Melissa Bahen

Melissa Bahen's Farmhouse Weeknights has over 80 nutritious recipes to help busy home cooks get dinner on the table in an hour or less, every night, for their hungry families." What's for dinner?" No matter who we are, what stage of life we are in, or where we live, we all have to deal with this question--every day. We need a book that has the answers Farmhouse Weeknights: Quick and Wholesome Recipes for Dinner takes the brainwork out of deciding on your family's dinner plan. Melissa Bahen offers a compilation of time-tested, wholesome comfort-food recipes straight from the kitchen in her farmhouse to your table. This cookbook focuses on fresh ingredients and making meals from scratch, but it also embraces smart shortcuts and time-saving tips that will help readers get dinner on the table with less work. Every recipe in the book carries the promise of having dinner ready in under an hour (except for slow-cooker recipes that only require prep time and are then hands-off all day), comes with serving suggestions to make a complete meal, and has a list of time savers. You will find recipes for breakfast for dinner; soups; salads; sandwiches; pastas; slow-cooker main courses; skillets, sheet pans, and bakes; and after-dinner treats.

Organised around seasonal festivities including Lucia Day and Christmas Eve Dinner, as well as everyday gatherings like Afternoon Fika, this book includes simple recipes, handmade decorations, and tips for entertaining. Here, the creator of the popular website Lulu The Baker offers up traditional recipes using easy-to-find ingredients. Warm up your home with sweet treats such as Lucia Buns, Mom’s Maple Pecan Rings, and Hot Chocolate with Homemade Cardamom Marshmallows, as well as savoury favourites such as Swedish Meatballs with Gravy and Poached Salmon with Dill Sauce. Bring home the flavors and traditions of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland–a region regularly reported as the happiest place on earth! A gorgeous coffee table book as well as a cookbook, it makes a wonderful gift. Gatherings include: Nordic BrunchWoodland Tea PartyMidsummer FeastAfternoon FikaSummer Seafood CelebrationHeritage DinnerLucia DayChristmas Cookie ExchangeChristmas Eve SupperBirthday Treats

Serve up comfort classic recipes for casual weekends with family and friends. Farmhouse Weekends is the cookbook for anyone who daydreams of country life. Prepare meals and experiences to enjoy in the easy companionship of family and friends--everything you need to create the perfect farmhouse weekend, no matter where you live, is found within these pages. Each chapter provides recipes inspired by author Melissa Bahen's weekend jaunts in the country: apple cider donuts and white bean chili after a day of picking fresh apples in the fall; buttery cobbler full of ripe, summer berries after a trip to the farmers' market; hot, flaky biscuits slathered with butter and homemade strawberry freezer jam to start out a spring day. You'll find brunch, dinner, and dessert recipes for spring, summer, autumn, and winter: 65 recipes to entertain and enjoy good company all year round. Melissa Bahen started Lulu the Baker in 2008, a popular online source for recipes, projects, and snapshots of modern country life. Since then, she has published Scandinavian Gatherings: From Afternoon Fika to Midsummer Feast, and her modern farmhouse kitchen has appeared in Rachael Ray Everyday, Better Homes & Gardens, Belong Magazine, Taproot Magazine, Eugene Magazine, and Cloth Magazine. She is a recipe and project developer for online brands, including Canada Dry, Albertsons, Hidden Valley Ranch, and many more. She lives with her husband, four children, and many animals on her farm in western Oregon.