Best Stuffing Recipe

This homemade stuffing recipe is easy and delicious, made with bread cubes, broth, herbs, and a buttery mixture of onions and celery. It's perfect for Thanksgiving or any holiday meal!

side dishes / thanksgiving

This stuffing recipe is my favorite Thanksgiving side dish. Based on my grandma’s homemade stuffing, it’s buttery and flavorful, made with dried bread cubes, celery, onions, and fresh herbs like sage and thyme. As it bakes, it gets crisp and golden on top but stays moist and gooey in the middle. This year, I’ve re-tested and updated the recipe to make a larger quantity because it always disappears too quickly from my family’s Thanksgiving table. Simple, classic, and delicious, it’s hands down the best stuffing recipe I’ve tried. If you’re looking for a traditional stuffing to complete your Thanksgiving menu, I…

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Cranberry Margarita

This cranberry margarita is the perfect festive cocktail for the holiday season! Sweet, tart, and delicious, it's easy to make with 4 ingredients.

Cranberry margarita, anyone?! This 4-ingredient cocktail is a holiday twist on my classic margarita recipe. I keep the tequila, orange liqueur, and lime, but I replace the simple syrup with cranberry juice. It’s sweet and tart, fruity and refreshing, and a gorgeous ruby red. Garnished with fresh cranberries and a rosemary sprig, it’s so darn fun and festive! I developed this recipe with Thanksgiving in mind—we’re celebrating in Austin this year, so serving margaritas just felt right. But honestly, I think this cranberry margarita would be perfect for the rest of the holiday season too. With its bold color and seasonal…

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Roasted Fingerling Potatoes

These roasted fingerling potatoes are an easy, delicious side dish! Lightly crisp and seasoned with garlic and herbs, they're perfect for the holidays.

Have you ever cooked fingerling potatoes? These oblong, finger-shaped potatoes are small and waxy. They have thin skins and firm, buttery flesh that almost reminds me of chestnuts. I love to make roasted fingerling potatoes for special occasions. With their unique shape and earthy, nutty taste, they feel a touch fancier than humble Yukon Golds or russets. With the holidays coming up, I thought it would be the perfect time to share my roasted fingerling potatoes recipe. It’s easy to make with 8 ingredients, but it’s still elegant and flavorful enough for a celebration. I hope you love it as much…

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35 Best Friendsgiving Food Ideas

Our best Friendsgiving food ideas! Find easy recipes for a festive fall gathering—crowd-pleasing appetizers, fun drinks, desserts, and more.

If you’re celebrating Friendsgiving this year, you’re in the right place! Below, I’ve rounded up my best Friendsgiving food ideas—bite-size appetizers, batch cocktails, classic side dishes, and easy desserts. Whether you’re hosting or just bringing a dish to pass, you’ll find Friendsgiving recipes to try. Back in the day, Jack and I celebrated Friendsgiving on Thanksgiving, because we lived far from our families and didn’t always travel for the holiday. Now, it’s more common to do both—a Friendsgiving earlier in November and a traditional Thanksgiving feast with family later on. I’m all for this, because it turns Friendsgiving into an opportunity to…

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Puff Pastry Brie Bites

These brie bites are one of my favorite holiday appetizers! I love how the crisp puff pastry and rich, creamy cheese play off the sweet fig jam on top.

This post is in partnership with DeLallo. I’ll be making these brie bites for every party this holiday season! Easy to make with 5 ingredients (and easy to eat with your fingers), they’re the perfect festive appetizer. A delicate shell of puff pastry surrounds the melty brie cheese, and a spoonful of DeLallo Fig Spread creates a sweet, glossy glaze on top. I finish them with a sprig of rosemary and toasted pecans for crunch. I often see brie and cranberry sauce paired around the holidays, but if you’ve never tried brie and fig spread together, you have to make this recipe. The…

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Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes

These cauliflower mashed potatoes are just as smooth and creamy as classic ones! Ready in 20 minutes, they're a delicious, easy low carb side dish.

