Holiday Recipes

All of Kitchen Parade's recipes, hand-selected for our favorite holidays. Whenever you're ready to celebrate, start here for recipe ideas!
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New Year's


Traditional New Year's Foods
Food traditions from the American South, delivering good fortune for the new year!
Lucky Black-Eyed Pea Salad
Lucky Black-Eyed Pea Soup
Sautéed Collard Greens with Bacon

New Year's Favorites from A Veggie Venture
For financial success in the new year!
Braised Collard Greens
Hoppin' John Soup
New Year's Soup with Black-eyed Peas & Collard Greens
New Year's Turnip Greens
Summer Black-Eyed Pea Salad
Warm Black-eyed Peas with Yogurt & Ginger

Bubbly Celebrations
COCKTAIL HOUR
Cranberry Champagne Cocktail
Finnish Glögi (Hot Red Mulled Wine)
Homemade Eggnog

FIRST BITES
Bacon-Wrapped Dried Apricots
Basil-Cream Cheese Spread (Boursin Substitute)
Black Pepper Almonds
Cheese Puffs
Easy Brussels Sprouts Bites
Easy-Easy Triscuit with Cheddar & Basil
Herbed Saltines
Herbed Goat Cheese
Lemon Basil Shrimp
Mini Crab Bites
Party Nuts with Fresh Rosemary
Potato Bites with Smoked Salmon
Savory Roasted Pecans
Smoked Salmon Spread
Smoked Whitefish Spread on Cucumber
Stuffed Mushrooms with Cauliflower & Smoked Gouda
Toasted Goat Cheese
Three Quick Appetizers Spinach Puffs, Cream Cheese-Chutney Spread & Cheddar-Olive Spread

FIT FOR A FEAST
All Courses Lavender: An Easy Romantic Dinner Lavender Steaks, Lavender Potatoes, Lavender Crème Brûlée
Beef Bourguignon (French Beef Stew)
Charcuterie for Two
Italian Lemon Chicken
Lazy Man's Ciopinno
Quick Supper Cauliflower Risotto
Quick Supper Leek Sauce for Pasta
Quick Supper Maple Glazed Salmon
Quick Supper Pepper Steak & Mushrooms
Quick Supper Shrimp with Tomatoes, Spinach & Feta
Quick Supper Steak & Poblanos

SOUPS
Homemade Mushroom Soup
Quick 'n' Easy Shrimp Bisque

SALADS
Festive Holiday Salad
Festive Kale Salad with Apple & Pomegranate
Orange & Avocado Salad
Roasted Pear Salad

SIDES
Cheese Gnocchi Pie
Julia Child's Soubise (Onion & Rice Casserole)
Savory Orange Slices
Slow Cooker Sweet Potato (or Pumpkin or Butternut Squash) Grits

VEGETABLES
Bodacious Brussels Sprouts
Mashed Cauliflower (Low-Carb Mashed "Potatoes")
Perfect Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes (Party Potatoes)
Rustic Mashed Sweet Potatoes & Carrots
Simple Roasted Mushrooms
Scalloped Potatoes & Beets ("Those Pink Potatoes")

BREADS
Fried Bread
Homemade Yeast Rolls

SWEET ENDINGS
Baked Apples
Buttered Pecan Ice Cream along with Pecan Meringue Cookies
Caramel Corn
Christmas Banana Bread
Cinnamon Apples
Cinnamon Sugar Cookies (Snickerdoodles)
Coffee Pots & Lemon Pots
Cranberry Apple Crisp
Cranberry Pudding
Easy-Easy Jam Tart
Gingerbread Pudding Cake
Holiday Fruit & Yogurt Parfait with Cranberries, Applesauce, Pineapple & Kiwi Homemade Poppy Seed Cake
Lemon Pudding Cake
Mini Tiramisu Cups with Pralines
Old-Fashioned Black Walnut Chocolate Cake
Raspberry & Red Wine Granita
Sugar Cookie Bars
Winter Fruit Salad

Morning-After Breakfast & Brunch
DRINKS & SMOOTHIES
Cranberry Champagne Cocktail
Finnish Glögi (Hot Red Mulled Wine)
Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix
Orange Julius Drinks
Sugar-Free Chai Tea

MORNING MEATS
Baked Bacon

BREAKFAST FRUIT
Broiled Grapefruit
Cinnamon Apples
Cranberry Applesauce
Holiday Fruit & Yogurt Parfait with Cranberries, Applesauce, Pineapple & Kiwi Homemade Applesauce
Savory Orange Slices
Winter Fruit Salad

MORNING BREADS
Black Walnut Bread
Cranberry Walnut Bread
Fried Bread
Gingerbread Muffins
Homemade Yeast Rolls
Make-Ahead Bran Muffin Batter
Mom's Blueberry Coffeecake
Overnight Coffeecake
Perfect Whole Wheat Pumpkin Muffins

BREAKFAST CASSEROLES
Breakfast Casserole with Sausage, Apples & Caramelized Onions
Easy Baked Oatmeal with Apples & Walnuts
Easy Baked Oatmeal with Blueberries & Bananas
Easy Green Chile Egg Casserole
Easy Make-Ahead Breakfast Casserole with Hash Browns & Eggs

EGGS
Chilaquiles
Easy Creamy Scrambled Eggs for a Crowd
French Scrambled Eggs
Gashouse Eggs
Green Chile Scrambled Eggs
Ham & Eggs
Mexican Gas House Eggs
Never-the-Same-Twice Vegetable Frittata
Refried Bean Sauce with Eggs on Top
Shakshuka (Eggs Nested in Summer Vegetables)
Simple French Eggs

PANCAKES & FRENCH TOAST
Make Tonight a Pancake Night

Cottage Cheese Pancakes
Eggnog French Toast with Apple Cranberry Compote
Lifetime Pancakes
Manna Café Oatcakes (Oatmeal Pancakes)
My Mom's Pancake Recipe
Triple-Banana Oat Pancakes

SPECIAL CEREALS
Creamy Oatmeal
Homemade Granola with Almonds & Apricots
Swiss Bircher Muesli

TARTS & QUICHE
Asparagus Custard Tart
Light Tomato Basil Quiche

New Year's Day Comfort Food
MAIN COURSE
Quick Supper Beef Stew with Cranberries
Quick Supper Cauliflower Risotto
Quick Supper Chicken with Apple & Creamy Cider Gravy
Quick Supper Pork & Poblano Skillet
Quick Supper Shrimp with Tomatoes, Spinach & Feta
Quick Supper Two-Way Lentil Skillet
Afghan Chicken & Rice Casserole (Kabeli Palau)
Beef Bourguignon (French Beef Stew)
Cashew Chicken Curry
Celebration Salad (Maple-Roasted Carrots with Arugula, Dill, Cranberry Vinaigrette, Pomegranate and Glazed Pecans)
Chicken Cacciatore
Chicken Cider Stew
Chocolate Chili
Ham & Beans
Lazy Man's Ciopinno
Lemon-Honey Chicken Skillet
Light Tomato Basil Quiche
Mom's Roast Chicken With All the Trimmings
Moroccan Chicken
One-Pot Chicken with Beans & Vegetables
Slow-Cooker Turkey Breast & Turkey Gravy
Twice-Smoked Ham
Winter Stew

SOUPS
At Last! Black Bean Soup
Beef Barley Soup with Mushrooms
Crockpot Chili with Spicy Sausage
Homemade Lentil Soup
Homemade Mushroom Soup
Lucky Black-Eyed Pea Soup For good fortune in the new year!
Meatball Soup with Broccoli Rabe
My Chicken Noodle Soup
Salmon Chowder
Smoked Turkey Chowder
Squash & Carrot Stew
Turkey Sweet Potato Soup
Winter Tomato Soup

BREADS
Best-Ever Oatmeal Bread
Homemade Yeast Rolls
No-Knead English Muffin Bread

SALADS
Apple Yogurt Salad
Lucky Black-Eyed Pea Salad For good fortune in the new year!
Power Food Broccoli Salad
Wild Rice Salad

SIDES
Calico Beans aka "Alanna's Famous Cowboy Beans"
Oven-Baked Brown Rice

VEGETABLES
Mashed Cauliflower (Low-Carb Mashed "Potatoes")
Make-Ahead Fresh Green Bean Casserole
Perfect Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes (Party Potatoes)
Rustic Mashed Sweet Potatoes & Carrots
Scalloped Potatoes & Beets ("Those Pink Potatoes")

SWEET ENDINGS
Apple Cider Indian Pudding
Baked Apples
Banana Cream Pudding
Cinnamon Sugar Cookies (Snickerdoodles)
Cranberry Apple Crisp
Cranberry Pudding
Dutch Apple Puff
Easy-Easy Chocolate Coconut Pudding
Easy-Easy Jam Tart
Gingerbread Pudding Cake
Holiday Fruit & Yogurt Parfait with Cranberries, Applesauce, Pineapple & Kiwi Homemade Poppy Seed Cake
Lemon Pudding Cake
Molasses Ice Cream
Old-Fashioned Black Walnut Chocolate Cake
Two-Bite Brownies




Valentine's


Breakfast Romance
MORNING DRINKS
Cranberry Champagne Cocktail
Orange Julius Drinks
Sugar-Free Chai Tea

STARTERS
Baked Bacon
Broiled Grapefruit
Roasted Applesauce with Raspberries

MORNING BREADS
Fried Bread
Gingerbread Muffins
Make-Ahead Bran Muffin Batter
Mom's Blueberry Coffeecake
On-the-Run Breakfast Bars
Overnight Coffeecake

TARTS
Asparagus Custard Tart

BREAKFAST CASSEROLES
Breakfast Casserole with Sausage, Apples & Caramelized Onions
Easy Green Chile Egg Casserole
Easy Make-Ahead Breakfast Casserole with Hash Browns & Eggs

EGGS
Chilaquiles
Easy Creamy Scrambled Eggs for a Crowd
French Scrambled Eggs
Gashouse Eggs
Ham & Eggs
How to Poach a Perfect Egg
Mexican Gas House Eggs
Never-the-Same-Twice Vegetable Frittata
Simple French Eggs

PANCAKE FEASTS
Cottage Cheese Pancakes
Lifetime Pancakes
Manna Café Oatcakes (Oatmeal Pancakes)
My Mom's Pancake Recipe
Triple-Banana Oat Pancakes

SPECIAL CEREALS
Creamy Oatmeal
Swiss Bircher Muesli

Romantic Suppers
COCKTAIL HOUR
Cranberry Champagne Cocktail
Finnish Glögi (Hot Red Mulled Wine)

FIRST BITES
Basil-Cream Cheese Spread (Boursin Substitute)
Black Pepper Almonds
Cheese Puffs
Easy Brussels Sprouts Bites
Easy-Easy Triscuit with Cheddar & Basil
Easy Easy Grilled Mushroom Appetizer
Lemon Basil Shrimp
Mini Crab Bites
Potato Bites with Smoked Salmon
Savory Roasted Pecans
Smoked Whitefish Spread on Cucumber
Toasted Goat Cheese

ROMANTIC MEALS
Quick Supper Cauliflower Risotto
Quick Supper Charcuterie for Two
Quick Supper Chicken Sybil
Quick Supper Chicken with Apple & Creamy Cider Gravy
Quick Supper Date-Night Chicken
Quick Supper Fast Roast Chicken
Quick Supper Leek Sauce for Pasta
Quick Supper Maple Glazed Salmon
Quick Supper Pepper Steak & Mushrooms
Quick Supper Salmon with Pesto Zucchini Noodles & Warm Tomatoes
Quick Supper Seared Scallops with Garlicky Polenta & Chimichurri
Quick Supper Shrimp with Tomatoes, Spinach & Feta
Quick Supper Steak & Poblanos
Quick Supper Tropical Pork Tenderloin
Quick Supper Warm Baked Feta & Tomatoes with Shrimp
All Courses Lavender: An Easy Romantic Dinner Lavender Steaks, Lavender Potatoes, Lavender Crème Brûlée
Beef Bourguignon (French Beef Stew)
Chicken Cacciatore
Dutch Apple Puff
Italian Lemon Chicken
Lazy Man's Ciopinno
Mom's Roast Chicken With All the Trimmings
Lamb Roast with Lemon & Oregano
Roasted Salmon & Asparagus
Slow-Cooker Turkey Breast & Turkey Gravy
Turkey Stock
Smoked Turkey Chowder
Winter Pesto with Spinach

SALADS
Apple Yogurt Salad
Grape Salad with Almonds & Cilantro
Orange & Avocado Salad
Roasted Pear Salad
Savory Orange Slices
Strawberry Pepper Salad
That Pink Salad

SIDES
Cheese Gnocchi Pie
Julia Child's Soubise (Onion & Rice Casserole)
Slow Cooker Sweet Potato (or Pumpkin or Butternut Squash) Grits

SOUPS
Homemade Mushroom Soup

VEGETABLES
Bodacious Brussels Sprouts
Mashed Cauliflower (Low-Carb Mashed "Potatoes")
Rustic Mashed Sweet Potatoes & Carrots
Scalloped Potatoes & Beets ("Those Pink Potatoes")

SWEET ENDINGS
Apple Cider Indian Pudding
Baked Apples
Banana Cream Pudding
Blueberry Galette
Brown Sugar Lemon Curd
Buttered Pecan Ice Cream along with Pecan Meringue Cookies
Chocolate Cinnamon Whipped Cream Cake
Chocolate Decadence Cake
Cinnamon Apples
Cinnamon Sugar Cookies (Snickerdoodles)
Citrus Slices with Orange Flower Water, Spices & Chocolate Shavings
Cranberry Apple Crisp
Cut-Out Spice Cookies (in heart shapes)
Easy-Easy Chocolate Coconut Pudding
Easy-Easy Chocolate Sheet Cake
Estonian Apple Cake
Fresh Strawberry Pie
Graham Cracker Toffee
Grape Salad with Almonds & Cilantro
Homemade Chocolate Sauce In-a-Flash
Homemade Poppy Seed Cake
Lemon Meringue Pie
Lemon Pudding Cake
Light 'n' Easy Chocolate Pudding
Master Homemade Ice Cream Recipe (Skinny): Very Vanilla, Chocolate Mint, Coffee Spice, Coconut, Raspberry & More
Mini Tiramisu Cups with Pralines
Molasses Ice Cream
Raspberry & Red Wine Granita
Raspberry-Red Wine Coulis (Reduction Sauce)
Roasted Applesauce with Raspberries
Snickerdoodle Bars
Strawberry Banana Chocolate Crumble
Sugar-Free Raspberry Bliss
Sugar Cookie Bars
Two-Bite Brownies
Vanilla Brownies
Old-Fashioned Black Walnut Chocolate Cake
Winter Fruit Salad

Favorites from A Veggie Venture
Meyer Lemon Crème Fraîche Pasta with Broccoli Rabe




Pi Day


We bake pie on Pi Day. That's March 14th. That's 3/14. Get it? Think mathematics. Think "pi". Think 3.1416 and so on! Isn't it fun?

