holiday food

Pudding Chocolate Cups with Berries and Cream

May 22, 2020 By Valya of Valya's Taste of Home 16 Comments

This Pudding Chocolate Cups with Berries and Cream treats are especially for the chocolate lover but do not leave out the berries and cream admirers. The intriguing dessert has been especially popular for this combination of flavors. While looking pretty fancy, they’re actually quite simple to make and disappear just as quickly. It is loved…

Festive New Year’s Appetizers and Desserts

December 30, 2019 By Valya of Valya's Taste of Home 4 Comments

In today’s Festive New Year’s Appetizers and Desserts post, you will find a variety of different appetizers and single-serving dessert recipes pieced together to help ease your New Year’s Eve party prep anxiety. So, what’s on my table at New Year’s Eve? Some of these simple and delicious appetizers, desserts, and a lot of hot…

Easy Thanksgiving Appetizers

November 26, 2019 By Valya of Valya's Taste of Home Leave a Comment

In today’s Easy Thanksgiving Appetizers post, I pieced together incredibly delicious and easy to make appetizers just for you my friends to help you ease your holiday feast planning and prep. To minimize the chaos, I love to plan ahead of time the recipes I’ll be making for an upcoming holiday. Most of the grocery…

Instant Pot Creamy Mashed Potatoes Recipe

October 25, 2019 By Valya of Valya's Taste of Home 4 Comments

Is there anything more comforting food than Instant Pot Creamy Mashed Potatoes Recipe? Mashed potatoes are also said to be a secondary bread for most people, especially in the countryside I was born. It was as common as bread because kids love it and its very filling. It never gets old at our house as…

Easy Roasted Butternut Squash Recipe

October 22, 2019 By Valya of Valya's Taste of Home 2 Comments

Growing up, butternut squash was not a common food that appeared on our table, so I was not accustomed to it. I didn’t want to try it for a while but decided to taste what the pear-looking melon fuss was all about. After I tried this roasted version of it, I fell in love with…

Carrot Cupcakes with Greek Yogurt Cream Cheese Frosting

April 19, 2019 By Valya of Valya's Taste of Home Leave a Comment

These Carrot Cupcakes with Greek Yogurt Cream Cheese Frosting are amazingly soft, light, moist, and packed with organic freshly grated carrots. Each cupcake is beautifully decorated to represent the growing carrot in the dirt. The cream is very tasty and not sweet at all. The addition of Greek yogurt makes it taste soft and creamy, you will be licking…

Rich and Creamy Homemade Hot Chocolate

December 21, 2018 By Valya of Valya's Taste of Home Leave a Comment

Making Hot Chocolate at home has never been easier! This rich and creamy hot cocoa made from scratch out of the ingredients you most likely to have on hand taste undescribabl tasty! Smooth, creamy, chocolatey cup of hot cocoa is just in time for you to enjoy during this holiday with a huge pile of…

Taco Bites Appetizers

May 4, 2018 By Valya of Valya's Taste of Home 10 Comments

These Taco Bites Appetizers are fun, festive and adorable party food that will be gobbled up instantly at any party, get together or just for an after-school boost. They’ve got some big fans in the little ones! Kids do love this one bite cuteness more than adults seems like. Very delicate, gentle, and taste just…