April 3rd, 2010 
My Health I want to do some baking for gifts and need some good recipes. Any ideas or recipes are welcomed. Thanks!
March 29th, 2010 My Health I am going to make cookies for my family and friends this holiday, I want to make a nice, well rounded mix. I am looking for 2-3 EASY cookie recipes that will make 1-2 dozen cookies per recipe batch. I already plan on making peanut butter and chocolate chip cookies, and lemon squares. Either post your own recipe or links to another. Thanks :]
February 10th, 2010 My Health
This fail-safe chicken and rice recipe is perfect for holiday entertaining since it's easy, affordable and feeds a large group. Also, everyone loves it! Visit foodwishes.com, to get the ingredients, and watch over 300 free video recipes. Leave me a comment there. If you have questions, ask on the website. Thanks!!
December 31st, 2009 My Health 
We are always looking for holiday cooking recipes that are fast, easy and tasty. Usually deciding what to cook as the meat dish for a holiday is easy, but then we need fast and easy accompaniments that will complement the taste of the meat. Here is one that is really quick and easy to make and it will go with any meat. It is luxurious and tasty yet easy to make. You only have to take care with the dressing, but if you follow the instruction carefully there should not be a problem.
Fruit Medley
Ingredients:
1 (20 oz.) can pineapple chunks, reserve juice
1/3 C sugar
1 T cornstarch
1 T lemon juice
1/8 t salt
2 eggs
1 ripe banana, sliced
1 C seedless green grapes, halved
1 (11 oz) can mandarin oranges, drained
1 (10 oz.) jar red maraschino cherries, drained
1 C miniature marshmallows
Method:
Place the reserved pineapple juice into a small saucepan.
Whisk in the sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice and salt until smooth.
Place the pan over medium heat and bring to a steady boil.
Stirring continuously, cook the mixture 3 minutes or until the sugar has completely dissolved.
Remove the pan from the heat.
Place the eggs in a separate bowl and beat slightly with a fork.
Pour 2 T of the hot dressing mixture and stir quickly to combine; you do this to prevent the egg from curdling.
Pour the egg mixture into the remaining dressing mixture.
Place the pan back on the stove over low heat and bring to a gentle boil.
Stirring continuously cook the mixture for 2 minutes.
Remove from the heat, pour into a bowl and allow the dressing to cool to room temperature.
In a salad bowl fold together the pineapple chunks, bananas, grapes, oranges, cherries and marshmallows.
Drizzle the cooled dressing into the fruit and toss to combine.
Serving Size: 8
This refreshing fruit medley is easy to make and a hit at many dinners. Serve it over torn lettuce and sprinkle a few chopped pecans over the top for an added treat. If your budget does not stretch far enough for the pecans, sweet basil or parsley will work as well, not too much though, you do not want to kill the delicate taste!
There is one more thing you need to keep in mind with this holiday cooking recipe, do all the preparations in advance except the bananas as they will go brown. Now it will take only a few minutes to slice the bananas and combine all the ingredients. This holiday cooking recipe will complement any meal.
Do you want to make all your holiday cooking a lot of fun! No problem, for many more tasty holiday recipes, have a look at Hendrika’s Blog: Easy Holiday Recipes. You can also have a look at her Hub Family Love Valentines Food
December 29th, 2009 My Health Getting ready for a Halloween or Autumn Theme Party can be a lot of work so when choosing recipes, look for ones that are:
Are simple to make
Have few ingredients
Hold up well over time
Are pleasing to look at and of course,
Taste great!
We polled our friends and relatives to get their favorite recipes for Halloween and Autumn. Some of our favorites can be found here including Swamp Dip, Chocolately Holiday Bark and Spiced Cranberry Apple Cobbler served with Cinnamon Vanilla Ice Cream.
Hot Halloween Appetizer–Swamp Dip (aka Creamy Feta Spinach Dip)
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
1 cup onion, chopped
1 small red bell pepper, chopped
1 tablespoon garlic, finely chopped
2 tablespoons flour
1/2 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup feta cheese
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1/4 cup plain yogurt
1-10 oz. package spinach leaves, stems removed, cut into thin strips
1/8 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
Salt and pepper
Dippers including crackers, bread chunks and assorted vegetable sticks
Melt butter in 10-inch skillet and add onion, red pepper and garlic. Cook over medium heat until softened. Stir in flour and continue cooking 1 minute.
Whisk in broth and whipping cream. Continue stirring until mixture is thickened.
Add cheese, seasoning, yogurt, spinach and hot pepper sauce and stir until spinach wilts and mixture is heated through. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
This Halloween appetizer is best served warm with dippers.
Easy Halloween Dessert–Chocolately Holiday Bark
The best thing about this Chocolatey Holiday Bark recipe is that you can customize it for every holiday or theme party. For Halloween, use white chocolate and candy corn. For a Football party, milk chocolate and candy the color of your favorite team. The possibilities are endless.
Ingredients
16 chocolate sandwich cookies, chopped
1-1/2 cups broken small pretzels
1/3 cup raisins
1-1/2 pounds chocolate, broken into squares
2 cups candy (M & M’s, candy corn…)
Sprinkles
Start by spreading the cookies, pretzels and raisins evenly onto a lightly greased small baking sheet.
Melt chocolate in a bowl set over a pan of simmering water, or in the microwave, stirring frequently until melted. Remove from the heat while there are still a few chunks, and stir until smooth. Watch carefully as chocolate can burn easily.
Drizzle chocolate with a spoon over the goodies in the pan, spreading the top flat to coat evenly. Top with candy and sprinkles. Let cool until firm. Break into pieces and store in an airtight container.
You can usually find sandwich cookies the color of the holiday (orange for Halloween, red for Christmas…). Coordinate the cookies, chocolate, candy and sprinkles to match the holiday or theme of your party.
Most Requested Autumn Dessert–Spiced Cranberry Apple Cobbler
This Autumn Recipe is the perfect dessert for a cool Fall night.
Ingredients
4 cups cranberries
6 Granny Smith apples, peeled and sliced thin
2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups plus 1 tablespoon flour, divided
4 tablespoons butter, cut into bits
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup shortening (I use butter flavored)
1-1/2 cups sour cream
2 teaspoons sugar
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine cranberries, apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, ground cloves and 1 tablespoon flour in 3-quart baking dish. Mix evenly and dot top with butter bits
Stir together remaining 2 cups flour, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. Cut shortening in using pastry blender or 2 knives until crumbly. Add sour cream and blend well (dough will be sticky).
Drop dough by spoonfuls on top of fruit mixture. Sprinkle with sugar and bake for 20 to 30 minutes on middle rack until top is golden.
Spiced Cranberry Apple cobbler is outstanding served with Cinnamon Vanilla Ice Cream. It is hard to find in stores so you can make my own. Add a teaspoon of cinnamon to a pint of softened vanilla ice cream and re-freeze. When ready to serve, put a big scoop on top on each bowl of warm cobbler.
Sandee Lembke from Theme Party Queen.com invites you to visit her site for more Halloween and Autumn Party ideas including a no-fail, 3-loaf recipe for Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread served with Honey Butter.
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