Category: Holidays

Merry Christmas

May your stockings be filled with many blessings this holiday season. Merry Christmas from all of us here at Haute Flavor!

Italian Wedding Cookies

The time is drawing near for cookies to be made in preparation of Christmas Eve. What goes better with a cold glass of milk for Santa than these tried and true favorites that look like miniature snowballs? The key is to refrigerate the dough before rolling into balls, then rolling them after baking twice ……

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Lemonade

Who doesn’t love a special cocktail during the holidays? We certainly do and this one is going to be made well through the New Year. It uses Smoked Simple Syrup made by Traeger, which is available at most Ace Hardware stores as well as online. Cheers! Tennessee Smoked & Spiked Lemonade Yield: 3-4 servings 6…

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Pork Shoulder BBQ

Unless you have time to burn, preparing a pork shoulder for the weekend holiday will be overwhelming. But the slow cooker can make easy work of this in a snap. It doesn’t heat up your kitchen, can be pulled together in minutes, then turned on low overnight to have lunch ready for your celebration the…

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Mulled Wine

You’ve likely had mulled cider during the holiday season. It’s a favorite at many holiday gatherings. But have you ever had mulled wine? I mean, what could be more perfect for the holidays, especially this year? This past weekend, we were shopping at Opry Mills mall in Nashville, and we visited the mall tasting room…

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Pear Crumble

Pear Crumble If you ever run across a pear variety named Royal Riviera, grab all you can! I used to think all pears were basically the same … somewhat sweet, juicy and a tiny bit of grit to the teeth. In other words, they were OK, but not exceptional. That is until I had my…

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Cranberry Orange Bread

Cranberry Orange Bread I love fresh cranberries and stock up during this time of year so I have plenty in my freezer. One of my favorite recipes pairs them with  zesty orange juice to make a quick bread that is a marvelous eye opener on cold mornings. I have seen many versions of this recope…

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