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Macaroni and cheese!

Goat Cheese with Rosemary Infused Honey, slightly warm, with the honey poured over the cheese, served with slices of baguette.

Well, my first-ever marshmallows were based on a barefoot contessa recipe, and they're in high demand, but I guess marshmallows don't actually count as basics. Hmmm... I think the closest thing I have to a "basic" signature dish is chicken pot pie, but I really make that for myself!

Sweet potatoes mashed with goat cheese and truffle oil.

Roasted pork loin. Everyone loves they way mine turn out; I think they just overcook theirs.

Roast chicken. And I love Ina's recipe for it!

basic basil and tomatoe Bruschetta. really eays to make and everyone always loves it!

I'm always asked to bring my homemade pico-de-gallo...which is finely diced plum tomatoes, vidalia onions, jalepenos, lime juice, salt & pepper, cilantro and sometimes I put mango or pinapple in there to jazz it up a bit. I serve with hot, crispy tortillas and grilled tequila-marinated shrimp. It's fresh, easy and delish, and a big hit at gatherings.

actually, it's one of hers. the french onion dip from her first book. people go nuts over it at parties. i dont even eat it anymore because i'm completely over it, but i can't not show up with it anywhere.

Polenta!

hermit cookies

chocolate cookies with peanut butter inside or chicken braised with russian dressing.

Giada's carrot and prosciutto bundles. And the NTY No Knead Bread with Havarti Dill spread. YUM!

Broiled dates stuffed with goat cheese and wrapped with bacon.

made mine just yesterday for a sunday dinner....simple roast chicken and roasted veggies.

Crabcakes or Barefoot contessa's carrots.. always get requests for those two.. :-)

Grilled NY strip topped with blue cheese chive butter and Cook's Illustrated Shrimp Scampi with rice.

New Mexican Corn Dip - served with corn chips it is always such a big hit and people cannot believe how easy it is to make!

any type of bread.. i make a mean sour dough bread as well as some rockin' pumpkin bread!

sausage rolls! (British-style sausage in light/flaky/puff pastry)

3-meat, 3-bean chili (ground pork, ground beef, ground italian sausage). what up.

My basic cheesecake is always a hit. I do fancier versions as requested. The one most asked for is a white chocolate/cajeta version with toasted macadamia nuts on top. A real showstopper.

I usually bring something different each time, but bruschetta was recently requested. This time I based it on Ina's recipe, using sauteed green peppers and gorgonzola.

My chicken tacos - great for a crowd. Chicken poached in tomato sauce with onions and garlic and spices and then shredded. Served family style with tortillas, rajas, and on a good day some black beans.

Crispy Kale
Toss roughly torn kale (destemmed) with olive oil, pinenuts, "crumbled" goat cheese (yes, it's hard to crumble, more like pea-sized flecks with the tip of a butter knife) and some sea salt and roast on a baking sheet until crisp.

A friend made this for me once and it blew my mind, now it's a regular item. Good as a side dish or a snack, like leafy-green cheese popcorn. Everyone demands it now.

Everyone always requests my enchiladas when we gather at my house.

White pizza. I keep frozen dough on hand all the time, so it's supremely easy to make.

Glazed carrots with bay leaf.

Every year I am in charge of the Christmas morning breakfast and every year I make the Sausage/Egg Casserole (bread, mushroom soup...).

One year I thought it would be nice to serve something "different".

Well, you would have thought I gave the family dog away with all of the moans and groans not to mention the comments.....

NEVER AGAIN! It makes the planning of the menu easy and it is nice that they enjoy it so much.

green goddess dressing served with a veggie platter. the mayo-sour cream combo seems to have universal appeal.

Cornbread Stuffing!!!!!!

Lasagna. :)

challah!

Around the holidays it's my (/Orangette's) fennel and mushroom salad, which is surprisingly always a hit. Most people say they don't like fennel, then love it when they try it in this simple salad.

Also, my mom's chocolate sheet cake.

The slow-cooker baked beans I make get a lot of requests, especially from people who've only ever eaten canned.

stir-fried noodles/chow mein

Baked brie with marmalade and roasted almonds!

