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    Cozy Winter Recipes

    Hearty winter recipes to put on repeat! Find our best winter dinner ideas guaranteed to warm you up from the inside out and stick to your ribs. Including cold-weather recipes like comforting soups, roasted root vegetables, braised meats, casseroles, and even piping hot desserts.

    • An All-Clad sauté pan filled with homemade red enchilada sauce with a whisk resting in the pan.
      Red Enchilada Sauce Recipe (Authentic Tex-Mex w/Video)
    • Perfectly golden brown blind-baked fluffy pie crust on a cutting board.
      Flaky Butter and Lard Pie Crust (Easy Recipe)
    • A pasta bowl filled with black squid ink tagliatelle with crab meat sugo and chunks of crab with a hot pepper garnish on top.
      Easy Crab Linguine (Linguine Nero di Seppia al Granchio Blu)
    • Argentinian red shrimp in tomato cream sauce with creamy tomato alfredo for shrimp pasta recipe.
      Shrimp Pasta with Spicy Tomato-Cream Sauce (Tomato-Alfredo)
    • plum and mozzarella caprese salad with basil leaves and olive oil on a plate
      Plum Caprese Salad (with Buffalo Mozzarella)
    • A peanut butter cup with biscoff cookies and chocolate sliced in half to show the middle layer with more whole cups in the background.
      Biscoff Peanut Butter Cups (Even Better than Reese's)
    • Closeup shot of an oversized bakery-style chocolate chip pecan cookie on a platter.
      Half-Batch Bakery-Style Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies
    • a pitcher half full milky-looking bright yellow homemade Italian limoncello next to a bottle of homemade limoncello and a fresh lemon on a red and white striped pot holder
      How to Make Limoncello (The Authentic Italian Way)
    • Authentic Italian pasta ai funghi in a white bowl topped with grated Grana Padano, a traditional mushroom pasta recipe made without cream.
      Authentic Mushroom Pasta ai Funghi (No Cream)
    • Homemade bucatini all'amatriciana made from scratch with fresh homemade bucatini pasta for a truly authentic pasta amatriciana recipe.
      Amatriciana Recipe (Pasta Amatriciana with Guanciale or Pancetta)
    • Golden brown crostata di marmellata with lattice top and decorative hearts sprinkled with homemade cherry sugar showing authentic Italian jam tart recipe.
      Crostata di Marmellata (Authentic Italian Jam Tart w/Video)
    • A steaming hot pile of glistening, golden brown pumpkin pancakes filled with berries and toasted pecans and topped with a knob of butter and pure maple syrup.
      Fluffy Pumpkin Pancakes With Berries and Pecans (With Video)
    • Sausage and Mushroom Maccheroni Pasta in the pot looking scrumptious and glistening with tomato sauce.
      Easy Sausage and Mushroom Pasta (For Busy Weeknights)
    • Cast iron skillet gnocchi with sage, olive oil, and parmesan cheese with seared caramelized purple onion.
      3-Ingredient Italian Potato Gnocchi Recipe +Video
    • Homemade strawberry blood orange sauce in a glass Weck tulip jar, a bright red fruit sauce for topping pancakes, cheesecake, and ice cream.
      15-Minute Strawberry-Blood Orange Sauce Recipe
    • Perfect thick-crust pizza dough with pizza toppings (including homemade pizza sauce, shredded mozzarella, and mini buffalo mozzarella balls.
      Best Thick-Crust Pizza Dough Recipe (Using 00 Flour)
    • Sliced cheesy thin-crust pizza topped with homemade sausage and onions.
      Best Thin-Crust Pizza Dough Recipe (Using Bread Flour)
    • Homemade 00-thin crust pizza with pioppini mushrooms, pepperoni, shallots, mozzarella, buffalo mozzarella, and large green and black olives.
      Best Thin-Crust 00 Flour Pizza Dough Recipe (+Video)
    • A sheet pan lined with white parchment paper with freshly baked sugar cookies with nonpareil sprinkles looking soft and chewy just like bakery sugar cookies.
      Easy Soft & Chewy Bakery Style Sugar Cookies
    • a Reese's Devil's Food Cake Cheesecake topped with Reese's Pieces and Reese's Mini Peanut Butter Cups with a border of Jumbo Reese's Pieces Cereal surrounding the perimeter
      Reese's Devil's Food Cake Cheesecake with Oreo Cookie Crust
    • Creamy pumpkin pasta with sausage and kale in a cast iron skillet featuring trottole pasta coated in pumpkin cream sauce, an easy pumpkin pasta sauce recipe.
