Gooseberry Patch

Rounding Up Recipes with 5 Ingredients or Less!

The simplest recipes are often our favorites. They're easy on the wallet, a cinch to remember and just as tasty as a recipe with twice the ingredients! This week, our Menu of the Week is packed with extra-easy recipes and we thought we'd ask you to share YOUR favorites too.... Read more →

Slow Cooking...Super Fast?

On busy weeknights, it's always nice to come home to a slow-simmered meal ready to enjoy...it's why slow cookers are among our favorite kitchen time-savers! In Super-Fast Slow Cooking, we took this make-ahead method and made it even simpler...each recipe in the cookbook has just 5 ingredients or LESS! This... Read more →

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Memorial Day Winners!

MEMORIAL DAY RECIPE ROUND-UP WINNERS! In this week's Recipe Round-Up, we asked you to vote for your favorite links shared. Here are the recipes that received the most Likes as of Friday afternoon... Dilly Bacon Pasta Salad from Not Quite the Farmer's Daughter Buckeye Brownies from SusieQTPies Scraps of Life... Read more →

99-Cent Pies eBook...Now thru Sunday!

The eBook version of our Classic cookbook, Pies, is now available for just 99 cents! Just in case you missed the announcement on Facebook, we didn't want you to miss out on the deal! Click the book below to visit our landing page, select your eBook reader and download it... Read more →

Rounding Up for this Weekend!

From hometown parades and backyard barbecues to picnics in the park complete with fireworks, Memorial Day weekend almost always includes time to celebrate with family & friends. We LOVE this kickoff to Summer and are keeping our fingers crossed for sunshine...maybe it'll even be warm enough for a trip through... Read more →

Menu of the Week Full of Bonuses!

We all have cookbooks in our collection that we rely on in a pinch...we've heard over and over that Ready, Set, Eat! is that cookbook for MANY of our fans! Not only does it feature a delicious selection of quick & easy meals, plus slow-cooker AND one-dish recipes, it also... Read more →

Around the World Round-Up Winners!

AROUND THE WORLD RECIPE ROUND-UP WINNERS! In this week's Recipe Round-Up, we asked you to vote for your favorite links shared. Here are the recipes that received the most Likes as of Friday afternoon... lots of new blogs to discover this week! Polish Gołąbki from Never a Dull Day in... Read more →

25 Recipes to Say Thanks!

WOW! We made it to 125,000 Fans on Facebook and we couldn't have done it without all of YOU! To celebrate and say thanks to everyone who joins in the fun there, here's the first chapter in Volume 2 of our Circle of Friends downloadable cookbook...25 of our very favorite... Read more →

Take a Trip Around the World!

So many of our favorite dishes have been inspired by international flavors! We love making up stir-fry recipes as we go along, spicing things up with a Mexican meal and enjoying Italian comfort food at its best. Whether it's as simple as adding salsa to chicken or something more adventurous,... Read more →

Love Recipes with 5 Ingredients or Less?

There are always times that we just have the essentials on hand and that's when our cookbook, 5 Ingredients or Less, comes in handy! It's a collection of our simplest and most delicious recipes and they're easy on your wallet too, since they have half the ingredients! This week, we're... Read more →

Happy Mother's Day!

Share this greeting with a mom you love! Read more →

Easy Appetizer Winners!

EASY APPETIZER RECIPE ROUND-UP WINNERS! In this week's Recipe Round-Up, we asked you to vote for your favorite links shared. Here are the recipes that received the most Likes as of Friday afternoon! Bacon Cheddar Stuffed Mushrooms from Mrs. Happy Homemaker Yummy Mall Pretzels from Flour Me With Love Peanut... Read more →

Ready for YOUR Wishlist!

With Mothers' Day coming up this weekend, you may still want to leave some well-placed tips for gift-giving. Our Cookbook Collectors Checklist is newly updated and ready for YOUR wishlist! Gooseberry Patch Cookbook Collectors Checklist Share this freebie with a cookbook collector you know! Read more →

Share Your Easy Appetizers!

With Mother's Day this weekend, the end of the school year coming up and summer just a few weeks away, we know that your calendar is filling up with celebrations with family & friends. No one wants to arrive to a party empty handed and, when it comes to appetizers,... Read more →

A Menu Full of Handed-Down Recipes

Community gatherings, small town suppers and church potlucks...the food is legendary. Tried & true recipes that have been handed-down from generation to generation, often closely guarded secrets, are the recipes we look forward to the most! These treasured recipes were the inspiration for our book, Church Suppers and this week,... Read more →

The Merry Month of May!

Let's celebrate with a brand new desktop wallpaper! Click above to view larger! To save it as your desktop wallpaper or background, just click on the image above and then, when the window pops up, right-click or control-click on that image and then save it...easy! You can also download it... Read more →

Shortcut Recipe Round-Up Winners!

SHORTCUT INGREDIENT RECIPE ROUND-UP WINNERS! In this week's Recipe Round-Up, we asked you to vote for your favorite links shared. Here are the recipes that received the most Likes as of Friday afternoon! Family Movie Night Taco Ring from A Sweet & Simple Life Shortcut Cheese Danish from The Country... Read more →

Full-Size Cookbook for just 99 CENTS!

Since it's not quite FREE, we're calling this week's goodie a Link We Love...but it is NEARLY free and we want to make sure YOU get yours! Earlier this week, we announced that our full-size cookbook, 101 Easy Entertaining Recipes, would be available as a 99-cent eBook for a limited... Read more →

What's YOUR Favorite Shortcut?

While we all love homemade flavor, sometimes our busy schedules don't allow us to make everything from scratch. It's these times that we're so thankful for refrigerated pie crust, flavorful ready-made sauces, quick cake mixes and so many more shortcut ingredients. Always on hand in our pantry, they're part of... Read more →