Merry Christmas, friends! Since I can’t exactly send you all a Christmas card, I thought I would share it here 🙂 This year has been a doozie for my little family! Lots of crazy-awesome-ridiculous things happened in 2013 including: adding another member to our family, remodeling our kitchen and publishing my ebook all at the same time {!!!} while still somehow staying sane….I think.
We are so grateful for all you loyal readers. You are so supportive and make me want to keep blogging and developing recipes. I love talking with you all on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and all the other forms of social media I have. Keep those comments coming!
1,613 Comments
Alia
December 23, 2013 at 9:55 amBang bang chicken and I’m going to try cinnamon rolls soon
Jennifer Ciniello
December 23, 2013 at 9:55 amI made the soft and chewy Ginger bread Bars this morning! They are incredible!
Billi
December 23, 2013 at 9:55 amWe eat your oven baked chicken made with chex mix 2-3 times a month. It is so good and so easy!
Donna K.
December 23, 2013 at 9:56 amOhhhhh (happy sigh) that California Club Blue Cheese Chopped Salad!
Merry Christmas!
Melissa Sutherland
December 23, 2013 at 9:56 amSnicker Stuffed Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies! OMG. To die for….,but there are so many of your other recipes that I love! Merry Christmas!
Jami
December 23, 2013 at 9:56 amThough I’m a new reader and haven’t had the chance to try a recipe yet, I’m dying to try making the granola bars. They look delicious and my two year old loves them for breakfast and snacks. Thanks!
Toni Townsend
December 23, 2013 at 9:57 amMade the Vanilla Bean Sugar Cookies…….Delish!! love all the recipes I have tried!! Thank You and Merry Christmas!!
Ang
December 23, 2013 at 9:57 amCInnabons! For Christmas morning I am making them rolled with bacon 😀 :X
Merry Christmas!
Rebekah Headings
December 23, 2013 at 9:58 amMy favorite recipe is for Candy Cane Crinkles! YUM!!!
Beth@FabulousWon
December 23, 2013 at 9:58 amI’m going to make your Cinnamon Roll Christmas Tree for breakfast for Christmas. So yummy! Thanks and Merry Christmas!
I chucked when I read your disclosure 🙂
Bob Flanagan
December 23, 2013 at 10:00 amCinnabon Cinnamon Rolls
Jen P
December 23, 2013 at 10:00 amI tried the mini Oreo cheesecakes! Yummy!
Emily W in Austin
December 23, 2013 at 10:00 amEnchilada stuffed mushrooms!!! 🙂
Tammy Keyser
December 23, 2013 at 10:00 amI love the cinnamon rolls! Your recipes are amazing and I use these everyday! Thanks for a great year of recipes!
Kathy E.
December 23, 2013 at 10:00 amI’ve tried several of your recipes, Lauren and none have disappointed me! My favorite is the BBQ Chicken Nachos. It works as a great appetizer or a light supper. Yumm! Thanks for the giveaway!
Carla Horning
December 23, 2013 at 10:00 amIrish Beef Stew and Mashed Potatoes is now a family fav and will make an appearance on Christmas Eve every year! 🙂 BEST Stew EVER!!!!!
Linda S.
December 23, 2013 at 10:01 amI haven’t made this recipe yet, but I just found your Gingerdoodles post. Our family’s favorite cookie was the snickerdoodle, and my sister–in-law loves all things ginger, so the combination of the two sounds perfect.
Lauren
December 23, 2013 at 10:01 amI love your chopped salads!
Angela M
December 23, 2013 at 10:02 amI absolutely love your ginger doodle recipe. It combines two of my favorite cookies to make this time of year and I even love it better than the ginersnap recipe I have made and loved for years!
Jenny
December 23, 2013 at 10:03 amPizza Stuffed Mushrooms – so good!
Don Dudek
December 23, 2013 at 10:03 amBang bang chicken. Happy Holidays to you and your family.
Dallas
December 23, 2013 at 10:03 amLoved the gingerdoodles
Tammy Soffe
December 23, 2013 at 10:03 amI love the cinnamon rolls. So tasty and with the effort. Merry Christmas!
Tatiana Levtsenyuk
December 23, 2013 at 10:04 amLemon crinkle cookies! And many more delicious recipes!
Liesel
December 23, 2013 at 10:05 amI still have to say the Jalepino Popper Pizza has to be my favorite. I mean bacon, AND jalepinos AND cream cheese, AND chicken, mmmmmmm. I’ve made it multiple times. Good stuff. Merry Christmas Lauren!
