{Food Dish} Recipe Review: Our Best Bites in LDS Living

Test results and musings on the recipes from LDS Living's recipe section in our Jan/Feb 2011 issue. In the LDS Living magazine Jan/Feb 2011 issue we featured recipes from our favorite food blog : Our Best Bites. How we narrowed it down to only five recipes in the magazine is a miracle, because...

{Food Dish} What Happens When Normal People Try to Bake

I can cook, but apparently I CANNOT bake. If you want to feel good about your own baking skills, keep reading. My mom’s birthday was last weekend and I wanted to bake her an amazing cake. I found this recipe for a salted caramel chocolate cake and set out to make a culinary masterpiece....

Recipes: Our Best Bites

We’re just two Mormon girls who love to cook. While we live in different states (Louisiana and Idaho), we’ve been able to maintain our passion for food through our blog, Our Best Bites, recently featured in Better Homes and Gardens. We have young families, so we believe cooking good,...

Simple Sunday Recipes

Check out these easy and delicious recipes to make your Sunday meals a breeze. LDS Living’s article “Ten Ways to Reinvent Your Sunday” offers tips on making the Sabbath your best day of the week. One of the most popular tips was simplifying Sunday meals from the big feast they normally are...

Christmas Recipes from LDS Living Readers

Can't-live-without Christmas recipes from our LDS Living readers. A while back, we asked you, “What’s one dish you always serve on Christmas?” Here are some of the responses, along with recipes. Suzanne Price of Pocatello, Idaho, said: We always have the "Single Woman's Salad". It...

Roast Beast!

Recipes for all your Christmas roast beasts. "And he brought back the toys! And the food for the feast! And he...HE HIMSELF...! The Grinch carved the roast beast!" ~Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas Next week for Christmas families will be cooking up a delicious roast beast for the...

International Cookie Plate

The Christmas cookie plate is a popular and delicious solution to the holiday gift quandary. Use these recipes to give the platter an international flavor. LDS Living also decided to bake these cookies at home and see what they looked (and tasted) like. Check out the gallery to see the results!...

Day 11: Holiday Drinks for Everyone

Oh, here we come a wassailing (and hot chocolate-ing)!

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A Lion House Holiday

In 1856, Brigham Young built the Lion House—so named because of the reclining lion Brigham set over the door, which recalls both a fine home he remembered from boyhood in Vermont and his nickname, the Lion of the Lord. Today the Lion House still maintains a homey warmth, rich with the laughter of visitors, sumptuous furnishings, and smell of freshly baked rolls that wafts from the Lion House Pantry, the in-house restaurant.

Cook It Forward

The holidays are a time for good company and good food. But cooking nonstop for a special occasion can be a long, tiring, and stressful process. We’re going to get you through that holiday meal without a hitch. Just follow this plan and these make-ahead recipes so that when the big day comes, you can relax and enjoy the festivities with the rest of your friends and family.

The BEST Chocolate Cake Ever: Dena's chocolate cake recipe

(An aside from Kate: Seriously. Dena once made this for the office, and I couldn't rest until I got the recipe. I've made it several times for my family, and they all agree that it's the most delicious chocolate cake in the world.) Hi everyone! It's Dena. Several of you have written to me asking...

LDS food bloggers win national cook-off

The authors of food blog Our Best Bites just won the Better Homes and Gardens national cook-off. When you combine two cool people with lots of yummy food, you know the results are going to be good. And for Kate Jones and Sara Wells, authors of food blog Our Best Bites, the results are very good:...

Chocolate Never Faileth

Few of us can resist the perfection of chocolate. Peppermint Patty Fudge Brownies 3 sticks butter 3 cups sugar 1 tablespoon vanilla 5 eggs 2 cups flour 1-1/4 cup cocoa 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 (12-ounce) package Peppermint Patties Preheat oven to...

30 Minute Rolls

Try this recipe for fast rolls, made by Kelsey Nixon. Not only is it fast, it’s a useful recipe for knowing how to use your food storage! Click here to watch Kelsey Nixon illustrate how to make the recipe. Ingredients 3 1/2 c warm water 6 T instant yeast 1 c oil...