I'm just a chick who truly enjoys cooking and baking. These are my very favorite, always tried-and-true (well, at least once, usually many times), recipes. They're usually very simple - sometimes embarrassingly so - and the fact that I can make these dishes successfully means that most people can!
Appetizers, Snacks, and Dips
- Cranberry Baked Brie
- Deviled Egg Eyes for Halloween
- Feta-Stuffed Medjool Dates
- Guacamole
- Hummus!
- Jalapeno Ouch Rolls
- Kettle Corn Style Pumpkin Seeds
- Kopanisti (Greek Feta Spread)
- Parmesan Crackers
- Stuffed Mushrooms
Beverages
- Blender Mojitos
- Cranberry-Lime Champagne Cocktail
- Hot Buttered Rum
- Mulled Cranberry Cider
- My Formula for a Perfect Smoothie
- Rummy Lemonade with Peppermint Swizzle Sticks
- Spiced Apple Cider, Crock Pot Style
Breads and Muffins
- Apple Dutch Baby
- Apple Pie Muffins
- Apricot Coffee Cake with White Chocolate Pecan Streusel
- Banana Sour Cream Pancakes
- Blackberry Pie Muffins
- Buttermilk Biscuits
- Buttermilk Pancakes
- Cardamom Apple Pancakes
- Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread
- French Toast
- Fruit and Nut Scones
- Gingerbread Pancakes
- Hearty Buttermilk Pancakes with Raspberry-Honey Syrup
- Irish Soda Bread
- Mini Vanilla Scones
- Overnight Caramel Pecan French Toast
- Pain Perdu (Caramelized Louisiana French Toast)
- Pumpkin French Toast with Orange Honey Butter
- Sour Cream Apple Waffles
- Spiderrific Rolls for Halloween
- Strawberry Mini Scones
- Witch's Finger Breadsticks for Halloween
Vegetarian Dishes
- 45 Cent Potato Soup
- Bachelor Pockets (see veggie option)
- The Best Macaroni and Cheese Recipe Ever
- Black Beans and Rice
- Classic Cheese Fondue
- Crock Pot Vegetarian Chili
- Emerald Quinoa
- Fire-Roasted Artichokes with Chipotle Aioli
- Peanut Butter Noodles
- Pear and Brie Quesadillas
- Pumpkin Curry Soup
- Quinoa Tabbouleh
- Roasted Butternut Squash Risotto
- Roasted Squash with Rosemary and Feta
- Rosemary Roasted Potatoes
- Spinach Pesto Pasta (with portobello mushroom option)
- Sweet Potato, Onion, and Rosemary Frittata
- Teriyaki Chicken on the BBQ (see Tofu Option)
- Vegetarian Lasagna
- Watermelon, Feta, and Arugula Salad
Meaty Dishes
- Bachelor Pockets (see chicken option)
- Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Skewers, aka: "Love"
- Becky's Award-Winning Turkey Chili
- Drunken Pot Roast
- Slow-Cooked BBQ Chicken Sandwiches
- Spinach Pesto Pasta (with bacon option)
- Teriyaki Chicken on the BBQ
Dessert!
- Angel Bars
- Berry Crisp
- Blueberry-Lemon Sauce
- Buttermilk
Caramel Sauce
- Butterscotch Pie
- Butterscotch Pudding
- Carrot Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Dark Chocolate Macaroons
- Dolly Parton's Sugar Cookies
- Easter Basket Cupcakes
- Easy Peasy No-Lime-Squeezy Key Lime Pie
- Fruit Salad with Honey-Lime Dressing
- Gingerbread Pear Upside Down Cake
- Lemon Bars
- Lemon Sandwich Cookies
- No-Bake Cookies (Chocolate + Peanut Butter + Easy = Oh Yeah)
- Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Pine Bark
- Pistachio and Walnut Baklava
- Pumpkin Ginger Mini Cheesecakes with Dark Chocolate
- Reverse Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Rhubarb Crisp with Cinnamon Ice Cream
- Ridiculously Easy Brownies
- Secret Kiss Cookies
- Smiley Cupcakes
- Spider Cake (cake in the shape of a spider, not cake made of spiders)
- Trophy Cupcakes + Martha Stewart Cupcake Tree
Other Recipes and Ideas
- Damn, They're Good! I Try Recipes From Three of My Favorite Bloggers
- How To Get Those Darn Seeds Out of a Pomegranate
- More Fun with Halloween-y Food - Marshmallow Eyes and Mummy Wraps
- Preserving Parsley
