Happy April! Are you experiencing showers or sunshine? Other than a drizzly Easter Monday, it’s been rather glorious here, with temps in the 70s!
Hold onto your recipe box. I’ve got oodles in store for you today, everything from Italian delights to a viral “cookie” sensation!
I am highlighting TFC’s Top Saved Recipes, my favorite sales and finds, a peek into my life, a fun fact, and some heavenly inspiration. Let’s get cookin’!
Use the Table of Contents below to discover what interests you most.
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What’s New in the Kitchen?
#1 Baked Ricotta Dip
A creamy, flavorful dip made with creamy ricotta cheese and topped with a bright tomato bruschetta. An appetizer you will make on repeat!
#2 Giant Cheese Stuffed Shells
This is one of those recipes that is so versatile! Bake 2, 4 or 24! These giant cheese stuffed shells freeze great! Get the easy recipe!
#3 Lemon Dill Sauce + Dip
We all need easy-to-whip-up sauces that double as a dip and triple as a dressing! We love this flavorful Lemon Dill Sauce on our fish, chicken and veggies, but it’s great as a dip or thinned out as a light and healthy dressing!
#4 Le Crookie – Cookie Croissants
I’m so excited to share with you this viral sensation! Created in Paris, this trend has taken the world by storm, and wow, are they amazing, rich, and easy! That’s right—it’s a chocolate chip cookie dough-stuffed and topped croissant! It’s not for every day, but it’s a great occasional treat!
Top 5 Saved Recipes
Our top 5 recipes from last week!
#1 Honey Baked Ham
No surprise that my Spiral Baked Ham was #1 this past week! And it’s actually still going strong!
#2 Key Lime Pie
An award-winning key lime pie recipe — thousands have made and LOVE this recipe, and even won awards!!
# 3 Best Potatoes Au Gratin
It has been saved thousands of times and made often for every holiday! A reader recently commented, “Everyone Loved It!” Check it out!
# 4 Crumbl Cookie Recipe
Because everyone needs a rock solid, chocolate chip cookie recipe! And I’ve got you covered for sea level to high altitude adjustments!
# 5 Leftover Ham Recipes!
More than 59 of the best recipes that use leftover ham! There are some really creative recipes in here!
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A week in my life…
We had a blessed Easter, I hope and pray you did too!
Not much to report this week, I did meet my friend and fellow food blogger Eliza at the library on Tuesday (we do that just about every week) and enjoyed a great jam session working alongside each other. I always get so much done when I am with her!
Fun Fact
Have you ever read my About Page? It has all sorts of fun info about me but I talk about why I chose the blog name, “The Fresh Cooky”.
- So why “The Fresh Cooky” with a “Y” you ask? Well, I love fresh food, especially fresh cookies (yup, a cookie snob) and I hope to encourage others to try something new, experiment, make it yours!
- I LOVE to COOK! My husband calls me COOKY when whirling around the kitchen.
- Lastly, well, I’ll be honest. I’m a little CŌŌKY, crazy, and corny… and I’m okay with that!
What Readers Are Saying about…
Rocky Mountain BBQ Sauce & Brisket
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Oh my goodness did my family love this! It was very easy to make and the tastiest barbeque sauce I’ve had! It’s the perfect balance of sweet and smokey. I used it on the brisket that I had made also from The Fresh Cooky. Wow! So so good! Thank you!
Sheree
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What Caught My Eye | Sales and Deals
We’re back with my favorite finds of the week – check them all out plus previous weeks HERE!
- This body wash smells AH-MAZING! Makes a great gift!
- I love decorating with pussy willows; they are great in-between spring and summer decor!
- How beautiful is this little rustic end table? Reasonable too!
- I love this microwavable heating pad; great for soothing aches!
- This darling black and white gingham poplin shirt is in my cart now!
- Love this fun round wooden tray.
- How about this Rattan tissue dispenser!
- Check out the price of this linen shirt?
- I just ordered this robe and pajama set – I love it because the top is sleeveless and let’s face it, I get HOT during the night! On sale with code VIBRANT
Fresh Inspiration – Be the Gift
The below is an excerpt taken from Ann Voskamp’s Joy Calendars and Be the Gift Dare! Love these!
“Because we are so here for daily practices that move us toward genuine joy in the every day, right where we are!
So 2 tried & proven, researched & real ways to expand your joy?
#1. To de-stress yourself—choose to go bless someone else. Here’s the downloadable calendar with be the gift prompts.
#2. Write down just 3 things you’re grateful for every day, and you increase your happiness by 25%! Who doesn’t want that?! (get the downloadable calendar here)
Make April the month that you and your people take the Joy Dare and Be the GIFT!”
Get the calendars for each month of the year here!
That’s it, my friends. Next week, I’m going to include a survey. I want to hear from you! It will be brief and take just a couple of minutes to fill it out!
God bless you richly this beautiful April day!
Coming soon…Grilled Chicken Nuggets, Chicken Philly Cheesesteaks and What to Serve with Ham and Cheese Sliders.
P.S. If you missed last week’s Fresh Fridays, recipes, sales, tips, ideas, and more!
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