Cranberry Bellini
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Cranberry Bellini

Cheers! It’s the holiday season, which means it’s also cocktail season. So for part two of my cranberry recipes, I’m going to share my Wisconsin Twist on an Italian Classic, the Bellini! Bellinis are sparkling Italian cocktails made with two simple ingredients: Prosecco and white peach purée. They’re fizzy and refreshing, and perfect to change up with nice cool Cranberry Ganita instead of peaches.

Cranberry Granita
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Cranberry Granita

The post introduces a simple recipe for Cranberry Granita, a wholesome Sicilian dessert apt for holiday menus. The creation process is plain and stress-free: prepare ingredients, blend to a purée, sift, freeze, and break up portions. There’s an option to add it to cocktails, including a cranberry Bellini to pair with brunch. The author appreciates feedback on the recipe and shares an accompanying Pinterest pin for easy reference.

Pumpkin Spice Blend
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Pumpkin Spice Blend

Would you believe me if I told you that most of the “pumpkin” flavor you associate with pumpkin spice anything comes from the spice, not the pumpkin? It’s true. Pumpkin on its own has a very mild light and dare I say plan flavor to it. It begs for some warming spices to meet their true potential as the flavors we all know and love.

Best and Easiest Baked Potato Recipe
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Best and Easiest Baked Potato Recipe

Today, I thought we could go back to the basics and review a simple skill that every good home cook should master, how to bake a potato.

I know what you’re thinking, why all the fuss about a baked potato? Well, let me start by saying if you’ve ever enjoyed a good supper club/restaurant-style baked potato, you know what I’m talking about. Those baked potatoes with skins that are irresistibly golden, and crispy with a satisfying hint of crunchy salt in each bite. The insides are perfectly light, fluffy, and steamy, ready to enjoy with a melty pad of butter, a dash of fresh chives, or maybe loaded up with all of your favorite toppings. If you’ve had that, then you know what the fuss is about. If not, trust me when I say it’s worth the extra time needed to make the potato.

Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
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Roasted Butternut Squash Soup

Let’s cozy up with a bowl of warm, butternut squash soup. Butternut squash and cool weather go together so perfectly. This soup is so cozy and the spices just warm you up even more.

My butternut squash soup is versatile. It can be ultra creamy or chunky depending on how you want the soup to be. Either way, it’s full of complex roasted butternut squash flavor.

This lovely butternut squash soup will round out your fall and winter meals. Serve it with sandwiches, salads, or just some freshly baked bread, throughout fall and winter. Keep the recipe for your holiday arsenal, too. I designed this soup to complement almost any savory meal you want to enjoy.

Can you eat squash seeds?
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Can you eat squash seeds?

Absolutely! All squash seeds are edible. Everything from butternut to pumpkins. All too often squash seeds are dropped into the trash or compost bins. But not only are Squash seeds edible and easy to prepare, but they also make a wonderful, nutrient-dense crispy snack full of things like omega-3 fatty acids, protein, beta-carotene, and vitamin C.

Some favorites include roasted seeds from spaghetti squash, acorn, buttercup, butternut, turban, Hubbard, kabocha, and Delicata squash.