Holly's Kitchen

King Cake made with Crescent Rolls-MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE!!!!

January 3, 2012 · 6 Comments

Due to popular demand, here’s my requested easy king cake that people all over say they even PREFER to the bought ones!!!!! I am so excited to have created a SUPER SIMPLE KING CAKE RECIPE from my trim&TERRIFIC GULF COAST FAVORITES cookbook (this book includes all your Louisiana and southern favorites) for you to make wherever you live. In fact, I am bringing back this recipe due to popular demand as I have had people from New York to Colorado tell me this is their favorite recipe–even better than in the bakeries. Not sure about that, but this recipe is pantry-friendly and... [Read the full story]

Cancer

Cooking for Children with Cancer-St. Jude Walk

November 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I had the privilege of working with Jenee’ Bourgeois and her daughter, Anna James, who is having treatment at St. Jude. They approached me to create recipes that would entice children undergoing treatment to eat. There are foods that are better tolerated and ease the symptoms while under treatment, however, we do want the kids to eat for strength and their well-being too. If you aren’t familar with St Jude, it is a wonderful insititution that I feel fortunate to donate too. My book, Eating Well Through Cancer, includes some of the recipes I featured for the paper and then I... [Read the full story]

Diabetes

Quick Chicken Lasagna: No Time To Cook or Don’t Like To Cook

January 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Quick Chicken Lasagna It’s back to school season which means everyone is running in different directions and no one has time to put together a healthy, gourmet meal for the family. An easy answer to the problem, my Quick Chicken Lasagna. Throw together jarred pasta sauce, rotisserie chicken and no-boil noodles for a delicious, fast lasagna your entire family will love. A homemade lasagna doesn’t have to be time consuming or fattening when taking the trim&TERRIFIC route! Quick Chicken Lasagna from Holly Clegg’s trim&TERRIFIC Diabetic Cooking 1 rotisserie chicken, skin... [Read the full story]

Vegetarian

Spinach Artichoke Dip-Quick Football Favorite Recipe

January 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Spinach Artichoke Dip Solve your party food, appetizer, and finger food needs! My quick, popular version of Spinach Artichoke Dip includes creamy Brie and Parmesan. Really hard to beat, try it if you doubt me. If you’re feeling extra guilty after Thanksgiving, serve with pita chips or vegetables, like red pepper squares, cucumber rounds and carrots. If you’re in true entertaining mode serve in easy, yet impressive bread bowl. To create cut a thin slice off the top of a round bread and scoop out the soft inside, leaving a shell. Fill with spinach dip. Wrap tightly in foil and bake... [Read the full story]

Kids

Healthy Halloween Recipes: Move Over Pumpkin

October 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment

German Chocolate Cream Cheese Bars With 3 kids, I know the week before Halloween can be busy – finishing the perfect costume and all the Halloween parties – and of course they always signed me up for their class party snack duty! For a fun twist on one of my favorites, German Chocolate Cream Cheese Bars become festive when food coloring is added to the cream cheese layer to make them Halloween orange. These days you can find orange food coloring but you can always mix yellow and red for the perfect shade. I always have bowl of chili or hearty soup on the stove to feed everyone leisurely... [Read the full story]

Freezer

SPEEDY CHILI – Super Bowl Sunday – One-Dish Meal

January 3, 2012 · 2 Comments

My family loves to gather around the tv to watch football (especially if our Tigers are playing), and nothing beats a pot of simmering chili on the stove on a cold day in front of the television set. Why chili? Well, a pot of chili on the stove is self-serve so I can watch the football game, stretches to feed a crowd, and my easy recipe is a dump and stir quickie–no time consuming all day recipe! Actually, this has been my go to recipe for years from The New Holly Clegg trim&TERRIFIC Cookbook . I love to serve with bowls of condiments: chopped avocado, red onion and shredded reduced... [Read the full story]

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