Mashed potatoes- fluffy and loaded up with butter, sour cream and roasted garlic. Definitely not healthy but delicious!

My homemade caramelized onion dip. It's so easy to make and such a crowd pleaser

Artichoke Dip

My tiramisu. It really is basic and easy. Whip some cream into marscapone and sugar, mix espresso with amaretto, layer with soaked ladyfingers.

my awesome cupcakes.

lentil stew

It depends--I prefer to make dessert--so the top contenders would be Marcel Desaunier's Black Gold Cookies, Dorie Greenspan's World Peace Cookies or King Arthur Flour's Best Fudge Brownies. (I know lots of chocoholics) I also make lemon cornmeal ginger cookies that have quite a following, even among lemon dessert haters. But among everything else, my biscuits (I just follow Fannie Farmer's recipe, nothing special) are always GONE in no time--and they're so easy to make! I've already been enlisted to make 3 dozen for Thanksgiving!

Andes mint brownies (church) or artichoke feta dip (family)

I make a great snack recipe that I got from grandma that everyone loves at parties. Little toasts topped with a mixture of mayo, garlic, onion, parmesean cheese and paprika. Broil and serve hot!

rosemary white bean dip, its so basic but great, or punch.

pear and walnut salad

lasagna or portuguese roast chicken

homemade rye bread

Homemade guacamole, or my banana cheesecake :-)

It's not a "dish", per se, but I am always asked to bring the sangria!

cinnamon rolls

Pernil (Puerto Rican roast pork)--it's so easy and delicious and it's impossible to ruin.

Scones (particularly pumpkin or ginger)

My artichoke spinach dip… with nutmeg and shallots and so many good things. I am not allowed to arrive anywhere without it. The other are my gyoza, which are, admittedly, killer.

roasted chicken.

okay...here are just a few of our crowd's favorites: jerk pork, manicotti, carne asada tacos, barefoot contessa lemon loaf, and many varieties of pizza!

Potato Gratin with leeks and gruyere

My apple-butter ginger chews!

My roasted chicken. Such an easy, wonderful, comforting crowd-pleaser. :)

cherry cream pie!

hummus! or lately my candied nut mixes.

Apple pie...I can't get away with NOT making it for holidays.

And lately, sausage bread pudding with fennel, apple and gruyere.

cheesecake

oops, i just realized that it was supposed to be a basic dish, not a holiday dish, so please disregard my previous comment.

My most basic dish is guacamole. Nobody else I know ever bothers to make it from scratch so everyone falls in love with it.

Roasted potatoes. Somehow, I've introduced them to any number of friends and family members...

biscuits

Guacamole. I make the best on the planet, and no one can resist it. Even people who normally don't like avocados have fallen under my spell.
Alicia Webster
5webs@comcast.net

In the summertime, it's my guacamole. MY recipe is very simple, only about 8 ingredients, but I think I have the balance of flavors down pat. This time of year, My sweet potato casserole! Yes, it's the deal with the pineapple and marshmallows and all that good stuff, but I have a few secret ingredients and everyone seems to love it.

Ina's recipe for spaghetti and meatballs are to die for! I make it frequently. My son's favorite!

Roasted vegetables with orzo and feta

def mac and cheese- who can resist?

During the summer it's ribs, but during the holidays it's all about the sweet potato pie!

My friends think them to be basic chinese food, so they request my chinese roast pork buns...

Scalloped potatoes

raspberry black bean dip--raspberry/chipotle salsa (which you can find at nearly all grocery stores now, not just specialty ones), a can of black beans (rinsed and drained) and a package of cream cheese. Spread the CC in a baking dish, layer with beans then salsa and bake on 350 for 25-30 mins (bubbly). DELICIOUS and couldn't be easier--it's always a hit!

roast chicken

Mashed potatoes and gravy. Or, if that's two dishes, then it's the gravy.

My spinach and artichoke dip that always gets a recipe request.

french onion soup! I've made onion haters even love it!

my wife gets more requests for her swedish pancakes than I do for anything

sweet potato fries

Latkes and ice cream cake.

