it ready to go in a couple of hours. This chicken dinner will please all your tastebuds. With soy sauce, honey, and ginger and garlic, you have a deliciously tangy teriyaki chicken and sauce that can be served with other Chinese or Japanese dishes. I personally like to serve it with white rice or fried rice....
Your family is going to love this smashed potato recipe! They are super easy to make and so delicious. Gooey cheese, garlic, butter, and herbs on tender red potatoes makes for a mouth-watering side dish. While these roasted smashed potatoes make the perfect holiday side dish, they are so easy that you will want to make them regularly on weeknights. These pair perfectly with so many main dishes. Shredding Cheese From a Block This recipe uses a combination of mozzarella and parmesan cheeses....
The classic Manhattan just happens to be my favorite cocktail and I’ve been experimenting with how to make it just that little bit different. I settled on adding fresh orange to embrace winter citrus season and smoking it. It’s been a while since I posted a cocktail recipe. If my memory serves me, the last one was a classic Pimm’s for the summer . Come to think of it, I also have a delicious Winter Pimm’s that is served warm....
Do you like chewy cookies? These chewy chocolate chip cookies with vanilla pudding are going to blow you away! The simple addition of a box of instant vanilla pudding mix will have everyone asking for your chocolate chip cookie recipe. They are that good! There is some kind of magic in a box of Jell-O instant pudding mix. Aside from being a tasty dessert shortcut, it’s used in so many recipes to add creamy, rich texture....
I just love baking with fresh berries! I especially enjoy it in the early summer months when berries are in season. If you can find fresh, locally grown strawberries to make this Strawberry Pound cake, that’s amazing. Pick up some extra berries from the farmer’s market and make a fresh strawberry pie, iced strawberry tea, or strawberry shortcake next! I’m going on and on about fresh, local berries, but really, this cake works just as well with those berries that are shipped in to your grocery store in the winter too!...
Other Great Cookie Bar Recipes If you love how easy it is to make cookie bars, here are some others you should try: Back when I was at the end of my pregnancy with my first kiddo, my mom was really sick and near the end of her life. I felt overwhelmed with anxiety, sadness, and fear. One way I dealt with it? Baking sugar cookies. I baked this sugar cookie recipe probably 80 times in those difficult months....
When you are looking for what to make or bring to that next party, look no further than this amazing Taco Dip recipe. It comes together in minutes and it is a crowd favorite for sure! I’m obsessed with this recipe because it is delicious, easy to make, and we have the measurements to make a huge batch. Once you have that big batch made, you only need to pull out 3 tablespoons every time you want to replace a store-bought package of taco seasoning....
This really is an easy teriyaki salmon recipe that your family will love. It is prepared in the oven in one baking dish (which, in my opinion, is the best way), so there’s no mess from pan-frying and a cleaner cooking method. In addition, as the salmon cooks, this leaves you free to prepare your favorite side dish. We all know that salmon is one of the healthiest proteins to enjoy (for the fatty acids, vitamins, and great for weight management)....
We went to a Little League baseball game last weekend, and a foul ball came in our direction. It got launched into the massive fir tree we were sitting next to. I put my arms up over my head because I figured it would Plinko down somewhere random. And indeed it did, thunking on the ground hard, literally 6 inches from my baby’s head. Followed by a massive gasp from the entire crowd....
You only need 5 ingredients to make the most delicious, chocolatey pudding pie! Instant Jell-O pudding mix blends with heavy cream to make a simple, decadent, no-bake pie filling. Add the filling to a pre-made chocolate crust, then cover the whole thing with Cool Whip and chocolate shavings. It’s truly that simple, and you can make this pie in less than 10 minutes if you’re focused! If you love rich and creamy desserts, you have to try my No Bake Peanut Butter Pie next....
Creamed Spinach seems like a luxurious and fancy side dish that is perfect for holidays, but it is really easy to make! While this is an ideal Thanksgiving side dish, it is perfect even for just an average dinner. This fantastic vegetable side dish comes together simply with easy to find ingredients. It is decadent and delicious and perfect for a holiday table or to serve as a weeknight side....
Sometimes we get together with Eric’s out-of-state siblings (on a Google hangout) and play board games. We were playing Scattergories the other day when I caught Eric writing something down after the buzzer had gone off. “CHEATER!!!!” I yelled as loud as I could and we all started verbally abusing him. He looked at me with puppy dog eyes and earnestly said in an undertone, “I was writing you a note Karen…” Well then my heart melted and my eyes went starry and I said “Really?...
We got home yesterday from a weekend camping trip, and while unpacking the car I found a leftover cake mix (my brother is a master Dutch-ovener). I opened my extremely organized, spotless pantry, looking for the baking-mixes. Surely I have a spot for baking mixes? I couldn’t find it. So I threw the box in without looking and slammed the door as hard as I could. Sorry, Sarah. Your attempts to declutter my house with Japanese joy-sparking methods have failed....
What is Shuba Salad? Shuba is a beautiful Russian layered salad that originated in the soviet era, it’s made with cooked vegetables that are grated or diced, grated hard boil eggs, and chopped pickled herring fillets. Everything is layered in a springform pan with light mayo layers between the rest of the layers. What makes this salad so special is its “fur coat” which is the vibrant beet layer that covers the entire salad....
This is the non-tomato version of my Traditional Bolognese Sauce, with a few hours shaved off the cooking time, which is only 30 minutes. Though not technically white in color, it just means that there is no tomato in the recipe. Beef, veal, and/or pork is usually used along with mild Italian sausage (spicy can also be used) which brings just the right amount of flavor. To keep it simple, I like to use just beef and Italian sausage....
An Indian curry is made up of a blend of spices. There are many different spices in different combinations that are used to make the varieties of Indian curry that vary from mild to very spicy. The most common spices that you will find in Indian curries are cumin, turmeric, coriander and ginger. There are others that are less-known like cardamom, fenugreek and tamarind and Kashmiri or Kashmirilal (spicy red chilli powder) just to name a few for which there are any number of ways to blend the for differing results....
This year I’ve had so many readers who aren’t vegetarian ask for more meatless meals. With how expensive meat is, I totally get it. But at the same time, I understand that a lot of you aren’t looking for meat swaps or tofu recipes. You want a hearty, delicious meal that is meatless without screaming vegetarian at you. Let me introduce you to this amazing Veggie Quesadilla. It is meatless, but also filling, flavorful, and delicious in a way that will win over even the biggest meat lover....
This comforting drink makes me want to wrap up warm, go outside and play in the snow until I’m cold, just so I can come inside and enjoy a warming hot cup of this chocolate. Well, there’s no snow here in Southern California, but a girl can dream. If you like white chocolate, you will LOVE (yes, that much) LOVE this hot chocolate and it’s really easy to make! I also have some other white chocolate recipes that are just as festive like white chocolate, pistachio & cranberry fudge and white chocolate cranberry & pistachio bark....
I’m currently obsessed with these melt-in-your-mouth cereal bars! They literally take just 15 minutes to make, and I make a very simple version, as I use just THREE pantry ingredients. Peanut Butter Cheerio Bars are a sweet treat packed with crispy cereal, and creamy peanut butter that are so delicious and super simple to make. They are a great grab and go breakfast for those busy mornings when you don’t even have time to sit down for a bowl of cereal....