#PieDayFriday
Pie & Tart Recipes from Kitchen Parade
Pi Day - Recipes for Homemade Pie! from my fellow food bloggers




St Urho's Day

Never heard of St. Urho's Day? You're not alone, unless you belong to the Finnish diaspora in the U.S. and Canada, especially in northern Minnesota where many Finns settled to work in the mines.

It's pure fun! The saint St. Urho is as fictional as the legend of St. Urho's, who, since is fictional, was unable to drive away grasshoppers ravaging Finland's equally fictional vineyards.

St. Urho's Day is celebrated on March 16th so perhaps the point is, Why let the Irish have all the fun on March 17th? Indeed.

To join the fun, you'll need some Finnish recipes. Let me especially recommend Finland's "soul food," the wonderful Finnish Salmon Soup (Lohikeitto), the famous fish and potato chowder.





St Patrick's Day

Traditional Dishes
Corned Beef with Red Potatoes, Carrot Chunks, Cabbage Wedges & Cheese Sauce
Homemade & Semi-Homemade Pub Cheese
Irish Beef Stew
Irish Soda Bread Muffins
Irish Spiced Fruitcake
Whole-wheat Irish Soda Bread

Green Food
Basil-Cream Cheese Spread (Boursin Substitute)
Bodacious Brussels Sprouts
Easy-to-Elegant Asparagus Soup
Lucky Black-Eyed Pea Salad
Lucky Black-Eyed Pea Soup
Make-Ahead Fresh Green Bean Casserole
Meatball Soup with Broccoli Rabe
Green Chile Sauce (Salsa Verde)
Quick Broccoli Soup
Perfect M&M Cookies
Power Food Broccoli Salad
Sautéed Collard Greens with Bacon
Smashed Potatoes & Broccoli Casserole
Spinach Soup with Perfect Hard-Cooked Eggs
Steak & Poblanos
Sugar Cookie Bars
Very Very Green Green-Pea Soup
Winter Pesto with Spinach

Favorite "Green Food" from A Veggie Venture
Green Rice
Green Smoothies
Spinach Pancakes

Good with Traditional St Patrick's Favorites
Cabbage Noodles
Cheese Gnocchi Pie
Cut-Out Spice Cookies (in shamrock shapes)
Mashed Cauliflower (Low-Carb Mashed "Potatoes")
Mashed Potatoes & Carrots
No-Knead English Muffin Bread
Oven-Baked Brown Rice
Perfect Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes (Party Potatoes)
Skillet Cornbread
Turnip Puff or Rutabaga Puff

Favorites from A Veggie Venture
Potato, Cabbage & Rapini Colcannon
Reuben Casserole How to use up leftover corned beef




Mardi Gras

Bourbon Pralines
Gumbo
Red Beans & Rice
Slow Cooker Sweet Potato (or Pumpkin or Butternut Squash) Grits

Mardi Gras Favorites from A Veggie Venture
Big Cajun Chopped Salad
Cajun Dirty Rice with Eggplant
Vegan Chickpea Gumbo
Summer Black-Eyed Pea Salad




Lent & Easter


Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
Make Tonight a Pancake Night

Cornmeal Pancakes with Warm Blueberries
Cottage Cheese Pancakes
Lifetime Pancakes
Manna Café Oatcakes (Oatmeal Pancakes)
My Mom's Pancake Recipe
Triple-Banana Oat Pancakes

Shrove Tuesday, Scandinavian Style
Scandinavian Split-Pea Soup

Ash Wednesday
How to Plant Lenten Grass (Easter Grass) Celebrating Lent with an old Finnish tradition, especially good with children

Meatless Fridays
SALADS
Spinach Salad with Fruity Vinaigrette, Fresh Fruit & Maple-Glazed Pecans

FISH & SEAFOOD
Quick Supper Maple Glazed Salmon
Quick Supper Salmon with Crispy Crust
Quick Supper Shrimp with Tomatoes, Spinach & Feta
Quick Supper Sole with Mushrooms & Onions
Cornmeal Catfish with Warm Potato Salad
Easy Baked Fish with Red Pepper & Cucumber Salad
Fish with Roasted Okra "Fries" & Tomato-Fennel Salad
Fish with Herb Butter
Herb-Coated Broiled Fish
Lazy Man's Ciopinno
Quick 'n' Easy Shrimp Bisque
Roasted Salmon & Asparagus
Simple Grilled Salmon
Smoked Salmon Salad with Quick-Pickled Cucumbers & Roasted Peppers

MEATLESS MAIN COURSE
Quick Supper Cauliflower Risotto (omitting the bacon)
Quick Supper Eggplant & Bean Thai Curry Bowl
Quick Supper Leek Sauce for Pasta
Quick Supper Never-the-Same-Twice Vegetable Frittata
Quick Supper Two-Way Lentil Skillet
Greek Baked Beans (Gigantes Plaki)
Light Tomato Basil Quiche
Savory Cauliflower Cake

SOUPS
At Last! Black Bean Soup
Creamy Wild Rice Soup
Homemade Mushroom Soup
Karelian Borscht (Finnish - Russian Beet Borscht Soup)
Lazy Man's Ciopinno
Homemade Lentil Soup
Salmon Chowder
Scandinavian Split-Pea Soup
Spinach Soup with Perfect Hard-Cooked Eggs
Sweet-Corn Soup with Shrimp
Very Very Green Green-Pea Soup
Vichyssoise
Winter Tomato Soup




Easter


Colored Easter Eggs
Perfect Hard-Cooked Eggs
Cooked Egg Recipes

Favorites from A Veggie Venture
Ruby Eggs

Traditional Easter Foods
Armenian Easter Bread
Deviled Eggs with Tomato-Herb Relish
Estonian Deviled Eggs
Hot Cross Buns
Spicy Raisin Sauce for Ham
Twice-Smoked Ham

Ham 101: What to Know Before Buying a Ham

Easter Morning
STARTERS for EASTER
Baked Bacon
'Bunny Pellets' for Kids
Strawberry Milk

MORNING BREADS for EASTER
Armenian Easter Bread
Autumn Pumpkin Bread
Best Shortcake Biscuits & Iowa Shortcake
Fried Bread
Gingerbread Muffins
Hot Cross Buns
Make-Ahead Bran Muffin Batter
Mom's Blueberry Coffeecake
On-the-Run Breakfast Bars
Overnight Coffeecake
Perfect Whole Wheat Pumpkin Muffins
Raspberry Morning Cake
Raspberry Muffins
Shhh Banana Bread

MORNING FRUIT for EASTER
Apple Yogurt Salad
Broiled Grapefruit
Five-Minute Fruit Salad
Grape Salad with Almonds & Cilantro
Homemade Applesauce
Mango Lassi with Mint
Strawberry Salsa with Sweet-Cinnamon Baked Tortilla Chips
Winter Fruit Salad

BREAKFAST CASSEROLES for EASTER
Asparagus Whole Wheat Bread Pudding
Bacon & Egg Breakfast Bake
Breakfast Casserole with Sausage, Apples & Caramelized Onions
Easy Green Chile Egg Casserole
Easy Make-Ahead Breakfast Casserole with Hash Browns & Eggs

EGGS for EASTER
Easy Creamy Scrambled Eggs for a Crowd
French Scrambled Eggs
Gashouse Eggs
Ham & Eggs
Mexican Gas House Eggs
Refried Bean Sauce with Eggs on Top
Simple French Eggs

TARTS & QUICHE for EASTER
Asparagus Custard Tart
Light Tomato Basil Quiche
Savory Cauliflower Cake

PANCAKES & FRENCH TOAST for EASTER
Lifetime Pancakes
Manna Café Oatcakes (Oatmeal Pancakes)
My Mom's Pancake Recipe
Triple-Banana Oat Pancakes

SPECIAL CEREALS for EASTER
Creamy Oatmeal
Swiss Bircher Muesli

Easter Dinner
FIRST BITES
Herbed Saltines
Mini Crab Bites
Potato Bites with Smoked Salmon

FAMILY-STYLE MAIN COURSES for EASTER
Italian Lemon Chicken
Lamb Roast with Lemon & Oregano
Mom's Roast Chicken With All the Trimmings
Twice-Smoked Ham

EASTER SALADS & SALAD DRESSINGS
Dill Pickle Pasta Salad
Easy-Easy Artichoke & Tomato Salad
Power Food Broccoli Salad
Refrigerator Pickled Beets
Savory Orange Slices
Spinach Salad with Fruity Vinaigrette, Fresh Fruit & Maple-Glazed Pecans
That Pink Salad

Strawberry Vinaigrette with Chipotle

EASTER SIDES
Calico Beans aka "Alanna's Famous Cowboy Beans"
Cauliflower Risotto
Cheese Gnocchi Pie
Greek Baked Beans (Gigantes Plaki)
Julia Child's Soubise (Onion & Rice Casserole)
Leek Sauce for Pasta
Spring Stuffing with Leeks & Mushrooms

EASTER SOUPS
Easy-to-Elegant Asparagus Soup

EASTER VEGETABLES
Mashed Cauliflower (Low-Carb Mashed "Potatoes")
Make-Ahead Fresh Green Bean Casserole
Mashed Potatoes & Carrots
Moroccan Onions
Perfect Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes (Party Potatoes)
Scalloped Potatoes & Beets ("Those Pink Potatoes")
Tourlou Tourlou (Greek Baked Vegetables)
Trio of Vegetables with Sour Cream Nana's Cucumbers, Borscht Beets & Ontario Greens

EASTER BREADS
Armenian Easter Bread
Homemade Yeast Rolls
Hot Cross Buns

SWEET ENDINGS
Banana Cream Pudding
Brown Sugar Lemon Curd
Chocolate Cinnamon Whipped Cream Cake
Chocolate Cream Puffs Stuffed with Strawberries & Cream
Cinnamon Apples
Cut-Out Spice Cookies (in Easter shapes)
Easy-Easy Jam Tart
Five-Minute Fruit Salad
Finnish Fruit Tart
Fresh Strawberry Pie
Fruity Gazpacho along with Summer Fruit Salad with Fresh Mint
Fresh Apricot Bars
Homemade Poppy Seed Cake
Lemon Meringue Pie
Lemon Pudding Cake
Mini Tiramisu Cups with Pralines
Old-Fashioned Banana Floats
Old-Fashioned Black Walnut Chocolate Cake
Perfect M&M Cookies
Strawberry Banana Chocolate Crumble
Sugar Cookie Bars
Two-Bite Brownies
Upside-Down Rhubarb Cheesecake
Winter Fruit Salad

Favorites from A Veggie Venture
Classic Seven-Layer Salad
Party Asparagus
World's Best Green Bean Casserole




Derby Day


Derby Pie
Mint Julep Pork Chops with Sugar Snap Peas
Slow Cooker Sweet Potato (or Pumpkin or Butternut Squash) Grits
Southern Belle Lemon Layer Cake

Derby-Day Favorites from A Veggie Venture
Miss Jennie's Famous Benedictine Spread




Cinco de Mayo


See Mexican recipes
See Deep Mexico: Ingredient-Driven Mexican Meal Prep




Mother's Day


Breakfast in Bed
STARTERS
Baked Bacon

MORNING DRINKS
Mango Lassi with Mint
Strawberry Milk
Sugar-Free Chai Tea

MORNING BREADS
Armenian Easter Bread
Banana Streusel Muffins
Black Walnut Bread
Fried Bread
Gingerbread Muffins
Make-Ahead Bran Muffin Batter
Raspberry Muffins
Rhubarb Muffins
Shhh Banana Bread

MORNING CAKES & COFFEECAKES
Best Shortcake Biscuits & Iowa Shortcake
Mom's Blueberry Coffeecake
Overnight Coffeecake
Raspberry Morning Cake

MORNING FRUIT
Apple Yogurt Salad
Broiled Grapefruit
Strawberry Salsa with Sweet-Cinnamon Baked Tortilla Chips
Winter Fruit Salad

BREAKFAST CASSEROLES
Asparagus Whole Wheat Bread Pudding
Bacon & Egg Breakfast Bake
Breakfast Casserole with Sausage, Apples & Caramelized Onions
Easy Green Chile Egg Casserole
Easy Make-Ahead Breakfast Casserole with Hash Browns & Eggs

EGGS
Gashouse Eggs
Mexican Gas House Eggs
Never-the-Same-Twice Vegetable Frittata