Roasted vegetables - even my vegetable-hating neighbor had seconds.

rosemary flatbread

Pulled Pork

Love Ina and her fabulous Brownies...yum!

It's actually the Barefoot Contessa's rosemary roasted cashews - they are like heaven.

My daughter-in-law and grandchildren always insist I make my special baked macaroni and cheese: buttery, crusty on the outside and creamy and oozing with cheese on the inside.

chicken burritos!

Brussels sprouts with pancetta.

In the summer, chili con carne.

Lemon yogurt cake is my signature dessert based on an Ina Garten recipe. My go-to entree is pan roasted chicken.

mashed potatoe.

lasagna

lately it's been kale soup. or somekink of scallop dish.

brownies and ice cream

My mother always requests chocolate-chip cookies.

During the holidays, homemade cranberry sauce for sure.

Roasted root vegetables, crumby noodles, and the dessert of my choice - always homemade.. Oh, and anything cooked on the grill, mashed potatoes and gravy. They know I love to cook, so..........

Panzanella, Ina's of course!

Lasagna or brownies. Or both.

sourdough

The chocolate "dump it" cake from Cooking for Mr. Latte

I make a really simple salad of celery, dried cranberries, walnuts, and yogurt that everyone loves.

My baked feta and artichoke party dip.

Cornbread dressing.

Hershey's Best Brownies. Or for family dinner gatherings, such as Thanksgiving, steamed carrots tossed with butter and flat leaf parsley. Simple but really delicious.

Spaghettie with butter, chopped parsley and parmesan reggiano. Can't get much simpler or tastier.

I make a chili spiked, brothy corn chowder that my roommate used to beg for, based on the recipe from the New Basics cookbook.

stuffed mushrooms or spinach artichoke dip.

Chocolate chess pie. It never fails, it always is delicious, and any issues with cracking in the top can be hidden under a little bourbon whipped cream. I gave the recipe to one of my friends to use the first time she cooked dinner for a guy . . . they now have been married almost seventeen years and I credit it all to the pie recipe.

Pies or cookies. I seem to be the baker in my group of friends.

Everyone likes my Deviled Eggs and also Artichoke dip.

Definitely Ina's roast chicken recipe. It really really is delicious, Ive never had better gravy too. I have even adapted her gravy recipe to my meatballs, substituting chicken stock to beef stock. Works like a charm :)

This is why I joined the Barefoot Bloggers! I can't say I really have a dish that everyone likes but people usually like my cinnamon buns and cookies.

Roast Chicken

Roast chicken or mashed potatoes. I do both well, I think.

ironically, barefoot contessa's cauliflower gratin.

Ina's roasted veggies. Perfect for fall.

Fried Rice

Homemade dinner rolls

my friends and i love spinach and artichoke dip - basic but yummy

Roasted baby potatoes, heavily salted and tossed with fresh herbs. Crisp on the outside, soft and creamy on the inside.

signature fall/winter salad with pomegranate seeds and orange-balsamic dressing or my easy appetizer of baby filo shells filled with a slice of brie, warmed in the oven and topped with a "chutney" of green apples, jalapeno jelly and cilantro.

creamcheese brownies

My guacamole is a big crowd please for any event. I keep it simple with avocados, sweet yellow onion, fresh diced tomatoes, lime juice, cayenne, sea salt, and pepper.

artichoke dip

Fresh hot bread!

Candied bacon is a must during fall and christmas now.
As well as pasta puttanesca made with anything available!

caprese salad

My Chinese-fusion ribs - they're famous!

Cheesy soft scrambled eggs with fried bologna. Or homemade chex mix.

Let's see...my taco bake, my brownies, the Pioneer Woman's apple dumplings.... none of my friends are good cooks. :(

borscht -- closely followed by green chili stew

chocolate zucchini cake - always a winner

On TDay, cajun jalapeno cornbread stuffing -- sweet and spicy, yum....

Definitely pumpkin chocolate chip cake...easy and always a delicious hit!

I want this book so badly :D

Wild&Original Rice, Three bean and Peppers salad with a lots of fresh herbs and toasted cumin. (WoW! that's a mouthful, but so is this salad which is unbelivably amazing). I take it to work all the time and co-workers request it for the next event before the container is even empty. (about 30 minutes for 24 people to finish a 5 pound batch).

