“Favorites” Collections

Soups and Stews

Favorite Soup Recipes

It’s hard to beat the warming comfort of a hearty bowl of soup.  To qualify as the best of the best (in my humble opinion😉), a contender must be satisfying enough to serve for dinner and loaded with healthy components.  It must also improve with age, making leftovers for lunch something to truly anticipate and…

2017 Reader Favorites

The final days of the year provide good reason to reflect, reminisce…and remember our favorite recipes!  I pulled together the top 10 recipes of 2017, as determined by comments, emails, and firsthand feedback from my faithful readers.  Our quick walk down memory lane also seemed like the perfect time to thank you for all those…

Reader Favorites from the First 5 Years

One of the fifth grade teachers at my elementary school was as popular for his likeable personality and teaching style as he was for his birthday–he was born on Leap Day. We all thought it was so funny that he was only 7 or 8 years old, but I remember feeling a little sad for…

Best Recipes of 2016

Happy New Year!  To get things started in 2017, I thought it would be fun to share my favorite recipes from 2016.  As a food blogger, I can’t take much time to rest on my culinary laurels.  But like everyone else, I crave what’s familiar, satisfying, and easy.  So these are the recipes from the…

Desserts

Easter Candy Recipe Roundup

  🐰   🐣   🌷   🐰   🐣   🌷   🐰   🐣   🌷   🐰   🐣   🌷   🐰    🐣   🌷   🐰   🐣   🌷    I know that not everyone makes Easter candy–getting dinner on the table every night can be challenging enough!  But all of these recipes have easy-to-follow steps, many of…

Grilling Recipe Roundup

For some, grilling is a year-round activity.  For others, the first signs of warm weather mean a return to the aroma of charcoal and those unparalleled, smoky flavors. Although we occasionally grill throughout the winter months, nothing makes me happier than firing up the grill when it’s warm enough to enjoy a leisurely meal on…

Slow Cooker Recipe Roundup

There is something so satisfying about coming home to the aroma of dinner slowly cooking itself  to perfection!  If you are like several of my friends who have been meaning to break out the slow cooker, the following collection of tried-and-true recipes is a delicious reason to do just that.  If you happen to use…

Pumpkin Recipe Roundup

Knowing that I am not alone in my love of pumpkin, it occurred to me that having all of my pumpkin recipes grouped in one convenient place would be rather helpful.  So, I present to you my ever-growing list of favorite recipes using pumpkin!  Though autumn is the traditional time to partake of this nutrient-rich…

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