TARTS & QUICHE
Asparagus Custard Tart
Light Tomato Basil Quiche

PANCAKES & FRENCH TOAST
Cottage Cheese Pancakes
Dutch Apple Puff
Lifetime Pancakes
Manna Café Oatcakes (Oatmeal Pancakes)
My Mom's Pancake Recipe

SPECIAL CEREALS
Creamy Oatmeal
Homemade Granola with Almonds & Apricots
Swiss Bircher Muesli

Family Dinners
FIRST BITES
Estonian Deviled Eggs
Herbed Goat Cheese
Herbed Saltines
Lemon Basil Shrimp
Mini Crab Bites
Toasted Goat Cheese

LIBATIONS
My Perfect (Unsweet, Unboozy) Sangria

EXTRAS
Savory Rhubarb Chutney

FAMILY-STYLE MAIN COURSES
Quick Supper Cauliflower Risotto
Quick Supper Leek Sauce for Pasta
Quick Supper Lemon & Asparagus Pasta
Quick Supper Maple Glazed Salmon
Light Tomato Basil Quiche
Parmesan Chicken

MOM'S BEST SALADS & SALAD DRESSINGS
Best-Ever Macaroni Salad
Cucumber-Mango Salad
Grape Salad with Almonds & Cilantro
Pair of Strawberry Salads Strawberry Pepper Salad & Strawberry Spinach Salad with Poppy Seed Vinaigrette
Savory Orange Slices
Sweet Potato Salad with Roasted Poblano, Roasted Corn & Chipotle
Tomato Soup Vegetable Salad
Winter Fruit Salad

Strawberry Vinaigrette with Chipotle

SIDES
Cheese Gnocchi Pie
Greek Baked Beans (Gigantes Plaki)

SOUPS
Finnish Summer Soup

VEGETABLES
Beet Röesti with Rosemary & Shredded Zucchini with Thyme
Make-Ahead Fresh Green Bean Casserole
Moroccan Onions
Trio of Vegetables with Sour Cream Nana's Cucumbers, Borscht Beets & Ontario Greens

SWEET ENDINGS
Best Shortcake Biscuits & Iowa Shortcake
Buttered Pecan Ice Cream along with Pecan Meringue Cookies
Chocolate Cinnamon Whipped Cream Cake
Chocolate Cream Puffs Stuffed with Strawberries & Cream
Cinnamon Sugar Cookies (Snickerdoodles)
Coffee Pots & Lemon Pots
Easy-Easy Jam Tart
Easy Elegant Fruit Tart
Finnish Fruit Tart
Finnish Strawberry Whipped Cream Cake
Fresh Apricot Bars
Fresh Blueberry Cookies
Fresh Strawberry Pie
Fruity Gazpacho along with Summer Fruit Salad with Fresh Mint
Homemade Poppy Seed Cake
Lemon Meringue Pie
Lemon Pudding Cake
Master Homemade Ice Cream Recipe (Skinny): Very Vanilla, Chocolate Mint, Coffee Spice, Coconut, Raspberry & More
Mojito Strawberries
Mom's Blueberry Coffeecake
Old-Fashioned Banana Floats
Old-Fashioned Black Walnut Chocolate Cake
Rhubarb Sorbet
Roasted Rhubarb
Southern Belle Lemon Layer Cake
Strawberry Banana Chocolate Crumble
Strawberry Ice Cream
Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler
Sugar Cookie Bars
Two-Bite Brownies

Favorites from A Veggie Venture
Gorgeous Raw Asparagus Salad
Carrot Cake Cupcakes




Father's Day


Breakfast & Brunch
FRESH FRUIT, FRESH START
Mango Lassi with Mint
Melon Ball & Blueberry Salad

BACON ... BECAUSE, WELL, B A C O N
Baked Bacon

TARTS & QUICHE
Asparagus Custard Tart
Light Tomato Basil Quiche

BREAKFAST CASSEROLES
Asparagus Whole Wheat Bread Pudding
Bacon & Egg Breakfast Bake
Breakfast Casserole with Sausage, Apples & Caramelized Onions
Easy Green Chile Egg Casserole
Easy Make-Ahead Breakfast Casserole with Hash Browns & Eggs

SPECIAL CEREALS
Creamy Oatmeal

SPECIAL-OCCASION EGGS
Chilaquiles
Estonian Deviled Eggs
Gashouse Eggs
Ham & Eggs
Mexican Gas House Eggs
Never-the-Same-Twice Vegetable Frittata
Refried Bean Sauce with Eggs on Top
Ten-Minute Enchiladas

MORNING BREADS
Make-Ahead Bran Muffin Batter
Fried Bread
On-the-Run Breakfast Bars
Perfect Whole Wheat Pumpkin Muffins
Rhubarb Muffins

MORNING CAKES
Armenian Easter Bread
Dutch Apple Puff
Mom's Blueberry Coffeecake
Overnight Coffeecake

PANCAKES!
Lifetime Pancakes
Manna Café Oatcakes (Oatmeal Pancakes)
My Mom's Pancake Recipe
Triple-Banana Oat Pancakes

Family Gatherings
LIBATIONS
My Perfect (Unsweet, Unboozy) Sangria
Old-Fashioned Homemade Lemonade

SMALL BITES
Basil-Cream Cheese Spread (Boursin Substitute)
Cheddar-Olive Spread
Easy Easy Grilled Mushroom Appetizer
Easy Italian Appetizers Red Pepper Crostini; Olivada & Olivada Appetizers; Parmesan Crisps
Easy Shrimp Bites
Game-Day Pretzels
Green Chile Sauce (Salsa Verde)
Grilled Flatbread
Herbed Goat Cheese
Herbed Ricotta with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
Herbed Saltines
Homemade & Semi-Homemade Pub Cheese
Lemon Basil Shrimp
Potato Bites with Smoked Salmon
Savory Rhubarb Chutney
Simple Hummus
Three Quick Appetizers Spinach Puffs, Cream Cheese-Chutney Spread & Cheddar-Olive Spread

MEATY MAIN COURSES
Quick Supper Easy Beef Kabobs
Quick Supper Greek Chicken Dagwood Sandwiches
Quick Supper Grilled Balsamic Chicken
Quick Supper Maple Glazed Salmon
Oil Tanker Burgers
Quick Supper Shrimp with Tomatoes, Spinach & Feta
Quick Supper Steak & Poblanos
Quick Supper Thick Iowa Chops with Easy Stuffing Crust
Quick Supper Tropical Pork Tenderloin &
Quick Supper Tropical Salad Supper
All Courses Lavender: An Easy Romantic Dinner Lavender Steaks (men love these!), Lavender Potatoes, Lavender Crème Brûlée
Baked Baby Back Ribs with Spicy Berry Sauce
Easy Garlic-Herb Mediterranean Chicken ("Med Chicken")
Italian Lemon Chicken
Parmesan Chicken
Ten Tips for Better Burgers
Twice-Smoked Ham

DAD's FAVORITE SALADS
Alice Waters' Coleslaw
Best-Ever Macaroni Salad
Cauliflower Salad with Fresh Herbs
Confetti Potato Salad
Dill Pickle Pasta Salad
Easy-Easy Artichoke & Tomato Salad
Power Food Broccoli Salad
Quinoa & Black Bean Salad
Sauerkraut Salad
Sweet Potato Salad with Roasted Poblano, Roasted Corn & Chipotle
That Pink Salad
Tomato Soup Vegetable Salad
Wild Rice Salad

DAD's FAVORITE SIDES
Calico Beans aka "Alanna's Famous Cowboy Beans"
Fresh Creamed Corn
Greek Baked Beans (Gigantes Plaki)
Greek Pasta Salad
Grilled Vegetables in Foil
Moroccan Onions

SUMMER CALLS FOR A SPECIAL SUMMER SOUP
Finnish Summer Soup

SWEET ENDINGS DADS LOVE
American Apple Pie
Baked Apples
Best Shortcake Biscuits & Iowa Shortcake
Big Fat Chewy Molasses Cookies
Blueberry Sour Cream Pie
Buttered Pecan Ice Cream along with Pecan Meringue Cookies
Chocolate Cream Puffs Stuffed with Strawberries & Cream
Chocolate Raspberry Icebox Cake
Coconut Cream Pie
Country Rhubarb Cobbler
Easy-Easy Chocolate Sheet Cake
Easy Elegant Fruit Tart
Finnish Fruit Tart
Finnish Strawberry Whipped Cream Cake
Fresh Peach Pie
Fresh Strawberry Pie
Frozen Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie
Grape Salad with Almonds & Cilantro
Homemade Poppy Seed Cake
Lemon Meringue Pie
Lemon Pudding Cake
Melon Ball & Blueberry Salad
Mom's Blueberry Coffeecake
Molasses Ice Cream
Mini Blueberry Tarts
Old-Fashioned Black Walnut Chocolate Cake
Perfect M&M Cookies
Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake
Roasted Peaches
Roasted Rhubarb
Snickerdoodle Bars
Strawberry Banana Chocolate Crumble
Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler
Sugar Cookie Bars
Two-Bite Brownies
Vanilla Brownies

LITTLE EXTRAS
Famous Mustard Sauce (Carolina BBQ Mustard Sauce)

Favorites from A Veggie Venture
Fresh Three-Bean Salad
Perfect All-Rhubarb Pie
Spicy Thai Noodle Salad




Juneteenth

Juneteenth falls on the 19th of June – the name is a lovely mashup of June and 19th! – and commemorates the day in 1865 when some quarter million enslaved people in Galveston, Texas first learned that, in fact, two whole years earlier, they and others in enslavement had become free people, thanks to decades of rebellion and resistance which led to the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation. Freedom Day and Jubilee Day (other names for Juneteenth) ebbed and flowed over the years but along the way, food took on increasing symbolism and significance. Red foods (especially drinks) symbolize suffering and perseverance. Greens promise good fortune. BBQ because, well, BBQ. :-)

SOURCE Epicurious

INSPIRATION


SUPER-TRADITIONAL FOODS
Hibiscus Tea with Ginger & Vanilla

RED FOODS (SAVORY)
Bloody Mary Salad more red!
Red Rice with Tomatoes more red!
Scalloped Potatoes & Beets ("Those Pink Potatoes") more red!
Spiced Pickled Red Onions more red!
Summer Couscous with Mango & Tomato more red!

RED FOODS (SWEET)
Fresh Strawberry Pie more red!
Roasted Applesauce with Raspberries more red!
Strawberry Ice Cream more red!

MORE SUMMER SAVORY
Calico Beans aka "Alanna's Famous Cowboy Beans"
Cornmeal Muffins with Peaches
Fish with Roasted Okra "Fries" & Tomato-Fennel Salad & Fried Okra "Popcorn"
Homemade Yeast Rolls
Lucky Black-Eyed Pea Salad
Old-Fashioned Southern Brunswick Stew
Sautéed Collard Greens with Bacon
Skillet Cornbread
Slow-Cooked Greens & Smoked Turkey

MORE SUMMER SWEET
Naked Peach Cobbler

More Juneteenth Ideas from A Veggie Venture
Jubilee Greens (How to Sauté Leafy Greens Like Spinach, Chard, Kale & More)
Mom’s Potato Salad
(Un) Fried Green Tomatoes (Baked Green Tomatoes)




Midsummer


MIDSUMMER MENU for the SUMMER SOLSTICE
Our Midsummer Party Menu
More Scandinavian recipes

MORNING FOOD
Finn Crisp with Marmalade & Cheese

TO DRINK
My Perfect (Unsweet, Unboozy) Sangria

SPECIAL TOUCHES
Homemade Finnish Mustard

FIRST BITES
Estonian Deviled Eggs
Lemon Basil Shrimp
Mini Crab Bites
Potato Bites with Smoked Salmon

FOR CHILLY NORDIC WHITE NIGHTS
Finnish Summer Soup
Karelian Borscht (Finnish - Russian Beet Borscht Soup)
Salmon Chowder
Scandinavian Split-Pea Soup

SCANDINAVIAN SUSTENANCE
Quick Supper Maple Glazed Salmon
Quick Supper Roasted Salmon & Asparagus
Quick Supper Salmon with Pesto Zucchini Noodles & Warm Tomatoes
Quick Supper Shrimp with Tomatoes, Spinach & Feta
Quick Supper Simple Grilled Salmon
Quick Supper Smoked Salmon Salad with Quick-Pickled Cucumbers & Roasted Peppers
Quick Supper Summer Seafood Chowder

SIDES & SALADS
Refrigerator Pickled Beets
Scalloped Potatoes & Beets ("Those Pink Potatoes")

SWEET ENDINGS
Chocolate Cream Puffs Stuffed with Strawberries & Cream
Estonian Apple Cake
Finnish Fruit Tart
Finnish Strawberry Whipped Cream Cake
Fresh Apricot Bars
Mom's Blueberry Coffeecake
Peach & Cantaloupe Soup
Rhubarb Cake
Roasted Rhubarb
Upside-Down Rhubarb Cheesecake




Canada Day & 4th of July & Summer Potlucks

See Also traditional Canadian Recipes
See Also classic American recipes
See Especially Canadian Flag Cake with Strawberries (easily adapted to an American flag cake)
See Especially Chocolate Raspberry Icebox Cake for an American flag cake
See Especially Red, White & Blue Potato Salad

SUMMER BREADS
Cornmeal Muffins with Peaches

SUMMER DRINKS
Bloody Caesar (Canada's Bloody Mary)
Cold-Brewed Coffee
Hibiscus Tea with Ginger & Vanilla
My Perfect (Unsweet, Unboozy) Sangria
Old-Fashioned Homemade Lemonade

