How to Make Homemade Cranberry Sauce
Cranberry sauce is an absolute staple for Thanksgiving and Christmas as it goes so well with turkey and stuffing. You can easily buy canned sauce but homemade cranberry sauce is so
How to Make Green Beans with Caramelized Onions
You know those green bean casseroles that are drowning in canned mushroom soup and topped with canned onions? The ones where the green beans are all limp and soggy? Well, this is n
How to Make Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins
Imagine waking up to the aroma of allspice and nutmeg and cinnamon and cloves . . . heavenly? Well yes. That is what these pumpkin cream cheese muffins will deliver. They can be as
How to Make French Onion Soup
As far as I am concerned, there are two very important rules of thumb for a perfect French Onion Soup. The first one is you to have a concentrated beef stock. Beef stock is readily
How to Make a Quinoa Salad with Almonds and Dates
This quinoa salad can easily be served as a side dish. Consider serving it instead of green bean casserole at Thanksgiving. You will save yourself considerable amounts of calories
How to Make Pumpkin Cheesecake with Chocolate Crust
Pumpkin cheesecake with chocolate cookie crust . . . all I can think of is YUM! Pumpkin is all the rave this time of the year. It is readily available and used in everything from s
How to Make Roasted Pears with Sour Cream and Walnuts
Roasted pear is a luscious and sophisticated dessert yet it is extremely easy to make — especially if you are looking for a show stopper and are short of time. The process in
How to Make Sugar Cookies
How much prettier can this sugar cookie be? Not much! It is filled in the middle with chopped fruity candies that melt and resemble stained glass. Very colorful and enticing. What
How to Make Mashed Sweet Potatoes
These mashed sweet potatoes are enhanced with a chipolte infused cream which makes them absolutely divine. Chipotles are smoked jalapeños. They come in dehydrated form or ground i
How to Make Apple Bars with Salted Caramel
How hard it is to describe these apple bars without sounding like I am grossly exaggerating. But, please believe me when I tell you that they are such a divine creation you will dr
How to Make Mexican Wedding Cookies
Mexican wedding cookies are also known as Mexican wedding cakes or Russian tea cakes or Italian butter nuts or Southern pecan balls or snowballs. Whatever you call them, they are a
How to Make Wet vs. Dry Brine Turkey
There are two methods to brine turkey. One involves a wet solution — generally water but can be beer or wine — with about 35% salt, sometimes sugar and different spices