🍴Cozy December Begins: What to Cook This Week!

View this email in your browser Hi friends—welcome to December! The Thanksgiving leftovers are almost gone, and now we're easing into one of the coziest cooking weeks of the year. Early December is all about warm dinners, fresh resets after the holiday feasting, and the official start of cookie season. Here's what to cook this week!   featured recipes Caprese Breakfast Strata Cream of Asparagus Soup Turkey Swedish Meatballs Buffalo Chicken Lasagna Roll Ups Corn & Cheddar Mashed Potato Fritters Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Christmas Crack To get the recipe ingredients and directions, click on the recipe name or image; which will take you to the original post.  Start your weekend morning with this deliciously easy Caprese Breakfast Strata made with Italian Semolina bread, ripe plum tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil and eggs.  Another great way to utilize leftover vegetables is to make soup and this creamy, flavorful Cream of Asparagus Soup is sure to please!  These Swedish Meatballs are made with extra lean ground turkey in a creamy sauce. Serve them for dinner over egg noodles or keep warm in a crock pot for game day snacking!  Buffalo Chicken Lasagna Roll Ups made with shredded chicken, tangy hot sauce, cool ranch and plenty of melted cheese are rolled up, baked until bubbly. They're fun to make, easy to serve, and guaranteed to disappear fast! Corn & Cheddar Mashed Potato Fritters are a delicious way to utilized those holiday leftovers. Plus this recipe continues to be a reader favorite after all of these years! Sea Salt Dark Chocolate Christmas Crack made with salted crackers topped with rich buttery toffee, pecans, melted dark chocolate and sea salt.   weekly meal plan #193 Gluten Free (gf); Dairy Free (df); Low Carb (lc) For serving suggestions, please visit our Recipe Index by Category.  Click on each title or image to get to the recipe where you can print or instantly add grocery items into your own Instacart account!  ➡️➡️Click here to Download Blank Weekly Meal Plan Monday, December 2 Cauliflower Black Bean Chili   Tuesday, December 2 Taco Baked Sweet Potato Casserole Wednesday, December 3 Feta & Sage Mini Chicken Meatloaf Thursday, December 4 Cream Cheese & Chive Stuffed Pork Chops  Friday, December 5 Cavatelli and Broccoli Saturday, December 6 Moussaka Sunday, December 7 Butter & Thyme Spatchcock Roasted Chicken  Dessert of the Week Gingerbread Muffins most popular recipe last week Swiss Vegetable Medley This classic, retro vegetable side dish is made with a mixture of carrots, broccoli and cauliflower in a creamy mushroom and Swiss cheese sauce; then topped with fried onions and baked until golden brown.  recipes found around the web Here are some other recipes I found this week that caught my eye.     1. Spinach Dip Crab Nachos from The Yummy Muffin 2. Steamer Clams with Garlic Butter and White Wine from Foodie and Wine 3. Cream Cheese Cranberry Dip from The Fresh Cooky 4. Chicken Cordon Bleu Sliders from Organized Island   holiday shopping   Do your holiday shopping and support our small business at the same time! When you use our Amazon affiliate link to shop for gifts, décor, or everyday essentials, we earn a small commission—at no extra cost to you!   It's an easy way to help us keep creating the recipes, tips, and content you love while checking off your holiday list.   Thank you for shopping through our link and spreading a little extra cheer this season! Website Email Pinterest Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn If you have any suggestions, comments or questions, please send us an email and we will get back to you as quickly as possible.   Copyright © 2025 Carrie's Experimental Kitchen, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via Carrie's Experimental Kitchen website. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog's owner is strictly prohibited. Please contact the owner for any licensing inquiries for commercial use, publication and/or general distribution.  We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.   unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences  subscribe