SUMMER APPETIZERS
Basil-Cream Cheese Spread (Boursin Substitute)
Blueberry Salsa
Cheddar-Olive Spread
Creamy Ricotta with Tomato-Cucumber-Corn Salad
Cucumber Dip with Feta
Deviled Eggs with Tomato-Herb Relish
Estonian Deviled Eggs
Easy Easy Grilled Mushroom Appetizer
Easy Shrimp Bites
Easy Italian Appetizers Red Pepper Crostini; Olivada & Olivada Appetizers; Parmesan Crisps
Game-Day Pretzels
Green Chile Sauce (Salsa Verde)
Herbed Goat Cheese
Herbed Ricotta with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
Herbed Saltines
Three Quick Appetizers Spinach Puffs, Cream Cheese-Chutney Spread & Cheddar-Olive Spread
Three Favorite Sandwich & Cracker Spreads Cranberry Orange Spread, Almond Cilantro Spread, Sun-Dried Tomato Spread

SUMMER MAIN DISHES
Quick Supper Easy-Easy Marinated Flank Steak
Quick Supper Grilled Balsamic Chicken
Quick Supper Maple Glazed Salmon
Baked Baby Back Ribs with Spicy Berry Sauce
Chickpea & Chicken Salad
Easy Garlic-Herb Mediterranean Chicken ("Med Chicken")
Fun Pretzel Roll Hot Dogs
Minnesota Sloppy Joes
Parmesan Chicken
Roasted Salmon & Asparagus
Rock-Star Fried Chicken
Shrimp Salad Recipes
St. Louis Pork Steaks
Ten Tips for Better Burgers

SUMMER SALADS
Alice Waters' Coleslaw
Best-Ever Macaroni Salad
Bloody Mary Salad
Cantaloupe Salad with Feta & Basil
Cauliflower Salad with Fresh Herbs
Confetti Potato Salad
Dill Pickle Pasta Salad
Garden Pasta Salad with Mint Vinaigrette
Grape Salad with Almonds & Cilantro
Greek Pasta Salad
Green Bean Garden Salad
Grilled Pepper Salad and Warm Pepper Salad
Holy Slaw!
Ina Garten's Tabbouleh Salad
Lucky Black-Eyed Pea Salad
Melon Ball & Blueberry Salad
Panzanella (if the tomatoes are good)
Power Food Broccoli Salad
Quinoa & Black Bean Salad
Sauerkraut Salad
Sweet Potato Salad with Roasted Poblano, Roasted Corn & Chipotle
Thai Cantaloupe Salad
Tomato Soup Vegetable Salad
Tomatoes & Fresh Mozzarella for a Crowd
Trio of Vegetables with Sour Cream Nana's Cucumbers, Borscht Beets & Ontario Greens
Wild Rice Salad

SUMMER SIDES
Calico Beans aka "Alanna's Famous Cowboy Beans"
Greek Baked Beans (Gigantes Plaki)

SUMMER VEGETABLES
Fresh Creamed Corn
Grilled Vegetables in Foil
Make-Ahead Fresh Green Bean Casserole
Pair of Refrigerator Pickles Cucumber & Pepper Refrigerator Pickles along with Marinated Brussels Sprouts
Ratatouille

SMALL BITES OF SWEET
Chocolate Cream Puffs Stuffed with Strawberries & Cream
Fresh Blueberry Cookies
Sugar Cookie Bars
Two-Bite Brownies (especially festive for summer parties)
Vanilla Brownies

SUMMER CAKES
Blueberry Cake
Chocolate Raspberry Icebox Cake
Chocolate Decadence Cake
Country Rhubarb Cobbler
Mom's Blueberry Coffeecake
Old-Fashioned Black Walnut Chocolate Cake
Peach Blueberry Cake
Raspberry Morning Cake
Rhubarb Cake
Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake
Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler
Summer Corn Bread with Fresh Blueberries
Zucchini Bread with Carrot & Candied Ginger

SUMMER PIES & TARTS
Blueberry Cheesecake Pie
Blueberry Galette
Blueberry Sour Cream Pie
Easy Elegant Fruit Tart
Rhubarb Custard Pie
Summer Three-Berry Pie

KEEPING IT LIGHT
Fruity Gazpacho along with Summer Fruit Salad with Fresh Mint
Thai Cantaloupe Salad

OTHER SUMMER SWEETS
Blueberry Jam with Cinnamon
Brown Sugar Lemon Curd

WE ALL SCREAM FOR ...
Buttered Pecan Ice Cream along with Pecan Meringue Cookies
Easy Fruit Sorbet
Fudgicles
Homemade Frozen Yogurt with Blackberry Sauce
Master Recipe: Rustic Fruit Ice Cream
Master Homemade Ice Cream Recipe (Skinny): Very Vanilla, Chocolate Mint, Coffee Spice, Coconut, Raspberry & More
Strawberry Ice Cream

Summer Favorites from A Veggie Venture
Black Bean & Corn Salad
Classic Seven Layer Salad
Cucumber Lemonade
Parade-Day Gin & Tonics
Red, White & Blue Potato Salad
Sweet Rhubarb Pizza
Summer Lentils




Rosh Hashanah (falling between September 5th & October 5th)


Real-Food Brisket
Spiced Honey Cake




Halloween


SAVORY
Fun Pretzel Roll Hot Dogs
Pumpkin Spice Lattes

SWEET
Big Fat Chewy Molasses Cookies
"Black Cat Bits" for Kids
Gum Drop Cookies
Mini Pumpkin Pies
Mulled Apple Cider
Perfect M&M Cookies
Perfect Whole Wheat Pumpkin Muffins
Pumpkin Cheesecake
Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
Snickers Cookies on Sticks (or NOT)
Sugar Cookie Bars
Two-Bite Brownies (use a pumpkin rather than a watermelon to serve)




Days of the Dead (All Saints)


Pan de Muerto (Bread for Day of the Dead)




Election Day


Old-Fashioned Southern Brunswick Stew




Thanksgiving & Canadian Thanksgiving


My Thanksgiving recipes have moved to a new page!
Please see Thanksgiving.




Christmas


Holiday Baking Homemade Food Gifts
Christmas Eve Christmas Morning Christmas Dinner Coptic Christmas

Especially for Children
A Birthday Cake for Jesus: A Story

The Gifts We Bring
This Year, Let's Give the Gift of Words

Flavors of the Season
Cranberry Gingerbread Eggnog Molasses Pomegranate




Holiday Baking

Holiday Baking Tips from a Certifiable Cookie-Baking Fiend

BARS
Butter Tart Bars
Fresh Cranberry Bars
Gingerbread Snickerdoodle Bars
Sugar Cookie Bars

QUICK BREADS
Christmas Banana Bread

CAKES & TARTS
Cranberry Linzer Tart
Fresh Cranberry Cake

CANDY
Bourbon Pralines
Graham Cracker Toffee
Homemade Microwave Caramel Corn
'Reindeer Rations' for Kids
Sesame Candy

CUT-OUT COOKIES
No-Roll Christmas Sugar Cookies But No-Roll!

Chocolate Shortbread Cookies
Colored Roll-Out Sugar Cookies (Christmas Stars)
Cut-Out Spice Cookies
Fat Rascals (try star shapes)
Frosty Christmas Trees (how to host a cookie exchange)
No-Chill Cutout Sugar Cookies

SLICE & BAKE
Chocolate-Almond Shortbread Cookies
Chocolate Shortbread Cookies
Family Shortbread
Slice 'n' Bake Coffee Cookies with Chocolate-Covered Espresso Beans

MORE COOKIES
Big Fat Chewy Molasses Cookies
Chocolate Ginger Crinkle Cookies
Cinnamon Sugar Cookies (Snickerdoodles)
Cranberry Macadamia-Butter Cookies
Fresh Cranberry Drop Cookies
Gourmet Chocolate Mocha Cookies
Old-Fashioned Chocolate Chip Cookies
Perfect M&M Cookies



Homemade Food Gifts

All-Natural Dog Treats
Brown Sugar Lemon Curd
Chocolate-Cinnamon Sugar
Cranberry Chutney
Cranberry Salsa
Cranberry Walnut Bread
Easy-Easy Jam Tart
Homemade Finnish Mustard
Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix
Homemade Microwave Caramel Corn
Orange-Kissed Marshmallows
Party Nuts with Fresh Rosemary
Quick Jalapeño Pickles
Savory Roasted Pecans
Sesame Candy
Spiced Tuscan Salt



Flavors of the Season: Gingerbread

Chocolate Ginger Crinkle Cookies
Cut-Out Spice Cookies
Frosty Christmas Trees
Gingerbread Granola
Gingerbread Muffins
Gingerbread Pudding Cake




A Festive Christmas Eve


TO START THE FESTIVITIES
Black Pepper Almonds
Cranberry Salsa
Party Nuts with Fresh Rosemary
Cranberry Champagne Cocktail
Finnish Glögi (Hot Red Mulled Wine)
Homemade Eggnog
Mini Crab Bites
Potato Bites with Smoked Salmon
Savory Roasted Pecans
Smoked Salmon Spread
Stuffed Mushrooms with Cauliflower & Smoked Gouda
Sugared Cranberries
Toasted Goat Cheese

MAIN COURSES
All Courses Lavender: An Easy Romantic Dinner Lavender Steaks, Lavender Potatoes, Lavender Crème Brûlée
Cauliflower Risotto
Celebration Salad (Maple-Roasted Carrots with Arugula, Dill, Cranberry Vinaigrette, Pomegranate and Glazed Pecans)
Charcuterie for Two
Christmas Chicken Salad
Finnish Meatballs
Horseradish Whipped Cream for Beef
Italian Lemon Chicken
Lazy Man's Ciopinno
Perfectly Cooked Roast Beef
Twice-Smoked Ham

CELEBRATION SIDES
Beet Röesti with Rosemary
Bodacious Brussels Sprouts
Festive Holiday Salad
Homemade Mushroom Soup
Julia Child's Soubise (Onion & Rice Casserole)
Mashed Cauliflower (Low-Carb Mashed "Potatoes")
Make-Ahead Fresh Green Bean Casserole
Oyster Stew
Perfect Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes (Party Potatoes)
Potato Blintzes
Scalloped Potatoes & Beets ("Those Pink Potatoes")
Very Very Green Green-Pea Soup
Winter Fruit Salad

BREADS
Fried Bread
Homemade Yeast Rolls

SWEET ENDINGS
Baked Apples
Brown Sugar Lemon Curd
Chocolate Decadence Cake
Christmas Banana Bread
Christmas Trifle
Cinnamon Apples
Coffee Pots & Lemon Pots
Cranberry Apple Crisp
Cranberry Pudding
Fresh Cranberry Cake
Gingerbread Pudding Cake
Holiday Fruit & Yogurt Parfait with Cranberries, Applesauce, Pineapple & Kiwi
Mini Tiramisu Cups with Pralines
Pumpkin Pecan Pie




Christmas Morning


MORNING DRINKS
Cranberry Champagne Cocktail
Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix
Sugar-Free Chai Tea

A SIDE OF BACON
Baked Bacon

BREAKFAST CASSEROLES
Bacon & Egg Breakfast Bake
Breakfast Casserole with Sausage, Apples & Caramelized Onions
Easy Baked Oatmeal with Apples & Walnuts
Easy Baked Oatmeal with Blueberries & Bananas
Easy Green Chile Egg Casserole
Easy Make-Ahead Breakfast Casserole with Hash Browns & Eggs
Eggnog French Toast with Apple Cranberry Compote
Potato Blintzes

MORNING EGGS
Easy Creamy Scrambled Eggs for a Crowd
Easy Green Chile Egg Casserole
French Scrambled Eggs
Light Tomato Basil Quiche

OATMEAL, PANCAKES & MORE
Creamy Oatmeal
Manna Café Oatcakes (Oatmeal Pancakes)
My Mom's Pancake Recipe
Swiss Bircher Muesli
Triple-Banana Oat Pancakes

CHRISTMAS BREADS
Cranberry Walnut Bread
Gingerbread Muffins
Make-Ahead Bran Muffin Batter

CHRISTMAS FRUITS
Broiled Grapefruit
Apple Yogurt Salad
Holiday Fruit & Yogurt Parfait with Cranberries, Applesauce, Pineapple & Kiwi
Homemade Applesauce
Mexican Fruit Salad
Roasted Applesauce with Raspberries
Winter Fruit Salad




Family Christmas Dinner


MEATS
Christmas Chicken Salad
Finnish Meatballs
Horseradish Whipped Cream for Beef
How to Roast a Whole Turkey
Perfectly Cooked Roast Beef
Slow-Cooker Turkey Breast
Twice-Smoked Ham

SOUPS
Oyster Stew

SIDES & SALADS
Festive Holiday Salad
Festive Kale Salad with Apple & Pomegranate
Mashed Cauliflower (Low-Carb Mashed "Potatoes")
Make-Ahead Fresh Green Bean Casserole
Mashed Potatoes & Carrots
Perfect Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes (Party Potatoes)
Potato Blintzes
Scalloped Potatoes & Beets ("Those Pink Potatoes")
Squash Puff
Turnip Puff or Rutabaga Puff

CHRISTMAS FRUIT
Pair of Cranberry Relishes Cranberry Chutney & Cranberry Ginger Relish

CHRISTMAS BREADS
Yorkshire Pudding

SWEET ENDINGS
Apple Cranberry Compote
Christmas Trifle
Cinnamon Apples
Cranberry Apple Crisp
Fresh Cranberry Cake
Gingerbread Pudding Cake
Pumpkin Pecan Pie

Christmas Specialties from A Veggie Venture
Broccoli Tomato Holiday Wreath
Christmas Cauliflower
Christmas Tree Vegetable Platter




Coptic Christmas


Coptic Christmas Specialties from A Veggie Venture
Egyptian Kamut Salad with Roasted Carrot & Pomegranate



