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This is where you can find recipes for cooking for a crowd! Whether it’s for a gathering of friends and family, or for a special occasion or holiday, the Zen of Slow Cooking has a recipe for you. This is where your slow cooker or Instant Pot really come into their own, so you can still be a guest at your own party. Browse our best dishes for entertaining at home, potlucks, BBQs, cocktail parties, and more.
Fresh cranberries remain one of the few fruits which only appear seasonally in the grocery aisle. Every November when they first arrive, I snap up a bag and vow to expand my repertoire from the season’s mainstay – cranberry sauce.
Last week we brought you a classic Onion Velouté as a simple start to dining for the holiday season. Since the turkey alone takes up almost the entire oven, with perhaps a little space left over for a sweet potato bake, we’re making the most of …read more
While our graphic artist Linda Cassady brings our Holiday Gift Collection to life from her studio, we put our creative palates to work on a series of recipes exclusively for her.
The flip side to last week’s 10 hour slow cooker Smoky BBQ pulled pork recipe is our shorter 3-4 hours slow cooker tangy salmon tacos recipe. This month is all about putting a little Zen back into my own kitchen, using our own Slow Cooker Spice Blends.
If last week’s recipe for carrot soup with pine nut and caper topping was simple, wholesome and elegant then this week’s is bold, nurturing and indulgent.
Meg and I switch gears this week to take part in the Green City Market Chef Series. The market continues to provide the backdrop for our recipes for the remainder of February.
Home for the holidays, I’m transported to this vista of early eighteenth century Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England.* Over years we have wandered the landscaped Palace grounds striding towards its majestic and austere facade. Dithering pheasants get in our way and run all around awaiting their inevitable demise, sheep dully …read more
Deliberating over the phone on what to cook for our final recipe of 2014, Meg cited our friend Dina at Bodyworks Fitness & Spa who was improvising with our Sweet and Spicy blend. “Dina is making spiced nuts in her slow cooker. They might be good …read more
It is a McKay tradition before Christmas to spend a weekend morning making and steaming a Christmas Pudding.
Until recently I had no idea what a Latke Party was. I had just finished creating our Winter Vegetable, Barley & Lentil soup for the Jewish holidays when an invitation, to join friends in lighting their Menorah and to share in a latke dinner to …read more
A warm pile of corn tortillas, leftover shredded meat or black beans, a jar of fresh locally made mango salsa and our endless supply of homemade hot sauce is all that’s needed to open the taco bar for dinner in our house. Once open, my kids …read more
