This Photo a Day Challenge is a fun activity to start in the new year with the whole family.

Print out the checklist of daily photo ideas and start a new tradition!

Whether you take photos with your phone or a handheld camera (or both like me) this challenge is a fun activity to do throughout the year! 

Simply print out a checklist page to mark off your daily photo idea. Each page has 2 months of ideas listed!

Day 1 : Morning Light

Day 2 : Something New

My daughter Ava is doing the challenge with me and her photo of “Something New” is a 3D Printed Elf she made. 

Print the checklists here!

Print the Cover here.

Print Page 1 here.

Print Page 2 here.

Print Page 3 here.

Print Page 4 here. 

Print Page 5 here. 

Print Page 6 here. 

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Brie is one of my favorite versatile soft cheeses because there are so many ways, both sweet and savory, to serve it!

This roundup features over 50 delicious recipes for brie appetizers to make and enjoy!

1. Baked Brie With Red Pepper Jelly – Coastal Wandering 

2. Whipped Brie with Rosemary Maple Bacon – How Sweet Eats

3. Pan Fried Brie with Blueberries – Salty Side Dish

4. Easy, Savory Baked Brie with Pesto – Foxes Love Lemons

5. 4 Ingredient Garlic Baked Brie – Girl and the Kitchen

6. Baked Brie Cheese with Orange Fig Spread and Toasted Pistachios – For the Love of Food

7. Caramelized Onion, Apple and Brie Tart – How Sweet Eats

8. Bacon Jam Apple And Brie Crostini – With A Blast

9. Baked Mango Chutney Brie Bites – Masala and Chai

10. Best Air Fryer Baked Brie – The Typical Mom

11. Basil, Bacon & Peach Baked Brie – Your Home Based Mom

12. Razzle Dazzle Baked Brie with Cashews and Raspberry Jam – For the Love of Food

13. Smoked Prosciutto Wrapped Brie – Learning to Smoke

14. Sausage and Brie Puff Pastry – Glitter Inc

15. Blackberry Walnut Baked Brie – Cooking with Curls

16. Pumpkin Spice Baked Brie with Almonds – For the Love of Food

17. Maple Whiskey Baked Brie with Walnuts – Vikalinka

18. Grilled Caprese Brie – Tasteful Venture

19. Cranberry Brie Bites – A Family Feast

20. Crispy Brie and Fig Spring Rolls – Asian Inspired Eats

21. Air Fryer Blueberry Brie Pastry and Dip Appetizer – Xoxo Bella

22. Brie Bruschetta Crostini – Muy Bueno Blog

23. Raspberry Pistachio Baked Brie – For the Love of Food

24. Caramelized Pecan Brie – Grace and Good Eats

25. Herb Garlic Baked Brie – Little Spice Jar

26. Baked Brie with Jam – Dizzy Busy and Hungry

27. Blackberry Brie Bites – Inside BruCrew Life

28. Fig and Brie Bruschetta – The Short Order Cook

29. Cranberry Pecan Brie Baked in a Bread Bowl – For the Love of Food

30. Brie And Pear Salad – With A Blast

31. Baked Brie In A Skillet – Will Cook for Smiles

32. Baked Brie in a Sourdough Bread Bowl – Foodness Gracious

33. Baked Brie with Apples and Pecans – Couple in the Kitchen

34. Candied Bacon Baked Brie – Blackberry Babe

35. Blueberry Brie Phyllo Bites – The Foodie Physician

36. Strawberry Jalapeno Brie – Noshing with the Nolands

37. Christmas Ornament Brie Cheeseball – For the Love of Food

38. Baked Brie with Pistachios – Canadian Cooking Adventures

39. Cherry Salsa Baked Brie – Everyday Southwest

40. Pumpkin & Brie Crostini with Candied Nuts – Foxes Love Lemons

41. Baked Honey Brie – Salty Side Dish

42. Baked Brie with Sun-Dried Tomatoes – Easy Kitchen for All

43. Cranberry Brie Tart with Pancetta & Thyme – Bakerita

44. The Melting Pot’s Bacon and Brie Fondue – For the Love of Food

45. Olive Baked Brie – Homemade in the Kitchen

46. Brie With Caramelized Onions, Prosciutto, And Fig Jam – What A Girl Eats

47. Cranberry Brie Focaccia Bread – How Sweet Eats

48. Maple Pecan Baked Brie – Fake Ginger

49. Brie Stuffed with Piloncillo-Caramelized Apples – Muy Bueno Blog

50. Easy Baked Brie with Nuts and Honey – Gypsy Plate

51. Brie Quesadillas – Good in the Simple

52. Cranberry Brie Pull Apart Bread – Yum in the Kitchen

53. Sliced Brie and Berries Appetizer – For the Love of Food

54. Easy Baked Brie with Phyllo Dough – The Typical Mom

55. Pineapple Cranberry Brie Crescent Ring – Xoxo Bella

56. Whipped Brie – Babaganosh

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Happy New Year!