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New Year's


Traditional New Year's Foods
Food traditions from the American South, delivering good fortune for the new year!
Lucky Black-Eyed Pea Salad
Lucky Black-Eyed Pea Soup
Sautéed Collard Greens with Bacon

New Year's Favorites from A Veggie Venture
For financial success in the new year!
Braised Collard Greens
Hoppin' John Soup
New Year's Soup with Black-eyed Peas & Collard Greens
New Year's Turnip Greens
Summer Black-Eyed Pea Salad
Warm Black-eyed Peas with Yogurt & Ginger

Bubbly Celebrations
COCKTAIL HOUR
Cranberry Champagne Cocktail
Finnish Glögi (Hot Red Mulled Wine)
Homemade Eggnog

FIRST BITES
Bacon-Wrapped Dried Apricots
Basil-Cream Cheese Spread (Boursin Substitute)
Black Pepper Almonds
Cheese Puffs
Easy Brussels Sprouts Bites
Easy-Easy Triscuit with Cheddar & Basil
Herbed Saltines
Herbed Goat Cheese
Lemon Basil Shrimp
Mini Crab Bites
Party Nuts with Fresh Rosemary
Potato Bites with Smoked Salmon
Savory Roasted Pecans
Smoked Salmon Spread
Smoked Whitefish Spread on Cucumber
Stuffed Mushrooms with Cauliflower & Smoked Gouda
Toasted Goat Cheese
Three Quick Appetizers Spinach Puffs, Cream Cheese-Chutney Spread & Cheddar-Olive Spread

FIT FOR A FEAST
All Courses Lavender: An Easy Romantic Dinner Lavender Steaks, Lavender Potatoes, Lavender Crème Brûlée
Beef Bourguignon (French Beef Stew)
Charcuterie for Two
Italian Lemon Chicken
Lazy Man's Ciopinno
Quick Supper Cauliflower Risotto
Quick Supper Leek Sauce for Pasta
Quick Supper Maple Glazed Salmon
Quick Supper Pepper Steak & Mushrooms
Quick Supper Shrimp with Tomatoes, Spinach & Feta
Quick Supper Steak & Poblanos

SOUPS
Homemade Mushroom Soup
Quick 'n' Easy Shrimp Bisque

SALADS
Festive Holiday Salad
Festive Kale Salad with Apple & Pomegranate
Orange & Avocado Salad
Roasted Pear Salad

SIDES
Cheese Gnocchi Pie
Julia Child's Soubise (Onion & Rice Casserole)
Savory Orange Slices
Slow Cooker Sweet Potato (or Pumpkin or Butternut Squash) Grits

VEGETABLES
Bodacious Brussels Sprouts
Mashed Cauliflower (Low-Carb Mashed "Potatoes")
Perfect Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes (Party Potatoes)
Rustic Mashed Sweet Potatoes & Carrots
Simple Roasted Mushrooms
Scalloped Potatoes & Beets ("Those Pink Potatoes")

BREADS
Fried Bread
Homemade Yeast Rolls

SWEET ENDINGS
Baked Apples
Buttered Pecan Ice Cream along with Pecan Meringue Cookies
Caramel Corn
Christmas Banana Bread
Cinnamon Apples
Cinnamon Sugar Cookies (Snickerdoodles)
Coffee Pots & Lemon Pots
Cranberry Apple Crisp
Cranberry Pudding
Easy-Easy Jam Tart
Gingerbread Pudding Cake
Holiday Fruit & Yogurt Parfait with Cranberries, Applesauce, Pineapple & Kiwi Homemade Poppy Seed Cake
Lemon Pudding Cake
Mini Tiramisu Cups with Pralines
Old-Fashioned Black Walnut Chocolate Cake
Raspberry & Red Wine Granita
Sugar Cookie Bars
Winter Fruit Salad

Morning-After Breakfast & Brunch
DRINKS & SMOOTHIES
Cranberry Champagne Cocktail
Finnish Glögi (Hot Red Mulled Wine)
Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix
Orange Julius Drinks
Sugar-Free Chai Tea

MORNING MEATS
Baked Bacon

BREAKFAST FRUIT
Broiled Grapefruit
Cinnamon Apples
Cranberry Applesauce
Holiday Fruit & Yogurt Parfait with Cranberries, Applesauce, Pineapple & Kiwi Homemade Applesauce
Savory Orange Slices
Winter Fruit Salad

MORNING BREADS
Black Walnut Bread
Cranberry Walnut Bread
Fried Bread
Gingerbread Muffins
Homemade Yeast Rolls
Make-Ahead Bran Muffin Batter
Mom's Blueberry Coffeecake
Overnight Coffeecake
Perfect Whole Wheat Pumpkin Muffins

BREAKFAST CASSEROLES
Breakfast Casserole with Sausage, Apples & Caramelized Onions
Easy Baked Oatmeal with Apples & Walnuts
Easy Baked Oatmeal with Blueberries & Bananas
Easy Green Chile Egg Casserole
Easy Make-Ahead Breakfast Casserole with Hash Browns & Eggs

EGGS
Chilaquiles
Easy Creamy Scrambled Eggs for a Crowd
French Scrambled Eggs
Gashouse Eggs
Green Chile Scrambled Eggs
Ham & Eggs
Mexican Gas House Eggs
Never-the-Same-Twice Vegetable Frittata
Refried Bean Sauce with Eggs on Top
Shakshuka (Eggs Nested in Summer Vegetables)
Simple French Eggs

PANCAKES & FRENCH TOAST
Make Tonight a Pancake Night

Cottage Cheese Pancakes
Eggnog French Toast with Apple Cranberry Compote
Lifetime Pancakes
Manna Café Oatcakes (Oatmeal Pancakes)
My Mom's Pancake Recipe
Triple-Banana Oat Pancakes

SPECIAL CEREALS
Creamy Oatmeal
Homemade Granola with Almonds & Apricots
Swiss Bircher Muesli

TARTS & QUICHE
Asparagus Custard Tart
Light Tomato Basil Quiche

New Year's Day Comfort Food
MAIN COURSE
Quick Supper Beef Stew with Cranberries
Quick Supper Cauliflower Risotto
Quick Supper Chicken with Apple & Creamy Cider Gravy
Quick Supper Pork & Poblano Skillet
Quick Supper Shrimp with Tomatoes, Spinach & Feta
Quick Supper Two-Way Lentil Skillet
Afghan Chicken & Rice Casserole (Kabeli Palau)
Beef Bourguignon (French Beef Stew)
Cashew Chicken Curry
Celebration Salad (Maple-Roasted Carrots with Arugula, Dill, Cranberry Vinaigrette, Pomegranate and Glazed Pecans)
Chicken Cacciatore
Chicken Cider Stew
Chocolate Chili
Ham & Beans
Lazy Man's Ciopinno
Lemon-Honey Chicken Skillet
Light Tomato Basil Quiche
Mom's Roast Chicken With All the Trimmings
Moroccan Chicken
One-Pot Chicken with Beans & Vegetables
Slow-Cooker Turkey Breast & Turkey Gravy
Twice-Smoked Ham
Winter Stew

SOUPS
At Last! Black Bean Soup
Beef Barley Soup with Mushrooms
Crockpot Chili with Spicy Sausage
Homemade Lentil Soup
Homemade Mushroom Soup
Lucky Black-Eyed Pea Soup For good fortune in the new year!
Meatball Soup with Broccoli Rabe
My Chicken Noodle Soup
Salmon Chowder
Smoked Turkey Chowder
Squash & Carrot Stew
Turkey Sweet Potato Soup
Winter Tomato Soup

BREADS
Best-Ever Oatmeal Bread
Homemade Yeast Rolls
No-Knead English Muffin Bread

SALADS
Apple Yogurt Salad
Lucky Black-Eyed Pea Salad For good fortune in the new year!
Power Food Broccoli Salad
Wild Rice Salad

SIDES
Calico Beans aka "Alanna's Famous Cowboy Beans"
Oven-Baked Brown Rice

VEGETABLES
Mashed Cauliflower (Low-Carb Mashed "Potatoes")
Make-Ahead Fresh Green Bean Casserole
Perfect Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes (Party Potatoes)
Rustic Mashed Sweet Potatoes & Carrots
Scalloped Potatoes & Beets ("Those Pink Potatoes")

SWEET ENDINGS
Apple Cider Indian Pudding
Baked Apples
Banana Cream Pudding
Cinnamon Sugar Cookies (Snickerdoodles)
Cranberry Apple Crisp
Cranberry Pudding
Dutch Apple Puff
Easy-Easy Chocolate Coconut Pudding
Easy-Easy Jam Tart
Gingerbread Pudding Cake
Holiday Fruit & Yogurt Parfait with Cranberries, Applesauce, Pineapple & Kiwi Homemade Poppy Seed Cake
Lemon Pudding Cake
Molasses Ice Cream
Old-Fashioned Black Walnut Chocolate Cake
Two-Bite Brownies




Valentine's


Breakfast Romance
MORNING DRINKS
Cranberry Champagne Cocktail
Orange Julius Drinks
Sugar-Free Chai Tea

STARTERS
Baked Bacon
Broiled Grapefruit
Roasted Applesauce with Raspberries

MORNING BREADS
Fried Bread
Gingerbread Muffins
Make-Ahead Bran Muffin Batter
Mom's Blueberry Coffeecake
On-the-Run Breakfast Bars
Overnight Coffeecake

TARTS
Asparagus Custard Tart

BREAKFAST CASSEROLES
Breakfast Casserole with Sausage, Apples & Caramelized Onions
Easy Green Chile Egg Casserole
Easy Make-Ahead Breakfast Casserole with Hash Browns & Eggs

EGGS
Chilaquiles
Easy Creamy Scrambled Eggs for a Crowd
French Scrambled Eggs
Gashouse Eggs
Ham & Eggs
How to Poach a Perfect Egg
Mexican Gas House Eggs
Never-the-Same-Twice Vegetable Frittata
Simple French Eggs

PANCAKE FEASTS
Cottage Cheese Pancakes
Lifetime Pancakes
Manna Café Oatcakes (Oatmeal Pancakes)
My Mom's Pancake Recipe
Triple-Banana Oat Pancakes

SPECIAL CEREALS
Creamy Oatmeal
Swiss Bircher Muesli

Romantic Suppers
COCKTAIL HOUR
Cranberry Champagne Cocktail
Finnish Glögi (Hot Red Mulled Wine)

FIRST BITES
Basil-Cream Cheese Spread (Boursin Substitute)
Black Pepper Almonds
Cheese Puffs
Easy Brussels Sprouts Bites
Easy-Easy Triscuit with Cheddar & Basil
Easy Easy Grilled Mushroom Appetizer
Lemon Basil Shrimp
Mini Crab Bites
Potato Bites with Smoked Salmon
Savory Roasted Pecans
Smoked Whitefish Spread on Cucumber
Toasted Goat Cheese

ROMANTIC MEALS
Quick Supper Cauliflower Risotto
Quick Supper Charcuterie for Two
Quick Supper Chicken Sybil
Quick Supper Chicken with Apple & Creamy Cider Gravy
Quick Supper Date-Night Chicken
Quick Supper Fast Roast Chicken
Quick Supper Leek Sauce for Pasta
Quick Supper Maple Glazed Salmon
Quick Supper Pepper Steak & Mushrooms
Quick Supper Salmon with Pesto Zucchini Noodles & Warm Tomatoes
Quick Supper Seared Scallops with Garlicky Polenta & Chimichurri
Quick Supper Shrimp with Tomatoes, Spinach & Feta
Quick Supper Steak & Poblanos
Quick Supper Tropical Pork Tenderloin
Quick Supper Warm Baked Feta & Tomatoes with Shrimp
All Courses Lavender: An Easy Romantic Dinner Lavender Steaks, Lavender Potatoes, Lavender Crème Brûlée
Beef Bourguignon (French Beef Stew)
Chicken Cacciatore
Dutch Apple Puff
Italian Lemon Chicken
Lazy Man's Ciopinno
Mom's Roast Chicken With All the Trimmings
Lamb Roast with Lemon & Oregano
Roasted Salmon & Asparagus
Slow-Cooker Turkey Breast & Turkey Gravy
Turkey Stock
Smoked Turkey Chowder
Winter Pesto with Spinach

SALADS
Apple Yogurt Salad
Grape Salad with Almonds & Cilantro
Orange & Avocado Salad
Roasted Pear Salad
Savory Orange Slices
Strawberry Pepper Salad
That Pink Salad

SIDES
Cheese Gnocchi Pie
Julia Child's Soubise (Onion & Rice Casserole)
Slow Cooker Sweet Potato (or Pumpkin or Butternut Squash) Grits

SOUPS
Homemade Mushroom Soup

VEGETABLES
Bodacious Brussels Sprouts
Mashed Cauliflower (Low-Carb Mashed "Potatoes")
Rustic Mashed Sweet Potatoes & Carrots
Scalloped Potatoes & Beets ("Those Pink Potatoes")

SWEET ENDINGS
Apple Cider Indian Pudding
Baked Apples
Banana Cream Pudding
Blueberry Galette
Brown Sugar Lemon Curd
Buttered Pecan Ice Cream along with Pecan Meringue Cookies
Chocolate Cinnamon Whipped Cream Cake
Chocolate Decadence Cake
Cinnamon Apples
Cinnamon Sugar Cookies (Snickerdoodles)
Citrus Slices with Orange Flower Water, Spices & Chocolate Shavings
Cranberry Apple Crisp
Cut-Out Spice Cookies (in heart shapes)
Easy-Easy Chocolate Coconut Pudding
Easy-Easy Chocolate Sheet Cake
Estonian Apple Cake
Fresh Strawberry Pie
Graham Cracker Toffee
Grape Salad with Almonds & Cilantro
Homemade Chocolate Sauce In-a-Flash
Homemade Poppy Seed Cake
Lemon Meringue Pie
Lemon Pudding Cake
Light 'n' Easy Chocolate Pudding
Master Homemade Ice Cream Recipe (Skinny): Very Vanilla, Chocolate Mint, Coffee Spice, Coconut, Raspberry & More
Mini Tiramisu Cups with Pralines
Molasses Ice Cream
Raspberry & Red Wine Granita
Raspberry-Red Wine Coulis (Reduction Sauce)
Roasted Applesauce with Raspberries
Snickerdoodle Bars
Strawberry Banana Chocolate Crumble
Sugar-Free Raspberry Bliss
Sugar Cookie Bars
Two-Bite Brownies
Vanilla Brownies
Old-Fashioned Black Walnut Chocolate Cake
Winter Fruit Salad

Favorites from A Veggie Venture
Meyer Lemon Crème Fraîche Pasta with Broccoli Rabe




Pi Day


We bake pie on Pi Day. That's March 14th. That's 3/14. Get it? Think mathematics. Think "pi". Think 3.1416 and so on! Isn't it fun?

