Banana Nut Appetizer by Wendi Taylor

These quartered slices of fresh bananas with mayo and pecans make a delicious appetizer course for your holiday meal or dinner party.

In-a-Pinch Cranberry Sauce made from Dried Cranberries by Salad Foodie

I serve turkey year round but forget to keep canned cranberry sauce on hand; even when I do it's hard to use up the whole can because not everone eats it. Recently the craving for cranberries with roast turkey breast was too strong. I grabbed the Craisin bag from the pantry and experimented making a small amount of cranberry sauce.…

Garlic Hummus by Amanda Natividad

Some recipes call for too much tahini. Others try too hard and call for red bell peppers or sun-dried tomatoes. I prefer to keep it simple: chickpeas and tahini, with lots of garlic and lemon juice. Oh, and a dash of olive oil to keep it creamy. Use it as a sandwich spread or dipping sauce.

Yogurt Cool Whip Fruit Dip by Brittany Hoverman

Thick and Chewy Gingerbread Cookies by Joann M.

Source: Cooks Illustrated Because flour is not added during rolling, dough scraps can be rolled and cut as many times as necessary Don't overbake the cookies or they will be dry. Store soft gingerbread in a wide, shallow airtight container or tin with a sheet of parchment or waxed paper between each cookie layer. These cookies are…

Homemade Juiced Juice by K. Garner

Because of oxidation, juice is at its peak immediately after you've extracted it. If you have a juicer, use it because the potency of the vitamins contained therein is way better than bottled juices.

16 Bean Soup by Dhana

Classic Romanoff Sauce for strawberries by Mack Scarborough

for comparison here is a classic Romanoff sauce to serve on strawberries, close to the version served at La Madeleine restaurants

quick "Romanoff" sauce for fruit by Mack Scarborough

a lighter, quick and easy play on the classic Strawberries Romanoff sauce. this version is 16 calories per 29 grams vs 96 calories per 33 grams of the classic version that I posted for comparison

Salsa by Beth Roan

Hot Rice Cereal by Linda Gee

Hot Rice in Milk; Toast, Margarine & Jelly; Orange Juice; Hot Tea. Economy breakft.

Homemade Self-Rising Flour by myra byanka

Some cookbooks, particularly southern ones, list self-rising flour as an ingredient. Make up a batch of your own and keep it on hand.

Greek Salad Dressing and Bread Dip by myra byanka

Greek salad ingredients in the form of a dressing for salads (Romaine, mesclun mix, and tomato/cucumber salad), sandwich spread for muffalettas, subs etc., and it's also a bread dip.

Cranberry Cole Slaw by Linda Simon

Are you craving crunchy freshness right about now? When meltingly tender slow-cooked stews and soups predominate. They are welcome, but sometimes you want some bite-y food. And make that simple, quick, healthy, and low cal too, please. I like this lightly dressed and fat free. But you can easily add oil if you want to increase…

Mojito Pops by Helen Doberstein

A cool way to enjoy a Mojito