Let’s start the year off right with this fun and encouraging printable goal planner!

This planner has a variety of ‘things to do this year’ ideas for you to fill in the blank and set goals to achieve throughout the year. 

Have fun, try new things, and stay motivated!

Scroll down for the free printable.

Download your Goal Planner below!

>> Click here to download and print your New Year Goal Planner. <<

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Bite size savory snacks are served in a fun and festive mini cup. Serve up this tasty appetizer to both kids and adults during your holiday parties this month!

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Charcuterie Cups

Makes 4 mini cups

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup mixed nuts or snack mix
• 8 cheese crisps or thin crackers
• 12 cheese cubes
• 4 mini pickles
• 4 cherry tomatoes
• 4 large pitted olives
• 4 Babybel cheese rounds peeled
• 16 sliced pepperonis or small salami rounds
• 2 large slices prosciutto halved
• 4 thin slices summer sausage
• 5-6 oz mini appetizer cups
• 8 decorative toothpicks
• cocktail napkins

Instructions

• Start by filling your cups with a heaping tablespoon of mixed nuts or snack mix.
• Add 3 cheese cubes per cup.
• Now add 2 crackers, one on each side.
• Time to make your skewers! Start with an olive, pickle, tomato, and end with a cheese round (like Babybel). Repeat until you have 4.
• Make your meat skewers by folding salami or pepperoni and stacking 4 then add a folded half of prosciutto and a thin slice of summer sausage. Repeat until you have 4.
• Add one meat skewer and one veggie skewer (round cheese at the bottom) to each cup.
• Serve with festive cocktail napkins and enjoy!

Start by gathering your supplies.

You need 4 (or adjust the recipe to what you want) appetizer cups and at least 8 decorative toothpicks. 

I used 5oz plastic cups from the Dollar Tree. 

Start by filling your cups with a heaping tablespoon of mixed nuts or snack mix.

Add 3 cheese cubes per cup.

Now add 2 crackers, one on each side. 

Time to make your skewers! Start with an olive, pickle, tomato, and end with a cheese round (like Babybel). Repeat until you have 4.

I doubled up on tomato in the pictures because my kiddo ate all my olives!

Make your meat skewers by folding salami or pepperoni and stacking 4 then add a folded half of prosciutto and a thin slice of summer sausage.

Repeat until you have 4.

Add one meat skewer and one veggie skewer (round cheese at the bottom) to each cup. 

Serve with festive cocktail napkins and enjoy!

Serve up this fun appetizer that everyone will enjoy during your holiday parties!

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Last year for New Year’s Eve in Missouri we had a snow day at home. To come up with a fun surprise for the kids I made this Hot Cocoa New Year’s Eve Countdown Board .

All ingredients, including the cute hot cocoa bomb snowmen, are from Aldi! It only took a few minutes to assemble and it turned out so cute!

This kid friendly treat doubles as a fun countdown activity to celebrate New Year’s Eve at home !

Check out the video below to see our countdown.

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Hot Cocoa New Year's Eve Countdown Board

Ingredients

• 2 hot chocolate bombs
• 3 cups popcorn I used bagged kettle corn
• chocolate covered pretzels I used 6 jumbo
• 1 large marshmallow pop
• 1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
• assorted chocolate candies and mints I like Andes Mints and Ferrero Rocher
• mugs of warm milk and spoons for serving

Instructions

• Start by covering the bottom of a large platter or tray with a mixture of popcorn and mini marshmallows.
• Now add your hot cocoa bombs on top in the center of the platter. I used 2 because I have 2 kids. You can adjust and add as many as you want!
• Now arrange remaining toppings like jumbo coated pretzels and assorted chocolates and mints all over.
• Finally add a jumbo marshmallow pop (or make your own with a jumbo marshmallow and a cake pop stick).
• For your countdown have the marshmallow positioned pointing towards the top (like a clock hand at 12).
• Serve with mugs of warm milk and spoons for mixing in the cocoa bombs and toppings and enjoy!

I found all these fun treats at Aldi. The snowman cocoa bombs are my favorite!

Ready for our “Noon Years Eve” afternoon countdown!

Happy New Year!

Be sure to watch our video above to see our countdown!

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Happy New Year!

Let’s start 2022 off right! After a couple difficult years, I began my 2022 with a fun and encouraging goal setting chart. I thought 22 for 2022 was an interesting theme and a fill in the blank labeled chart would be a fun motivator for this year.

