When everything on your Thanksgiving table is beige and roasted… It’s nice to have a fresh and colorful salad. This one combines pear, cucumber and sweet red pepper tossed with dried cranberries, feta and pumpkin vinaigrette. Toasted pepitas (hulled pumpkin seeds) are sprinkled on the top. If you can find it, a drizzle of toasted pumpkin seed…
Make-Ahead Turkey Gravy
This recipe is life-saver! Ok, it won’t save your life – literally, but it will save you from doing that last minute gravy thing while all your guests are breathing down your neck wondering if dinner is ready yet. Can we eat now? Should we sit down? Is it ready yet? Can we eat now? How…
Herb and Garlic Roasted Olives
The perfect addition to a cheese board, antipasto or crudité platter. So simple to make and you won’t believe they started as a simple can of black olives.
Game Day Apple BBQ Pulled Pork
Time to strategize for your BIG GAME party! Check out the stats on this meal: A $16.00, 9-pound cut of pork shoulder makes enough pulled pork for 25+ sandwiches! 8 hours of hands-free cooking in your slow-cooker makes this pulled pork super easy, tender and juicy! Apple + BBQ sauce are the co-captains of this…
Slow-Cooker Pumpkin Turkey Chili
This chili is perfect for an autumn evening. Pumpkin lends a nice body to the chili and when combined with pumpkin pie spice adds a warm aroma and flavor.
Scrumptious Eyeball Poppers: Easy Halloween Dinner
A FUN AND EASY HALLOWEEN DINNER IDEA! Boo! I’ve been on a Halloween meatball kick! Meatballs are easy, delicious and make great eyeballs! My kids have come to expect some kind of a fun dinner before trick-or-treating and these have been some of our favorites. The Crescent Meatball Ghost Pops and the Creepy Crescent Peepers…
Creepy Crescent Peepers: Easy Halloween Dinner
A fun and easy Halloween dinner idea! Here are a few more fun Halloween Ideas:
Cream Cheese Stuffed Pumpkin Cupcakes
Warm spiced pumpkin cupcake stuffed with gooey chocolate chip cheesecake filling… Variety is the spice of life, so cream cheese stuffed pumpkin cupcakes or cream cheese stuffed chocolate cupcakes – What are you in the mood for? I set out to make a pumpkin version of the chocolate stuffed cupcakes I posted yesterday. I thought the gooey chocolate chip…
Cream Cheese Stuffed Chocolate Cupcakes
The last time I remember making these I was 14… I recall being amazed that there was vinegar in a cake recipe…seemed like a cool science experiment – combining vinegar and baking soda just like the lava you’d make for those paper maché volcanoes. No eggs, no baking powder, just a cool chemical reaction to…
Macaroni and Cheese with Mushrooms, Bacon and Shallots
Each year in early September Kennett Square, Pennsylvania (Mushroom capital of the World!) hosts a weekend long Mushroom Festival! They also host the Amateur Mushroom Cook Off which used to feature mushroom soups and now showcases mushroom appetizers. I competed in the cook off for the past four years, so I was thrilled when I…