Recipes for Home Entertaining, Date Night and Dinner Party Planning

This beer cheese dip adds bacon to take your classic pub-style beer cheese to the next level. With sharp cheddar cheese, crispy bacon, and your choice of beer, this bacon beer cheese dip is the perfect party app.

Panko crusted rockfish fillets are hand breaded and oven fried to the perfect golden brown on the outside with mild flaky fish on the inside. They make for an easy, but impressive dinner and even the pickiest palates will approve. 

Worcestershire green beans are fresh green beans sauteed to a perfect tender crisp in a flavor packed worcestershire and shallot sauce. An easy side dish recipe ready in 20 minutes for a weeknight, but impressive enough for a celebratory meal. 

Deliciously seasoned and roasted to perfection these garam masala Brussels sprouts are a fantastic addition to your family table.

Key lime pie is a homemade dessert with a graham cracker crust, tart and tangy lime filling, and homemade whipped cream topping. It’s an easy to make summer treat that will tantalize your tastebuds.

Gourmet meets quick in this lemon dill salmon and asparagus. Flaky salmon, tender asparagus, and a restaurant quality lemon dill sauce, all on the table in under thirty minutes.

Tender, juicy filet mignon grilled to a perfect medium rare. Served with a fruity, herbal, peach mango cilantro sauce and tangy sweet grilled onions. This meal is sure to impress your guests. 

Looking for a light, refreshing cocktail that’s perfect for summer sipping? This raspberry mojito cocktail totally fits the bill! Loads of raspberry flavor, with hints of mint and lime. Perfect for you next patio get together.

Easy mint julep recipe for a mint julep bar. With mint simple syrup, bourbon, and ice, they are the ultimate drink for Kentucky Derby.

Made with fresh mint, granulated sugar, crushed ice, and bourbon, the classic mint julep is a tasty addition to your cocktail rotation.

Blackberry white chocolate pots de creme: single serve cups of creamy white chocolate custard layered with homemade blackberry sauce. This is the elegant dessert you need for your next date night. #ad

Jenessa’s Cadillac Margarita: a top shelf margarita with reposado tequila and a shot of Gran Marnier. Mix it by the glass or by the pitcher.

Holiday party perfect, this champagne pomegranate cocktail balances the sweet taste of pomegranate juice with the bitterness of orange liqueur for a refreshing festive cocktail.

Take classic pork chops and applesauce to the next level with Oregon blackberries! Using frozen berries, oven roasted applesauce is pork’s perfect match.

Girls Night Chicken Shawarma: tender chunks of spiced chicken, smooth hummus, garlicky toum, and crunchy banana peppers wrapped up in homemade pita bread.

Tomato Burrata Salad is an elevated take on a classic caprese salad. Featuring vine ripened, heirloom tomatoes, fresh burrata cheese, and a tangy balsamic reduction this salad is perfect for summer.

Blackberry Lime Tart. Layers of crumbly shortbread, lime curd, and blackberry coulis come together to delight your tastebuds in this elegant, gourmet dessert. 

Maple mustard chicken is marinated in a sweet tangy maple mustard sauce. Hot off the grill it packs lots of flavor and is perfect for summer.

Citrus Dream Tart, a decadent spring dessert with layers of shortbread cookie, grapefruit blood orange curd, and toasted swiss meringue. It will delight your taste buds. 

One Pan Garlic Herb Chicken and Winter Vegetables. This simple but impressive family dinner is easy to prepare, quick to clean up, and a great way to start off your year with a tasty take on cold weather comfort foods.

Lightly spiced butternut squash filling wrapped up in little pillows of perfectly crafted handmade pasta. No special equipment required, just a rolling pin and a little bit of time.

Garlic herb pork and potatoes. Pan seared pork loin, pan gravy, and fluffy mashed potatoes. Classic meat and potatoes comfort food made for your busy weeknights.

One Pan Garlic Pepper Pork Dinner: Roasted garlic peppercorn pork combines with sweet potatoes and apples in this one pan dinner.

A little bit sweet and a little bit savory, this Apricot Prosciutto Puff Pastry Braid brings prosciutto and cheese together with the sweet touch of apricot preserves. A welcome addition to any brunch. This post has been sponsored by Honest Cooking in association with Bonne Maman. All opinions are mine alone. #SayItWithHomemade #BonneMaman Every special …