Recipes and crafts for each seasonal holiday
Crockpot potato soup with frozen hash browns is an easy, creamy, cozy dinner that cooks while you go about your day. There is no peeling and no chopping, because the frozen cube hash browns do the work for you. Cream cheese, butter, and skim milk make it thick and creamy. All you need is a…
Chocolate-covered Oreo Christmas ornaments are an easy no-bake Christmas cookie, and these ones are decorated to look like little hanging ornaments. Each Oreo gets dipped in melted chocolate, covered in sprinkles, and topped with a mini peanut butter cup for the cap. Every Christmas, everybody wants to grab the decorated Christmas Oreos in the store….
Crockpot stuffed peppers with tomato soup are an easy fall dinner that takes about 20 minutes of prep. You mix ground beef, uncooked rice, and a few pantry seasonings, stuff the green peppers, and let them cook low in tomato soup for 6 hours. This recipe makes 8 servings, so you will have plenty for…
This swamp potatoes crockpot recipe is a dump, stir, and go dinner made with baby potatoes, smoked sausage, and green beans. It cooks while you get on with your day, and the whole family will love it. The onion soup mix, Cajun seasoning, and butter make their own sauce right in the pot. The sausage…
This cranberry jello salad mold is a make ahead side dish with raspberry jello, pineapple tidbits, whole berry cranberry sauce, celery, and chopped pecans. It takes about 15 minutes to mix, then it chills for at least 24 hours until it is ready to slice. I made this one in my vintage Tupperware Jello mold,…
This crockpot chicken pot pie is an easy slow cooker version of the classic, made with chicken breasts, frozen mixed vegetables, and creamy soup. It cooks on low for 6 hours, then you shred the chicken and spoon it over warm Grands biscuits. The Story Behind This Crockpot Chicken Pot Pie My husband and I…
Crockpot cranberry meatballs are an easy holiday appetizer made with frozen meatballs, whole cranberry sauce, chili sauce, brown sugar, and Worcestershire sauce. You stir the sauce together in your slow cooker, add the meatballs, and cook them on low for 4 hours. A quick and easy holiday appetizer. From Grape Jelly to Cranberry Meatballs in…
These 16 Christmas breakfast ideas make Christmas morning easier, with make-ahead casseroles, muffins, quick breads, scones, pancakes, donuts, and a coffee cake. Many of them can be made ahead, so you can enjoy the morning with your family instead of standing at the stove. Every recipe here comes from my own kitchen. Birthday Cake for…
Ghost hot dogs are the cutest Halloween hot dogs you can make, and you only need two ingredients, fully cooked hot dogs and a can of refrigerated crescent roll dough. You drape a little square of dough over each hot dog half, poke two eyes and a round mouth with a straw, and bake them…
Pumpkin chia seed pudding with Greek yogurt is the closest thing to pumpkin pie for breakfast. It tastes like the filling from a slice of pie, and it has no added sugar. It is a delicious pudding and tastes like dessert for breakfast. You stir everything together in one bowl and let the fridge do…
Ninja Creami Pumpkin Protein Ice Cream is exactly what I want during pumpkin season. It tastes just as cozy as a pumpkin spice latte or a big bowl of regular ice cream, but without all the sugar and calories those treats carry. I love fall flavors as much as anyone. But between the coffee shop…
This apple crisp recipe is everything I love about fall in one dish, warm cinnamon apples under a golden, buttery crumble that turns crisp on top and soft underneath. It is the smell that fills my kitchen the whole season, and the recipe that reminds me why fall is my favorite time of year. Every…
Orange fluff jello salad is the recipe I think of every time our church has a potluck. It is a delicious, sweet, fluffy, creamy retro Jell-O salad. The dish is full of flavors from the mandarin oranges and the Cool Whip. While it is called a salad, it’s more like a dessert. It is a…
Zucchini cornbread casserole is the newest recipe to come out of our garden. Two weeks into zucchini season, and we already have more than we can keep up with. This casserole is full of fresh vegetables and is a full meal. If you love zucchini in the summer, you will love this on a warm…
I have made mashed potatoes so gluey they could pass for wallpaper paste, and it took me years of hosting Thanksgiving to fix it. When those hosting duties first landed on me, I ruined more batches than I want to admit, until I found the one tool that fixed it for good. This creamy mashed…
Hosting Thanksgiving goes just fine right up until it does not. The gravy goes lumpy. The rolls will not rise. You open the oven, poke the turkey, and realize it is nowhere close to done. Most thanksgiving hosting ideas out there are about planning ahead. This one is about the moment something goes wrong. I…
Every year around Thanksgiving, I hear the same thing from young moms. The kids want to help, and there is no room in the kitchen for anyone to help. I have been there. You are watching the turkey, the rolls are rising, and three little people are standing at your elbow asking what they can…
This Copycat Wendy’s Frosty recipe tastes exactly like the original, made right at home with your Ninja Creami. Three simple ingredients, a little patience while it freezes, and you have that rich, creamy Frosty flavor without leaving your house. My family goes crazy for this one, and Jim gives it two thumbs up every single…
This caramel apple pie protein ice cream is smooth and creamy, with sweet apple and a soft caramel swirl in every bite. Cool, creamy, and full of cozy caramel apple flavor, this protein ice cream tastes just like a scoop of real apple pie. Every scoop of this caramel apple pie protein ice cream is…
Low sugar zucchini bread is my answer to those garden zucchini that seem to multiply overnight. This loaf is moist and lightly sweet, and it skips the heavy oil and piles of sugar you find in most recipes. I have always loved a good zucchini bread, but I wanted a lighter version I could feel…