#PieDayFriday
Pie & Tart Recipes from Kitchen Parade
Pi Day - Recipes for Homemade Pie! from my fellow food bloggers




St Urho's Day

Never heard of St. Urho's Day? You're not alone, unless you belong to the Finnish diaspora in the U.S. and Canada, especially in northern Minnesota where many Finns settled to work in the mines.

It's pure fun! The saint St. Urho is as fictional as the legend of St. Urho's, who, since is fictional, was unable to drive away grasshoppers ravaging Finland's equally fictional vineyards.

St. Urho's Day is celebrated on March 16th so perhaps the point is, Why let the Irish have all the fun on March 17th? Indeed.

To join the fun, you'll need some Finnish recipes. Let me especially recommend Finland's "soul food," the wonderful Finnish Salmon Soup (Lohikeitto), the famous fish and potato chowder.





St Patrick's Day

Traditional Dishes
Corned Beef with Red Potatoes, Carrot Chunks, Cabbage Wedges & Cheese Sauce
Homemade & Semi-Homemade Pub Cheese
Irish Beef Stew
Irish Soda Bread Muffins
Irish Spiced Fruitcake
Whole-wheat Irish Soda Bread

Green Food
Basil-Cream Cheese Spread (Boursin Substitute)
Bodacious Brussels Sprouts
Easy-to-Elegant Asparagus Soup
Lucky Black-Eyed Pea Salad
Lucky Black-Eyed Pea Soup
Make-Ahead Fresh Green Bean Casserole
Meatball Soup with Broccoli Rabe
Green Chile Sauce (Salsa Verde)
Quick Broccoli Soup
Perfect M&M Cookies
Power Food Broccoli Salad
Sautéed Collard Greens with Bacon
Smashed Potatoes & Broccoli Casserole
Spinach Soup with Perfect Hard-Cooked Eggs
Steak & Poblanos
Sugar Cookie Bars
Very Very Green Green-Pea Soup
Winter Pesto with Spinach

Favorite "Green Food" from A Veggie Venture
Green Rice
Green Smoothies
Spinach Pancakes

Good with Traditional St Patrick's Favorites
Cabbage Noodles
Cheese Gnocchi Pie
Cut-Out Spice Cookies (in shamrock shapes)
Mashed Cauliflower (Low-Carb Mashed "Potatoes")
Mashed Potatoes & Carrots
No-Knead English Muffin Bread
Oven-Baked Brown Rice
Perfect Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes (Party Potatoes)
Skillet Cornbread
Turnip Puff or Rutabaga Puff

Favorites from A Veggie Venture
Potato, Cabbage & Rapini Colcannon
Reuben Casserole How to use up leftover corned beef




Mardi Gras

Bourbon Pralines
Gumbo
Red Beans & Rice
Slow Cooker Sweet Potato (or Pumpkin or Butternut Squash) Grits

Mardi Gras Favorites from A Veggie Venture
Big Cajun Chopped Salad
Cajun Dirty Rice with Eggplant
Vegan Chickpea Gumbo
Summer Black-Eyed Pea Salad




Lent & Easter


Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
Make Tonight a Pancake Night

Cornmeal Pancakes with Warm Blueberries
Cottage Cheese Pancakes
Lifetime Pancakes
Manna Café Oatcakes (Oatmeal Pancakes)
My Mom's Pancake Recipe
Triple-Banana Oat Pancakes

Shrove Tuesday, Scandinavian Style
Scandinavian Split-Pea Soup

Ash Wednesday
How to Plant Lenten Grass (Easter Grass) Celebrating Lent with an old Finnish tradition, especially good with children

Meatless Fridays
SALADS
Spinach Salad with Fruity Vinaigrette, Fresh Fruit & Maple-Glazed Pecans

FISH & SEAFOOD
Quick Supper Maple Glazed Salmon
Quick Supper Salmon with Crispy Crust
Quick Supper Shrimp with Tomatoes, Spinach & Feta
Quick Supper Sole with Mushrooms & Onions
Cornmeal Catfish with Warm Potato Salad
Easy Baked Fish with Red Pepper & Cucumber Salad
Fish with Roasted Okra "Fries" & Tomato-Fennel Salad
Fish with Herb Butter
Herb-Coated Broiled Fish
Lazy Man's Ciopinno
Quick 'n' Easy Shrimp Bisque
Roasted Salmon & Asparagus
Simple Grilled Salmon
Smoked Salmon Salad with Quick-Pickled Cucumbers & Roasted Peppers

MEATLESS MAIN COURSE
Quick Supper Cauliflower Risotto (omitting the bacon)
Quick Supper Eggplant & Bean Thai Curry Bowl
Quick Supper Leek Sauce for Pasta
Quick Supper Never-the-Same-Twice Vegetable Frittata
Quick Supper Two-Way Lentil Skillet
Greek Baked Beans (Gigantes Plaki)
Light Tomato Basil Quiche
Savory Cauliflower Cake

SOUPS
At Last! Black Bean Soup
Creamy Wild Rice Soup
Homemade Mushroom Soup
Karelian Borscht (Finnish - Russian Beet Borscht Soup)
Lazy Man's Ciopinno
Homemade Lentil Soup
Salmon Chowder
Scandinavian Split-Pea Soup
Spinach Soup with Perfect Hard-Cooked Eggs
Sweet-Corn Soup with Shrimp
Very Very Green Green-Pea Soup
Vichyssoise
Winter Tomato Soup




Easter


Colored Easter Eggs
Perfect Hard-Cooked Eggs
Cooked Egg Recipes

Favorites from A Veggie Venture
Ruby Eggs

Traditional Easter Foods
Armenian Easter Bread
Deviled Eggs with Tomato-Herb Relish
Estonian Deviled Eggs
Hot Cross Buns
Spicy Raisin Sauce for Ham
Twice-Smoked Ham

Ham 101: What to Know Before Buying a Ham

Easter Morning
STARTERS for EASTER
Baked Bacon
'Bunny Pellets' for Kids
Strawberry Milk

MORNING BREADS for EASTER
Armenian Easter Bread
Autumn Pumpkin Bread
Best Shortcake Biscuits & Iowa Shortcake
Fried Bread
Gingerbread Muffins
Hot Cross Buns
Make-Ahead Bran Muffin Batter
Mom's Blueberry Coffeecake
On-the-Run Breakfast Bars
Overnight Coffeecake
Perfect Whole Wheat Pumpkin Muffins
Raspberry Morning Cake
Raspberry Muffins
Shhh Banana Bread

MORNING FRUIT for EASTER
Apple Yogurt Salad
Broiled Grapefruit
Five-Minute Fruit Salad
Grape Salad with Almonds & Cilantro
Homemade Applesauce
Mango Lassi with Mint
Strawberry Salsa with Sweet-Cinnamon Baked Tortilla Chips
Winter Fruit Salad

BREAKFAST CASSEROLES for EASTER
Asparagus Whole Wheat Bread Pudding
Bacon & Egg Breakfast Bake
Breakfast Casserole with Sausage, Apples & Caramelized Onions
Easy Green Chile Egg Casserole
Easy Make-Ahead Breakfast Casserole with Hash Browns & Eggs

EGGS for EASTER
Easy Creamy Scrambled Eggs for a Crowd
French Scrambled Eggs
Gashouse Eggs
Ham & Eggs
Mexican Gas House Eggs
Refried Bean Sauce with Eggs on Top
Simple French Eggs

TARTS & QUICHE for EASTER
Asparagus Custard Tart
Light Tomato Basil Quiche
Savory Cauliflower Cake

PANCAKES & FRENCH TOAST for EASTER
Lifetime Pancakes
Manna Café Oatcakes (Oatmeal Pancakes)
My Mom's Pancake Recipe
Triple-Banana Oat Pancakes

SPECIAL CEREALS for EASTER
Creamy Oatmeal
Swiss Bircher Muesli

Easter Dinner
FIRST BITES
Herbed Saltines
Mini Crab Bites
Potato Bites with Smoked Salmon

FAMILY-STYLE MAIN COURSES for EASTER
Italian Lemon Chicken
Lamb Roast with Lemon & Oregano
Mom's Roast Chicken With All the Trimmings
Twice-Smoked Ham

EASTER SALADS & SALAD DRESSINGS
Dill Pickle Pasta Salad
Easy-Easy Artichoke & Tomato Salad
Power Food Broccoli Salad
Refrigerator Pickled Beets
Savory Orange Slices
Spinach Salad with Fruity Vinaigrette, Fresh Fruit & Maple-Glazed Pecans
That Pink Salad

Strawberry Vinaigrette with Chipotle

EASTER SIDES
Calico Beans aka "Alanna's Famous Cowboy Beans"
Cauliflower Risotto
Cheese Gnocchi Pie
Greek Baked Beans (Gigantes Plaki)
Julia Child's Soubise (Onion & Rice Casserole)
Leek Sauce for Pasta
Spring Stuffing with Leeks & Mushrooms

EASTER SOUPS
Easy-to-Elegant Asparagus Soup

EASTER VEGETABLES
Mashed Cauliflower (Low-Carb Mashed "Potatoes")
Make-Ahead Fresh Green Bean Casserole
Mashed Potatoes & Carrots
Moroccan Onions
Perfect Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes (Party Potatoes)
Scalloped Potatoes & Beets ("Those Pink Potatoes")
Tourlou Tourlou (Greek Baked Vegetables)
Trio of Vegetables with Sour Cream Nana's Cucumbers, Borscht Beets & Ontario Greens

EASTER BREADS
Armenian Easter Bread
Homemade Yeast Rolls
Hot Cross Buns

SWEET ENDINGS
Banana Cream Pudding
Brown Sugar Lemon Curd
Chocolate Cinnamon Whipped Cream Cake
Chocolate Cream Puffs Stuffed with Strawberries & Cream
Cinnamon Apples
Cut-Out Spice Cookies (in Easter shapes)
Easy-Easy Jam Tart
Five-Minute Fruit Salad
Finnish Fruit Tart
Fresh Strawberry Pie
Fruity Gazpacho along with Summer Fruit Salad with Fresh Mint
Fresh Apricot Bars
Homemade Poppy Seed Cake
Lemon Meringue Pie
Lemon Pudding Cake
Mini Tiramisu Cups with Pralines
Old-Fashioned Banana Floats
Old-Fashioned Black Walnut Chocolate Cake
Perfect M&M Cookies
Strawberry Banana Chocolate Crumble
Sugar Cookie Bars
Two-Bite Brownies
Upside-Down Rhubarb Cheesecake
Winter Fruit Salad

Favorites from A Veggie Venture
Classic Seven-Layer Salad
Party Asparagus
World's Best Green Bean Casserole




Derby Day


Derby Pie
Mint Julep Pork Chops with Sugar Snap Peas
Slow Cooker Sweet Potato (or Pumpkin or Butternut Squash) Grits
Southern Belle Lemon Layer Cake

Derby-Day Favorites from A Veggie Venture
Miss Jennie's Famous Benedictine Spread




Cinco de Mayo


See Mexican recipes
See Deep Mexico: Ingredient-Driven Mexican Meal Prep




Mother's Day


Breakfast in Bed
STARTERS
Baked Bacon

MORNING DRINKS
Mango Lassi with Mint
Strawberry Milk
Sugar-Free Chai Tea

MORNING BREADS
Armenian Easter Bread
Banana Streusel Muffins
Black Walnut Bread
Fried Bread
Gingerbread Muffins
Make-Ahead Bran Muffin Batter
Raspberry Muffins
Rhubarb Muffins
Shhh Banana Bread

MORNING CAKES & COFFEECAKES
Best Shortcake Biscuits & Iowa Shortcake
Mom's Blueberry Coffeecake
Overnight Coffeecake
Raspberry Morning Cake

MORNING FRUIT
Apple Yogurt Salad
Broiled Grapefruit
Strawberry Salsa with Sweet-Cinnamon Baked Tortilla Chips
Winter Fruit Salad

BREAKFAST CASSEROLES
Asparagus Whole Wheat Bread Pudding
Bacon & Egg Breakfast Bake
Breakfast Casserole with Sausage, Apples & Caramelized Onions
Easy Green Chile Egg Casserole
Easy Make-Ahead Breakfast Casserole with Hash Browns & Eggs

EGGS
Gashouse Eggs
Mexican Gas House Eggs
Never-the-Same-Twice Vegetable Frittata

TARTS & QUICHE
Asparagus Custard Tart
Light Tomato Basil Quiche

PANCAKES & FRENCH TOAST
Cottage Cheese Pancakes
Dutch Apple Puff
Lifetime Pancakes
Manna Café Oatcakes (Oatmeal Pancakes)
My Mom's Pancake Recipe