A simple fully loaded baked potato.....mmmmmm

Bruschetta.

Roasted Parmesan Asparagus from Ina is always delicious and such an easy healthy side that I make all the time!

Artichoke dip, loaded with cheese.

My friends and family love my Shepherd's pie. I only make it in the winter months so by the time Spring comes along they have had their fill of their favorite dish.

a wonderful stuffing, passed on by a good friend....chunky homemade croutons (mixed dried breads, mostly sourdough) crisped in a good amount of butter and olive oil, sauteed garlic and onions, chopped fresh sage, lots of sauteed mushrooms, some chicken or turkey broth, eggs....baked until there's a good crust......it's my favorite Thanksgiving dish!

mac-and-cheese, easy to please

Lemon cake

Lasagna. Considered simple - and it usually is - I perk it up with seasonal herbs and fresh made sausage from my local Italian market. Delicious.

Fried corn tortillas and homemade salsa.

Vegetable lasagna

chitlins and black eyed peas

Mashed potatoes

French onion soup. All the way with crouton in the brown crockery bowl, Gruyere melted on top. How bad could that be?

My family loves my candied sweet potatoes! I also make a killer apple pie.

Vegetable stew!

for a simple and easy dinner I will throw a roast, potatoes and carrots in my crockpot and let it cook all day. All I add to that is a bit of water and some seasonings. Instant, easy, fantastic meal.

my garlic wine mashed potatoes

Everyone always asks me to make my Chicken With 40 Cloves of Garlic.

I make a pasta salad that everyone loves, with orzo and feta cheese. The dressing is a simple olive oil, fresh lemon juice and fresh dill.

A gelatin salad, only time I make one. Raspberry gelatin, pineapple, fresh cranberries and apple, it's good...really.

Leek and potato soup

I make a bean pot that everybody loves. It contains beans, bacon, tomatoes, onions and a dash of liquid smoke.

My mother's almond pound cake. They can't seem to get enough.

Potato Salad...

e are a few requests: cream cheese and onion dip, orzo with roasted veggies and feta ( from on of Ina's cookbooks) and homemade angel food cake with butterscotch brickle frosting.

I make fabulous salads....also my roasted aspargus.

Caramel Apple Cake - it travels perfectly and can be used as either a breakfast cake or a dessert with vanilla ice cream

Cornbread

dad insists on my pumpkin pie. My boyfriend insists on my bread.

My husbands grilled steak. He has a secret ingredient that makes it so good we get requests all the time.

Roast chicken

Home made salsa and spicy corn salad. Plus I always have to bring chocolate chip cookies wherever I go.

Omlette

Beer dip served with pretzels! Cream cheese and cheddar cheese, and, of course, BEER! Thank you!

cheesecake!

Buffalo wings and homemade taco shells!!

Omelettes---not sure how it started, but whenever we're together in the mornings, I'm at the stove making omelettes.

Lasagna - with meat and without........

Burritos

Seasoned rice with saffron, smoked ham, scotch bonnet peppers

Gene Stallings Twice Baked Potatoes!

Sweet potato pie with a pecan streusel top. It's really just a thinly veiled dessert, and despite its humble beginnings as a thanksgiving staple has started making appearances at every family gathering.

White beans with lots of garlic and good olive oil—great and SO simple!

Stuffed mushrooms, roasted brussels sprouts, and spinach artichoke dip! Friends and family also love my chili and dahl.

Roasted chicken or simple caesar salad

Oyster stuffing!

Lasagna

meatballs

Broccoli and Rice Casserole! my family makes me bring it to every family gathering where there's food.

I usually bring desert - banana split cake.

My killer chili.

roast chicken, which i learned from nigella. rub it with butter, salt and pepper, stick a lemon in it's bum, roast at 400 for 15 minutes per pound plus 10 minutes. always comes out with crisp golden skin and juicy tender meat.

deviled eggs

Pig in a pig! Bacon wrapped smoky links carmalized with brown sugar. People love that stuff/

Corn bread.

