Jamie Cooks It Up – Family Favorite Food and Recipes

10 Crock Pot Dinner Recipes

November 28, 2012

Italian Cream Cheese Chicken Hello there! Are you all in Thanksgiving detox this week? After all the wonderful pie and buttery rolls, I feel like taking a power swim through five lakes and eating a trough of carrot sticks or something…if you know what I mean. For todays post, I wanted to share 10 of my favorite crock pot recipes with you. [...]

Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes

November 26, 2012

Hey there, ladies and gentlemen. I have a decadent holiday treat for you today. It involves chocolate cupcakes, sweet peppermint frosting and silky chocolate ganache. Sprinkle a few crushed up candy canes on top and you have a holiday treat worth every “oooooo” and “ahhhhhh” these pretty little babies are sure to get. If you are a chocolate/mint person, hold onto [...]

Bake Sale Recap, just a little weekend post for you. :)

November 24, 2012

Hey there gang! How did your Thanksgiving go? I hope everything went well and you were able to enjoy some wonderful food and fabulous time spent with loved ones. If you are looking to for something to do with your leftovers, give this Turkey Cranberry and Sunflower Salad or this Open Faced Turkey Cranberry Provolone [...]

Open Faced Turkey Cranberry Provolone Sandwich Melt

November 21, 2012

A couple of weeks ago, my sweet sister-in-law Mary sat me down and said “I’ve got to tell you about the yummiest thing I made with The Turkey Breast of Wonder.” Please, won’t you! Was my reply. I’m all about the Turkey Breast of Wonder, you know. She explained how she had a cabin full of friends to [...]

Kneaders Turkey Cranberry and Sunflower Salad

November 19, 2012

Hey there, gang. I have a couple of new recipes for you this week, both of which use Thanksgiving leftovers. It is the week of the turkey, you know. And a person needs to arm him or herself with a few tasty ways to use the tasty bird up, am I right? Today’s recipe is [...]

20 Thanksgiving Recipes for you!

November 16, 2012

Thanksgiving is fast approaching, ladies and gentlemen! Just one more weekend to go. I’ve put together a Thanksgiving Recipe Roundup for you today, just in case you are looking for an idea or two. Hope you find something to enjoy! Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip This fabulous dip (pictured above) is one of my most viewed recipes. It’s in the [...]

Pumpkin Layer Cake with Fluffy Cream Cheese Filling and Caramel Drizzle

November 15, 2012

Oh, baby. This cake is really good. Moist and flavorful pumpkin cake is layered with a fluffy cream cheese/pumpkin filling and then drizzled with caramel topping. It’s not overly sweet and has an amazingly light texture. I know some of you will be wondering if you can make it in a 9×13 pan, spread the [...]

Bake Sale 2012, on the horizon :)

November 14, 2012

Apple Pie Caramel Apples from Bake Sale 2011 Every fall, the week before Thanksgiving, my friends and I host a neighborhood bakesale. We bake our little hearts out. Pumpkin Rolls, Cinnamon Rolls with Maple Frosting, Fabulous French Bread and Apple Pie Caramel Apples, amongst other things. We invite anyone and everyone and then give our proceeds to someone in need. [...]

Blueberry Cream Cheese Jello Salad

November 13, 2012

Hello there, ladies and gentlemen. Can you believe, Thanksgiving Day is next week! Good glory, I don’t know how that happened. Snuck right up on me. This Blueberry Cream Cheese Jello Salad has been a staple at our Thanksgiving dinner for years and years. The flavors of blueberry and cream cheese go so nicely with [...]

Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes

November 9, 2012

So here’s the thing, dear reader. You know and I know, that mashed potato making can take up a lot of time, use up a lot of pans and send a person into a sweaty panic just before a beautiful meal is served. Am I right? Now if you are just having a relaxing night at [...]