fall / thanksgiving

Don’t tell Jack, but we probably won’t have classic mashed potatoes at Thanksgiving this year. I’m planning to make these cauliflower mashed potatoes instead! That’s because we’re celebrating with his parents, who eat a low carb diet. I wanted to create a rich, creamy alternative to mashed potatoes that everyone at the table would enjoy, and after testing and tweaking this recipe, I think it’s going to be perfect. These cauliflower mashed potatoes are smooth, creamy, and flavorful, made with Parmesan cheese, butter, garlic, and sour cream. I won’t tell you that they taste exactly like potatoes (they do have a…

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Cranberry Sauce

This easy cranberry sauce recipe is tart, lightly sweet, and scented with orange. Ready in 15 minutes, it's a classic, delicious holiday side dish!

fall / side dishes

Meet my best cranberry sauce recipe! Easy to make with 5 ingredients in under 15 minutes, it’s delectably tart, not too sweet, and studded with whole cranberries. I’m not a turkey eater, and I still spoon this sauce all over my Thanksgiving plate—it’s just that good. This homemade cranberry sauce is an updated version of a recipe I shared a few years ago. I’ve added more orange juice and zest for bright, fruity depth of flavor and shortened the cook time, which is 1) convenient and 2) means that more cranberries stay intact. If you ask me, their bursty texture…

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Stuffed Acorn Squash

I love making stuffed acorn squash in the fall. With a hearty wild rice filling, it's cozy, fresh, and festive. Perfect for Thanksgiving or any fall dinner!

fall / dinner

Stuffed acorn squash is one of my favorite fall dinners. I often make it after trips to the farmers market, when I come home with more squash than I know what to do with. It’s also my go-to vegetarian main course for Thanksgiving. Loaded with a fresh fall filling, the tender, golden squash halves look so pretty at the center of a holiday table. I’ve made countless stuffed acorn squash recipes over the years, but when I tried this version, I knew it would be one that I’d make on repeat. The hearty filling consists of nutty wild rice, crisp…

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Pumpkin Tiramisu

This pumpkin tiramisu is a stunning fall dessert! With layers of pumpkin cream and chai-spiced ladyfingers, it would be perfect for Thanksgiving.

This pumpkin tiramisu recipe is a show-stopping fall dessert! No offense to pumpkin pie, but it might just steal the spotlight on your Thanksgiving dessert table. It features luxe layers of pumpkin cream, chai-soaked ladyfingers, and a gorgeous dusting of warm spices. Rich, creamy, and packed with fall flavors, it’s impressive and delicious. It’s been on my list to develop for months, ever since I made this strawberry tiramisu over the summer. I thought a pumpkin version would be so fun for fall. It took me a few more tests than I expected (four, to be exact), but I can confidently…

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Classic Martini

Classic and classy, a martini is one of our favorite cocktails to make at home. This 2-ingredient recipe uses gin and dry vermouth. We love it with a twist!

This classic martini recipe was one of the first cocktails Jack learned to make at home. It entered our rotation years ago, back when we had regular poker nights with a group of friends. I would always lose, but I still joined in every time for the company—and the drinks. Jack thinks (and he’s convinced me too) that a martini is a cocktail that’s actually best made at home. You only need 2 ingredients—gin and dry vermouth—and you have complete control over the ratios. We both like ours dry, which is how I’ve written the recipe below, but I’ve also included notes…

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Creamy Gnocchi Soup

This creamy gnocchi soup recipe is perfect for fall and winter weeknights! Filled with flavorful vegetables and ready in 30 minutes, it's cozy and quick.

Trust me, you want this gnocchi soup recipe in your weeknight rotation. Ready in just 30 minutes, it’s quick and cozy. The tender, pillowy gnocchi float in a rich, creamy broth that’s seasoned with aromatic veggies, fragrant herbs, and a touch of tangy Dijon mustard. Served with a drizzle of olive oil on top and crusty bread on the side, it’s pretty much my ideal fall dinner. If you’ve eaten gnocchi soup before, there’s a good chance you had it at Olive Garden—their chicken gnocchi soup is fairly famous at this point! I wouldn’t call this recipe a copycat (you…

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