Today’s post starts “THE BEST OF 2015” week! And what a great way to start off with the 12 BEST RECIPES OF 2015. Oh yummy! These are my favorite and the most scrumptious recipes I’ve made this year! Tons of flavor, lots of delicious and fresh ingredients make up the best of the best this year! These recipes are company worthy and work great for family dinners too! Here are the best recipes of 2015……
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THE BEST RUGELACH COOKIES
Rugelach cookies are scrumptious little flakey bites of sweetness. And they are so easy to make! What could be better! The dough is made in a food processor so there is no mixing and stirring! And they can be filled with so many different things. Nuts are traditional, chocolate tastes fabulous but my favorite way to fill these little crescents is with jam! I used my homemade strawberry jam. YUM! If you have never made rugelach and like cookies you will want to give them a try! …
PUMPKIN SPICE BAKED OATMEAL
If you like pumpkin pie you will love Pumpkin Spice Baked Oatmeal! It has all the great flavor of pumpkin pie, but it’s a whole lot more healthy! And here’s the best part… in Lancaster County we eat Baked Oatmeal for breakfast! Oh YUM! We serve it up warm and pour milk over it. It is soooooo incredibly heavenly scrumptious. Perfect for fall… or any time of the year! And while it’s baking it will make your house smell good enough to eat!…
OLD WORLD VEGETABLE SOUP AND A KITCHEN GIVEAWAY
Most of you know that we are huge soup eaters here at StoneGable! And I’m thrilled to be sharing one of my families most coveted soup recipes. My mother, grandmother, her mother and generations before made this better-than-scrumptious old word VEGETABLE SOUP! I still follow the recipe that has been passed down for generations! It’s the best veggie soup you will ever eat… not bragging, just truth! Try it once and you will be hooked. And I’m serving it up with an impressive hand made ladle from Polder Old World Kitchen. They are giving one lucky StoneGable reader a very generous GIVEAWAY!…
CREAMY CHEDDAR BROCCOLI SLOW COOKER SOUP
I love soup! And I love making soup too! I feel like I’m doing something so so good for my family! I’ve been making cheddar broccoli soup for a few years and it’s still a family favorite! Thick, creamy, and full of broccoli and cheddar flavors that play so scrumptiously together! YUM! This is such an easy soup to make because it goes into your slow cooker! Make a double batch and freeze some to have for an easy last minute meal!…
HEARTY BACON CHEESEBURGER SOUP
We are big soup eaters here at StoneGable! We love a soup that sticks to your ribs and eats like a meal! Hearty BACON CHEESEBURGER SOUP checks all those boxes and more. I love its creamy texture and full of flavor ingredients. Pile on the extras like fresh parsley, shredded cheese, bacon and homemade croutons… YUM! This recipe makes a big pot full of cheeseburger goodness!…
APPLE CRISP IN A MASON JARS
Fall is the perfect time to use all those in-season apples and make scrumptious apple crisp! And the only way to make it better is to make this classic dessert in mason jars! So easy and just so cute! Apple crisp in mason jars are a great totable sweet treat for lunches, tailgates, picnics or just to keep on hand! Most of us could make this recipe with what we have in our pantries and frig. So, let’s get out the ingredients and begin!…
GARDEN TO TABLE AT STONEGABLE… 10 FARM FRESH SUMMER RECIPES!
The garden at StoneGable is riotous! Lots of veggies have been picked and frozen and other “put up” in mason jars! And there’s plenty more to be picked! Eating garden to table is one of the simplest pleasures of the summer! The flavors are the freshest and the colors peak-beautiful!!! You don’t need a garden in your backyard to serve and eat like you do! There is plenty of farm bounty this time of year in local markets and farm stands… and so many delicious recipes to highlight summer’s best. Here are my 10 favorite garden to table summer recipes……
GARDEN FRESH STUFFED ZUCCHINI BOATS
It’s zucchini season at StoneGable! And I have a fabulous, filling and oh, so good main dish recipe for you! Stuffed Zucchini Boats are the perfect way to use up all those garden and produce stand zucchini that are profuse this time of year! Stuffed Zucchini Boats have a delicious, Italian spin! And they are so good for you! Even if your family does not care for zucchini they just might like this dish! The zucchini is tender and stuffed with Italian sausage and cheeses and yumminess!…
FIESTA PARTY DIP
Here’a recipe that makes entertaining easy and delicious all at the same time! Fiesta Party Dip is creamy, cheesy, filled with colorful peppers and has that scrumptious Ranch flavor we all love! YUMMY! And it can be whipped up in no time! Serve it with crackers or veggies… add a bowl of olives and nuts and you have a great appetizer for your next gathering. But don’t just stop at DIP! Stuff a chicken breast with Fiesta Party Dip and you have a company worthy main dish! OR put a dollop of it in an omelet for a great……
ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND SWISS CHARD INDIVIDUAL LASAGNA
I’m very excited about the summer line-up of recipes I have coming up for you! But today I’m pushing this recipe to the head of the line because it is absolutely delicious!!!! I recently served it for family and they all raved! It has flavorful Italian sausage and a great medley of sautéed Swiss chard infused with onions and lots of garlic! And the whole thing is bathed in a creamy-dreamy sauce with just a hint of heat and layered between lasagna noodles! Sound good? It tastes even better! …
