Follow these 10 stress-free tips for hosting Thanksgiving dinner so you can enjoy spending time with family and those who matter most! Food Advertising by This post may contain affiliate links for your convenience. I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for […]
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How to Make a Bouquet Garni (and the perfect recipe to try it out!)
Find out how to make a bouquet garni to get all the delicious flavor of fresh herbs without the unpleasant texture of limp and waterlogged leaves. How many times have you forgotten to fish out that bay leaf from your pot of soup or your sauce? Or maybe you passed by that recipe that tells […]
How to Stretch Jarred Pasta Sauce (And Why You Should)
Never get stuck with dry pasta again! Try these six tips to stretch jarred pasta sauce to cover a pound of pasta and taste even better than out of the jar! Ever look at how many servings are in a jar of pasta sauce versus how many servings are in a pound of pasta? Food […]
7 Tips To Make The Best Holiday Brownies, Blondies, and Bars
I hate to admit it, but I nearly skipped the whole Thanksgiving thing this year. After Halloween was over, I jumped right into planning and testing recipes for the 3rd annual 12 Days of Christmas series. Since 2014 was all about holiday cookies, and 2015 was all about holiday candy, things are getting changed up […]
The Cheater’s Cookie Platter & a Peanut Butter Icing Recipe
With a little bit of chocolate and this peanut butter icing recipe, you can fool your guests into thinking you spent hours baking delicious holiday cookies! Food Advertising by This post may contain affiliate links for your convenience. I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide […]
Confession…We Cheated for Thanskgiving
Here’s a riddle for you…can you find the food on this table that’s store bought? Here’s a little hint: it used to gobble. That’s right. We bought a pre-cooked Thanksgiving Turkey last year. I’ll say it again: We bought a pre-cooked Thanksgiving turkey. And I have absolutely no regrets about it. Typically when I take […]
Foodie Friday: The Ultimate Thanksgiving Guide
Image via FoodandWine.com The very first date Husband and I went on was to a wine tasting in Charlottesville, VA. Ever since then, we have become wannabe oenophiles (read: total wine geeks). We have visited most of the wineries in the Shenandoah Valley and several wineries in Maryland. When we got engaged, we celebrated […]