Good food feeds the soul
I have the perfect holiday treat for your holiday dinner this year. It’s a Basil-Infused Lime Curd Tart with Cranberry Orange Compote, complete with drizzles of dark chocolate, whipped cream and more fresh basil. Not only is it DELICIOUS but it looks like the holiday on a …
What better way to warm up than with GINGERBREAD? Ginger is so warming, there’s snow falling and it’s almost Christmas, so it’s definitely time for gingerbread. Day 10 of the Simply Sophisticated Cooking 13-Day Holiday Challenge’s DIY food gift kit is Gingerbread Biscotti. This homemade …
My Oatmeal Honey Whole Wheat Bread with Sunflower Seeds recipe is so tasty. And healthy! I just love the slightly sticky sweet of the honey drizzled on top with the toasted oats. The bread is also sturdy enough to be used as sandwich bread. This Oatmeal …
Originally posted December 2016. Updated August 2026. Our first experience with Italian wine cookies, ciambelline al vino, was in a little restaurant in Rome. We’d finished dinner and the waiter came back, refilled our wine glasses with some red, and set down a plate of …
Originally posted December 2016. Updated September 2026. My Dark Chocolate Orange Crinkle Cookie are like a fudgey brownie and a cookie had a baby. Dark chocolately goodness paired with boozy orange and rolled in enough powdered sugar you’ll look dusted with ‘snow’ after eating one. …
Give the gift of yummy bread this holiday. Day 7 of Simply Sophisticated Cooking’s 13-Day Holiday Challenge is Homemade Wheat BreadSticks with Garlic Butter. They taste similar to the Olive Garden BreadSticks. Top with a little garlic butter and they taste similar to the Olive …
It’s time for tacos and tortillas! I’m so excited because I LOVE tacos. And getting a gift bag of ingredients for making homemade tacos and tortillas is so exciting. And really, who doesn’t love tacos? Tips for Putting Today the Taco and Tortilla Mix Day …
Originally posted December 2016. Updated August 2026. Okay, I’m sure you know by now that I’m a foodie. I’ll plan an entire holiday around a food festival. So if you’re on my friends list, you can usually expect homemade food gift kits (or platters of …
Another bread recipe! Just in time for Thanksgiving and the holidays. My recipe for Slightly Sweet Wheat Rolls will make a tasty accompaniment for any of your holiday meals. They’ll also be excellent for handling the leftovers! You already know how much I love making …
Growing up, cranberries graced our dining room table once a year in the form of Oceanspray Jellied Cranberry Sauce. I think it was the one time of year my mother was most excited about food. Roasted turkey and cranberry jelly were one of the highlights …