5 TOP MUST-MAKE SCRUMPTIOUS SUMMER RECIPES
Summer cooking is all about easy and favor and grilling! My summers are busy, like yours! Working and playing hard! So I don’t want to be trapped in the kitchen when I can be out in the garden, or on the patio with friends enjoying a gorgeous summer evening! I’m sharing 5 of my very very favorite must try SUMMER recipes. These are the best of the StoneGable best! I hope you will give them a try!…
HERB GILLED SHRIMP
I have such a delicious, easy-peasy main dish recipe for you today! It’s light and filled with tons of flavor! The shrimp is marinated in a great herb based concoction filled with other flavor-infusing ingredients. And the best part is that it takes literally minutes… about 3 … to grill! This is my new go-to dinner when I don’t want to cook! I cooked the shrimp in the picture on my stove top iron griddle but they can also be cooked on the grill! Oh, yummy!…
SCRUMPTIOUS PARMESAN FLAN
I have the most fabulous recipe for you today!!!! It’s a savory, pudding-like dish infused with lots of pungent Parmesan flavor! This dish is insanely easy to make and can be made ahead… and it’s also company worthy! What could be better! Oh, wait! There’s more… it can be served hot or cold. Parmesan Flan is a must-try in my book!!! I found it in one of my favorite cookbooks….
4 EASY AND SCRUMPTIOUS ASPARAGUS RECIPES
The asparagus will be peeking it’s heads up through the ground soon here at StoneGable. Asparagus grows like weeds in our garden and that mean I have lots to cook with and share. I know that most of us can get asparagus at our grocer’s all year long, but there is nothing like fresh spring asparagus. Today I’m sharing some yummy ways to elevate asparagus to the next culinary level. Making it the star of the table and not just a supporting role!…
THE BEST POTATO SALAD EVER… NO KIDDING!
There are some recipes I post and feel like I am giving you a prize! No kidding! They should be wrapped up in a bow with a big tag saying… JUST FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE SO LOVED! And this humble potato salad is one! My grandmother made this scrumptious recipe and I have for decades and now I am gifting it to you! You are probably asking… what’s the big deal. Well, you have to love potato salad and make this one to know. It’s creamy and tangy and the potatoes aren’t mushy! It has a secret ingredient that……
ASPARAGUS HAM AND PARMESAN PUFF PASTRY BUNDLES
I made these delicious bundles for the first time this week. Oh my yumminess! I found them on Pinterest and knew they would be perfect for a family breakfast over the weekend. And I was right! These ridiculously easy and scrumptious little bundles of salty ham,gooey cheese and light as a cloud puff pastry were a HUGE hit! And the best part is that they can be assembled ahead, covered, refrigerated and then baked when you need them. They were perfect for breakfast served with scrambled eggs and would be delicious for lunch, dinner or as an appetizer!…
PASTEL MERINGUE COOKIES
Have you ever eaten a cloud? That’s what I think of when I taste Meringue Cookies. Only these little clouds are seeded with chocolate chip pieces. Delicate, sweet and light, Meringue Cookies are a perfect dessert or treat. And they are so easy to make! You probably have everything to make these ethereal bites in your kitchen right now! …
MASON JAR LID CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY TARTS
Don’t we all love mason jars? I’m always looking for recipes that I can individualize and put in a pretty jar! I think it makes food more special. So when I found that the lid of these beloved jars could be used as little tart pans my heart skipped a beat! I just had to share my very first MASON JAR LID TART with you. They are soooooo easy to make and turned out to be scrumptious, indeed! …
SLOW COOKER BONE BROTH
Bone Broth is all the trending “good for you” rage right now! And rightly so! My grandmother made bone broth because she lived in a time when the mantra was “waste not, want not” out of necessity. Now, bone broth is considered chic and a very good thing to put into one’s body. Chef’s know the fabulous deep rich taste bones can give a broth. Today’s home cooks are making bone broth because it is packed with vitamins and minerals and gelatin and that great protein collagen! Yes, it is a thing of culinary beauty and yumminess! Here’s an easy……
ROASTED ORGANIC CARROTS
Not all things are the same. Not homes or cars or pizzas or people. So it is with carrots! Some carrots have a delicious sweet, juicy carrotty flavor… and others… well, you might as well be eating chalk! If you have never tasted an organic carrot it’s about time. They taste like the carrots I remember eating as a little girl. This is one food, that if you are eating it as is, you should invest in organic! In stews and soups it really does not make that much difference for the carrot will be flavored by the other ingredients.……
NANI’S SAUTEED CHICKEN… A HERITAGE RECIPE
I feel like I’m introducing you to a very beloved member of my family! That’s how special Nani’s Sautéed Chicken is! My grandmother, Nani, pronounced this dish SAU-TEEEE-D chicken. It is so easy and perfectly scrumptious and the dish I make the most! We must have Sauteed Chicken every other week. It’s that good and fills me with such sweet memories. Food has a way of connecting us with the past….