That people insist I serve at gatherings? Hm. Perhaps banana chocolate chip cake or my low fat low sugar applesauce spice cake. Those are basic, right?

The dish that my family always insists that I bring to gatherings (well, in the summer at least) is Ina's French Potato Salad.

any one of my many cheesecakes..........

I'm always Ina's brownies, Ina's lemon bars & yeast bread for holiday gatherings :)

steak on the grill or a roasted chicken

Roasted chicken breast - skin on / bone in - quickly pan fried to crisp the skin, then flipped and roasted on the pan in a hot oven (450F) until done. White wine to deglaze the pan and create a pan sauce optional. Only ingredients used are chicken, olive oil, salt/pepper and white wine.

Lasagna. Or Bread. Or grilled veggies.

Either my Caesar Salad or my Island Shrimp Cocktail!!

Macaroni & Cheese

my challah bread. it's a cross between a croissant and wonder bread :)

Hot artichoke dip with parmesan and homemade crouton crisps

Bill Blass Meat Loaf

Apparently, my dislike of salads makes me very good at making them. Every time I go home to visit, the women want me to make salads! So I do.

We make this honey and feta dish that people always love.

chili with made with chipotle, dark chocolate, and beer

Black and white bean salad with lime, corn and jalapeño

Crab potato salad. =)

Sausage potato casarole for Christmas Breakfast

Mashed potatoes

Her cole slaw--perfect!

Apple cake.

A big shank of ham- baked with pineapple slices and coca cola. Juicy and so succulent!

My lasagne is legendary in my family.

For Thanksgiving gatherings, my cranberry relish made from just cranberries, sugar, and oranges is always in demand.

Yeast rolls. Very simple to make, but not many people make rolls from scratch anymore.

For holidays it is always my pumpkin roll. For most everything else, any of my desserts. I love making them and people love eating them. :)

Everyone loves my swedish meatballs

lemon bars and my stuffing

I suppose they're not technically dishes, but essential to any meal: I'm usually the go-to for all things sauces and dressings

Macaroni and cheese. I've tried fancying it up, but always return to a combo of extra sharp cheddar and Velveeta (or welfare cheese when I'm in the position to have access).

It would have to be Hot Ham and Cheese sandwichs. Made with a combo of minced onions, mayo, and mustard for the sauce. They are comfort food!!

A broccoli-cheese-rice side dish I make.

Greek chopped salad - chopped cucumbers, feta, onions, dill, garlic, green and red peppers, lemon juice, olice oil, tomatoes (optional).

The ever-popular hummus with vegies and pita bread.

chocolate chip banana cake

crab cakes and new england clam chowder.

I've been told my stuffed mushrooms are pretty good. I will definitely make them for our Christmas eve party. Thanks for the chance.

Chili - the skies the limit. I seem to have a variety of recipies that everyone likes.

My apple pie!

Everyone ALWAYS wants my pecan pie. The syrup is cooked and cooled before going into the pie shell. And my 5 ingredient vinaigrette. And my no-fat biscotti which are better than Bonnie Tempesta's.

potato leek soup

Fried Halloumi on Green Salad with Lime, Garlic & Caper Vinaigrette

Garlic rosemary mashed potatoes!

They love it when I make guacamole in front of them or nachos with seven layer dip (margaritas too!)

Ina's salmon salad followed by her roasted veggie and orzo pasta salad!

I have a really delicious crab dip that people love.

Beans & rice!
My vegetarian brother and sister-in-law demand it almost every Sunday dinner
:)

(actually it's beans&greens&rice because i sneak in a bunch of the cooking greens that come in our weekly CSA box)

Panko baked mac and cheese. My boyfriend spins in circles when I make it.

Red velvet cupcakes. Also guacamole.

Bourban Pecan Pie

For dessert, my go-to recipe is fudgy brownies. I also make a super-easy peanut butter fudge that's a big hit around the holidays.

For this big party my friends throw twice a year, my standbys are either my lemon drop mini-cupcakes or some Bailey's Boozemuffins (courtesy of NeverBashfulWithButter). The first is light and refreshing, and the second is super moist and decadent.

