9 Delicious Valentine’s Day Desserts
Posted by Tastefully Simple on February 4, 2022
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. Maybe you’re skipping the fancy restaurant this year and making a home-cooked romantic dinner. Maybe your evening will involve watching something sweet on Netflix with your kids. Or maybe you prefer to boycott the whole thing, but well … you’re not exactly opposed to eating a little extra read more »
Bountiful Beer Bread 5 Ways
Posted by Tastefully Simple on January 25, 2022
When I started work at Tastefully Simple nearly 20 years ago, I was burdened with a terrible secret: I don’t like beer. Now in most jobs, that wouldn’t be a problem. But since 1995, Tastefully Simple’s best-loved product has been Bountiful Beer Bread Mix®. It’s not hard to see why. Making it is as easy read more »
How to Make Samoa Cheesecake
Posted by Tastefully Simple on January 20, 2022
Here in Minnesota, January always feels a little long. Maybe it’s because the holidays have come and gone, or maybe it’s simply because there are still so many weeks of winter left ahead of us. The good news: this chilly time of year does have a few perks … like Girl Scout Cookie® season! Somewhere read more »
No Place Like Gnome: Holiday Sugar Cookie Cups
Posted by Tastefully Simple on December 22, 2021
Love holiday gnomes? These days, it seems like these cute little creatures are everywhere. In fact, they’ve become one of the hottest holiday decorating trends over the past few years. (It really isn’t your imagination. Apparently Google searches for Christmas gnomes have increased 525% since 2015!) But why are gnomes related to the holidays in read more »
Chocolate + Caramel = BLISS
Posted by Tastefully Simple on December 17, 2021
Remember that old ad slogan, “Two great tastes that taste great together?” Yeah, chocolate and peanut butter are a good combo, but for my money, chocolate and caramel are the true dynamic duo. Although both caramel and chocolate have been popular confections since at least the late 18th century, the first commercial application of the read more »
Easy Christmas Tree Fruit Pizza
Posted by Tastefully Simple on December 7, 2021
If you’re looking for a fun treat to make during the holiday season, try these easy tree-shaped fruit pizzas! Do you remember the turkey fruit pizzas that were such a hit with my family last month? Check out that blog post here > They have been asking me to make MORE fruit pizza ever since read more »
Easy DIY Fruit Pizza Turkey
Posted by Tastefully Simple on November 19, 2021
If you’re looking for a fun way to eat your fruit for the big turkey day coming up, try making this turkey fruit pizza! 1. Grab a box of Ah, Sugar, Sugar!™ Cookie Mix and make the cookies according to the prep instructions on the box. Set aside cookies to cool. 2. Mix 8 ounces read more »
Have a Pumpkin-Free Thanksgiving
Posted by Tastefully Simple on November 16, 2021
It’s pumpkin season! Everywhere you look, the cheerful orange gourd is on display and in everything from lattes to ice cream and even (yikes!) pumpkin spice-flavored ramen noodles. It all reaches its peak on Thanksgiving, with the traditional pumpkin pie to cap off the feast. But there is a dark secret many of us are read more »
Cranberry Orange for the Holidays
Posted by Tastefully Simple on November 3, 2021
My dad was a colorful speaker. One of his frequent expressions was to refer to someone as being “busier than a cranberry merchant.” Nobody understood what that meant exactly, but it always made me smile. If those who trade in cranberry commodities DO have a busy season, it would be now. Largely out of sight read more »
Icebox cakes are COOL
Posted by Tastefully Simple on October 26, 2021
“Icebox cakes,” which were introduced way back in the 1930s as a way for American housewives to make an approximation of fancy French desserts like trifles and mousses, are making a comeback! True, they’ve outlived the appliance that gave them their name, but the principle is the same: a refrigerated dessert assembled from simple ingredients read more »