      Creamy Pumpkin Pasta Sauce with Sausage and Kale
    • Homemade shrimp toast cut in half showing abundant shrimp filling inside, with crispy golden sesame-topped toasts on plate, authentic Chinese shrimp toast recipe appetizer.
      Chinese Shrimp Toast (Fried, Air Fried, or Baked)
    • a beautifully broiled diver sea scallop in its shell with slightly crispy and golden brown edges and glistening in oil
      Italian Diver Scallops au Gratin (Capesante Gratinate)
    • Anti-inflammatory turmeric ginger mushroom chicken bone broth in ceramic mug showing healing sippable golden broth with health benefits for wellness.
      Anti-Inflammatory Chicken Bone Broth w/Turmeric, Ginger, Mushrooms
    • Perfect homemade egg noodles for chicken noodle soup resting on a flour-dusted tea towel, freshly cut and ready to cook from scratch.
      Easy Homemade Egg Noodles (For Chicken Noodle Soup & More)
    • perfectly pan seared long carrot slices glistening with olive oil on a white platter
      Best Sautéed Carrots Recipe (10 Minutes Restaurant-Style)
    • Closeup of the best Southern cornbread dressing with crispy sage leaves garnishing the top for decoration (crispy buttery edges and super moist filling).
      Best Southern Cornbread Dressing (For Thanksgiving & Christmas)
    • homemade spinach pasta rolled out and a zigzag-edged square lying on a cutting board with a mound of ricotto, Parmigiano-reggiano, and spicy salami filling in the center.
      Spinach Pasta Dough (Using Semolina Flour)
    • Homemade chicken broth with rich golden color in a clear glass pitcher looking nothing like bland storebought chicken broth.
      The Best Chicken Broth Recipe (Italian Brodo di Pollo)
    • Homemade pumpkin pasta dough with lasagna sheets and Atlas Marcato 150 pasta machine next to it with 3 pumpkin pasta dough balls covered in the background.
      Pumpkin Pasta Recipe (Easy Homemade Pasta Dough)
    • A small shallow ramekin dish with a dollop of chili oil cream cheese dip with a pool of extra chili oil drizzled in the middle well and a large homemade fried wonton chip tucked into the side.
      Chili Crisp Cream Cheese Dip (w/Homemade Wonton Chips)
    • St. Louis style thin crust whole wheat pizza cut into squares topped with artichoke hearts, Taggiasche olives, caramelized onions and melted mozzarella cheese - no yeast pizza dough recipe.
      Easy 20-Minute Thin & Crispy St. Louis-Style Whole Wheat Pizza
    • Collection of 25 homemade pizza varieties including vegetarian options, meat-vegetable combinations, hawaiian, prosciutto-arugula, marinara, margherita, mushroom, various cheese pizzas, olive, breakfast pizza, capricciosa, zucchini and ham, pepperoni, quattro formaggi, BBQ chicken pizza, and more on different kinds of homemade pizza dough including neapolitan, whole wheat, bread flour, 00 flour, St. Louis Style, pizza fritta, and pinsa Romana.
      Best Pizza Toppings & Pizza Dough Ultimate Guide w/Real Photos
    • A bowl of traditional tagliatelle pasta with rich Bolognese ragù sauce, garnished with freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
      Authentic Bolognese Sauce (Ragù alla Bolognese)
    • The silkiest creamy béchamel sauce layered into a traditional lasagna bolognese on top of meat ragu.
      15-Minute Silky Béchamel Sauce (Easy White Sauce Recipe w/Video)
    • Traditional homemade lasagna bolognese with eight layers, showcasing rich meat sauce and handmade spinach egg pasta noodles in classic Italian culinary style.
      Authentic Lasagna Bolognese (Lasagne alla Bolognese +Video)
    • Homemade Mexican dinner plate featuring cheese enchiladas, creamy refried pinto beans topped with melted cheese and authentic Mexican cilantro rice - better than restaurant enchilada plate.
      Easy Authentic Refried Beans Recipe (From Scratch or Canned w/Video)
    • Crunchy spiced pecans in a scalloped snack bowl.
      Candied Pecans Anyone Can Make (Easy, Holiday Party Nuts)
    • closeup of baked ziti with tomatoes and cheese covered pasta noodles some gooey and some crispy
      Easy Baked Ziti with Beef Ragù (from Scratch)
    • A bottle of McCormick's pumpkin pie spice next to a glass weck jar filled with homemade McCormick's substitute with two spoons filled with the respective spice mixes to show the color of each.
      Pumpkin Pie Spice Recipe (Best McCormick Copycat)

