Pumpkin Cranberry Upside-Down Cake

  This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertisers.  All opinions are mine alone. #SplendaHoliday #CollectiveBias   Thanksgiving is only a few days away but there’s still time to add a new dessert to your holiday gathering.  This recipe for Pumpkin Cranberry Upside Down Cake combines two of my favorite ingredients …

Cute Halloween Cupcakes

I made these cupcakes last weekend for pizza with friends.  They are super easy to make and turned out nice.  It doesn’t get much easier than this. All you need is cake mix, a tub of frosting, some candy corn and a tube of white frosting gel.  Just goes to show you that it doesn’t …

Crunchy Waldorf Salad with Cinnamon Yogurt Dressing

Leave it to me to mess around with Waldorf salad – a classic salad recipe.   Typically the celery is blanched first – I didn’t cook anything. The normal dressing, at least the ones I’ve had, contain mayo.   I put a spin on the recipe by using yogurt in place of the mayo and …

Hearty Beef Stew with Dumplings

  I have to admit I have never, ever made Beef Stew.  Growing up it was my sisters favorite meal – she ask for it on her birthday.  I didn’t eat it – not my thing.  But my tastes have changed and recently I decided I would give it a try.  One Sunday a few …