Pear-Cinnamon Bread Pudding
Tastes and smells so good you wish you were it. Or with it. Even in a 350 F oven. Easy to make. Just 10 minutes of preparation. The hard part: waiting for it to bake while you inhale its aroma. The hardest part: waiting for it to cool before you slice it.
11th Way of Christmas: Eat A Wreath
Whip up this delicious, nutritious holiday pizza and wow yourself, your friends and your family. A killer pizza for $2.50. For the whole thing, not a slice. Doubles as a holiday sight gag. And a 10-second centerpiece.
9th Way of Christmas: It’s a snap!
Possibly the world's greatest ginger snap. If you're passing around a cookie plate after dinner, this is what you want on it. If you want to give a gift of homemade cookies, these are the ones you want to give. 3 minutes to make the dough.
6th Way of Christmas: Feast of 7 Veggies
Not just for vegetarians and vegans. For everyone looking for deeply delicious vegetable - and fruit - dishes to cook, share and eat. Dishes to serve "family style". On a day that's all about passing it around. Feast for less than $10 per person.
5th Way of Christmas: 5 Little Piggies
Five Festive Ways to celebrate savory, smoky ham and bacon. Each one of these family style dishes makes the case for eating less meat and enjoying it more. Lots of whole grains and vegetables with a lot of flavor from a little pork. Pass it around.
2nd Way of Christmas: Go Fish
Seven delicious courses to savor, marvel at and talk about. Pass 'em around. Family Style. The handoff. The social interaction. A feast to share. You can pull this off. With ease. For less than $20 per person.
1st Way of Christmas: Pass it, please
Everyone inhales deeply while the polenta's being passed. They gasping in awe, maybe drool, when the platter of osso buco comes around. Family Style. The handoff. The social interaction. A meal to share. Easy and foolproof to prepare.
Pizza Upgrade. Just add patience.
Get a pizza crust that looks, feels and tastes like one that came out of a real pizza oven. Soft, chewy and partly charred around the edge. Thin and crisp in the center. From your own little kitchen oven.
Price of Popping Corn
This might be the ultimate Better Cheaper Slower snack. Do-It-Yourself popcorn. I don't mean just pop-it-yourself. I mean dry it, scrape it and pop it yourself. Couldn't be fresher. Or better-tasting. Couldn't be cheaper. Couldn't be more fun.