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    Tasty Valentine's Day Recipes

    • Homemade har gow crystal shrimp dumpling on a pink marble platter showing translucent dumpling skin with pink shrimp visible inside.
      Har Gow Shrimp Dumplings 虾饺 (Ultimate Recipe Guide + Video)
    • Valentine's Day desserts recipes 9-photo compilation featuring Biscoff brownies, strawberry cheesecake, salted caramel cheesecake, fried cherry pies, devil's food cake cupcakes with chocolate ganache, strawberry scones, pan-banging chocolate chip cookies, strawberry cupcakes, and white chocolate vanilla bean crème brûlée cheesecake for romantic desserts for two or Valentine's Day dessert ideas.
      20 Best Valentines Day Desserts (Romantic Recipes for Two)
    • Pepperoni topped pizza in the shape of a heart that's been cut in a zigzag down the middle and slightly separated to reveal a broken heart pizza
      20-Minute Valentine's Day Heart-Shaped Pizza
    • a beautiful golden brown Florentine beef steak cooked perfectly
      Perfect Pan-Seared Thick-Cut Steak (Bistecca alla Fiorentina)
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    Chinese New Year Recipes

    • just steamed homemade money bag dumplings or beggar's purses in a bamboo steamer sitting on top of nappa cabbage leaves
      Steamed Pork & Chive Money Bag Dumplings
    • The best shrimp burger recipe served up in red burger baskets on a vintage carhop tray - crispy shrimp burgers on two potato buns with burger toppings including spicy wasabi mayo, shredded cabbage, pickles, cilantro and shallots with twice-fried french fries for a real classic drive in burger experience.
      Crispy Shrimp Burger Recipe (Homemade Teochew Shrimp Patties + Video)
    • zigzagged square wonton wrappers cut out and ready to be filled
      Easy Homemade Wonton Wrappers (Using Bread Flour)
    • Homemade shrimp toast cut in half showing abundant shrimp filling inside, with crispy golden sesame-topped toasts on plate, authentic Chinese shrimp toast recipe appetizer.
      Chinese Shrimp Toast (Fried, Air Fried, or Baked)
    • Perfectly pleated chicken dumplings on a sheet tray ready to be steamed.
      Chinese Chicken and Zucchini Dumplings w/Video (Chicken Jiaozi)
    • Homemade Asian sesame dressing in a small Weck Canning jar with toasted sesame seeds and fresh chives floating on top, showcasing its rich amber color and smooth texture.
      Asian Sesame Dressing (Easy 5-Minute Homemade Recipe + Video)

    Authentic Italian Lasagne Recipes

    • A slice of prosciutto cotto and mozzarella lasagna with cheese and tomato sauce oozing out.
      Italian Ham & Mozzarella Lasagna (Lasagna di Prosciutto Cotto e Mozzarella)
    • Traditional homemade lasagna bolognese with eight layers, showcasing rich meat sauce and handmade spinach egg pasta noodles in classic Italian culinary style.
      Authentic Lasagna Bolognese (Lasagne alla Bolognese +Video)
    • eggplant and zucchine parmigiana with text overlay stating the recipe was a pinterest and Food52 Grand Prize Recipe winner
      Mama A's Eggplant & Zucchini Parmigiana (Pinterest & Food52 Golden Recipe Grand Prize Winner)
    • Speck and Asparagus lasagna just out of the oven
      Italian Speck & Asparagus Lasagna (w/Asparagus Béchamel & Zucchini Crema)

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