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Quick Crispy Chinese Eggplant with Sticky Garlic Sauce

This vegetable recipe is a spiced and savory way to prepare Chinese Eggplant. Crispy Chinese Eggplant with Sticky garlic Sauce is crunchy on the outside and tender on the inside. Serve this recipe hot and drizzled with a ginger garlic sauce, before garnishing with sesame seeds and sliced green onions. This crispy eggplant recipe has…

cup of hot chocolate in glass mug with melted marshmallow melter over top.
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Roasted Chestnut Hot Chocolate Recipe

This homemade hot chocolate recipe for 2 is filled with swirls of chocolate laced creamy milk and a roasted chestnuts. Whip up a batch of this piping hot, nutty beverage for happy (marshmallow mustached!) mouths all around. This homemade roasted chestnut hot chocolate recipe is made with milk, and simmers up quickly; filling mugs with…

red cabbage, plums on black baking sheet.
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5 Ingredient Asian Spiced Red Cabbage with Plums Side Dish

Most recipes come about in my kitchen as a beautiful necessity late on a Tuesday night and later find themselves in constant rotation on my dinner table; this 5 ingredient Asian spiced red cabbage with plums side dish is one of them. Perfectly spiced, this baked purple cabbage dish studded with black plums pairs perfectly…

jar of sundried tomatoes with sprigs of thyme in olive oil on wooden table.
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How to Make Sundried Tomatoes at Home

Have an abundance of tomatoes on hand? Make these easy, dehydrator preserved sundried tomatoes at home using this simple recipe. I recently received heaping basket of plump Roma tomatoes from Domino Farms, Located in Accord, NY. These delectable little fruits were picked fresh off the field vines and ready for recipe making! With such a…

fig vinaigrette poured over kale salad.
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Fall Salad with Kale, Apple and Blue Cheese Crumbles

Fall salad is really one of the best isn’t it? Full of apples, hearty kale, crumbled blue cheese and sugar coated nuts, nothing says slow down and enjoy the moment like this culinary concoction. Some restaurants add pepitas or dried cranberries, but I find a simple dressing of fig vinaigrette is the perfect topping for…

Bottle of garlic scapes confit, with a cup full of confit next to it, and several stalks of fresh garlic scapes next to it.
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Garlic Scapes Confit

Why do I love this recipe for garlic scape confit? It’s simple and packs a flavorful punch! Miso paste gives this sauce a touch of umami, saturating it with impactful flavor. And this recipe adds a punch of fresh, green garlicky flavor to anything you put it on. This versatile condiment is perfect on everything…

decorated sugar cookies with edible gold glitter.
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Easy Double Vanilla Powdered Sugar Christmas Cut Out Cookies

This easy double vanilla powdered sugar Christmas cut out cookie recipe is so simple and the oven baked results are perfect to use as decorating cookies! If you are looking for a quick, reliable holiday cookies recipe to decorate with sprinkles, colored icing and cute cut out shapes, try the recipe below! Sugar cookies are…

roasted chestnuts opened.
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Oven Roasted Chestnuts with Buttery Cinnamon Topping

Roasted Chestnuts are a classic winter treat and this recipe adds a sweet spiced sauce to top it all off. Oven roasted chestnuts with buttery cinnamon topping is so simple to make as scent of toasted nuts fills your home with warming and cozy spices. Don’t be intimated by the hard outer shell of these…

glasses garnished with sparkling gold sugar and cranberry garnish filled with Cranberry Spice and Apple Cider Punch
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Cranberry Spice and Apple Cider Punch

This cocktail recipe is perfect for the upcoming holiday season and has all of the seasonal flavors of Thanksgiving in a glass! Cloves, cinnamon and ginger beer add spicey flavor to cranberry juice and apple cider in this Holiday Punch! Mix up a batch and serve at your festive gathering!

