Sweet potato pancakes made with mashed cooked sweet potato, flour, and butter. Slightly sweet, slightly savory, served with sour cream. A clever way to use Thanksgiving leftovers.
An ooey gooey cheesy chicken enchilada. Hearty and well balanced flavorful main dish.
Tender diced beets warmed in tangy sour cream with a splash of apple cider vinegar, garlic salt, and a pinch of sugar. A classic Eastern European-style side dish ready in 15 minutes.
Raisin cake loaded with chopped apples, plump raisins, and warm cinnamon and cloves. Sour cream keeps the crumb tender, while a cozy spice blend turns this old-fashioned spice cake into a fall-baking favorite.
An easy one-pan stove-stop chicken main dish braised in white wine and three kinds of mustard. Delicious and easy to prepare chicken main. Easy to scale down to two servings or up to serve a crowd.
Crunchy Waldorf-style salad with crisp apples, sweet grapes, celery, and walnuts in creamy yogurt-sour cream dressing for a lighter take on classic fruit salad.
Green bean casserole built with cream of celery soup, sour cream, sweet corn, and a buttery Ritz cracker topping crowned with slivered almonds. A creamier, crunchier riff on the holiday-table classic.
Cottage cheese and sour cream make this light and healthy version of strawberry cheesecake.
Tasty Halloween treats made into the shape of mice. Very chocolaty but not too sweet.
Buttermilk Irish soda bread with raisins and caraway seeds. A tender, slightly sweet round loaf made with butter, sour cream, and tangy buttermilk. The American holiday-table version.
Goldy's Dream Cake is a decadent, multi-layered dessert featuring a buttery, crumbly crust, a smooth cream cheese filling, a sweet-tart raspberry jam layer, and a crunchy almond topping. This crowd-pleasing cake is ideal for special occasions or gatherings, with a balance of textures and flavors that make every bite irresistible. Preparing it a day ahead enhances its flavor and makes serving easier.
Very moist and fluffy inside, golden brown outside; sour cream added the extra moist and tangy flavor, I used 3/4 cup of brown sugar, and I thought it was the right sweetness. If you have some ripe bananas on hand or you love banana bread, I will definitely recommend this recipe.
Apple banana bread combines mashed ripe banana with chunks of fresh apple, brown sugar, sour cream, and toasted walnuts in one loaf. Moist, lightly spiced quickbread that uses up tired bananas and bruised apples.
Easy and comforting weekday dinner. Pork chops smothered in a tangy paprika cream sauce.
This delicious savory onion tart is tasty, creamy, and absolutely delicious, a great way to impress your family or your guest.
An easy to make hearty colorful tuna casserole that's topped with zucchini and tomatoes.
A tall, creamy New York cheesecake on a buttery graham cracker crust, topped with a glossy homemade strawberry glaze. Dense, rich, tangy, and everything a real NY-style cheesecake should be.
THese made the rounds in our neighborhood this holiday season. Everyone wanted the recipe.
A special meat loaf that's stuffed with a mixture of sour cream and mushrooms.
Pumpkin, cognac, cream cheese, sour cream and spices make this cheesecake creamy, smooth, rich and delicious. The toasted almonds adds extra nuttiness, and it also gives the cheesecake a beautiful coating on the outer edge. This is the kind of cheesecake that everyone gives a big "WOW".
Affectionately dubbed "Papa's Ground Beef Casserole." This ground beef casserole with pasta is super easy to make using your slow cooker or Crockpot. A staple in our home and didn't last very long.
This version of the classic green bean casserole lightens the load without sacrificing the flavor or creaminess. Making your own french fried onions adds loads of crispy fried onion goodness.
Sara Lee copycat pound cake with powdered sugar and sour cream. Dense, buttery loaf cake baked in 65 minutes, freezes beautifully.
Pickled herring in sour cream with hard-boiled eggs, chopped apple, onion, and fresh dill. A classic Eastern European appetizer served cold on rye bread.
This version of the garlicky roasted eggplant dip does not have tahini in it as with a traditional version. While I really like an "authentic" baba ghanoush, I also enjoy the commercial Sabra brand, which uses mayo and some spices. It is slightly sweet and has a little kick. This is my rendition.
A creamy, cheesy hashbrown casserole inspired by Cracker Barrel, topped with a crunchy cornflake crust. Perfect for brunch or as a comforting side dish.
Cheesy, juicy and delicious! Black bean, corn and salsa are a flavorful combination, melted cheese inside and outside adds extra oozy cheesiness.
Southern living inspired quick and easy crust-less pie that uses bisquick baking mix.
This cheesecake is amazingly chocolatey and delicious. It screams out the cherry flavour. Definitely worth the effort.
Great soup, lots of textures from the different veggies, fresh clean taste with lots of meat. Seems quite healthy as well, creamy without using cream and chock full of veggies.
Loved it, classic french style, simply prepared with a flavor packed jus. One change I made was to brown the chicken breast in a non-stick pan (and then finish cooking by popping it into the oven) before making the sauce to build extra flavor.
This fluffy deep dish quiche is so easy to prepare. Substitute non-fat sour cream or mayonnaise and reduced fat Cheddar cheese to lighten it up.
Made this one last night, and it came out beautiful and delicious. I could find all these creamy, smooth and delicious things in every bite.
A home-made and healthified version of creamy Caesar salad dressing that can be used for salad or any recipe calling for creamy Caesar salad dressing.
My mother's famous hash brown potato casserole. Easy to make one dish casserole that creamy and delicious comfort food.
A friend gave me this recipe, it's a layer cake, cake + blueberry + sour cream. This dessert is a huge hit every time I make it.
Impossible breakfast pie with sausage, mozzarella, and scallions in a self-crusting Bisquick and sour cream batter. Crustless quiche that forms its own base.
Homemade Cream of Potato soup that's rich silky and smooth. Best of all, there's no cream!
Cheesy, moist and delicious! These biscuits are certainly one of the best ones we have ever had.
Buttery, moist and delicious. These sour cream lemon muffins are perfect for breakfast.
Piroshki: golden Russian stuffed buns of soft yeast dough wrapped around savory beef, mushroom, or buckwheat fillings, then baked or fried. The portable hand pie of Russian home cooking.
While this cold salad has some elements of a traditional warm German potato salad, it is totally Americanized to suit my family's tastes. Great with grilled burgers, dogs, meats and poultry.
These muffins are super super moist and tasty. Blueberries, bananas and apple really moisten up these muffins, also whole wheat flour, oats and flax seeds add the nutrient and nutty-tangy flavors. They are great for breakfast to start a day!
Cheesy beef and broccoli wrapped in crispy phyllo pastry. Quite easy, inexpensive and gosh darn yummy.
Italian sour cream cake with amaretto, a coconut-pecan meringue lining, and glossy chocolate-amaretto glaze. A tube pan showstopper that starts with boxed cake mix.
Chicken mac and cheese casserole. Crusty, cheese topped, satisfying bubbly perfection.
It's a decadent cheesecake. Creamy, smooth, and rich.
This pie won me second place at my churches dessert contest .. Yummy