SPECIAL CEREALS
Creamy Oatmeal
Homemade Granola with Almonds & Apricots
Swiss Bircher Muesli

Family Dinners
FIRST BITES
Estonian Deviled Eggs
Herbed Goat Cheese
Herbed Saltines
Lemon Basil Shrimp
Mini Crab Bites
Toasted Goat Cheese

LIBATIONS
My Perfect (Unsweet, Unboozy) Sangria

EXTRAS
Savory Rhubarb Chutney

FAMILY-STYLE MAIN COURSES
Quick Supper Cauliflower Risotto
Quick Supper Leek Sauce for Pasta
Quick Supper Lemon & Asparagus Pasta
Quick Supper Maple Glazed Salmon
Light Tomato Basil Quiche
Parmesan Chicken

MOM'S BEST SALADS & SALAD DRESSINGS
Best-Ever Macaroni Salad
Cucumber-Mango Salad
Grape Salad with Almonds & Cilantro
Pair of Strawberry Salads Strawberry Pepper Salad & Strawberry Spinach Salad with Poppy Seed Vinaigrette
Savory Orange Slices
Sweet Potato Salad with Roasted Poblano, Roasted Corn & Chipotle
Tomato Soup Vegetable Salad
Winter Fruit Salad

Strawberry Vinaigrette with Chipotle

SIDES
Cheese Gnocchi Pie
Greek Baked Beans (Gigantes Plaki)

SOUPS
Finnish Summer Soup

VEGETABLES
Beet Röesti with Rosemary & Shredded Zucchini with Thyme
Make-Ahead Fresh Green Bean Casserole
Moroccan Onions
Trio of Vegetables with Sour Cream Nana's Cucumbers, Borscht Beets & Ontario Greens

SWEET ENDINGS
Best Shortcake Biscuits & Iowa Shortcake
Buttered Pecan Ice Cream along with Pecan Meringue Cookies
Chocolate Cinnamon Whipped Cream Cake
Chocolate Cream Puffs Stuffed with Strawberries & Cream
Cinnamon Sugar Cookies (Snickerdoodles)
Coffee Pots & Lemon Pots
Easy-Easy Jam Tart
Easy Elegant Fruit Tart
Finnish Fruit Tart
Finnish Strawberry Whipped Cream Cake
Fresh Apricot Bars
Fresh Blueberry Cookies
Fresh Strawberry Pie
Fruity Gazpacho along with Summer Fruit Salad with Fresh Mint
Homemade Poppy Seed Cake
Lemon Meringue Pie
Lemon Pudding Cake
Master Homemade Ice Cream Recipe (Skinny): Very Vanilla, Chocolate Mint, Coffee Spice, Coconut, Raspberry & More
Mojito Strawberries
Mom's Blueberry Coffeecake
Old-Fashioned Banana Floats
Old-Fashioned Black Walnut Chocolate Cake
Rhubarb Sorbet
Roasted Rhubarb
Southern Belle Lemon Layer Cake
Strawberry Banana Chocolate Crumble
Strawberry Ice Cream
Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler
Sugar Cookie Bars
Two-Bite Brownies

Favorites from A Veggie Venture
Gorgeous Raw Asparagus Salad
Carrot Cake Cupcakes




Father's Day


Breakfast & Brunch
FRESH FRUIT, FRESH START
Mango Lassi with Mint
Melon Ball & Blueberry Salad

BACON ... BECAUSE, WELL, B A C O N
Baked Bacon

TARTS & QUICHE
Asparagus Custard Tart
Light Tomato Basil Quiche

BREAKFAST CASSEROLES
Asparagus Whole Wheat Bread Pudding
Bacon & Egg Breakfast Bake
Breakfast Casserole with Sausage, Apples & Caramelized Onions
Easy Green Chile Egg Casserole
Easy Make-Ahead Breakfast Casserole with Hash Browns & Eggs

SPECIAL CEREALS
Creamy Oatmeal

SPECIAL-OCCASION EGGS
Chilaquiles
Estonian Deviled Eggs
Gashouse Eggs
Ham & Eggs
Mexican Gas House Eggs
Never-the-Same-Twice Vegetable Frittata
Refried Bean Sauce with Eggs on Top
Ten-Minute Enchiladas

MORNING BREADS
Make-Ahead Bran Muffin Batter
Fried Bread
On-the-Run Breakfast Bars
Perfect Whole Wheat Pumpkin Muffins
Rhubarb Muffins

MORNING CAKES
Armenian Easter Bread
Dutch Apple Puff
Mom's Blueberry Coffeecake
Overnight Coffeecake

PANCAKES!
Lifetime Pancakes
Manna Café Oatcakes (Oatmeal Pancakes)
My Mom's Pancake Recipe
Triple-Banana Oat Pancakes

Family Gatherings
LIBATIONS
My Perfect (Unsweet, Unboozy) Sangria
Old-Fashioned Homemade Lemonade

SMALL BITES
Basil-Cream Cheese Spread (Boursin Substitute)
Cheddar-Olive Spread
Easy Easy Grilled Mushroom Appetizer
Easy Italian Appetizers Red Pepper Crostini; Olivada & Olivada Appetizers; Parmesan Crisps
Easy Shrimp Bites
Game-Day Pretzels
Green Chile Sauce (Salsa Verde)
Grilled Flatbread
Herbed Goat Cheese
Herbed Ricotta with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
Herbed Saltines
Homemade & Semi-Homemade Pub Cheese
Lemon Basil Shrimp
Potato Bites with Smoked Salmon
Savory Rhubarb Chutney
Simple Hummus
Three Quick Appetizers Spinach Puffs, Cream Cheese-Chutney Spread & Cheddar-Olive Spread

MEATY MAIN COURSES
Quick Supper Easy Beef Kabobs
Quick Supper Greek Chicken Dagwood Sandwiches
Quick Supper Grilled Balsamic Chicken
Quick Supper Maple Glazed Salmon
Oil Tanker Burgers
Quick Supper Shrimp with Tomatoes, Spinach & Feta
Quick Supper Steak & Poblanos
Quick Supper Thick Iowa Chops with Easy Stuffing Crust
Quick Supper Tropical Pork Tenderloin &
Quick Supper Tropical Salad Supper
All Courses Lavender: An Easy Romantic Dinner Lavender Steaks (men love these!), Lavender Potatoes, Lavender Crème Brûlée
Baked Baby Back Ribs with Spicy Berry Sauce
Easy Garlic-Herb Mediterranean Chicken ("Med Chicken")
Italian Lemon Chicken
Parmesan Chicken
Ten Tips for Better Burgers
Twice-Smoked Ham

DAD's FAVORITE SALADS
Alice Waters' Coleslaw
Best-Ever Macaroni Salad
Cauliflower Salad with Fresh Herbs
Confetti Potato Salad
Dill Pickle Pasta Salad
Easy-Easy Artichoke & Tomato Salad
Power Food Broccoli Salad
Quinoa & Black Bean Salad
Sauerkraut Salad
Sweet Potato Salad with Roasted Poblano, Roasted Corn & Chipotle
That Pink Salad
Tomato Soup Vegetable Salad
Wild Rice Salad

DAD's FAVORITE SIDES
Calico Beans aka "Alanna's Famous Cowboy Beans"
Fresh Creamed Corn
Greek Baked Beans (Gigantes Plaki)
Greek Pasta Salad
Grilled Vegetables in Foil
Moroccan Onions

SUMMER CALLS FOR A SPECIAL SUMMER SOUP
Finnish Summer Soup

SWEET ENDINGS DADS LOVE
American Apple Pie
Baked Apples
Best Shortcake Biscuits & Iowa Shortcake
Big Fat Chewy Molasses Cookies
Blueberry Sour Cream Pie
Buttered Pecan Ice Cream along with Pecan Meringue Cookies
Chocolate Cream Puffs Stuffed with Strawberries & Cream
Chocolate Raspberry Icebox Cake
Coconut Cream Pie
Country Rhubarb Cobbler
Easy-Easy Chocolate Sheet Cake
Easy Elegant Fruit Tart
Finnish Fruit Tart
Finnish Strawberry Whipped Cream Cake
Fresh Peach Pie
Fresh Strawberry Pie
Frozen Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie
Grape Salad with Almonds & Cilantro
Homemade Poppy Seed Cake
Lemon Meringue Pie
Lemon Pudding Cake
Melon Ball & Blueberry Salad
Mom's Blueberry Coffeecake
Molasses Ice Cream
Mini Blueberry Tarts
Old-Fashioned Black Walnut Chocolate Cake
Perfect M&M Cookies
Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake
Roasted Peaches
Roasted Rhubarb
Snickerdoodle Bars
Strawberry Banana Chocolate Crumble
Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler
Sugar Cookie Bars
Two-Bite Brownies
Vanilla Brownies

LITTLE EXTRAS
Famous Mustard Sauce (Carolina BBQ Mustard Sauce)

Favorites from A Veggie Venture
Fresh Three-Bean Salad
Perfect All-Rhubarb Pie
Spicy Thai Noodle Salad




Juneteenth

Juneteenth falls on the 19th of June – the name is a lovely mashup of June and 19th! – and commemorates the day in 1865 when some quarter million enslaved people in Galveston, Texas first learned that, in fact, two whole years earlier, they and others in enslavement had become free people, thanks to decades of rebellion and resistance which led to the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation. Freedom Day and Jubilee Day (other names for Juneteenth) ebbed and flowed over the years but along the way, food took on increasing symbolism and significance. Red foods (especially drinks) symbolize suffering and perseverance. Greens promise good fortune. BBQ because, well, BBQ. :-)

SOURCE Epicurious

INSPIRATION


SUPER-TRADITIONAL FOODS
Hibiscus Tea with Ginger & Vanilla

RED FOODS (SAVORY)
Bloody Mary Salad more red!
Red Rice with Tomatoes more red!
Scalloped Potatoes & Beets ("Those Pink Potatoes") more red!
Spiced Pickled Red Onions more red!
Summer Couscous with Mango & Tomato more red!

RED FOODS (SWEET)
Fresh Strawberry Pie more red!
Roasted Applesauce with Raspberries more red!
Strawberry Ice Cream more red!

MORE SUMMER SAVORY
Calico Beans aka "Alanna's Famous Cowboy Beans"
Cornmeal Muffins with Peaches
Fish with Roasted Okra "Fries" & Tomato-Fennel Salad & Fried Okra "Popcorn"
Homemade Yeast Rolls
Lucky Black-Eyed Pea Salad
Old-Fashioned Southern Brunswick Stew
Sautéed Collard Greens with Bacon
Skillet Cornbread
Slow-Cooked Greens & Smoked Turkey

MORE SUMMER SWEET
Naked Peach Cobbler

More Juneteenth Ideas from A Veggie Venture
Jubilee Greens (How to Sauté Leafy Greens Like Spinach, Chard, Kale & More)
Mom’s Potato Salad
(Un) Fried Green Tomatoes (Baked Green Tomatoes)




Midsummer


MIDSUMMER MENU for the SUMMER SOLSTICE
Our Midsummer Party Menu
More Scandinavian recipes

MORNING FOOD
Finn Crisp with Marmalade & Cheese

TO DRINK
My Perfect (Unsweet, Unboozy) Sangria

SPECIAL TOUCHES
Homemade Finnish Mustard

FIRST BITES
Estonian Deviled Eggs
Lemon Basil Shrimp
Mini Crab Bites
Potato Bites with Smoked Salmon

FOR CHILLY NORDIC WHITE NIGHTS
Finnish Summer Soup
Karelian Borscht (Finnish - Russian Beet Borscht Soup)
Salmon Chowder
Scandinavian Split-Pea Soup

SCANDINAVIAN SUSTENANCE
Quick Supper Maple Glazed Salmon
Quick Supper Roasted Salmon & Asparagus
Quick Supper Salmon with Pesto Zucchini Noodles & Warm Tomatoes
Quick Supper Shrimp with Tomatoes, Spinach & Feta
Quick Supper Simple Grilled Salmon
Quick Supper Smoked Salmon Salad with Quick-Pickled Cucumbers & Roasted Peppers
Quick Supper Summer Seafood Chowder

SIDES & SALADS
Refrigerator Pickled Beets
Scalloped Potatoes & Beets ("Those Pink Potatoes")

SWEET ENDINGS
Chocolate Cream Puffs Stuffed with Strawberries & Cream
Estonian Apple Cake
Finnish Fruit Tart
Finnish Strawberry Whipped Cream Cake
Fresh Apricot Bars
Mom's Blueberry Coffeecake
Peach & Cantaloupe Soup
Rhubarb Cake
Roasted Rhubarb
Upside-Down Rhubarb Cheesecake




Canada Day & 4th of July & Summer Potlucks

See Also traditional Canadian Recipes
See Also classic American recipes
See Especially Canadian Flag Cake with Strawberries (easily adapted to an American flag cake)
See Especially Chocolate Raspberry Icebox Cake for an American flag cake
See Especially Red, White & Blue Potato Salad

SUMMER BREADS
Cornmeal Muffins with Peaches

SUMMER DRINKS
Bloody Caesar (Canada's Bloody Mary)
Cold-Brewed Coffee
Hibiscus Tea with Ginger & Vanilla
My Perfect (Unsweet, Unboozy) Sangria
Old-Fashioned Homemade Lemonade

