Beer Cheese-Stuffed Pretzels These were delicious! They took me longer than 15 minutes to make, but they were so yummy. Next time I am going to make a double batch. I think now that I have made them once, it won't take as long next time. Yumm!

Easy Asian Cabbage Salad Easy and yummy....and I even sliced my own green and purple cabbages. It's great to take to a summer gathering or potluck and doesn't take long at all to make.

Holiday Breakfast Bake I thought this was just ok. Everyone loved it, but I wasn't thrilled with it. I think it is a good weekend brunch, but there are better brunch bakes on BC that have more of a 'wow' impact for special occasions or holidays and aren't any more time consuming. I like to make breakfast casseroles on the weekend for our family of 3 and then divide up the leftovers for easy breakfast re-heats on school/work mornings.

Slow Cooker Confetti Wild Rice Soup The soup came out much more stew-like for me. I think I would have added the rice a bit later, maybe an hour before being ready. The rice added at the beginning seemed to soak up a lot of broth and add to the stew-type consistency. Everyone loved the soup, but for my own preference, I think I will use fresh broccoli next time, adding it at the start. Even though the broccoli was cooked in the soup, it just seemed to have a frozen texture and taste to it. I think I may also omit the corn and instead use baby bella mushrooms. If I make it again with corn, I may add some bite-size chunks of red bell pepper.

Pumpkin Angel Food Cake with Ginger-Cream Filling This is a great light cake with just a touch of pumpkin and not overly sweet or heavy. Perfect for the still warm days in September. I did not have an angel food cake pan, so I used my bundt cake pan. Then, instead of cutting the cake into 2 layers, I followed the tip that Betty Crocker had posted at the end of the recipe by slicing the cake as I would regularly serve a bundt cake and I dolloped the whipped cream frosting on top of the slice. I also did not use the crystallized ginger, but used the substitution of the powdered ginger. It gave the whipped frosting a really nice delicate ginger flavor. The crystallized ginger probably would have made a nice decoration sprinkled on top of the dollop of whipped frosting.