Recipes for Real Life
Welcome to our collection of holiday recipes. This collection includes main dishes, side dishes, casseroles, desserts, cookies and more. If you’re looking for recipe ideas for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter or other holidays and get-togethers like celebrations and potlucks, you are in the right place.
I have been making Peanut Butter Blossoms for as long as I can remember. These were one of the first cookies I ever made. Since I regularly made them growing up so it’s no surprise that they are the first cookie to come to mind for a holiday cookie exchange or any other occasion that …
I have been making this Sweet Potato Casserole recipe again and again for over 10 years. That also means I have experimented with it quite a bit. From which types of sweet potatoes are easiest and most convenient to doubling the topping ingredients for some extra yummy crunch and learning that doesn’t quite translate as …
Inspiration for this pierogies and sausage recipe struck me when I came across fresh pierogies in the refrigerated foods section of my local supermarket. I hadn’t cooked with fresh pierogies before. Additionally, I recalled pierogies with sausage and onions that I had had from a local restaurant’s St. Patrick’s Day menu. I also recalled this …
If you’re like me and aren’t into the whole Valentine’s dinner out, you may be wondering what to do instead. Well, if you like sweets, you should definitely make up these Black & White cookies. They are so good. And you can share them at work, with family, friends and yep, even your valentine! …
Here it is, Recipe Realism’s second-annual, year-end ‘Best of . . .’ list. As always, the decision wasn’t quite so obvious in some categories as it was in others. Recipes were rated on the following criteria: ease, time, and taste. See if any of your Recipe Realism favorites made the list! Beverage of the Year …