SUMMER APPETIZERS
Basil-Cream Cheese Spread (Boursin Substitute)
Blueberry Salsa
Cheddar-Olive Spread
Creamy Ricotta with Tomato-Cucumber-Corn Salad
Cucumber Dip with Feta
Deviled Eggs with Tomato-Herb Relish
Estonian Deviled Eggs
Easy Easy Grilled Mushroom Appetizer
Easy Shrimp Bites
Easy Italian Appetizers Red Pepper Crostini; Olivada & Olivada Appetizers; Parmesan Crisps
Game-Day Pretzels
Green Chile Sauce (Salsa Verde)
Herbed Goat Cheese
Herbed Ricotta with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
Herbed Saltines
Three Quick Appetizers Spinach Puffs, Cream Cheese-Chutney Spread & Cheddar-Olive Spread
Three Favorite Sandwich & Cracker Spreads Cranberry Orange Spread, Almond Cilantro Spread, Sun-Dried Tomato Spread

SUMMER MAIN DISHES
Quick Supper Easy-Easy Marinated Flank Steak
Quick Supper Grilled Balsamic Chicken
Quick Supper Maple Glazed Salmon
Baked Baby Back Ribs with Spicy Berry Sauce
Chickpea & Chicken Salad
Easy Garlic-Herb Mediterranean Chicken ("Med Chicken")
Fun Pretzel Roll Hot Dogs
Minnesota Sloppy Joes
Parmesan Chicken
Roasted Salmon & Asparagus
Rock-Star Fried Chicken
Shrimp Salad Recipes
St. Louis Pork Steaks
Ten Tips for Better Burgers

SUMMER SALADS
Alice Waters' Coleslaw
Best-Ever Macaroni Salad
Bloody Mary Salad
Cantaloupe Salad with Feta & Basil
Cauliflower Salad with Fresh Herbs
Confetti Potato Salad
Dill Pickle Pasta Salad
Garden Pasta Salad with Mint Vinaigrette
Grape Salad with Almonds & Cilantro
Greek Pasta Salad
Green Bean Garden Salad
Grilled Pepper Salad and Warm Pepper Salad
Holy Slaw!
Ina Garten's Tabbouleh Salad
Lucky Black-Eyed Pea Salad
Melon Ball & Blueberry Salad
Panzanella (if the tomatoes are good)
Power Food Broccoli Salad
Quinoa & Black Bean Salad
Sauerkraut Salad
Sweet Potato Salad with Roasted Poblano, Roasted Corn & Chipotle
Thai Cantaloupe Salad
Tomato Soup Vegetable Salad
Tomatoes & Fresh Mozzarella for a Crowd
Trio of Vegetables with Sour Cream Nana's Cucumbers, Borscht Beets & Ontario Greens
Wild Rice Salad

SUMMER SIDES
Calico Beans aka "Alanna's Famous Cowboy Beans"
Greek Baked Beans (Gigantes Plaki)

SUMMER VEGETABLES
Fresh Creamed Corn
Grilled Vegetables in Foil
Make-Ahead Fresh Green Bean Casserole
Pair of Refrigerator Pickles Cucumber & Pepper Refrigerator Pickles along with Marinated Brussels Sprouts
Ratatouille

SMALL BITES OF SWEET
Chocolate Cream Puffs Stuffed with Strawberries & Cream
Fresh Blueberry Cookies
Sugar Cookie Bars
Two-Bite Brownies (especially festive for summer parties)
Vanilla Brownies

SUMMER CAKES
Blueberry Cake
Chocolate Raspberry Icebox Cake
Chocolate Decadence Cake
Country Rhubarb Cobbler
Mom's Blueberry Coffeecake
Old-Fashioned Black Walnut Chocolate Cake
Peach Blueberry Cake
Raspberry Morning Cake
Rhubarb Cake
Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake
Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler
Summer Corn Bread with Fresh Blueberries
Zucchini Bread with Carrot & Candied Ginger

SUMMER PIES & TARTS
Blueberry Cheesecake Pie
Blueberry Galette
Blueberry Sour Cream Pie
Easy Elegant Fruit Tart
Rhubarb Custard Pie
Summer Three-Berry Pie

KEEPING IT LIGHT
Fruity Gazpacho along with Summer Fruit Salad with Fresh Mint
Thai Cantaloupe Salad

OTHER SUMMER SWEETS
Blueberry Jam with Cinnamon
Brown Sugar Lemon Curd

WE ALL SCREAM FOR ...
Buttered Pecan Ice Cream along with Pecan Meringue Cookies
Easy Fruit Sorbet
Fudgicles
Homemade Frozen Yogurt with Blackberry Sauce
Master Recipe: Rustic Fruit Ice Cream
Master Homemade Ice Cream Recipe (Skinny): Very Vanilla, Chocolate Mint, Coffee Spice, Coconut, Raspberry & More
Strawberry Ice Cream

Summer Favorites from A Veggie Venture
Black Bean & Corn Salad
Classic Seven Layer Salad
Cucumber Lemonade
Parade-Day Gin & Tonics
Red, White & Blue Potato Salad
Sweet Rhubarb Pizza
Summer Lentils




Rosh Hashanah (falling between September 5th & October 5th)


Real-Food Brisket
Spiced Honey Cake




Halloween


SAVORY
Fun Pretzel Roll Hot Dogs
Pumpkin Spice Lattes

SWEET
Big Fat Chewy Molasses Cookies
"Black Cat Bits" for Kids
Gum Drop Cookies
Mini Pumpkin Pies
Mulled Apple Cider
Perfect M&M Cookies
Perfect Whole Wheat Pumpkin Muffins
Pumpkin Cheesecake
Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
Snickers Cookies on Sticks (or NOT)
Sugar Cookie Bars
Two-Bite Brownies (use a pumpkin rather than a watermelon to serve)




Days of the Dead (All Saints)


Pan de Muerto (Bread for Day of the Dead)




Election Day


Old-Fashioned Southern Brunswick Stew




Thanksgiving & Canadian Thanksgiving


My Thanksgiving recipes have moved to a new page!
Please see Thanksgiving.




Christmas


Holiday Baking Homemade Food Gifts
Christmas Eve Christmas Morning Christmas Dinner Coptic Christmas

Especially for Children
A Birthday Cake for Jesus: A Story

The Gifts We Bring
This Year, Let's Give the Gift of Words

Flavors of the Season
Cranberry Gingerbread Eggnog Molasses Pomegranate




Holiday Baking

Holiday Baking Tips from a Certifiable Cookie-Baking Fiend

BARS
Butter Tart Bars
Fresh Cranberry Bars
Gingerbread Snickerdoodle Bars
Sugar Cookie Bars

QUICK BREADS
Christmas Banana Bread

CAKES & TARTS
Cranberry Linzer Tart
Fresh Cranberry Cake

CANDY
Bourbon Pralines
Graham Cracker Toffee
Homemade Microwave Caramel Corn
'Reindeer Rations' for Kids
Sesame Candy

CUT-OUT COOKIES
No-Roll Christmas Sugar Cookies But No-Roll!

Chocolate Shortbread Cookies
Colored Roll-Out Sugar Cookies (Christmas Stars)
Cut-Out Spice Cookies
Fat Rascals (try star shapes)
Frosty Christmas Trees (how to host a cookie exchange)
No-Chill Cutout Sugar Cookies

SLICE & BAKE
Chocolate-Almond Shortbread Cookies
Chocolate Shortbread Cookies
Family Shortbread
Slice 'n' Bake Coffee Cookies with Chocolate-Covered Espresso Beans

MORE COOKIES
Big Fat Chewy Molasses Cookies
Chocolate Ginger Crinkle Cookies
Cinnamon Sugar Cookies (Snickerdoodles)
Cranberry Macadamia-Butter Cookies
Fresh Cranberry Drop Cookies
Gourmet Chocolate Mocha Cookies
Old-Fashioned Chocolate Chip Cookies
Perfect M&M Cookies



Homemade Food Gifts

All-Natural Dog Treats
Brown Sugar Lemon Curd
Chocolate-Cinnamon Sugar
Cranberry Chutney
Cranberry Salsa
Cranberry Walnut Bread
Easy-Easy Jam Tart
Homemade Finnish Mustard
Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix
Homemade Microwave Caramel Corn
Orange-Kissed Marshmallows
Party Nuts with Fresh Rosemary
Quick Jalapeño Pickles
Savory Roasted Pecans
Sesame Candy
Spiced Tuscan Salt



Flavors of the Season: Gingerbread

Chocolate Ginger Crinkle Cookies
Cut-Out Spice Cookies
Frosty Christmas Trees
Gingerbread Granola
Gingerbread Muffins
Gingerbread Pudding Cake




A Festive Christmas Eve


TO START THE FESTIVITIES
Black Pepper Almonds
Cranberry Salsa
Party Nuts with Fresh Rosemary
Cranberry Champagne Cocktail
Finnish Glögi (Hot Red Mulled Wine)
Homemade Eggnog
Mini Crab Bites
Potato Bites with Smoked Salmon
Savory Roasted Pecans
Smoked Salmon Spread
Stuffed Mushrooms with Cauliflower & Smoked Gouda
Sugared Cranberries
Toasted Goat Cheese

MAIN COURSES
All Courses Lavender: An Easy Romantic Dinner Lavender Steaks, Lavender Potatoes, Lavender Crème Brûlée
Cauliflower Risotto
Celebration Salad (Maple-Roasted Carrots with Arugula, Dill, Cranberry Vinaigrette, Pomegranate and Glazed Pecans)
Charcuterie for Two
Christmas Chicken Salad
Finnish Meatballs
Horseradish Whipped Cream for Beef
Italian Lemon Chicken
Lazy Man's Ciopinno
Perfectly Cooked Roast Beef
Twice-Smoked Ham

CELEBRATION SIDES
Beet Röesti with Rosemary
Bodacious Brussels Sprouts
Festive Holiday Salad
Homemade Mushroom Soup
Julia Child's Soubise (Onion & Rice Casserole)
Mashed Cauliflower (Low-Carb Mashed "Potatoes")
Make-Ahead Fresh Green Bean Casserole
Oyster Stew
Perfect Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes (Party Potatoes)
Potato Blintzes
Scalloped Potatoes & Beets ("Those Pink Potatoes")
Very Very Green Green-Pea Soup
Winter Fruit Salad

BREADS
Fried Bread
Homemade Yeast Rolls

SWEET ENDINGS
Baked Apples
Brown Sugar Lemon Curd
Chocolate Decadence Cake
Christmas Banana Bread
Christmas Trifle
Cinnamon Apples
Coffee Pots & Lemon Pots
Cranberry Apple Crisp
Cranberry Pudding
Fresh Cranberry Cake
Gingerbread Pudding Cake
Holiday Fruit & Yogurt Parfait with Cranberries, Applesauce, Pineapple & Kiwi
Mini Tiramisu Cups with Pralines
Pumpkin Pecan Pie




Christmas Morning


MORNING DRINKS
Cranberry Champagne Cocktail
Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix
Sugar-Free Chai Tea

A SIDE OF BACON
Baked Bacon

BREAKFAST CASSEROLES
Bacon & Egg Breakfast Bake
Breakfast Casserole with Sausage, Apples & Caramelized Onions
Easy Baked Oatmeal with Apples & Walnuts
Easy Baked Oatmeal with Blueberries & Bananas
Easy Green Chile Egg Casserole
Easy Make-Ahead Breakfast Casserole with Hash Browns & Eggs
Eggnog French Toast with Apple Cranberry Compote
Potato Blintzes

MORNING EGGS
Easy Creamy Scrambled Eggs for a Crowd
Easy Green Chile Egg Casserole
French Scrambled Eggs
Light Tomato Basil Quiche

OATMEAL, PANCAKES & MORE
Creamy Oatmeal
Manna Café Oatcakes (Oatmeal Pancakes)
My Mom's Pancake Recipe
Swiss Bircher Muesli
Triple-Banana Oat Pancakes

CHRISTMAS BREADS
Cranberry Walnut Bread
Gingerbread Muffins
Make-Ahead Bran Muffin Batter

CHRISTMAS FRUITS
Broiled Grapefruit
Apple Yogurt Salad
Holiday Fruit & Yogurt Parfait with Cranberries, Applesauce, Pineapple & Kiwi
Homemade Applesauce
Mexican Fruit Salad
Roasted Applesauce with Raspberries
Winter Fruit Salad




Family Christmas Dinner


MEATS
Christmas Chicken Salad
Finnish Meatballs
Horseradish Whipped Cream for Beef
How to Roast a Whole Turkey
Perfectly Cooked Roast Beef
Slow-Cooker Turkey Breast
Twice-Smoked Ham

SOUPS
Oyster Stew

SIDES & SALADS
Festive Holiday Salad
Festive Kale Salad with Apple & Pomegranate
Mashed Cauliflower (Low-Carb Mashed "Potatoes")
Make-Ahead Fresh Green Bean Casserole
Mashed Potatoes & Carrots
Perfect Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes (Party Potatoes)
Potato Blintzes
Scalloped Potatoes & Beets ("Those Pink Potatoes")
Squash Puff
Turnip Puff or Rutabaga Puff

CHRISTMAS FRUIT
Pair of Cranberry Relishes Cranberry Chutney & Cranberry Ginger Relish

CHRISTMAS BREADS
Yorkshire Pudding

SWEET ENDINGS
Apple Cranberry Compote
Christmas Trifle
Cinnamon Apples
Cranberry Apple Crisp
Fresh Cranberry Cake
Gingerbread Pudding Cake
Pumpkin Pecan Pie

Christmas Specialties from A Veggie Venture
Broccoli Tomato Holiday Wreath
Christmas Cauliflower
Christmas Tree Vegetable Platter




Coptic Christmas


Coptic Christmas Specialties from A Veggie Venture
Egyptian Kamut Salad with Roasted Carrot & Pomegranate



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2002 – 2024

Alanna Kellogg
Alanna Kellogg

A Veggie Venture is home of "veggie evangelist" Alanna Kellogg and the famous asparagus-to-zucchini Alphabet of Vegetables.

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