Cherry wink cookies on plate with lights in the background.
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Cherry Winks Cookie Recipe

Cherry Winks are a classic Christmas cookie filled with plump cherries (hence the name!), dates, and chopped nuts. These cookies are butter free and feature a fun ingredient: Corn Flake Cereal. This cherry winks cookie recipe features a few updated ingredients (morello cherries) differing from the original (originally published in the 1950’s). These crunchy on…

photo of cabbages wedges dressed in hot mustard and bacon dressing with crumbled bacon and parsley on top.
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Ignite Your Taste Buds: Delicious Roasted Cabbage with Hot Bacon Mustard Sauce

A seasonal side dish that steps up to the plate! Missing the summer harvest already? Don’t be! This savory, spicy and comforting cabbage wedge salad is dressed with hot bacon and mustard dressing and is here to save the day (and your entree!). Click thru to learn about a new seasonal salad!

photo of glass carafe filled with spiced apple wine sangria
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Spiced Apple Wine Recipe

Mix up this cinnamon spiced apple infused wine, filled with fresh apples and spices. Simple ingredients=amazing results! Soak up the last few weeks of orchard season and make this fresh fruit sipper!

a photo of honey and sugar spiced plum pie in baking dish with sliced fresh plums and honeycomb next to it.
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Honey and Sugar Plum Spice Pie

Golden days of Fall colors call for a golden honey pie topped with fresh plums! Sugar plum pie with honey custard is a recipe you will be making again and again as the Holiday season approaches!

photo of Roasted Butternut Squash, Apple Mac and Cheese with serving spoon and bowls.
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Roasted Butternut Squash, Apple Mac and Cheese

Squash and apple season is in full swing and this recipe is brimming with all the Fall vibes, ingredients and flavors. Head yourself through the falling leaves and over to my blog to check this (and many other) seasonal, comforting recipes out this weekend!

A photo of a white bowl filled to the brim with apple chips.
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Air Fryer Apple Chips Recipe

With Apple Orchard Season in Full Swing, it’s a perfect time to try this recipe for spiced apple chips! This is a simple, healthy and full of Autumn Flavor snack, you can make throughout the Fall. Heading out apple picking? Save this recipe!

cranberry bars with fresh cranberries and serving spatula.
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Spiced Cranberry Orange Cookie Bars

Weather cooling down? Warm up your kitchen with these sweet cranberry cookie bars!

marbled chocolate and hazelnut banana bread with caramel drizzle is sliced on wooden cutiing board.
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Moist Chocolate Hazelnut Banana Bread Recipe

A Chocolate, Hazelnut Swirled Banana Bread Recipe: Get cozy and bake this fruit filled cake up this week. Finished with peanut butter caramel drizzle (recipe included!) bookmark this recipe and serve it up all season long.

Acorn Squash in a black wooden box with branches, and a candle with flame lit.

Seasonal Autumn Recipes for Cozy, Comfort Cooking

Perfectly timed for Autumn, these recipes have a kick of spice and feature seasonal, farmers market (or your own personal garden!)fresh produce. Acorn squash is abundant during the final harvest months of the year and is well put to use in these recipes. A healthy, turkey chili (with added acorn squash!) is a welcome smell…

Sausage stuffed acorn squash with a kale side salad on black blacks with a dark background.
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Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash with Sage

Try out this harvest meal filled with the cozy, fall flavors of acorn squash, savory sausage and fresh sage. This dish is deliciously aromatic, and adorable as well ( who doesn’t love their very own squash half, stuffed and baked to a spoon-ably soft texture?) Sausage stuffed acorn squash with sage has all of the…

two bowls of turkey chili recipe on wooden background. The chili is garnished with cheese, avocado, and green onion.
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Turkey Chili Recipe with Seasonal Squash

Lighten up your chili game and fill your home with aromatic scents with this recipe (with turkey swapped in place for the traditional ground beef!) Turkey chili recipe with seasonal squash is a low fat, healthier option than traditional beef chili. Seasonal squash (butternut, acorn or summer squash) adds a healthy dose of vitamins to…