HOLIDAY RECIPES

Exploring cuisines from around the World has given me insight into how other cultures celebrate the holidays. I share with you my favorite holiday recipes.

Making your own cranberry sauce is surprisingly easy and somehow satisfying. This orange ginger version is tart, sweet and bright. Make this traditional dish for your holidays and beyond.

Irish Beef and Guinness Pie is a rich and hearty savory pie made with beef, onions, carrots and Guinness Stout. The filling develops a velvety rich gravy as it simmers on the stove. Puff pastry caps the ramekins for a flaky topping. Serve with some tatties and a pint of Guinness for a complete, traditional Irish meal. What is your favorite Irish recipe?

This Turkish Middle Eastern semolina cake dessert gets its flavor from fresh lemon juice and zest. An easy sponge cake that bakes up quickly and absorbs a delightful lemony sugar syrup. Make your Turkish delight fancy with a star pattern and almond slivers.

Empanadas Columbianas is a traditional meat pie from South America with beef, tomatoes, onions, herbs and spices. Serve with your favorite salsa at your next fiesta. Deep fried, these pies will surely be the hit of the party.

A super moist pumpkin bread recipe made easy in a food processor. Whip up this pumpkin batter in minutes, pour into your favorite loaf pan and bake.  Simple. October through December seems to be the peak pumpkin bread eating season. It’s when the temperature starts dropping that I get gingerbread fairies dancing in my head …

A Fall favorite, pumpkin spice can be made ahead of time and added to your favorite dessert recipes.  Make this pumpkin spice recipe for coffee and have a quick, cozy pick-me-up in the Autumn afternoons. Pumpkin spice is the flavor profile used in pumpkin pie, an iconic American dessert.  Easy to make and full of …

A muffin twist on an iconic Jewish dessert served with maple-like brown sugar syrup and pecans.  This noodle kugel recipe is super easy; just throw ingredients in a pan, heat up, pour into muffin pan, bake.  That’s it!  The syrup and pecans makes this kugel recipe extra fancy. What is the BEST thing about muffins? …

A quick, sweet Christmas dumpling made easy with your jar of mince and dumpling wrappers.  Just fry, drain and sprinkle with powdered sugar.  The Christmas season isn’t all about baking cookies. My Secrets to a Minimalist Christmas I don’t know about y’all, but my Christmas season is super busy.  Working in the medical field, my …

An easy and simple apple quick bread with walnuts and Christmas mince. A great breakfast option and homemade hostess gift. This is my favorite recipe from my Christmas mince series.  The bread is moist, apple-y and made extra special with the addition of traditional mincemeat. I have made this bread in different variations by just …