Category: Recipes
Seasonings for the Season
…or Tis the Season, or Spice it Up, or Seasons Greetings! Regardless, here’s some quick and easy and delicious spice mixes to whip up for last minute gifts.
Cozy Cocktails
Here are four holiday-themed cocktails to help toast the end of 2020: Santa’s Little Helper, Holiday Lights, Very Berry & Bright Cocktail and an Apple Spice Old Fashion.
Apple Cider Tea Cakes for Glimmer While You Can and a TLC Tour Stop
Let’s go back in time for this TLC Book tour stop, all the way back to 1962. I was please to get a advanced reader copy of Glimmer As You Can by Danielle Martin for an honest review. (And, there’s a great tea cake recipe.)
White Pumpkin Soup with Southwestern Spice
A couple of weeks ago, it was time to pull the fall decorations off the front porch before the pumpkins froze. I didn’t go all out with decorating so I just had a small pie pumpkin stacked on top of a squatty white pumpkin. (I used the roasted pie pumpkin in these donuts.) White pumpkins…
Olive Stuffed Eggs for A Frenzy of Sparks (a TLC Tour Stop)
A Frenzy of Sparks is set in the mid-1960s so I pulled out a retro 1964 cookbook for this recipe. Read on for a review of the novel by Kristen Fields as well as this vintage recipe.
Pumpkin Donuts for Knives Out and Food ‘n Flix
Knives Out is the November film for Food ‘n Flix: “A case with a hole in the middle…a donut…A donut. One central piece and if it reveals itself, the fog would lift, the arc would resolve, the Slinky become unkinked.”
“Secret” Meyer Lemon Scones for The Secret, Book & Scone Society
The Secret, Book & Scone Society is the current Cook the Books read. Here’s my review of this quaint little mystery along with a “secret” scone recipe. (The secret may be in the glaze…you will see…)
No-Bake Cocoa & Apricot Nut Bars from The What to Eat When Cookbook
For the TLC Book Tour stop today, there’s no novel. What we do have is a wonderful cookbook by the authors of What to Eat When. (And that’s no fiction!) About The What to Eat When Cookbook • Hardcover: 304 pages • Publisher: National Geographic (October 20, 2020) This inspiring cookbook/strategic eating plan–sequel to the wildly popular…
Thick and Hearty Minestrone with Roasted Piquillo-Mozzarella Paninis
Welcome to the TLC Book Tour stop for Murder in the Piazza by Jen Collins Moore. This book inspired a truly comforting meal of soup and sandwiches.
Happy Halloween with Death Becomes Her and “A Touch of Magic Cocktail to Beat Thyme”
I know this is an early Halloween celebration but it was much needed. Join me for October’s Food ‘n Flix Halloween event and a classy cocktail for any of your movie viewing.