homemade & local eats
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Shrimp Scampi Zoodles: My New Year’s Resolution? Learn to make more well-rounded meals, whether by using healthy recipes or swapping out ingredients for more fresh, nutritious ones. I think especially during the quarantine era, it can get easy to get complacent with our nutrition and I really want to get back to eating and preparing more …
If PSL is the iconic fall drink, Peppermint Mocha is the beverage of winter! This is a dupe of the classic Starbucks peppermint mocha, complete with homemade whipped cream and chopped candy canes. It’s incredibly simple to make using store-bought peppermint syrup (you can purchase a bottle at your local Starbucks), or you can make …
How cute are these Grinch cookies? I’ve been seeing these everywhere and they seemed really easy to whip up. Just use your favorite sugar cookie (or you can use my fave), add some green gel food coloring, and top with a red heart sprinkle. The sprinkles were the hardest part for me to find, but …
Chocolate mousse is so decadent yet oh so simple! I feel like we see mousse at nicer restaurants and dessert places and automatically assume it must be hard to make – but it’s incredibly easy, and requires very few ingredients. I love how light it is, and you can really play with any flavors you …
Cold winter weather calls for hearty soup! This classic tomato soup is perfect on its own with some bread, or paired with a grilled cheese. It’s incredibly easy to whip up in a crock pot (or instant pot if you’ve got one), but I chose to do it the old-fashioned way using my Vitamix blender …
What the fudge, it’s almost Christmas! Anyone else feel like this year has simultaneously taken forever and flown by? I for one am definitely not sad to see 2020 go. Like most Americans my holidays look pretty different this year, but one way to keep up the Christmas spirit is by making holiday foods and …
Ginger molasses cookies are a Christmas must-have! Growing up just a few minutes away from King Arthur Baking Co. meant that I was surrounded by the smells and tastes of holiday recipes pretty consistently – and ginger is an iconic holiday ingredient. These cookies are delightfully soft and chewy with the perfect amount of spice. …
I’ve seen this “Egg Roll in a Bowl” dish everywhere on social media, so I thought I’d give it a try! It’s essentially just combining all the ingredients (minus the wrapping) of an egg roll into one bowl so you get all of the flavors and less of the guilt. There’s also a ton of …
Alexa, play Rise Up by Audra Day . The rise on these gingerbread soufflés is crazy! I always thought growing up that soufflé was extremely hard to make (they always make it look disastrous on cooking competitions), but it’s actually surprisingly easy. This is my second time making soufflés and you know I had to …
Few things are better than some hot mulled cider in the winter! This is the perfect hot beverage for the holiday season and makes the whole house smell incredible. The cinnamon and apple make a delicious (and cozy) combo, and it’s incredibly easy to make for yourself and any guests you’ve got for the holidays!