Holiday/19 recipes

Only three ingredients and a microwave and you can have poached pears easily on standby for a healthy fruit dessert.

No flag day or 4th of July celebration would be complete without a potato salad. This version is lighter and healthier that the tradition mayonaise only version but every bit as tasty. It's best made the day before. A great make-ahead classic side-dish so you can enjoy the day more.

Instead of reaching for the margarine, try this sweet butter that is sure to a kick to sandwiches or toast.

Spicy salt and pepper shrimp makes an excellent appetizer or main course.

Make Almond Legend Cake every New Year's Eve for a fun tradition at your house. Somewhere hidden in the baked cake will be a single whole almond. Whoever gets the almond in their slice of cake, according to legend, will enjoy good fortune during the year

Great stuff

For making gingerbread houses

Very nice cake, especially for Christmas time!

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Try this different but tasty pasta salad made with mandarin oranges, pineapple and whipped topping.

When I was little my mom and dad had lots of parties especially at the holidays. With upwards of 70 people the easiest thing to serve was punch. This is Mom's concoction. The guys love it too. See Dreamsicle Punch too.

This buttery and moist Irish style coffee cake is so easy to make, and it always impresses everyone!