No More Oven Space-Try Festive Wild Rice Side

Out of Oven Room-Prepare This Festive Wild Rice Holiday Side  For a quick and easy holiday side, I love to throw this dish together. Perfect to make when your oven is busy and there is no oven space left, since it’s cooked on top of the stove. While the rice is cooking, sauté the peppers [...]

Linda’s made Eggnog Bundt Cake 5 TIMES

Thanks, Linda, for sharing your thoughts, ideas, and changes….cooking is creative! Holly, today I made my 5th cake since the recipe appeared in Relish.  I originally made the recipe as listed and then I made the following changes.  I used sugar free vanilla instant pudding and lite vanilla yogurt—on the back of cake mix I [...]

Cookie Swap: Cranberries and White Chocolate Treats

Cranberries!  Invited to an office party, cookie swap or need a gift for the holidays.  I love using cranberries during the holiday season, and these festive Cranberry and White Chocolate Treats are so delectable you will never believe they are diabetic-friendly! Tart cranberries, sweet white chocolate, crunchy nutritious cereal and nuts pack this delicious dessert [...]

What to do with carton of eggnog?

Years ago I actually use to make homemade egg nog, an old family recipe that when I look back, wasn’t trim&TERRIFIC!  Now, you can buy light eggnog which still has rich creamy flavor, but without all the fat–give it a try.  Now, when I see that carton of eggnog, I think recipe so here my recipe [...]

Cranberries

Buy cranberries when in season and freeze in freezable plastic bag for one year to have fresh cranberries year round.  If a recipe calls for fresh cranberries, dried cranberries may be used.