Baked or fried goat cheese (chèvre) medallions can turn a green salad into comfort food.
Entertaining
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Trifle Improv 3
Martha Stewart’s coming over, and you polished off your croquembouche this morning for breakfast. All you’ve got is some Red Velvet brownies that are too dry to serve. Or maybe some leftover cheesecake. Well, fret no more. You can improvise a triple-chocolate trifle with whipped cream, pudding, and a little bit of cream cheese. Don’t tell her that you melted your chocolate in the microwave, though, or she’ll pack her bags and split.
Trifle Improv 1
Take a little bit of leftover cake, add whipped cream and a custard, lemon curd, or pudding, you whip up from scratch, and you can do a to-die-for trifle improv.
Valentine Dinner for Two
Valentine Dinner for Two: multi-course, red-themed menu with recipes
Red Pepper Walnut Dip
Red bell peppers and walnut make a sweet, fairly easy appetizer dip. If you use a jar of peppers instead of roasting your own, it’s SUPER-easy! But roasting your own is economical and certainly not a challenge. Either way, this is a truly spectacular dip.
Dates Stuffed with Goat Cheese
Dates and goat cheese are featured in this ultra-easy recipe for a luscious hors d’oeuvre. They’re a perfect appetizer for holiday entertaining, or for a cocktail party at any time of year.
Two Kumquat Cocktails
Two easy recipes for winter holiday cocktails: 1) A tart and tangy kumquat whiskey sour is a great way to start your New Year’s Eve party. 2) A clean and fresh kumquat champagne cocktail is the perfect way to toast the new year at the stroke of midnight, or to mark any special occasion.
Jeff’s Ginger Whiskey Highball (My Leftover Hangover)
Man-made, hand-made ginger ale makes this sweet, spicy ginger whiskey highball recipe unique. It requires time, but no difficult-to-acquire skills.
Introducing the Cherry Cakeughnut: Day-Old-Doughnut Coffee Cake
Transform day-old doughnuts into a fantastic coffee cake with this easy recipe.