Cynthia

I love cooking and I have been known to scurry around the kitchen, creating my own unique masterpieces. Creatively speaking there is not much I won't try and I have found one of my greatest joys in life is making our house a home. As a contributor on Cooking for the Holidays, I will be sharing my own recipes, cooking tips, and my love for working and playing in the kitchen!

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Ten Ways to Make the Holiday Easier

Ten Ways to Make the Holiday Easier

Really Make Holidays Family Time! I am always looking for ways to make the holidays easier and I gladly share ideas for simplifying the holidays with you. If your home is anything like mine, the holidays are a wonderful time to get together with family and friends.  It can be a marvelous, exciting week of […]

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Homemade Barbeque Recipe for the Best BBQ Sandwiches

Homemade Barbeque Recipe for the Best BBQ Sandwiches

Save lots of money and make your own delicious barbeque sandwiches in your home with my Barbeque Recipe. Barbeque sandwiches are my husband’s favorite meal.  I do believe the man could eat them every day and be most content. However, eating out has always been more expensive than cooking at home and in the current […]

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How to Make Marshmallow Flower Cupcakes

How to Make Marshmallow Flower Cupcakes

Easy Marshmallow Flower Cupcakes Making Marshmallow Flower Cupcakes is really easy!  These flower cupcakes are perfect for Easter, birthdays, showers, luncheons, or any party.  They are really pretty too! Add flowers and sparkle to your delicious cupcakes by following the instructions below.  Step by step photos for making marshmallow flower cupcakes are also included in […]

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Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe

Sweet Potato Casserole Recipe

Many years ago, I tasted this sweet potato casserole recipe for the first time and thought it was the most delicious combination of flavors I had ever tasted in a sweet potato casserole.  For as long as I can remember, we have had a sweet potato casserole served with our holiday dinners, but this particular […]

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Quick and Easy Fruit Salad Recipe

Quick and Easy Fruit Salad Recipe

A Delicious Quick and Easy Fruit Salad Recipe I prefer quick and easy recipes like this fruit salad recipe.  During the holidays or on special occasions, I would rather spend my time with my family and friends than in the kitchen cooking so I am always delighted when I find a recipe that is a […]

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Homemade Tostadas – A Fast & Easy Meal

Homemade Tostadas – A Fast & Easy Meal

Tostadas are one of my family’s favorite quick dinners!  We all have those very busy days when we need a delicious fast and easy meal.  Beef Tostadas are the perfect solution. Preparing a tostada meal is similar to preparing tacos. The shape of the shell is the only major difference.  While a taco shell is […]

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Fruitcake Cookies Recipe

Fruitcake Cookies Recipe

My Mother’s Fruitcake Cookies Recipe My father’s favorite cookie is my mother’s Fruitcake Cookie.   Mom perfected her Fruitcake Cookie Recipe decades ago.   Honestly, I don’t remember a time that Mom didn’t make these cookies for Dad for Christmas. Fruitcake cookies are a great way to serve the traditional Christmas fruitcake in single servings or bite […]

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Chocolate Dipped Pears

Chocolate Dipped Pears

Chocolate Dipped Pears are Fun to Make and Delicious to Eat Pears have great health benefits and are a delicious source of Vitamin C.   Personally, I think pears are a pretty fruit and I simply could not resist dipping them in chocolate and serving them as an afternoon snack recently. It only takes a […]

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Heart Cupcakes

Heart Cupcakes

Say “I Love You” With Heart Cupcakes Decorating Heart Cupcakes is really very easy! Although, a better description of my heart cupcakes would be cupcakes decorated with hearts. I enjoy making special treats for my family that reflect how much I love them. What better way to do that, than to make cupcakes decorated with […]

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Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup Instant Pot Recipe

Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup Instant Pot Recipe

It took me months to perfect a creamy chicken noodle soup recipe for the instant pot.  Because the soup is basically chicken and broth with vegetables, the only difference each time was the consistency of the soup.  I really wanted a creamy soup instead of a watery soup. Most of us think of the popular […]

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