Seasonal Cooking Recipes

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Cinco de Mayo Recipes
Find some of my favorite Mexican inspired recipes for a Cinco de Mayo celebration. This holiday, which occurs on May 5, celebrates a victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla in 1862.

Easter Leftover Recipes
Quick and easy recipes that use leftovers from Easter, including ham, hard cooked eggs, jelly beans, and turkey in sandwiches, casseroles, and desserts.

Passover Recipes
Recipes for Passover that are quick, easy and make ahead, including Chicken Pizzuta, Charoses, Macaroons, a make-ahead Kugel, sponge cake, and Beet Borscht.

Valentine's Day Celebration
These delicious and easy Valentine's Dinners for two or more are romantic and simple enough for the beginning cook. Easy Valentine's Day Menus.

An Anti-Super Bowl Party
Get great recipes and tips for the best anti-Super Bowl bash ever! An anti-Super Bowl party is sure to please non football fans.

Super Bowl Snacks
Super Bowl recipes for great appetizers and snacks. Get great recipes and tips for the best Super Bowl bash ever!

Keep Warm Weekend
Stay warm and cook wonderful, easy meals in your cozy kitchen this weekend to warm your family's heart and soul.

Alternative Thanksgiving Ideas
If you don't want to cook a full-blown Thanksgiving dinner, but want to enjoy the flavors and foods of the season, these recipes and menus are good choices for an alternate meal.

The Weekend Cook - Halloween and the First Snowfall
Halloween is a big deal in my neighborhood; we usually go through 10 bags of candy! So having dinner ready and waiting in the crockpot is necessary; for the rest of the weekend, cozy foods celebrate the first snowfall and use up leftover Halloween candy.

Halloween!
Weird and strange foods for a great Halloween party that look like something else - but still taste good! Halloween party recipes and ideas.

The Weekend Cook
The Weekend Cook series continues with a weekend full of crockpot cooking. There's nothing better, on a cold and rainy fall weekend, than filling your house with the aromas of good cooking and your tummy with delicious food.

The Perfect Picnic
Recipes and a menu for the perfect summer picnic include tips on making your picnic comfortable for all guests, how to pack a picnic basket, and ideas for the best picnic ever.

Memorial Day Cookout
Recipes, menus, and ideas for a weekend of cooking during Memorial Day in the United States. Memorial Day Cookout menus and recipes.

The Weekend Cook: Mother's Day
Menus, ideas and recipes for an easy and delicious Mother's Day celebration. Cook breakfast, lunch and dinner for your mom using these foolproof and time tested recipes. Mother's Day menus.

Welcome Spring Weekend Menus
Welcome spring with a weekend's worth of menus that are easy, delicious and nutritious. The Weekend Cook offers recipes for the first weekend of spring.

Corned Beef and Cabbage With a Twist
Find delicious and unusual recipes using corned beef and cabbage for St. Patrick's Day.

Christmas Articles - Hanukkah Articles
This collection of articles focus on the holiday season. From a tree trimming party to crockpot recipes to my favorite celebratory menus, you'll find lots of ideas to make this the best holiday ever.

Comfort Food Weekend
This weekend, cook up some comfort foods to make your family and friends feel warm and well cared-for.

Christmas Dinner Menu
Traditional Christmas dinner menu includes a baked ham, scalloped potatoes, some gelatin salads and Christmas cookies for dessert.

Celebrate Hanukkah
Hanukkah, the festival of lights, is an eight day celebration of the miracle of the oil at the temple in Jerusalem; this menu commemorates that event with potato latkes, brisket of beef, and doughuts for dessert.

Fresh Fun Salsa Recipes
Fresh fun salsa recipes are quick and easy and perfect for summer. Whip up a sweet and spicy fruit or vegetable salsa that will complement any grilled meat.

Easter Recipes
Recipes and tips for Easter meals, including a make-ahead breakfast, Easter morning brunch, a traditional Easter dinner, an Easter dinner cooked in crockpots, and recipes especially for kids.

Winter Dinner Menu: Go Southwest!
This winter dinner menu will spark everyone's tastebuds with the flavors of the southwest, including a spicy skillet entree and a dessert based on strawberry margaritas.

The Weekend Cook - Indian Summer Menus
The Weekend Cook continues with recipes that celebrate Indian Summer, including a fall picnic, some hot and cool salads, and desserts using apples and pears.