STRAWBERRY SCONES WITH WHIPPED STRAWBERRY BUTTER
Here’s a yummy and simple and straight from the heart idea for Valentine’s Day! Strawberry Sour Cream Scones are scrumptious, light and not-too-sweet of a treat for those on your love list! Add the fresh Whipped Strawberry Butter and you have the perfect couple! The scones can be frozen before baking and then taken out of the freezer and put right into the oven. Wouldn’t this combination be a delicious way to start the day?…
PERFECT POT ROAST
I’m sharing my very favorite go-to stew. Everyone loves Perfect Braised Pot Roast! It’s easy to make and can be made well enough ahead to be company worthy and will keep you out of the kitchen when guest come over! I guarantee that if you make it once it will be your favorite too! The chuck roast gets fork tender, the soft carrots and mushroom have a hearty, beefy flavor and the gravy… oh, my! This is seriously good, I think it’s a must-try!…
10 COZY SCRUMPTIOUS RECIPES FOR COLD WINTER DAYS!
The weather here at StoneGable is frigid!!! We, along with most of the United States, are in a deep freeze! BRRRRRRR! I am a huge fan of cold weather and snow but when the temperature dips into the single digits… not so much! On blustery winter days I want to cook! Nothing is better than hot stews, soups and tasty dishes that stick-to-my ribs! I’ve compiled 10 of my favorite and best recipes for the cold days ahead! Hope you make them for you and your family this winter!…
CELEBRATING SUMMER FOOD IN A JAR
Summer food and Mason jars are a culinary match made in heaven! Let’s be honest, anything in a Mason jar is usually fabulous and feels very special. Now that summer is here, it’s time for our taste buds to turn to farm fresh foods and simple recipes. Here is a collection of my favorite StoneGable summer foods in a jar just in time for our summer parties and activities! Bring out your patriotic side by making these yummy Cherry Pies In Jars With Stars! CHERRY PIES IN JARS WITH STARS Make your favorite……
BERRY CRISP IN A JAR… EASY, MAKE-AHEAD DESSERT!
This is a must-try dessert! Believe me… just go ahead and make it. You can thank me later! And what makes this dessert even more fabulous, other than the taste and that it is in a jar, is that the components of this dessert can be made ahead! Just keep everything in the freezer and when you want a fabulous dessert… you have it! I could not wait to finish taking pictures so I could dig in!!!! And it was scrumptious! Let’s get started and make this yummy dessert… Use fresh, in season fruit……
CHIMICHURRI SAUCE~ ONE OF THE BEST SAUCES YOU WILL EVER MAKE!
The first time I had Chimichurri Sauce was on a steak at my sister Lisa’s home. She is an all-star fabulous cook… so anything she makes is over-the-top amazing. This sauce, so easy to make and really not very fancy, was one of the best and most flavorful things she has ever made for me! Chimichurri sauce can transform any meat or veggie to gourmet status! Just a drizzle and it works it’s yummy garlic herby magic! If you make one new thing for spring and summer grilling it should by this luscious sauce… ……
EASY PUFF PASTRY PIZZA
I am the unofficial queen of puff pastry! I love love love it… and use it all the time! Today I’m sharing how to make a VERY easy and elegant pizza using my favorite crust… puff pastry! It’s easy enough for a weeknight meal and fancy enough for company! In other words, Puff Pastry Pizza is a real crowd pleaser… Once you learn the easy process for making this pizza it can be transformed so many ways! Add your favorite toppings and sauces and cheeses! This is what I call an… It’s Not Rocket Science Recipe!……
RASPBERRY LEMON CURD FLOWER TARTLETS
Raspberry Lemon Curd Flower Tartlets are the most refreshing little bite of something sweet and delicious! They would be perfect to serve at a tea, or Easter brunch or a Mother’s Day luncheon! And what makes them even better… they are so easy to make!!!! These fit into the WOW FACTOR dessert category… StoneGable Raspberry Lemon Curd Flower Tartlets makes 16 tartlets 1 Box of refrigerated pie dough 1 jar raspberry jam 1 jar lemon curd 1 pint fresh raspberries confectioner’s sugar Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Roll out one pie dough crust on……
