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    Easy Delicious Food & Cocktail Recipes

    If you love making seasonal recipes, you’ve come to the right place. You’ll find unique food and cocktail ideas for every occasion and time of year.

    ๐ŸŽƒ Spooky Cocktail Recipes

    • Purple margarita on a green board and orange surface.
      Practical Magic Halloween Midnight Margaritas
    • Filled blood bag cocktails on a tarnished silver platter.
      IV Blood Bag Cocktails for Halloween
    • 5 Halloween jello shot syringes stacked on a silver platter with a candle and fog in the background.
      How to Make Syringe Jello Shots for Halloween
    • A martini glass full of sparkling purple hocus pocus cocktail with a dark wood desk in the background with spider webs.
      Hocus Pocus Cocktail Recipe
    • Mojito on a wood surface with a bottle of rum and a lit candle in the background.
      Easy Black Mojito Cocktail
    • Black Magic Margarita in a skull cocktail glass with books and apothecary bottles around it.
      Black Magic Margarita Recipe
    • Vampire fangs with red icing draping over the rim of a martini glass.
      Vampire’s Kiss Cocktail
    • Green margarita with a black and white straw on a orange surface.
      Beetlejuice Margarita Cocktail

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    ๐Ÿ Cozy Fall Recipes

    Cozy up with these cozy fall recipes!

    • Two glasses of hot toddy on a wood cutting board.
      Apple Cider Hot Toddyย with Tea
    • Pumpkin spice espresso martini with a pumpkin, flowers, and a bottle of Kahlua in the background.
      Best Pumpkin Spice Espresso Martiniย Recipe
    • Melted brie cheese with fresh figs and bread slices.
      Baked Brie with Fig Jam Recipe
    • Cocktail on a wood board with dried flower vase in background.
      Sparkling Frenchย Pear Vodka Martini
    • Overview of two bowls of creamy enchilada soup with a spoon in the bowl on a white countertop
      Creamy Chicken Enchilada Soup
    • Tall glass of pumpkin cocktail with green and white striped straw and a wood board full of citrus and candles in the background.
      Pumpkin Spice Dark and Stormy Fall Rum Cocktail
    • Air fryer schnitzel on a white plate with the sweet and sour cabbage on a white background with a bowl of the cabbage and platter of the schnitzel on the side
      Air Fryer Schnitzel with Sweet and Sour Cabbage
    • Martini glass full of pumpkin mudslide cocktail with caramel drizzle on the walls of the glass and garnished with a cinnamon stick.
      Pumpkin Spice Mudslide Martini with Baileys

    See more Fall Recipes โ†’

    Top Rated Recipes

    Try my top rated recipes with five-star reviews.

    • Close up of hibachi shrimp rice bowl and other bowls in the background.
      Hibachi Shrimp Rice Bowls
    • overview of two buffalo chicken rice bowl with an avocado, cilantro, forks, and a napkin on the side on a white background.
      Buffalo Chicken Rice Bowl
    • Limoncello spritz cocktails in wine glasses with a cutting board of ingredients in the background.
      Limoncello Spritz
    • Caramelized air fryer carrots laid out on aplate topped with dill and parmesan
      Air Fryer Carrots with Parmesan and Dill

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    • Halloween
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    My name is Melissa, and Iโ€™m a registered dietitian, recipe developer, and food photographer with a Food Science degree based in the beautiful city of Charleston, South Carolina. I’m love sharing my recipes, cocktails, and life here.

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    Cocktails

    Browse my cocktail collection for the best at home happy hour for all seasons. It’s all here including vodka, gin, tequila, whiskey to make the best margaritas, martinis, sours, mules, spritzes, and more.

    • The hibiscus margarita garnished with a pink edible flower and a tajin rim.
      Hibiscus Margarita with Mango
    • Amaretto spritz on a wood surface with a bottle of amaretto and lemon halves in the background.
      Easy Amaretto Spritz Cocktail Recipe
    • Rome with a view cocktail garnished with a lime wedge in a highball glass.
      Rome with a View Cocktail Recipe
    • Margarita on a wood surface garnished with a skewered lychee fruit.
      Lychee Margarita Cocktail Recipe

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    Wine Cocktails and Pairings

    It’s time to uncork a whole new way to enjoy wine! Discover how to pair your favorite wine with your favorite foods, or use that wine to whip up some easy wine cocktails!

    • Four wine glasses with white, red, and rose wines that are spilled over on their side.
      Best Wine for Italian Food
    • Three champagne flutes being clinked together.
      Champagne and Sparkling Wine – What’s the Difference?ย 
    • White, rose, and red white in glasses on a shaded tabletop.
      Best Wine Pairings for Charcuterie and Cheese Boards Guide
    • Lemon and limes garnishing the cocktail.
      Tinto de Verano (2 Ingredient Red Wine Cocktail)

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