Sharing our traditional Christmas Eve dinner main dish: whole roasted beef tenderloin with french onions and horseradish sauce. An absolutely show-stopping holiday dinner! It’s easier than you may think, very impressive, and deliciously rich in flavor.
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This spicy tomato seafood pasta is a festive, absolutely mouth-watering pasta dish fit for a beautiful Christmas table. It’s simple to make and is bursting with flavor – full of caramelized shallots, fennel, garlic, red pepper, white wine, crushed tomatoes, shrimp, and mussels.
Sharing a wintery toast recipe today that will be the perfect appetizer for this holiday season: caramelized brussels sprout toast with burrata and bacon! It’s a slightly “elevated” toast with some special ingredients, but yet it’s very simple to prepare. The flavors are sweet + savory, with just a touch of creaminess from the burrata cheese and a crunch from the roasted hazelnuts.
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Kicking off the holiday season with a weekend full of Christmas decorating and recipe developing…while of course eating all the Thanksgiving leftovers! Including this pumpkin cheesecake with shortbread crust & brandy pecans.
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This Christmas salad with pomegranate vinaigrette is my new go-to salad for the holiday season! It’s full of roasted mushrooms and beets, a variety of lettuces, sweet candied walnuts, and tangy blue cheese…plus the juicy, vibrant dressing!
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Celebrating the holidays in very festive style this year with the Williams Sonoma ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas dinnerware collection! It’s making my appetizer spread extra beautiful, with ornate pieces to hold my red wine cranberry goat cheese dip & holiday spiced nuts.
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These pistachio rose sugar cookies are so beautiful and delicately flavored with rose water. They’re topped with melted white chocolate, crunchy pistachios, and rose petals for a festive touch. They’d make for such a unique addition to your Christmas cookie spread!
There is nothing better than a cheesy, decadent appetizer for Christmas, and this puff pastry wrapped baked brie with prosciutto & cherry jam is kind of perfect. It’s so incredibly easy, something you can pull together last minute, and such a crowd pleaser. I’m using Prosciutto di Parma for the best possible prosciutto flavor, which just happens to be Day 2 of the Week of Christmas Giveaways!
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This 4-ingredient ricotta gnocchi with a really simple pomodoro sauce & herb oil is going to become your new best friend this holiday season. I’m using sweet, rich Mutti Cherry Tomatoes to create the most delicious dish! Plus, I’m introducing a Week of Christmas Giveaways!!
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With lack of a better way to describe just how good this cake is… I give you the “best ever apple cake” recipe.