happy new year

I love eating only Appetizers & Dessert for New Years Eve!!

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for being part of the Marilyn Dishes community! I love sharing recipes with you &. I hope you try them & they become part of your regular recipes!

Happy New Year to everyone! I hope you all have a healthy, happy & peaceful new year.

Here are some delish Appetizer recipes!

Classic Cheese Ball

Another recipe the I have has around for many years but have not made for a very long time! This Classic Cheese Ball is mild in flavour and perfect for any cracker or flatbread! Many years ago I sold a product called Linens & Lace at home parties. At one of the parties, I do…

Artichoke Dip

This is such an easy appetizer. Only takes a few minutes to mix it together…& only has 3 ingredients  + one to sprinkle on the top if you want….It used to be on the party circuit & I haven’t seen it lately…or rather eaten it lately…so I decided to make it for company the other…

Antipasto

This is my Aunt Marilyn Lyman’s recipe. I remember her making this & she gave me the recipe aver 30 years ago…. The recipe is just a bunch of jarred pickles, olives, tuna….& a few other ingredients…chopped up, mixed together & wow is it good!My aunt used to chop all fo the ingredients by hand but…

Smoked Salmon Spread

Well, this was delicious!  Smoked salmon, cream cheese, mayo, horseradish, capers and parsley to garnish. It was all I could do but not eat the whole bowl at one time. Seriously!! In November I was in Toronto and had a smoked salmon sandwich on a bagel at the restaurant Schmaltz Appetizing, 414 Dupont St., and they had horseradish…

Cheddar Cheese Crackers with Pimento

OK… I buy crackers….but, I saw this recipe from bon appetit…& just had to try them. There is a huge problem though…they are soooo delicious that it is hard not to eat all of them at one time! They were surprisingly easy to make. The dough has to chill for at least 4 hours or…

Vegetarian Layered Nacho Bake

This is a cheesy yummy Vegetarian Layered Nacho Bake recipe that you will need a fork for! Layers of nacho chips, veggie ground round, refried beans, salsa and lots of cheese! Everything you will need to make this recipe is from a jar or a package. This makes a big lasagna size pan full, so…

Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce by Amy Stopnicki

On my last visit to Toronto, I met Amy Stopnicki who is the author of a beautiful cookbook..KOSHER taste. She was so nice & gave me a copy of the cookbook. This recipe is the first one I made & it is great! She has given me permission to post her recipe. We ate this…

And now for Dessert

Pavlova

Pavlova is super simple to make.! Just beat up some egg whites & a few ingredients. slow bake in the oven then top with whipped cream & fruit! Pavlova makes a very impressive dessert & it is really delicious! The Pavlova I just made cracked after it was baked, so I looked on the internet…

Banana Pudding

This recipe is a take on the Magnolia Bakery recipe for Banana Pudding that is everywhere online! The only difference is that the original recipe that I saw online used Vanilla Wafers, I did not have any but I did have Graham Wafers so I used them. In the recipe here I am going to…

No-Egg Tiramisu – Recipe from Epicurious

I wasn’t sure how this would taste…but let me tell you…It is delicious!!! This No-Egg Tiramisu is now one of my fav desserts! Murray really loves Tiramisu so I thought I would make it. I searched online & found this recipe for a No-Egg Tiramisu on Epicurious. I had faith that it would be good…

Kraft No-Bake Cool Whip Cheesecake

This was just so quick & easy. Sometimes we just need this!!!Delicious simple dessert! I was doing a Zoom cooking demo for some seniors and thought they might like this dessert. It is just so simple! The crust is a pre-made graham crust! I have never bought one before but it is really good. Tehn…

Marcia’s Baseball Cake

My friend, Marcia, named this cake Baseball Cake when she took it to a baseball wind-up party & from than on that is what it was called!! Marcia’s Baseball Cake is a perfectly delicious dessert that is simple to make. It was so good I had to give most of it away otherwise Murray &…

TikTok Crinkle Cake

This recipe, Crinkle Cake, came across my TikTok page & it looked so good I had to try it. I started watching TikTok when my young nieces put a dance on it and I am hooked. I only go on once a day to have a look around this app but when I do I…

Raspberry & Cream Jelly Roll

I remember eating Jelly Rolls as a kid & just had to try this cake! I was not disappointed! A goal of mine is to bake my way through this wonderful cookbook. It has captured me! I have several cookbooks at home and this book is one of my favorites. TRADITIONAL Jewish Baking by CARINE…