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Easy Creamy Mashed Potatoes with Boursin Cheese
Easy Creamy Mashed Potatoes with Boursin Cheese Why You Should Give This Recipe a Try Mashed potatoes are the quintessential comfort food, pairing well with tons of different dishes. And while they are delicious and easy to make, why not take it up a notch? These Easy Creamy Mashed Potatoes with Boursin Cheese are just […]
Roasted Butternut Squash Galette with Goat Cheese
Why You Should Give This Recipe a Try Roasted butternut squash is a fantastic autumn ingredient – versatile and pairing well with all sorts of spices. We like to have roasted butternut squash tossed with a bit of olive oil and herbs as a simple and flavorful side dish. When we’re looking for something a little more fancy, though, I love to […]
Easy Homemade German Apple Strudel with Puff Pastry
Easy Homemade German Apple Strudel with Puff Pastry Why You Should Give This Recipe a Try I grew up in a neighborhood in NYC that boasted an incredibly diverse population. This meant exposure to all sorts of delicious foods from a variety of cultures. One of my favorite places was a bakery that served up […]
Best French Candy Recipe: Dark Chocolate Mendiants
Best French Candy Recipe: Dark Chocolate Mendiants Why You Should Give This Recipe a Try Sometimes you can satisfy your sweet tooth with a quick grocery store candy bar. Other times, you need a more sophisticated sweet treat that will still appease your craving like this Best French Candy Recipe: Dark Chocolate Mendiants. These dark chocolate mendiants […]
Quick & Easy Food Processor Irish Soda Bread Scones
I love homemade bread, but I don’t always have the time – or patience – to wait for dough to rise for a yeast bread. This easy and delicious Irish soda bread is a quick bread recipe transformed into moist scones rich with chunks of butter. It is the perfect treat not only for St. […]
Easy Single Crust Spiced Apple & Cranberry Pie Recipe
Easy Single Crust Spiced Apple & Cranberry Pie Recipe If you are looking for the perfect pie for the holiday season, something that tastes great and looks impressive, this Easy Single Crust Spiced Apple & Cranberry Pie Recipe is a great addition to your baking repertoire. Warm autumn spices incorporated into a mixture of apples, and tart cranberries are topped with […]
Easy Pumpkin Pie Bars with Gingersnap Crust
Easy Pumpkin Pie Bars with Gingersnap Crust If your love of pumpkin is anything like mine, you have to try these Easy Pumpkin Pie Bars with Gingersnap Crust. They are a little square of Thanksgiving on a plate. A creamy mix of pumpkin and evaporated milk mixed with warm spices – cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves – […]
Apple Mini Pies
A New and More Delicious Tradition: Apple Mini Pies It is mid November so my mind has naturally turned to Thanksgiving. Growing up, Thanksgiving was all about “tradition,” basically, eating the same foods every year. Because I was a kid in the early 70s, that generally meant a lot of frozen foods: corn niblets in […]
Chocolate Mousse Pie
Holiday Chocolate Mousse Pie For both religious and secular reasons, Easter is my favorite holiday. The weather is (usually) nicer. Things are blooming. There is chocolate. And while I love chocolate eggs and bunnies, there is probably only so much of that you can eat. Which is where this deliciousness comes in: chocolate mousse pie. […]
Puréed Butternut Squash
When are vegetables not like vegetables? When they taste DELICIOUS! Like this pureed butternut squash. Smooth, creamy, and flavored with maple syrup, cinnamon, butter, and heavy cream, you can eat this in place of mashed potatoes. We had this batch as a side to salmon, but I will absolutely make it again this week for […]