Tag Archive: sour cream

Apr 26

Carrot cheesecake with lemon sour cream topping

I'd never really realized how much my family liked cheesecake until the year I unveiled a pumpkin cheesecake during our Thanksgiving dinner. Everyone liked it so much that I've been ordered to make that cheesecake for every Thanksgiving and Christmas since, and despite its now-ubiquitous holiday presence, there's rarely leftovers. So when I stumbled across …

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Feb 17

Sour cream-banana toffee coffee cake

Remember when I got all excited about coffee cake last year? And I said I had a great idea for a variation on coffee cake that I just couldn't wait to make? Ten months later, here it is: Sour cream-banana toffee coffee cake!

Jan 14

Speedy chicken posole

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Here’s another hearty winter dish for you, just in time for 76-degree temperatures this weekend (for those of you in California).

Jul 15

Shrimp tacos with citrus cabbage slaw

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Although I love seafood – particularly shellfish – we don’t eat it a lot in my home because my hubby avoids nearly all things that come from the sea.

Apr 16

Sour cream coffee cake

Dark brown and light brown sugar for the streusel.

I was at an airport in Jacksonville, Fla., one recent morning, and I was hungry. So I went to Starbucks to grab a newspaper, some orange juice and a snack. That snack ended up being crumb cake. And that crumb cake CHANGED MY LIFE. Well, maybe that’s overstating the situation just a little. It didn’t …

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Feb 04

Fancy six-layer dip

Garlic and salt, as mashed as I could get it.

I don’t care about the Super Bowl at all, but I do care about snacks. Which is why I’m telling you about this fancy six-layer dip. I added “fancy” to the name because it’s way more hoity-toity than the average seven-layer slop people tend to serve up.

Nov 26

Pumpkin cheesecake with marshmallow sour cream topping and gingersnap crust

Gingersnap crust in the making!

It’s too late for you to make this for Thanksgiving dessert, but I wanted to share it with you anyway, in case you have any leftover pumpkin and culinary gumption. Because it’s super tasty! It’s made with two of my favorite things: pumpkin and marshmallows. MARSHMALLOWS! If that’s not making you scramble to click “print …

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Nov 25

Cauliflower cream

Cauliflower cream

Mashed potatoes are great, but with all the other starchy foods served at Thanksgiving, sometimes they’re just too much. Here is a great alternative.