The Food Brie Cooked and Baked

Recipe source: Allrecipes.com

If you like mushrooms – and I mean really, really like mushrooms – you’ll like this. It also has a healthy topping of mozzarella cheese on top, and that always makes supper better.

It’s simple and quick to put together, and it tastes good. The name is a bit misleading, in my opinion. I buy big chickens, and it takes longer than 20 minutes for this dish to cook. But, it’s so easy, I don’t mind the extra time.

I served it with a made-from-a-box porcini risotto.

twenty-minute chicken

Recipe source: Allrecipes.com for the chicken; SimplyRecipes.com for the beets

This was very good. We used pesto that I made this summer with basil from BP’s garden, and the beets also were from BP’s garden. It was the first jar we’ve used from our stash.

The chicken dish especially caught my eye because it not only used pesto but it also used pancetta, which is always delicious.

pesto chicken and pickled beets

Recipe source: word-of-mouth from an aunt

When I need a quick, simple and impressive-looking dessert to take somewhere around Christmas time, this is my go-to choice. It always goes over really well.

gingerbread layer dessert

Recipe:

Layer cubed pieces of gingerbread, French vanilla pudding and Cool Whip. Repeat.

Recipe source: Rachael Ray magazine

Not your traditional red-sauce pizza, these pizzas have ham, Gruyere (or Swiss) and thyme on top of a honey mustard sauce. Pop them in the oven on a yummy slice of French bread, and you have a pretty good meal.

I served these with a salad and honey mustard dressing – the same salad in the recipe.

French bread pizza

mixed greens salad with honey mustard dressing

Recipe source: Taste of Home

Mmmmm … This is a delicious soup recipe, and it’s super easy to throw together. I made this last year on Christmas Eve, and BP requested it again.

It tastes wonderful on a cold December evening. With pasta, cheese, tomatoes and bacon, you really can’t go wrong.

holiday tortellini soup