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Now We’re Cookin’

Recipes for Your Holiday Trays

It is officially Christmas baking season! We are always on the hunt for the next “favorite” cookie for the cookie tray! Here are a few new options. If you have a favorite recipe you are willing to share with our readers... it’s not too late to send in your recipes for a chance to win a Darlene...

Cooler Weather Comfort Food Recipes

Now that Thanksgiving is behind us and we need a break from turkey and leftovers, it’s time for some new comfort foods to change up the weekly menu. ALSO - It’s not too late to send in your recipes for a chance to win a Darlene Dixon cookbook prize package! Submit your recipe and register to win...

Thanksgiving Leftovers? Try These Recipe Ideas

This week we are giving you some options for your Thanksgiving leftovers. Plan ahead and have the ingredients on hand for a no-thought, home-cooked meal plan for the holiday weekend! Don’t forget to check out all the wonderful holiday recipes in the Holiday Shoppers Guide included with this week’s...

Thanksgiving Meal Ideas

Thanksgiving is a perfect holiday - it is about getting together with friends and family and... great food! Congratulations to our October winner of Darlene Dixon’s Cookie Book: Owen T, with his recipe for Toasted Coconut Chocolate Cookies. Watch for this recipe and the other submissions in our...

Non-Traditional Recipes for Thanksgiving

Here are a few new recipes to try with the wild game from the fall hunt. These might be great options for a non-traditional Thanksgiving feast! Don’t forget to send in your recipes for a chance to win a Darlene Dixon cookbook prize package! Submit your recipe and register to win at: clickit....

New Holiday Recipe Ideas

New Contest! Send in your favorite holiday breakfast, casserole, side dish, dessert, appetizer or entire meal! Each recipe submitted will provide you an entry into our drawing on December 18, for a four-pack of Darlene Dixon’s cookbooks! This is your chance to win one of each: Sharing the Best,...

"Spooky" Meal Ideas

Getting ready for Halloween with some spooky meal ideas. No tricks here, these are all sure to be a treat! ITS NOT TOO LATE! If you have a tried-and-true recipe for the holidays, send it in for an entry into our next drawing for your chance to win Darlene’s “The Cookie Book!” The winner will be...

Recipes for the Cooler Weather

This time of year is full of cooler weather, apple orchards and football games. How exciting it is to get back into the kitchen for comfort food cooking and baking! Take some time to explore some new recipes to add to your weekly menu. NOTE: If you have a tried-and-true recipe for the holidays,...

Early Start Holiday Recipes

YES! The Drummer test kitchen cooks are already planning their cookie trays. Whether you are baking with a group or alone, now is the time to start planning so you can gather all of the ingredients needed, so you can purchase a bit at a time verses a large purchase at once. We went through Darlene...

Fall Apple Harvest Recipes

THANK YOU for ALL the wonderful recipes! There were many that our Drummer Test Kitchen group is excited to try! We did a random drawing and the winner for the September contest was Christine B. with “Raw Apple Cake.” Keep those recipes coming! The Drummer Test Kitchen is already starting to think...