Recipe Archive

This recipe is inspired by two wedding themed movies on “Great American Family”. “Wedding Cake Dreams” and “Dream Wedding”. In “Wedding Cake Dreams”, the main character Carrie, made a vanilla cake with strawberries for her sister’s wedding cake, which inspired the initial recipe. I tweaked it with some yummy surprises to make it your DREAM…

Christmas in July S’mores pie. This recipe is in honor of Camp Christmas in July, a fundraising campaign with ‘Christmas is not Cancelled’ created by Jen Lilley from your favorite Christmas movies! Recipe for “Christmas in July S’mores pie” -1 premade graham cracker pie crust in tin -1 8.5 ounce jar marshmallow fluff -1 8…

The Hallmark Channel movie “Love in Zion National Park- A National Park Romance” was a fun adventure through Zion National Park where the main focus was to find a lost relic of the Anasazi Tribe. During this quest, we are introduced to a delicious Native American dish, “Three Sisters Soup”. It caught my eye as…

Inspired by “Dream Moms” on Hallmark Channel One of the main characters, played by Tamera Mowry-Housley, had a sweet argument with her husband about her famous peach cobbler and I was instantly inspired to make some! I have been making a cherry cobbler for years that is always a huge hit, so I reimagined that…

Inspired by “A Taste of Portugal” on Hallmark Channel This movie was a culinary tour of Portugal! During a tour of a local market, the pasteis de nata was a highlight that I just had to make! It’s reminds me of a little creme’ brûlée wrapped in a buttery pastry. Ingredients: -frozen puff pastry -Custard…

This recipe for bell pepper pizza was inspired by the Great American Family Christmas movie, “Jingle Bell Princess” starring Merritt Patterson and Trevor Donovan. Merritt plays Princess Amelia and confesses to Trevor’s character that she has never had cold pizza before, but I’m not sure she has had any pizza before! So I created this…

This savory pie is inspired by the movie “South Beach Love” on Hallmark Channel starring William Levy and Taylor Cole. The dish was created when both characters combined their Cuban and Irish heritage to create this unique dish. Shepard’s pie meets ropa vieja! Ingredients: One to two pounds large flank steak 2 cloves chopped garlic…

-½ Teaspoon salt -1¾ Cup all-purpose flour -¾ Cup butter (unsalted, cold) -½ Cup sour cream -1 Teaspoon vanilla extract -Strawberry  jam -¾ Cup almonds or pecans, chopped -Powdered Sugar Cut cold butter into tabs first, and In an electric mixer, mix together cold butter, sour cream and vanilla until smooth. There may be a few lumps.  Next add flour and salt. Mix until a ball of dough…

Ingredients: First bring milk to a slow boil, turn off heat and steep tea bag for 20 minutes. Pour in heat safe bowl and place in fridge or freezer to cool completely. Combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl (flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon). Set aside.  Drain peaches and add into flour mixture….