Homemade shortbread cookies with lavender salt: My easy, go-to dessert recipe for every holiday party.
The first time I served these easy holiday cookies, I was desperate. We were hosting a huge party and needed something sweet to round out the menu. With about an hour to go, I grabbed a couple of logs of store-bought sugar cookie dough, sliced them as per the...
Wonderful Hanukkah hostess food gift ideas, from traditional to yowza
With Hanukkah coming up, that means Hanukkah parties! And Hanukkah gifts! And Hanukkah food! Basically, three of my favorite things, all combined in these fun ideas for Hanukkah hostess food gifts for your favorite foodie. From traditional ideas to traditional ideas...
Move over candy canes. This avocado toast ornament is today’s Christmas tree must-have.
O avocado toast, O avocado toast, your creamy goodness delights me. I don’t even care that you’ve become a joke among foodies and politicians alike: I will choose you over sugarplums any day of the week. And to bear witness to my love of this delightful pick for...
What to do with Thanksgiving leftovers? 28 delicious recipes and ideas
If you're like all of us right now, you're looking at Thanksgiving leftovers filling up your fridge and wondering how to make use of all that extra turkey, stuffing, mashed potato, and roast veggies. Well, we can help! From breakfast, lunch and dinner to finger foods...
The ultimate guide to Thanksgiving recipes, tips + tricks: The dish on your turkey, sides, desserts, and even leftovers
Hey there, busy parents who haven't finalized your Thanksgiving meal plans yet! We've got you. Because we're last-minute planning too, we've rounded up every one of our Thanksgiving recipe posts here, in one place. So here it is: our 2018 ultimate Thanksgiving recipe...
9 mashed potato alternatives for your holiday table. (No offense, mashed potatoes!)
We love mashed potatoes, especially when they're covered in delicious turkey gravy, and they'll always be a welcome Thanksgiving standard. But who says you can't have more potatoes? All the potatoes, really? This year, think about adding another tasty potato dish or...
5 top food bloggers share their own favorite Thanksgiving stuffing recipes
With millions of little decisions to make this time of year, sometimes it’s just nice when someone makes one for you. (My kids would argue otherwise!) So as a gift from me to you, I’ve asked a handful of my favorite food bloggers to share their best, most favorite...
8 genius make-ahead Thanksgiving tips. Can you really ever have too many?
No matter what anyone tells you about Thanksgiving, make-ahead Thanksgiving tips always come in handy. Plan all you want, but it’s still going to be a bit of a mad dash right before that beautiful turkey hits the table. But every year I host, I get a little better...
The best traditional southern oyster pie recipe: the simplest southern holiday dish on the buffet.
Oyster dressing is a southern favorite on any holiday table and my mother used to make it every Thanksgiving. (She also used to make traditional tomato aspic. Though I loved my mother very much, I did not love that aspic, sorry!) You may have heard oyster dressing...
Weekly meal plan: 5 easy meals for the week ahead, including brilliant ideas for Thanksgiving leftovers
This week, we have another round of weekly meal plan recommendations, but this isn't a normal week, right? Thanksgiving is Thursday, so we'll be focusing on easy, low-stress meals leading up to the big day, and smart ways to use leftovers on Friday. These five recipes...
New Unicorn and Monster JELL-O Play Slime is here and yes, you can eat it!
Whether or not you believed that the world needed another type of slime, it has officially arrived in the form of new edible, store-bought JELL-O Play Slime. And unlike the many DIY slime recipes we've shared before, it's almost completely ready to use out of the can...
9 irresistible, creative pumpkin pie recipes that are anything but basic
I'm all about finding a twist on the classic Thankgiving dessert this year, with creative pumpkin pie recipes. Because if there's one dish my family's Thanksgiving dinner must have -- other than the turkey, obviously -- it's pumpkin pie. My mom makes the best...
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10 terrific money-saving tips for hosting a wonderful holiday dinner on a budget
Hosting Christmas dinner is so much fun -- but all that fancy food can definitely add up, putting a strain on your budget. Fortunately we've got some great money-saving tips for throwing a memorable, wonderful, fabulous holiday meal on a budget. Plan well and no...
What to do with Thanksgiving leftovers? 28 delicious recipes and ideas
If you're like all of us right now, you're looking at Thanksgiving leftovers filling up your fridge and wondering how to make use of all that extra turkey, stuffing, mashed potato, and roast veggies. Well, we can help! From breakfast, lunch and dinner to finger...
The ultimate guide to Thanksgiving recipes, tips + tricks: The dish on your turkey, sides, desserts, and even leftovers
Hey there, busy parents who haven't finalized your Thanksgiving meal plans yet! We've got you. Because we're last-minute planning too, we've rounded up every one of our Thanksgiving recipe posts here, in one place. So here it is: our 2018 ultimate Thanksgiving...
8 genius make-ahead Thanksgiving tips. Can you really ever have too many?
No matter what anyone tells you about Thanksgiving, make-ahead Thanksgiving tips always come in handy. Plan all you want, but it’s still going to be a bit of a mad dash right before that beautiful turkey hits the table. But every year I host, I get a little better...
Could the new Flavorbaby app help parents raise more adventurous eaters?
At Cool Mom Eats, we talk a lot about how to feed our picky eaters, which is a huge source of stress for parents with kids of all ages. So I was excited to learn about the Flavorbaby app, created by a mom-and-dad team to help guide new parents in developing their...
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Weekly meal plan: 5 easy meals for the week ahead including an easy vegetarian lasagna and savory French Dip sandwiches
This week, we have another round of weekly meal plan recommendations, with easy, low-stress meals your whole family will enjoy. These five recipes will get you through this week ahead easily and deliciously. So grab a pen, make your shopping list, and stock up on...
12 spectacular no-bake holiday cookie ball recipes to make with the kids
Baking Christmas cookies with the kids always sounds like a good idea until you're elbow deep in cookie batter with too many sticky hands trying to "help" and eat the raw dough. So if you have about as much patience as I do for this type of endeavor, my...
Our team shares our favorite family holiday recipes that taste like home: Main dishes, sides, and desserts. Lots of desserts.
We've talked so much about how cooking and baking can really connect us with our past, our traditions, our families, and there's no time we feel that more than right now, over the holiday season. There's something about rolling our sleeves up in the kitchen that...
My Dad’s perfect peanut brittle recipe, refined and perfected over 20 years
I know everyone makes fun of recipes that start with long, drawn-out intros about life and love and cooking and family and the smell of cocoa powder and blah blah blah. But in the case of my dad's perfect peanut brittle recipe, which he's been kind enough to share...
The perfect, easy holiday cake recipe I always turn to for hostess, teacher, and neighbor gifts
My favorite kind of cakes are the ones that beg to be eaten morning, noon and night. The kind of cake that gives equal permission to be enjoyed with a cup of coffee or a glass of wine – and Nigella Lawson’s Dense Chocolate Loaf Cake does exactly that. Ultra-moist...
