Easy recipes for all traditional holidays and food holidays throughout the year every occasion and celebration.
White Chocolate Snickers Cheesecake is a totally decadent and delicious white chocolate cheesecake with plenty of Snickers Bars mixed in and Hot Fudge and more Snickers Bars on top! March 6th is National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day! White chocolate isn’t actually chocolate at all because it doesn’t contain any cocoa. But it’s sweet and decadent, …
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There are many kinds of Chocolate Cake, but people are most familiar with the traditional two-layer cake like this Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake. Mayonnaise is made up primarily of oil and egg yolks, so it serves as the perfect substitute for those ingredients in chocolate cake! It gives chocolate cake a moist, rich texture without changing …
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Potato skins are a much-loved appetizer made of hollowed-out potato skins that are baked or fried until crisp. Then they are filled with cheese and broiled until the cheese has melted. Sour cream and bacon are traditionally added on top. Potato Skins are a food that is commonly found on a Happy Hour menu. They’re …
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Carrot Sheet Cake is a cake with a more coarse (denser) texture than typical cakes. Shredded carrots are added to a spice cake batter and baked into a cake. It’s usually topped with a white cream cheese frosting. February 3rd is National Carrot Cake Day! It feels like we just celebrated Pie Day with that …
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Lemon Chess Pie is a smooth and creamy lemon pie with a firm pudding texture. It’s a classic Southern favorite pie. A Chess pie can be made as buttermilk, chocolate, lemon or nut. The difference between custard pie and Chess pie is cornmeal. Chess pie has cornmeal as an ingredient in the filling. National Pie …
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Here are 25 Favorite Recipes Using Quinoa, including quinoa soups, quinoa salads, quinoa side dishes and quinoa casseroles and skillet meals. January 16th is National Quinoa Day! Quinoa is a whole grain packed with nutrients, fiber, protein, and plant compounds. Celebrate today by making one of these 25 favorite recipes using quinoa. Share your delicious …
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Hoppin’ John is a black eyed peas and rice dish served in the south. It often incorporates bacon, onion, other chopped vegetables and seasonings. Black eyed peas are thought to give you good luck when eaten on New Year’s Day, and they’re traditionally served with collard greens. National Black Eyed Pea Day is January 1st. …
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This Fruitcake recipe is the classic holiday cake recipe- retro-style with candied fruit, walnuts and raisins! December 27th is National Fruitcake Day! You must celebrate by sampling some fruitcake. Why not take the plunge, and bake a fruitcake from scratch? Use this recipe! There are some who shrug off the idea of a fruitcake and …
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Pfeffernusse Cookies are a classic German cookie that is full of warm holiday spices. Pfeffernusse is very much like German Lebkuchen-otherwise known as gingerbread. However, they differ from gingerbread in that they are rolled into balls and then glazed with sugar afterward. December 23 is National Pfeffernusse Day! You must celebrate by making this delicious …
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25 Favorite French Toast recipes, including classic, creme brulee, stuffed, French toast casseroles, French toast muffins and more! November 28th is National French Toast Day! You must celebrate by making French toast. You can use my classic French toast recipe, which is the first recipe shared below… or you can scroll through this incredible collection …
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