Peppermint Kiss Cookies

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go....

Especially out here in blogland; everyone is gearing up for the holiday season with new recipes to share in time for you to try them too.

Happy Thanksgiving

Wishing you and your families a very Happy Thanksgiving from The Day Family.

As we celebrate this day I wish you all good food and great memories with family and friends and may you have safe travels wherever you may go.

xoxo,

Michelle

Cinnabon Cinnamon Rolls

Have you ever had a Cinnabon Cinnamon Roll?

They're really, really yummy!

But you know what? These are really, really yummy too!

I found this recipe over at Life in the Lofthouse blog.  Have you been by to see Holly? She has an amazing blog with lots and lots of yummy recipes.  Stop by and tell her I said hi :)

Classic Pumpkin Pie

Out of all the holiday pies out there I think I love a Classic Pumpkin Pie the most.  It is my hubby's favorite and my daughter has a fondness for pumpkin pie too.

This is a very easy pie to make and I've been using the recipe right off the Libby's 100% Pure Pumpkin for years.

I know some people like to add nuts, or sweetened condensed milk or other items but I use the Famous recipe as is and it turns out every time!

Homemade Chili

Well Fall has officially arrived!  We've finally been having some blustery days and the nights are downright freezing!

When the weather get so cold I like to put on a big pot of homemade chili and bake up a batch of cornbread to go along.

The past few weeks have had me making lots of yummy comfort foods.  I made a BIG pot of my delicious Chicken Enchilada Soup, a smaller pot of my scrumptious
Chicken Tortellini Soup and now this hearty Homemade Chili to go along with all the meals to keep you nice and toasty when it's cold outside.

Sweet Potato Pie with Pecan Praline Topping

With the holiday's around the corner I thought it was time to make some pie!

I love classic pumpkin pie and so does my family but I've been wanting to make a sweet potato pie for years.  I think it's a southern pie but who says us westerners can't make great southern food too?!

I already had a great recipe in my Sweet Potato Casserole and thought it would taste great in a crust so I tweaked the recipe for a pie and came up with my newest favorite pie in my repertoire.

Classic Apple Pie Re-Do

I have a confession to make.....

I have totally changed my way of thinking on Apple Pie and what kind of apples you need to use to make a great one!  Yikes!  I know.

For years you've probably read about my preaching on how Granny Smith are the be all end all apples for apple pie, but the truth is there are all kinds of great apples for baking and I just never knew this until recently.

I always used my mom's recipe for apple pie until about a year ago.

Chicken Tortellini Soup

I'm always on the lookout for new ways to make soup, because I LOVE soup!

And I'm talking all year long too.  Not just soup in the winter.

I can stroll into Panera in the blazing 110 degree weather and STILL get the broccoli cheddar soup ~ YUM!

I thought it was about time I created a few new ones of my own and this is the second one I've made lately and they were both amazing!

This one was so delicious I actually ate a bowl for breakfast the day after I made it, lol.

Pepperoni Pizza Bites

After school or after work snacks are sometimes very hard to decide on what to make, right?

I often find my son with a bag of chips or a bag of  Top Ramen as his snack and even though we have a ton of fruit and other delicious looking treats in the house they all seam to reach for the convenience foods.

Well I found a treat that is delicious, easy to make, and one that I always have all the ingredients for on hand.

I follow several blog and get emails of their daily posts and one of my favorites is The Slow Roasted Italian.

They always have the tastiest looking recipes sitting in my inbox!  The other day I found this recipe for Cheesy Pepperoni Pizza Puffs and knew I had to try them out.

Apple Crisp

I grew up in a family of definite bakers from my grandmother on my Mom's side to my Mom and Aunt. Thankfully this treasure of being able to bake was also passed down to my brother and me.

I love Fall and all it encompasses, the colors, the smells, the flavors all warm my heart this time of year.

I especially love apples.  I love to make Homemade Apple Sauce, Apple Pie, and my Oatmeal Caramel Apple Pie Bars, but I think my favorite is Apple Crisp.

Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

I'm always trying to come up with new and inventive ways to make muffins. Plus I always need new ways to use up the bananas other than banana bread.

I could easily eat muffins for breakfast every day.  How about you?  Do you like muffins?

They're kinda like naked cupcakes, lol.

Soft Buttery Dinner Rolls

I love bread!  There, I'm out of the closet!  Actually I really think I'm a carboholic, shhhhh.

I even love making homemade bread.  The whole process is amazing and the way the house smells while is rising and baking, oh my!

I have lots of bread recipes pinned to my Pinterest boards, don't you?

I even have a recipe for Parker House Rolls that I've made for a few years now that came from Alex Guarnaschelli from Food Network and they are amazing.

But these, sigh, these rolls that I slightly adapted from Cooking Classy have been calling my name since I pinned them a while back.

Root Beer Float Cupcakes

My hubby loves root beer and root beer floats so for his birthday this year I decided to try something new and make root beer float cupcakes.

It was one of those recipes that I can't believe actually worked out and the cupcakes really did taste like root beer floats!

I bought some of those flavored oils from the candy making / baking section of JoAnns or Michael's and one of the flavors was root beer.

Chicken Enchilada Soup

I love soup!

I actually eat it all year long, but I especially love soup in the Fall and Winter.

It has turned cold here in California in the last few weeks, well at least cold in the morning and evenings.  The days are still crazy.

But it's definitely soup weather to me!

My daughter and I have been craving some sort of Chicken Tortilla or Chicken Enchilada Soup so this is the one I came up with the other day.

Italian Sub Sandwich

You've probably heard me talk about the lunch situation around here and the fact that I have a hubby that works from home, a daughter getting ready for boot camp in 4 weeks, and a son who is on independent study and they are all home for lunch every day.

I try to come up with different things to make so we don't get bored from the same old sandwiches or burger joints. 

We love Quiznos and their toasty sandwiches but they have moved from the area so I came up with an alternative to make at home.