Reluctant Entertainer

Downton Abbey with Mashed Sweet Potatoes Cauliflower Recipe

This simple Mashed Sweet Potatoes Cauliflower recipe, is a delicious, cozy side dish, perfect to serve for dinner while watching a Downton Abbey episode. Have you ever combined cauliflower...

Desserts

Picky Palate’s Almond Lovers’ Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

My friend Jenny (author of the blog, Picky Palate) loves creating cookies, and delicious recipes which are bound together in her beautiful cookbook called, The Picky Palate Cookbook. (A...

Appetizers

Time Management and Saucy Cocktail Meatballs Recipe

Try these Saucy Cocktail Meatballs Recipe and create another meal “or two” by freezing them. Think outside the box – be creative with your cooking! You need to focus...

Appetizers

Tasty Watermelon Bites Served as an Amuse Bouche

Do you buy watermelon in January? Living in Oregon, I don’t think I’ve ever bought a watermelon in the month of January. But I’ve pleasantly learned that watermelon is...

Parties

My 10-Minute Entertaining Countdown

I looked at the clock … 10 minutes. Our guests were coming in 10 minutes … What do you do the last 10 minutes before your guests arrive? I...

Giveaways

Storing and Preserving Fresh Herbs

Happy New Years, friends. Who has their Christmas stuff taken down and gifts all put away? I usually get one or two gifts for the kitchen each year, and...

Latest Recipes

Downton Abbey with Mashed Sweet Potatoes Cauliflower Recipe

Picky Palate’s Almond Lovers’ Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

Time Management and Saucy Cocktail Meatballs Recipe

Tasty Watermelon Bites Served as an Amuse Bouche

My 10-Minute Entertaining Countdown

Storing and Preserving Fresh Herbs

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