Easy Recipes

You don’t have to be Danish to enjoy Danish Pancakes

I love Danish pancakes!  Essentially, they are large, thin pancakes (think crepe) that are filled with jam and sugar and rolled up.   It’s been a holiday tradition for my family since I can remember.  My dad had to translate the recipe from his dad (since it was written in rather loose terms).  But the recipe has [...]

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Tired of holiday turkey or ham? Try something new!

While the Chinese Christmas duck image from “A Christmas Story” may be stuck in your head, duck and other alternative menus can make a holiday celebration very special.  (Note: video clip at the end of this post – hilarious scene). Now I’m the first to admit that I’m not a great cook, but I’m not afraid [...]

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Sick of turkey yet? I am.

So I pulled out the crock pot and tossed the following in: Diced turkey (about 2 cups) 4 cans Chicken stock and/or leftover turkey stock (plus 2 Cup hot water) 2 Cups frozen corn Chopped up celery, carrots and onion (whatever was leftover in fridge) 1 Cup rice (or can use egg noodles – put [...]

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Holiday Entertaining Shortcut – Dream Dinners

I recently posted a shortened version of my recent post Hosting a Dinner Party Without the Stress on the HomeGoods Openhouse blog. Click here for the Openhouse version. Then I just got my Dream Dinner’s email newsletter, and wished I had added their holiday menu to the Openhouse post. I served their menu last year, [...]

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