If you love snack cakes, this easy, festive ginger cake will be your next one-bowl favorite. This homemade gingerbread is judiciously spiced with ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves and allspice with just enough molasses to give the pillowy confection its telltale holiday aroma. This easy gingerbread recipe produces a soft, ultra-moist snacking cake and only needs a dusting of powdered sugar for garnish (but a dollop of fresh whipped cream or scoop of vanilla would be really good too).
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Healthy Mac and Cheese (Kale and Butternut Squash Gratin)
This post has been updated for recipe, photos and content since its original publication in 2014.
Look no further for the best veggie mac and cheese. This one has it all — a creamy, cheesy butternut squash gratin with al dente pasta and tender blanched kale topped with a buttered crumb crust. Kale and butternut squash may seem an unlikely pairing, but in this healthy mac and cheese casserole, they’re absolutely delicious. You can roast your own butternut squash or use canned for this easy squash and kale mac and cheese. You can eat the mac and cheese directly from the pot, or bake it in a casserole with toasted breadcrumbs. Either way this healthy butternut squash recipe is dee-licious.
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Basmati Rice Pilaf with Roasted Fall Vegetables
If you’re craving a healthy rice recipe, this simple riff on a vegetarian rice pilaf is delicious. Shaved brussels sprouts and diced acorn squash are roasted on a sheet pan with fresh herbs and shallots then tossed together with steamed basmati rice and sweet golden raisins for a quick and easy rice side dish with no flavoring packet needed. This simple Basmati Rice Pilaf with Roasted Fall vegetables goes great with rotisserie chicken or pork chops and if you have picky eaters who don’t like straight-up brussels sprouts and squash, this lively medley makes them more palatable.
Almond Crescent Cookies
If you’re starting to think about holiday baking, let me put these almond Christmas cookies on your radar. These crescent cookies use almond flour and a fair amount of butter to give them that sandy shortbread quality, but these almond crescents also benefit from a heady dose of holiday spices like cinnamon and cardamom for perfectly spiced, crave worthy treats that the entire family will gobble up!
Cheddar Chive Popovers – A Super Easy Popover Recipe
If the idea of no yeast dinner rolls (a.k.a. no knead dinner rolls) appeals to you, then you’ll LOVE this easy popover recipe. They’re ridiculously simple to make and you don’t need any fancy equipment… not even a popover pan (but if you have one, use it). Essentially, this is a dump and go blender recipe that takes about 30 seconds to assemble. Bake the popover batter in a hot oven and watch them rise, puff and sigh. These tender, chewy Cheddar-Chive Popovers have a chewy, crusty dome and an airy, soft interior. In other words, heaven.
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