My all time favorite Christmas treat is a chocolate covered cherry cordial. Each year, this is something that my husband buys me for my stocking, and he knows that I’ll be thanking “Santa” for these bonbons. Home made chocolate covered cherries are a pop of delicious fruity, sweet flavor in your mouth and an extra…
A Mudslide Cocktail Recipe is a decadent mixture of vodka, coffee flavored Kahlua and Bailey’s Irish Cream. This delicious Baileys Irish cream mudslide recipe is both a drink and a dessert. It is one of my favorite cocktail recipes. Making Baileys drinks will guarantee one thing for sure – that delicious, rich flavor of Irish…
These peppermint Rice Krispie ball cookies are so tasty and look really festive too. They have a crunchy cereal base dipped in white chocolate with a fun candy cane holder. I love making cookies this time of the year for cookie swaps. Another great Christmas cookie recipe is the one for lemon snowball cookies. They…
Making the perfect Gingerbread House is a cinch with these tips. From using muffin tins for supplies to the right icing, these steps will make the task of making gingerbread houses quick and easy. The taste of gingerbread desserts just seem to go along with Christmas in my mind. Check out these gingerbread Christmas tree…
This microwave peanut brittle is simple to make but looks like you made a trip to the candy shop. It comes together in just minutes and tastes amazing. Homemade nut brittle is one of our favorite Christmas recipes Nothing says Christmas to me quite like walking into a candy store and buying a box of…
These lemon snowball cookies are snowball shaped bites of melt in your mouth sweet deliciousness. This snowball cookie recipe is perfect for a cookie swap and will be a cookie recipe that you will love to make each Christmas. Oh the weather outside is frightful and the time is just delightful – or something like…
No holiday season would be complete without the buttery and crisp taste of a Scottish Shortbread cookie. Biting into crunchy shortbread cookies gives you a light as air texture and taste that just can’t be beat. My husband is from England and every Christmas, I find him a box of Walker’s Shortbread cookies. During the…
This delicious Bailey’s fudge recipe has a surprise addition of coffee for a great flavor. It is creamy and sweet and has a lovely consistency. This year, make some Irish Cream Fudge as a part of your Christmas traditions! Who doesn’t love the taste of a glass of Bailey’s Irish cream during the holidays? It…
If you like a fudge with texture this is, hands down the best tasting fudge ever! If you love Reese’s peanut butter cups, you will want to dive right into this pan as soon as it sets. IT IS THAT GOOD! This Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Fudge has everything that you want in a fudge…
Cranberries are one of those foods that always seem to find their way onto the holiday table. These lovely Cranberry Pecan Crostini Appetizers are the perfect appetizers to start your gathering. They are wonderful as a bite with drinks before dinner, and also make a lovely starter to a meal when served on small plates with…
‘Tis the season for fudge, and brownies, and truffles. These Fudge Brownie Truffles combine all of my favorite tastes in one delicious bite.They are so tasty that they’ll deserve pride of placement on your holiday dessert table. The holidays give me an excuse to cook up a batch or two of my favorite treats. I…
My mother died a year ago so she missed out on our last Thanksgiving and Christmas. One of her time honored traditions was to serve a pumpkin cake each year, for both of these holidays, with her special toasted coconut frosting. She is not here this year, but that does not mean the cake will…
Are you a grocery bag hoarder? I have always been one. They have so darn many uses, that it is a shame to just throw them away when you come back from a shopping trip. But keeping them tidy can be a problem. This DIY Grocery Bag Dispenser Tutorial gives me a place to keep…
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SamsClubMag #CollectiveBias It’s time for a roasted root vegetable medley. Fall flavors combined to make this roasted root vegetable medley a hit with your family. This post may contain affiliate links for your cooking experience. For me, fall is…
My favorite type of desserts to make are bars and squares. The main reason is the simplicity of making them. Many bars recipes are no bake, and even the ones that require time in the oven are still easy to put together. They are also “forgiving” in that you can substitute one ingredient for another…
If you are looking for me in December, you will likely find me in my kitchen making fudge. I love to eat it. I love to make it, and I love to take pictures of it. I’d make it year round if my hips would not cry out in frustration from the extra calories. This…
Treat your family to a holiday ham this Perfect Holiday Christmas instead of a turkey. This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #ForTheLoveOfHam #CollectiveBias For years, our family always had turkey at both Thanksgiving and for our Christmas meal. But a few years ago, I…
Christmas morning is always special at our house. We open our Christmas gifts throughout the day, not just in one mad rush, and we stop mid morning for a nice Christmas breakfast or brunch. These eggnog muffins will be sure to become one of our holiday favorite brunch additions in years to come. It’s Christmas…
My husband is a pecan pie fanatic. He loves everything about it. Except for the calories, that is. He’s been trying to lose a bit of weight and having a whole pecan pie on the table for the holidays might be just a bit more than he can resist. Enter my recipe for pecan pie…
These Funfetti® peppermint chocolate truffles are my latest addition to a growing batch of truffle recipes. Truffles are as much a part of my holiday traditions as decorating a tree is. I love to make all kinds of these bite sized Christmas treats. They are fun to make, and look so great on a holiday…
One of my fondest holiday memories, for both Thanksgiving and Christmas, is my mum’s butterscotch pie. The pie is rich and creamy, sweet and mum use to make batches of them every year. (She had to make extras, or there would be none left after my brother got started on them.) Celebrate the Holidays with…
Home Made Almond Joy is Easy to Make One of my favorite candy bars is an almond joy. I’m pleased to say that home made almond joy candy is very easy to make, so you can have it as often as you want, without a trip to the grocery store. The recipe couldn’t be more…
Kitchen Gift Guide. Anyone who cooks normally also loves kitchen products and food gadgets, so I have created a Gardening Cook 2014 Kitchen Gift Guide. If you are looking for something special to treat someone that you love who spends a lot of time in the kitchen, this gift guide should give you lots of…
The holidays are the one time of the year when I love making fudge and have it on hand all the time. I love it all year round, but my waist line won’t let me keep in handy. Or rather, I have no self control when it comes to fudge. ..hanging head in shame! This round…
Avoid Holiday Weight Gain The holidays are here, and for many this means week so entertaining, indulging and basically forgetting to eat well. Extra junk calories seem to be everywhere, from eggnog, to fudge, to chocolates in your stocking. As fun as this is to enjoy all of these, it you do, it inevitably leads…
I love making fudge. It is my favorite sweet treat. I don’t make it very often, since I try to watch my weight, but Christmas time is when I forget about that and make batches of it to eat and to share. This recipe for white chocolate mosaic fudge uses green and red cherries to…
