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Holiday

Shrimp Boil outdoors on butcher paper.

Stovetop Zatarain’s Shrimp Boil with Cajun Style Smoked Sausage & Garlic Butter Sauce

Lowland Celery Salad

Lavender Lemon Drop Martinis

My Favorite Buttermilk Marinated Chicken

a slice of dauphinoise potatoes on a plate

Better Than Scalloped Potatoes: Dauphinoise Potatoes

Host a Dinner Party for $100 or Less with Trader Joe’s

French Onion Cornbread Dressing with Zatarain’s Smoked Andouille Sausage

Brown Butter Pumpkin Texas Sheet Cake

pouring quiche Lorraine mixture on top of cheese, bacon, and onions

Crème Fraiche Quiche Lorraine

finished kolache recipe waiting in the pan to be eaten

Lemon Poppy Seed Kolache

spoonful of spring salad with edamame, asparagus, cannellini beans, slivered almonds, and crumbled cheese

Spring Asparagus Salad with white beans and almonds

Mardi Gras Breakfast Burritos with Zatarain’s Andouille Smoked Sausage

Dusted linzer cookies dusted with powdered sugar.

Here’s What You Should Bake This December

generously sprinkling stuffed dates with herbs

My Favorite Holiday Appetizer? The Incredibly Easy Sausage-Stuffed Dates

The Mega Thanksgiving Leftover Sandwich

Cliff Notes: The Origins of Sweet Potato Pie

Candy Corn and Salted Peanut Rice Krispie Treats

assembling finished root beer smash burgers

These Root Beer Smash Burgers Will Make Your Weekend!

Oscars 2023 Party Menu

A New Orleans King Cake baked in a cast iron skillet

My 10 Best King Cake Recipes

overhead shot of Mardi Gras toast on individual vintage plates

King Cake-Inspired Easy Bostock

Two glasses of Negroni Sbagliato on a marble countertop.

Negroni Sbagliato Cocktail, A Playful Take on a Classic

Orange roll on a plate with a fork.

Christmas Morning Orange Rolls

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