I’m sharing my copy below and I would love for you to print it and fill it out then post and tag me on any social media page (@FLChefNicole on Instagram, Twitter, Tiktok, Pinterest and @Fortheloveoffoodblog on Facebook). I’ll share a few on the blog soon!

I love the categories on this chart. I’m most excited for Visit and Start! What about you?

Download and print below!

>> Print your own 22 for 2022 Goat Setting Chart here. <<

“Set your goals high enough to inspire you and low enough to encourage you.” – Author Unknown

Happy New Year from my crew to you!

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Happy New Year’s Eve!

We are getting ready to celebrate the New Year with our traditional big family meal on New Year’s Day. I like to cook quite a few foods that are said to bring good luck every year.  I’m sharing those recipes today along with a collection of other recipes and foods to bring you luck, prosperity, and happiness in the New Year! 

A few lucky foods included in this recipe roundup: 

Cornbread symbolizes gold and money and represent wealth and prosperity in your life .

Black-eyed peas resemble coins and they are said to bring prosperity and wealth along with good luck.

Chinese noodles represent long life. 

Pomegranates symbolizes life and abundance and are said to bring fertility, health, and prosperity.

Oranges represent health according to Chinese tradition. 

Greens like cabbage and collards represent wealth and money.

Other lucky foods? Pork, red grapes, and lentils!

1. New Year’s Southern Fried Cabbage – For the Love of Food

2. Lemon Basil Grilled Pork Chops – Bitz n Giggles

3. Roasted Grape, Goat Cheese + Honey Stuffed Sweet Potatoes – How Sweet Eats

4. Roasted Sheet Pan Cabbage and Carrots – For the Love of Food

5. Chili Pot Pies with Cornbread Crust – Sweet Peas and Saffron

6. Honey & Ginger Beer Cornbread Muffins – For the Love of Food

7. Instant Pot Stuffed Cabbage Casserole – The Typical Mom

8. Crockpot Black Eyed Peas – Two Pink Peonies

9. Mama’s Hoppin John – For the Love of Food

10. Black Eyed Peas Salad – Veggie Inspired

11. Crazy Good Quick Garlic Noodles – Little Spice Jar

12. Hot Water Cornbread  – 4 Son R Us

13. Lucky New Year’s Collard Greens – For the Love of Food

14. Lucky Lentil Soup – Order ISDA

15. Apple Cider Brined Pork Loin – Tao of Spice

16. Broccoli Cornbread – For the Love of Food

17. Sparkling Pomegranate Cider Punch – How Sweet Eats

18. Sweet Corn Spoonbread Casserole – For the Love of Food

19. New Year’s Good Luck Dip with Collard Greens – Ezra Pound Cake

20. Ham Hocks and Black Eyed Peas a Southern New Year’s Tradition – That Recipe

21. Blueberry Honey Cornbread – For the Love of Food

22. Dump And Start Instant Pot Collard Greens – Recipes from a Pantry

23. Black Eyed Peas with Smoky Collards and Cheesy Grits – Vanilla and Bean

24. Lucky Orange New Year’s Cake – Seasonal Cook Book

25. Roasted Garlic Cabbage Steaks – For the Love of Food

26. Mexican Jalapeno and Cheese Skillet Cornbread – My Kitchen Serenity

27. Pork and Cabbage Noodles – For the Love of Food

28. Vasilopita (Greek New Year’s Bread) – Bowl of Delicious

29. Black Eyed Pea Taco Dip – Dancing Through the Rain

30. Oven Roasted Pork Loin with Cabbage and Potatoes – Upstate Ramblings

31. Gorgonzola Stuffed Pork Tenderloin with Blueberry Pomegranate Sauce – For the Love of Food

32. Black Eyed Pea Cornbread Casserole – Plain Chicken

33. Spicy Pork Dan Dan Noodles – For the Love of Food

34.  Roasted Pork and Sauerkraut – Savor the Best

35. Crock-Pot Honey Garlic Pork Freezer Meal – For the Love of Food

36. Roast Pork Loin With Rosemary Brown Sugar Sauerkraut – 4 Sons R Us

37. Black-Eyed Peas And Potato Stew – My Cooking Journey

38. Blue Cheese and Apple Pork Chops – For the Love of Food

39. Spinach Pomegranate Salad – Simply Home Cooked

40. Cheesy Black Eyed Pea Dip – For the Love of Food

41. Almond Vassilopita Cake – Kopiaste

42. Slow Cooker Cabbage – Clean Eating Kitchen

43. Lucky Pork & Black Eyed Peas Nachos – A Worthey Read

44. Pecan Grape Salad – For the Love of Food

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Happy New Year!

