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Easy Butter Rich Spritz Cookies

Classic and easy butter-rich spritz cookies are some of the most iconic Christmas treats! They're just perfect little bite-size bundles of melt-in-your-mouth buttery yumminess! Light, tender and delicate in texture, subtly sweet in flavor . . . and did I say 'easy'? It's just nice to have something easy and delicious! Simplicity is something I strive for during the crazy holidays! Christmas spritz cookies are the perfect choice for gift-giving since they can be baked ahead of ...

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Amazing Cheesy Italian Turkey Tetrazzini with Garlic Buttercrumb Topping

Amazing Turkey Tetrazzini

Comfort food is just the best, isn't it? And what could possibly be more comforting than turkey (or chicken) with pasta in a heavenly, creamy sauce filled with delicious mushrooms and veggies? It’s rich, creamy, and delicious- the ultimate comfort food! For a delicious, hearty, and filling casserole, you're going to go crazy over this recipe for truly AMAZING Cheesy Italian Turkey Tetrazzini with Garlic Buttercrumb Topping! For my family, comfort food also includes cheese and bread. And ...

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An Italian Thanksgiving Celebration: Menu Plan Complete with Recipes

  Serving our family’s favorite traditional recipes for the holidays is just a given isn’t it?   All of us look forward to those delicious traditions that grace our Thanksgiving tables every year.  Even though this is truly an American holiday, people from all ethnicities add their own unique flavors and dishes alongside the classic American…

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Green Bean Casserole with Parmesan, Pancetta and Porcini Mushrooms

Green Bean Casserole with Pancetta, Porcini and Parmesan

Through the years of adding and subtracting various dishes to my family’s Thanksgiving table, the one dish unanimously voted to ELIMINATE, as in ‘STOP making this!’ has been Green Bean Casserole!  With the canned cream of mushroom soup, canned mushrooms, the overcooked large green beans, and the canned fried onions, the old recipe was just a bunch…

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Cranberry Nut Bread

Cranberry Nut Bread

Cranberries, beautiful little crimson red cranberries! They’re fresh in the market right now and I’m stocking up on them to use in some great recipes that have been featured in many cooking magazines this season.  I have an old perennial cherished family recipe that simply must be baked for the holidays:  my mother’s Cranberry Nut…

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Perfect and Easy Pot Roast

Oh my goodness, isn’t pot roast just one of the most all-time delicious and yet super easiest of recipes to prepare?  This is one of our family’s hands-down, favorite food to eat, should I say to “devour”.  Whenever there is little talking going on around the table while everyone is eating, then I know that…

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