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May 31, 2025

Amish Country Casserole

This Amish country casserole is an easy, hearty, economical, and satisfying dish for feeding your family. 

Amish Country Casserole in blue and white casserole dish.


This casserole is the epitome of easy comfort cooking. Throw together pasta, ground beef, an easy sauce, and a topping of cheese, and you you can get dinner on the table within an hour. 

May 26, 2025

Western Muffins (or Denver Muffins)

These western muffins include the flavors of a western omelet to create a tasty and savory muffin. 

Western muffins on a cake plate.


These Western Muffins are a take on the ingredients western omelet (or a Denver omelet). 

May 24, 2025

Breakfast Pizza

This breakfast pizza is so easy to make and the results are so tasty and satisfying. It makes fantastic leftovers too. 

Breakfast Pizza Slices on two white individual plates.


This breakfast pizza recipe comes together in very little time, and you can use a precooked crust to make it even easier. 

May 24, 2025

Gochujang Blondies

These gochujang blondies are a wonderful blend of spicy and sweet in a blondie, a cookie bar with the chewy and gooey texture of a brownie, but without the cocoa. 

Gochujang Blondies on a white plate.


These blondies are made with a combination of light and dark brown sugar and are packed with butterscotch chips, white chocolate chips, and caramel bits. Then, they are topped and swirled with a gochujang "caramel" before baking. 

May 21, 2025

Cheese Tortellini Soup with Kielbasa and Kale

This cheese tortellini soup with kielbasa, kale, and cannellini is so crazy good. It's also incredibly easy to make. 

Cheese Tortellini Soup in two while bowls.



I loved the Polish smoked kielbasa in this soup. It was all I could do not to just pick out all of the kielbasa out of the pan and eat it. 

May 16, 2025

No Bake S'mores Pie

This No Bake S'mores Pie is a wonderful way to use the flavors of your favorite campfire treat to create a showstopping dessert. 

Two slices of No Bake S'mores Pie on two small plates.


You don't need a campfire or metal skewers (or as my Girls Scout troop used to use, untwisted metal hangers) to make this dessert! 

May 14, 2025

Chocolate Sablés

Chocolate sables are a lovely French shortbread cookie that has a "sandy" crumbly texture. 

Chocolate Sablés in a white bowl on a red checkered cloth.


These are wonderful, pop-able chocolate cookies. These cookies are rustic in appearance and sophisticated in flavor. With two kinds of chocolate, both cocoa flour and grated bittersweet chocolate, these cookies will satisfy your cravings. 

May 13, 2025

Alabama Orange Rolls

These Alabama Orange Rolls are so deliciously "orangey" in such a good way. And there's no cinnamon involved... just orange and more orange to flavor, fill, and glaze them. 

Alabama Orange Rolls topped with glaze place on a plate.


Alabama Orange Rolls (or simply Orange Rolls in Alabama) are a sweet, sticky, and gooey treat you'll enjoy for breakfast, brunch, tea, or even dessert. Serve them with mimosas for a fun morning hanging out with friends. 

May 12, 2025

Red, White, and Blue Potato Salad

This red, white, and blue potato salad is a tasty addition to a Memorial Day or summer potluck or barbecue. 

Red, White, and Blue Potato Salad in two white bowls.

 

This potato salad includes a combination of gold, red, and purple mini potatoes tossed in a simple oil and vinegar dressing rather than a mayonnaise-based dressing. 

May 6, 2025

Thai-Style Turkey and Jasmine Rice Soup

This Thai-Style Turkey and Jasmine Rice Soup is a tasty way to use up any leftover turkey (or chicken) meat. 

Thai-Style Turkey and Jasmine Rice Soup in two bowls with limes on the side.


Instead of making the usual turkey noodle soup, try this Thai-style version of turkey soup. The broth is flavored with lemon grass, ginger, and garlic for a bright taste, and the vegetables in the soup are simmered for just a short time, until they are "crisp tender."

May 3, 2025

Cornbread Æbleskiver (Aebleskiver)

These Cornbread Æbleskiver are a fun take on the traditional Danish pancake. 

Cornbread Aebleskivers in a bowl with a side bean and tomato salad.


Danish aebleskiver traditionally are made with flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, milk or buttermilk, and eggs. Although less common, there are also yeasted versions, similar to the Dutch poffertje. They are traditionally served three on a plate.