All Stir It Up!
- One-skillet chicken with black-eyed peas and cherry tomatoesFresh black-eyed peas, green beans, and cherry tomatoes combine with thyme and bacon to make this one-skillet meal complex, layered, and delicious.
- Braided bread with a sweet twist: chocolate-filled challahChallah, a traditional Jewish braided bread, can be flavored in many ways, from simple to savory to sweet. Here, semi-sweet chocolate and brown sugar create an almost dessertlike loaf.
- Edge of darkness browniesWhen the darkest days of the year descend, go darker with these chocolate-y bars.
- Fresh spinach and bacon quicheFresh spinach gives this classic quiche a bigger flavor than frozen – and a frozen crust simplifies preparation.
- Molasses crinkle cookiesThese ginger molasses cookies celebrate the Yuletide flavors of the season.
- Spiced fruitcake barsThese are that kind of Christmas cookie that fill your house with that lovely, spicy holiday smell. The bars are dense and chewy, so cut them into small squares.
- Soft toffee cookiesThese easy toffee cookie bars will easily feed the crowd at your holiday party.
- Party appetizer: liptauerThis cream cheese spread made salty with briny capers can be served with sliced pretzel bread or rye melba toast.
- Hermit cookiesSpicy and sweet cookies packed with dried fruit and sometimes nuts, hermit cookies are a classic New England treat.
- Candied pecan almond butter cookiesCandied pecans and almond butter turn a regular chocolate chip cookie into something a little more special.
- 2016 holiday cookie swap: Old-fashioned gingerbread cookiesThis is a classic German gingerbread cookie recipe perfect for a Christmas tea.
- Butternut squash lasagnaThe flavors of this vegetarian lasagna recipe are enhanced by an easy-to-make decadent béchamel sauce.
- Holiday 2016: ideas for the foodie on your gift listFrom cookbook suggestions to pretty ceramics to chocolate subscriptions, a few festive finds for the food lover in your life.
- Coconut snowball cookiesThese melt-in-your-mouth snowball cookies can help to usher in the holiday baking season.
- Warm kale, delicata, pearl couscous saladThis flavorful salad would make a wonderful and good-for-you contribution to a holiday brunch.
- 2016 holiday cookie recipe swap
- Almond shortbread cookiesThe dough makes a perfect 'slice and bake' roll, perfect for portioning out cookies for afternoon teas or holiday parties.
- Puréed parsnipsNaturally sweet parsnips turn lusciously silky when cooked in cream, milk and butter. Perfect for holiday dinners – or everyday indulgence.
- Roasted chili tomato soupAfter recovering from turkey leftovers, a bowl of spicy tomato soup will hit the spot.
- Pumpkin ice cream pieThis ice cream pie has a smooth pumpkin finish over a gingersnap crust.