winter recipes

This easy fettuccine alfredo recipe is a good pasta option for pairing with any protein -- and especially vegetarian protein on this meatless Monday.

Sometimes we like to change up the dinner routine by serving breakfast. Not everyone likes breakfast for dinner, but it can be a refreshing change-out when you're feeling dulled by dinner options. Most breakfast food options are quick cooking (eggs, pancakes, fried potatoes, grits) and I've known some households that have even relied upon a bowl of cereal and milk for a super-quick easy meal.

Stuffed baked potatoes make an easy weekday recipe meal idea, especially for meatless Mondays. Even if you don't have time to bake the potatoes in a conventional oven, the microwave can do the job just fine in minutes. After that it's a matter of adding the filling and melting the cheese. If your oven has a broiler, it's perfect for creating a golden brown bubbling cheese topping in just minutes.

Here are 7 ideas for dinner tonight, along with this easy-to-make crustless quiche recipe that is the perfect way to turn boring frozen spinach into a tasty casserole that everyone will love.

Potato cakes, potato patties, mashed potato pancakes. No matter what you prefer to call this mashed potato pancake recipe, it's one and the same: comfort food at its best. Think

If you love homemade lasagna but don't love making it, this is the best lasagna recipe for you. My friend Elizabeth likes to call it lasagna for lazy days and it doubles quite nicely as lasagna for busy days too!

This old-fashioned molasses cookie recipe comes from my late grandma's recipe box. These are one cookie that she would make every winter -- we could always count on them being on her countertop when we had a family game night.

What is it about a french-fried potato that just soothes the soul? I love crispy, crunchy, slightly tangy, salty fries . . . and this oven roasted potato recipe is wonderfully quick and easy. These fries not only taste divine but are better health-wise than fried.

This easy bread pudding recipe is one of my all-time favorite dishes. It's a perfect offering of comfort food with a tropical taste of springtime's warmer-weather-to-come plus lighter flavor fare. With the pineapple and rum-raisin glaze combo, need I say more?

Hot crescent roll recipes for sandwiches bring back warm memories for me.