We make a traditional lucky New Years meal every year including roasted cabbage. This year I made my Mama’s Hoppin John and this delicious Roasted Cabbage. 

Tender cabbage is oven roasted with onions, carrots, butter, and spices to make a healthy and flavorful side dish.

These simple baked veggies go well with most meals.

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Roasted Cabbage and Carrots

Ingredients

• 1 large head cabbage cut into wedges
• 1 yellow onion sliced
• 4 carrots peeled and sliced
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1/4 cup butter cubed
• seasonings to taste I use garlic salt and cracked black pepper

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• Arrange the cabbage wedges in a 9x13 baking dish or a baking sheet with raised sides.
• Add carrots and onions around the cabbage.
• Pour the chicken broth into the pan.
• Sprinkle the butter over the cabbage and season liberally.
• Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes.
• Remove the aluminum foil and cook for an additional 15 minutes to brown slightly.
• Serve warm and enjoy.

Notes

Adapted from Dinner at the Zoo blog.

Peel and slice cabbage, onions, and carrots.

Arrange the cabbage wedges in a baking dish.

Add carrots and onions around the cabbage.

Pour the chicken broth into the pan.
Sprinkle the butter over the cabbage and season liberally. I use garlic salt and cracked pepper.

Cover with foil and bake for 45 minutes at 375 degrees.

Remove the aluminum foil and cook for an additional 15 minutes to brown slightly. 

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Everyone loves these bite size, sweet and savory snacks.

 

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Bacon Wrapped Pistachio Stuffed Dates

Makes 35 dates

Ingredients

• One package of whole pitted dates (about 35)
• 1 lb bacon slices
• ¼ cup shelled pistachios

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Cook bacon in a skillet half way, you want it not raw but still bendable (it will crisp in the oven). You can skip this step if you do not want them crispy.
• Remove bacon to a paper towel lined plate. Pat with paper towels to remove grease and let cool.
• Cut bacon slices into thirds with kitchen shears.
• Slice each date open in the middle, being careful not to cut all the way in half.
• Stuff each date with two pistachios.
• Wrap a 1/3 piece of bacon around the date and secure with a toothpick.
• Place wrapped dates on a lined baking sheet.
• Bake for 20 minutes, checking halfway through and tossing if needed.
• Remove to a paper towel lined plate to drain if needed.
• Serve warm or at room temp and enjoy.

Crispy and chewy, these dates are delicious! Every time I make them people ask for the recipe!

This is an easy recipe to prep beforehand and pop in the oven at party time!

Serve warm or at room temp and enjoy!

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1. Gulf Coast Oysters Rockefeller – For the Love of Food 

4.  Lemony Lobster Deviled Eggs – For the Love of Food

10.  Spinach Feta Puffs – For the Love of Food 

15.   Marsala Stuffed Mushrooms – For the Love of Food 

21.  Baked Coconut Shrimp – For the Love of Food 

24.    Caramelized French Onion Dip – For the Love of Food

27. Baked Chipotle Mozzarella Cheese Bites – For the Love of Food

30.   Bacon Wrapped Avocado Wedges – For the Love of Food 

32.   Neiman Marcus Party Dip – For the Love of Food 

34.    Easy Sweet & Sour Meatball Finger Food – Wondermom Wannabe

36.   Rosemary Blue Cheese Potato Chips – For the Love of Food 

40.  Baked Brie Cheese with Fig and Pistachios – For the Love of Food

45. Baked Brie with Cashews and Raspberry Jam – For the Love of Food

51.   The Melting Pot Garlic Herb Cheddar Fondue – For the Love of Food 

53.   Blue Cheese Fondue – For the Love of Food

58.   Party Buffalo Chicken Dip – For the Love of Food

 61. Beer Battered Onion Ring Mini Potato Skins – For the Love of Food 

64.   Mozzarella Stuffed Arancini – For the Love of Food

67.   Gorgonzola and Cranberry Sweet Potato Rounds – For the Love of Food

70.   Cream Cheese Crab Wontons – For the Love of Food

74.  Marinated Mushrooms – For the Love of Food 

77.  Buffalo Cauliflower and Dip – For the Love of Food

84.   Smoked Tuna Dip – For the Love of Food 

89.   Teriyaki Bacon Wrapped Scallops – For the Love of Food

93.   Asparagus Bacon Rollups – For the Love of Food 

96.  Bacon Wrapped Cheese and Almond Stuffed Dates – For the Love of Food 

98.   Southern Fried Pickles – For the Love of Food 

101.   The Melting Pot’s Bacon and Brie Fondue – For the Love of Food

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