Ina's onion dip - OMG - so good! AND her Outrageaous Brownies (with oreo's not nuts)

beef roast seasoned well and prepared in a crockpot

Stuffing with LOTS of sage. And my brother can't live without cranberry sauce from the can (yuck).

apple stuffing

Roasted sweet potatos and pork chops with broccoli. Mmm

Chicken Parmigiana.

A huge pot of crab veggie soup.

I bake my mom's scalloped potatoe's using a recipe she said was created during rationing days of WWII. Instead of scalloping the regular way, you use a can of cream of chicken soup, onions and cheese and little pig sausages . Its delicious and definitely a comfort food favorite..........

banana bread! i sooo want the book....

Grilled lamb with rosemary, garlic, and coarse mustard

Chocolate cake.

i can't host a dinner party without making ribs

fresh mango salsa: fresh mango, cumin, red onion, cayenne, a teeny pinch of salt = delicious!

Cheesy Potatoes (my daughter's name for them) - a casserole made with frozen hash browns, cream of chicken soup, sour cream, cheese, breadcrumbs, etc. It's a breeze to make, and if there's any leftover, great reheated.

Grilled pizza.

I make a cold pasta/seafood salad

Bonnie in FL
blday50@yahoo.com

My friends always ask me to bring dessert - usually either a cheesecake of some kind, or my chocolate & peanut butter sandwich cookies. This past summer, I had several requests for my key lime pie...

I make really good hummus that turns sort of orange from some of the ingredients but it is utterly delicious and great on sandwiches too!

Any kind of pie.

cheesy potatoes

I always get asked to make my garlic and rosemary mashed potatoes!

Whenever my friends and I have movie night, I'm called upon to make gallons of popcorn - in addition to salt, I use garlic powder, black pepper, allspice, and occasionally brown sugar... but never butter!

always brownies-- chocolate chunk brownies with a peanut butter chocolate ganache!

Short Bread (which couldn't be simpler to make) with balsamic and figs (of course only when they are in season)

Oh and Mac and Cheese of course!

Barbequed Pork Tenderloin is always the first, and last, grilled food of the season.

Butternut squash risotto.

I'm often asked for Union Square Bars nuts, made Ina's way with cashews only. So easy and so good.

Mashed potatoes. Doesn't get any simpler, really.

banana pudding a la Paula Deen.

Roasted chicken

A pasta salad I make with lemon, olive oil, garlic, red chili flakes, feta, tomatoes and basil.

Nigella Lawson's Cranberry and Orange Pudding or my Italian Wedding Soup.

For some reason it's the pecan pie recipe handed down to me by my mother(dad requests it and well pies in general), my boyfriend requests cheesecake of any sort, and my mother always wants this pasta dish I stole from Jamie Oliver with pancetta, parmesan cheese, and parsnips. Thats the only people that request food from me.

hmm only thing people really ask me for is my peanut butter fudge or cookies im more a baker!

Not sure how basic it is, but I have a brioche recipe that people request I make, I love mixing up different fruit studded rolls for gifts too.

Hello people!! Her Outrageous Brownies!

Beef stew!!

I'm known for my red velvet cake and my hummus, which is exceedingly garlicky, and uses sesame oil and chili oil.

grilled cajun shrimp

....tomato bruscetta, roasted garlic bulbs and cambozola.....grilled bread...layer your own combination.

glazed carrots

shrimp caeser salad

One time I made the mistake of telling a group of friends that I couldn't meet up with them because I had a roast in the oven. Since then every time we have a potluck they ask if I'm bringing a roast.

my hummus... it's super easy and everyone loves it... I always have chick peas in the cupboard in case friends stop in

Ina's roasted vegatables with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. So simple, yet so fabulous. Something I never thought to do until Ina!

Any type of bread - most of my friends don't do the yeast thing, so I always bring a homemade sourdough loaf.

Roasted root vegetables.

the deceptively easy braised chicken w/ shallots.

Vietnamese fresh spring rolls with fish sauce dipping sauce

Ina's chocolate cake - Beales (?) I think she calls it. Everyone asks for that recipe. I love her coconut cake a little too much.

Chocolate chip cookies.