Claire Mendenhall
December 23, 2013 at 10:06 amI love the Halloween Oreo brownies
Linda
December 23, 2013 at 10:07 amlove the CHEESY BUFFALO CHICKEN FRIES my 14 year old loves it too!
Julie miller
December 23, 2013 at 10:07 amAbsolutely love the crunchy Thai chk salad and all the yummy desserts, since I have such a sweet tooth!! Merry Christmas Lauren!
Christina Freimarck
December 23, 2013 at 10:08 amI love the cinnamon rolls!!! My mom used to make homemade cinnamon rolls when I was a kid. Your recipe brings me back to my childhood!!!
jennifer
December 23, 2013 at 10:09 amgingerdoodle cookies. yummo
April Haury
December 23, 2013 at 10:09 amI honestly don’t know if I’ve tried any of your recipes. You have a lot that I’d like to try, but haven’t yet. Thank you for the opportunity:)
Christa S
December 23, 2013 at 10:09 amFunfetti cake batter truffles and gingerbread fudge
Happy holidays to you! Thanks for all the great recipes
Crystal Rogers Walker
December 23, 2013 at 10:10 amI have baked the Soft and Chewy Gingerbread Bars, they are in my recipe box, a regular favorite of mine
Angie
December 23, 2013 at 10:11 amMerry Christmas! I love your Buffalo Bacon Blue Cheese Guacamole. So good!
Diane
December 23, 2013 at 10:11 amMini chocolate donut muffins!
Maylene
December 23, 2013 at 10:11 amI don’t have a favorite but I have to say that everything I made has been a huge success. I can’t remember the 1st recipe I tried but it was so good, that I went looking for your blog to check out other recipes. Your photos are amazing. Thank you for sharing your recipes.
Olga Vorobey
December 23, 2013 at 10:11 amMy favorite recipe would have to be your irish beef stew with mashed potatoes…delicious…
Lynette Robbins
December 23, 2013 at 10:12 amWe love the breadsticks and pizza dough recipe! It’s awesome! I share that recipe often!
Karen Little
December 23, 2013 at 10:12 amI have made the Funfetti Cake Batter Truffles the other day and they are so easy and yummy. I just discovered your facebook page this last week so I will be trying plenty more of your recipes. And I pray that you and your family have a wonderful Christmas.
Tami
December 23, 2013 at 10:13 amI just discovered you a week ago, and am so glad I did! Everything looks so amazing! I will be making the Mini Peppermint Cream White Chocolate Cheesecake Tarts tonight for a family gathering. Merry Christmas to you and yours!!
Erin P
December 23, 2013 at 10:13 amTo this day my favorite recipe is still your Hasselback Garlic Cheesy bread : ) SO MUCH CHEESE SO LITTLE TIME!!
Have a Merry Christmas!
Lauren
December 23, 2013 at 10:13 amMerry Christmas! I love your fudge brownies with cookie butter frosting. When I made them I got compliments that they were the best brownies anyone had ever eaten!
Shelly
December 23, 2013 at 10:14 amWe love the cheesy garlic breadsticks. What an awesome pizza dough recipe. Thank you!
Jacqueline I
December 23, 2013 at 10:15 amI’m pretty new to your site and haven’t had a chance to make any yet – but the one I’m really wanting to try out asap is the Fail proof pizza dough & cheesy garlic bread! I’ve never made any sort of pizza dough or bread before so that will be my foray into the world of breads!
Angela Garner
December 23, 2013 at 10:15 amLove love love the cinnamon rolls! Absolutely enjoy following you ..and you are teaching me how to bake and cook! I am finally do it at 50 and my kids are cracking up…and enjoying it dearly! Happy Holidays!!
Leisa Joan
December 23, 2013 at 10:15 amWe tried your easy Cauliflower gratin…fast & easy, excellent side dish.
Jennifer
December 23, 2013 at 10:16 amI just recently found your blog so I have not had the opportunity to try your recipes yet, however as a mom of a two year old and now having a newborn, quick, easy and delicious recipes are exactly what I need. I love your blog already and cannot wait to try out your yummy recipes!
Kimberly Murphy
December 23, 2013 at 10:16 amI have tried tons of yummy things from your site, but the ones I make most frequently are the Individual Turkey and Vegetable Meatloaves and the Irish Beef Stew! So easy and delicious!!
Charlotte Vasil
December 23, 2013 at 10:17 amI made the Orange Cranberry Crinkle Cookies to take to a cookie exchange and they were a run-away hit, absolutely delicious. Everyone asked for the recipe. These definitely made it into my cookie repertoire.
Abby
December 23, 2013 at 10:17 amLove your pumpkin caramel blondie bars!