Creamy dips, spicy sausage rolls, crunchy snack mixes, decadent cookies--your guests will reach for these goodies again and again! This collection of foods and beverages for casual entertaining includes appetizers, snacks, sweets, drinks, and choices for kids, too. The 86 recipes include Baked Taco Dip, Cheesy Miniature Quiches, Chocolate Chip-Mocha Bars, Chocolate Snowball Cookies, Fiesta Snack Mix, Deviled Crab Eggs, Ham and Cheese Biscuit Turnovers, Italian Loaf, Layered Pizza Dip, Fruit Trifle with Honey-Yogurt Dressing, Party Cheese Rolls, Stuffed Potatoes, Shrimp Bundles, Roasted Pecans, Sausage-Cream Cheese Squares, South-of-the-Border Salsa, White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies, and other favorites.

A one-of–a-kind cookbook, Savory Sweet Life is a wonderful collection of inventive and playful family recipes that celebrate the everyday moments in life—from birthday parties and family game nights to potlucks and summer backyard barbecues. Alice Currah, whose popular food blog, SavorySweetLife.com, attracts half a million page views every month, now combines warm, personal stories, helpful advice and time-saving tips, and real-life food for those together times that the whole family will love— whether it’s Pulled Pork Tacos and Chocolate Chip Cookies on family game night or Creamy Tomato Soup with Grilled Garlic Cheese Sandwiches and Spiced Gingersnap Cookies on an unexpected snow day.

When it's time to party, it's time to munch and sip! Satisfy your guests' cravings with this big assortment of appetizers and drinks. There are tasty bites, creamy dips, spicy teas, rich coffees, and more! The 75 recipes include Hot Seafood Dip, Ultimate Chili Dip, Marmalade Meatballs, Spicy Pecans, Raisin-Walnut Pinwheels, Feta Cheese Squares, Spinach Puffs, Vegetable Pate, Potato Coins, Apple-Cinnamon Cheese Ball, Mexican Quiches, Raspberry Wine, Southern Eggnog, Spirited Cider, Sunrise Mimosas, Honey-Rum Coffee, Cherry Cordial Fudge, Macadamia Nut Tarts, Sinless Brownies, and other favorites.

National Winner for Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2017 - Family Books Winner of the 2018 Taste Canada Awards - General Cookbooks, Silver Delicious, wholesome family-friendly recipes from the creator of the award-winning Simple Bites blog Toasty warm in the winter and cool in the summer, Aimée’s comfortable kitchen is a place where the family gathers, cooks together, and celebrates everyday life. In The Simple Bites Kitchen, she brings her love of whole foods to the table and shares heart-warming kitchen stories and recipes that are nutritious, fairly simple to make, and utterly delicious. Aimée knows the challenges that come with feeding a family and tackles them head on by providing lunchbox inspiration, supper solutions and healthy snack options. Aimée’s collection of 100 wholesome recipes draws on her experience as a mom and a seasoned cook and is brimming with fresh ingredients and simple instructions so that you can cook with confidence knowing you’re providing your family with healthy and great-tasting meals. You and your family will enjoy recipes from Overnight Spiced Stollen Swirl Buns and Maple-Roasted Pears with Granola for breakfast, Tequila-Lime Barbecue Chicken and Strawberry Rhubarb Pie for a fresh air feast, garden-inspired recipes like Harvest Corn Chowder and Lentil Cottage Pie with Rutabaga Mash, and family dinner favourites like Roast Chicken with Bay Leaf and Barley and Cranberry-Glazed Turkey Meatloaf with Baked Sweet Potatoes. Filled with beautiful photography, The Simple Bites Kitchen also includes recipes to keep your preserves pantry well-stocked all year, tips, simple tutorials and inspiration and ideas for homespun hospitality.

Looking for gifts that say you care? Treat loved ones to ready-to-fix mixes that make something delicious! These gift mixes deliver good tastes! Cookies, breads, soups, seasonings, teas, coffees, and more are featured. The 75 recipes include Hearty Pancake Mix, Orange-Nutmeg Tea Mix, Apple Crisp Kit, Slice-And-Bake Cookies, Pizza Kits, Sourdough Starter and Baguettes, Spicy Popcorn Seasoning, Mexican Bean Soup, Spicy Cocoa Mix, Friendship Fruit Sauce and Muffins, Garlic Cheese Spread, Lemon-Nut Bread, and other favorites.

115 recipes--wholesome new creations and celebrated favorites from the blog--from the husband and wife team behind Two Peas & Their Pod TWO PEAS & THEIR POD celebrates a family, friends, and community-oriented lifestyle that has huge and growing appeal. Maria the genuine, fun, relaxed mom next door who's got the secret sauce: that special knack for effortlessly creating tantalizing and wholesome (and budget-friendly) meals with ease. From a Loaded Nacho Bar bash for 200 guests to quick-and-easy healthy weeknight dinners like never-fail favorites like One-Skillet Sausage Pasta or Asian Pork Lettuce Wraps (always followed by a fab dessert!), Maria shares her best lifestyle tips and home cook smarts. An essential resource for parents looking to update their healthy, inexpensive, time-saving, kid friendly meal roster; aspiring home cooks who want to eat-in delicious food more than they eat out; as well as anyone looking to share their love of food and the giving spirit with their neighbors, TWO PEAS & THEIR POD will help readers bring home that (achievable!) slice of Americana, where families come together to enjoy fresh and nutritious meals and there's always a batch of still-warm cookies waiting on the counter.

Want rich flavor in a flash? Easy techniques and convenience items such as cake mixes and ready-made crusts help you serve these sweets in a hurry! Here are 80 recipes that are shortcuts to making fabulous desserts: pies, cakes, cobblers, fun for kids, creamy confections, and more! Recipes include Apple Bread Pudding, Banana Boats, Black Forest Angel Dessert, Brownie Creme Brulee, Butterscotch Ice Cream Squares, Chocolate-Cherry Tart, Cherry Cream Cheese Dessert, Citrus Trifle, Coconut-Banana Pudding, Dessert Waffles, Easy Sweet Potato Pie, Ice Cream Sundae Cake, Homestyle Rice Pudding, Summer Fruit Dessert, Pumpkin Streusel Cake, Rainbow Cookies, Walnut-Fudge Pie, and other favorites.