Vegetable lasagna. Serves a crowd, easy to make and really delicious.

fried rice

homemade caesar salad

Tapas style Spanish shrimp, garlic, smoky paprika, wine, lemon, chilies and by all means, WILD shrimp

Mashed potatoes.

Lasagna is always my fall-back dish for people who are coming over for the first time.

A giant platter of just-so blanched vegetables and homemade dips. Wows 'em every time!

I am always responsible for the cranberry sauce/relish. This year I am making both a cooked and uncooked relish. I will also bring the World's Best Green Bean Casserole.

Sweet spiced pecans. They are pretty simple and it's hard to mess them up.

Chicken Enchilada Casserole, a marinated flank steak that we grill at family gatherings, pecan pie and a chocolate pudding dessert that is like a chocolate pie that the family loves.

Mine would be my guacamole, with nice, thick, homemade chips.

My family loves my homemade pumpkin pie.

White Corn Souffle (with Silver Queen, if it's available)

It's a Barefoot Contessa recipe, Linguine with Shrimp Scampi.

Chocolate chip cookies or a hot corn dip.

Three layer peppermint brownies. People beg for them all year long. At Christmas I make about 20 batches at a time. But my oh my are they good, dangerous, but good.

creamed spinach. i modified it from Laurie Colwin's recipe. oh, is it good. You just can't stop eating it.

sundried tomato pesto. It has 6, ingredients, sundried tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, parmesan, parsley and pasta.

Steak Florentine.
Amazing how basic and yet so many people can ruin a steak.

My au gratin potatoes, every single time, summer or winter, spring or fall, indoor meal or outdoor meal!!

My desserts are what people ask me to make. They love my famous cookies: Chocolate chip, Snickerdoodles, Peanut Butter, Oatmeal and Bar cookies.

Berries with home-made whipped cream. I jazz up the cream with almond and lemon zest.

Everyone loves my pot roast!!!!!!!!

My family always asks me to bring a chocolate trifle! Thanks!

My potato-leek soup. So delicious!

It has to be my seafood jambalya.

Broccai casserole. Yummy. Thanks for the chance to win

mashed potatoes and gravy

Is there anything finer than basic crisped and juicy fried chicken served up with mashed potatoes and gravy? Not in my book.

BBQ pulled pork

It's actually an Ina recipe! It's her greeen beans with shallots. Been a family favorite since the first time I made it!

beef brisket

Sweet Vidalia Onion Pie

Turkey Soup from the leftovers--it's really good and warms you up on cold winter days.

Homemade Chicken Pot Pie!

Artichoke Dip

Beef Bourguignonne by Ina Garten. It is requested all the time. Also her mac 'n cheese is another frequently requested favorite. INA ROCKS........and I met her on Thursday in San Francisco.

Italian Beef!

Honey-BBQ Baby Back Ribs

a nice simple beef stew

The same dinner rolls that is one of the first things I learned to make. every occasion that is what I am asked to bring.

Apple pie!

My Jewish Penicillin with Matzo Balls!

Simple yet elegant scalloped potatoes, made with only cream, garlic, butter, black pepper, salt and potatoes.

My spinach artichoke dip with homemade bread! Thanks for the giveaway!

Cookies.

I always get requests from my family and friends for my shrimp dip. My daughter even placed in 4-H competition with it! Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this giveaway!

HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE !!!

I make baked parmesan cheese rolls that everyone loves at get-togethers. They are so simple to make, but everyone is convinced they must take hours ; )

spaghetti

I am famous for my Baked Beans.

I cook a lot of different dishes, but I guess the favorite would be my homemade cheesecake. Thanks for having the contest.

glazed carrots

My homemade Macaroni and Cheese!

they love my lasagna :)~~

green pepper casserole

macaroni and cheese with a bread crumb and parmasean cheese topping :) YUMMY!

My hot cheese dip is always requested and so easy! 3 cups of assorted shredded cheese mixed with 3/4 c mayo and a can green chiles and some chopped onion, top with pepperoni and sliced olives. Pop in the oven and serve with torilla chips.

Mushroom and cheese bread is a must make for me!
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