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Saturday, December 2, 2023

Join us for the 2023 Holiday Bucket List!

The Holiday Bucket List is back again this year!

We are entering an incredibly tradition-rich, nostalgic, and charming time of year – in my family, most of that is based around the much-anticipated build up to Christmas.

It’s everything from familiar holiday music to the warm cozy glow of candles, and the faces of people we love and babies in Christmas jammies (*wipes away a tear*). And maybe best of all, the house is filled with the warm smells of classic recipes that make their appearance just a few times each year.

These are the comforting, inviting, and absolutely crowd-pleasing favorites I come back to year after year.

I’d love for you to join me!

Info For This Holiday Bucket List

Download the 2023 Holiday Bucket List
What is the Holiday Bucket List?
How to enter the giveaways
What are the recipes and prizes?
How to print the Holiday Bucket List
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What Is The Holiday Bucket List?

The Pinch of Yum Holiday Bucket List is a list of 10 of my favorite recipes that I consider must-makes for the holidays!

In addition to just being a fun collection of recipes, it’s also a fun little game where we offer the chance to win prizes for any of the recipes.

How To Enter The Giveaways

There are two ways to enter for each recipe giveaway.

For an Instagram entry:

Make the recipe.
Share your photo or video on Instagram (stories or feed).
Email us a screenshot of the share!

Send your screenshot to bucketlist@pinchofyum.com and put the name of the recipe in the subject line. That’s it!

The idea with this is that you’re making the recipe (the goal of this whole fun little game) so you have to actually share your own photo or video of the recipe. A share of the reel or the Pinch of Yum photo won’t count. We want to see that you made it! ♡

#2: Leave a comment and rating on the recipe.

For a comment entry:

Make the recipe.
Leave a comment on the recipe with a star rating!

That’s it!

As much as I’d love to just ask the whole internet to go leave a bunch of 5 star ratings on all these recipes (yes! please! ha!), we ask that you do not leave a rating if you did not make the recipe. If you’re chosen as a winner from the comments, we will ask you to provide a picture of the recipe so that we can verify that you made the recipe!

Other Things to Know

You can enter both ways for each recipe (2 total entries per recipe)!
If you’ve already left a comment with a rating on the recipe in the past, you don’t need to leave a second comment. Just take a screenshot of your comment and send it to bucketlist@pinchofyum.com and it will count as your entry for this year! (You’d still need to provide a photo of the recipe if you were selected as the winner.)

Entry Deadlines

We will be accepting entries from December 2nd – December 19th. Submissions will close on December 19th at 11:59 pm CST.

Winners will chosen on December 20 and contacted that same day.

What Are The Recipes and Prizes?

Here is the full list of all 10 Holiday Bucket List recipes, and the prizes for each!

1: Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie

2: Date Night Rigatoni

Note: Brightland prize not eligible for Canadian residents.

3: Soft Gingerbread Cookies with Maple Glaze

4: Rosemary Pom Spritzer (The Merry Mocktail)

5: Swedish Pancakes

6: Thai Yellow Chicken Curry with Potatoes

7: The Best Swedish Meatballs

Note: Nuuly prize not eligible for Canadian residents.

8: The Very Best Chocolate Cookies

9: Chicken Pot Pie with Biscuits

10: No Knead Bread

How To Print The Holiday Bucket List

You can find the printable Holiday Bucket List here!

Other Important Details

What if I want to make dietary modifications to a recipe?

No problem! Make your subs and swaps. Send us the photo like usual, and if you leave a review it’s super helpful if you note what you changed about the recipe (used tofu instead of chicken, for example) in case others might want to do the same.

No, just one share / screenshot email per person will be counted.

How old do I have to be to participate?

To be entered to win a prize, you will need to be 18 years or older.

Do I need to live in the U.S. to win?

Due to shipping restrictions for the prizes, you must reside in the U.S. or Canada (see note below).

Note for Canadian residents: the Brightland Olive Oil and Nuuly prizes are not eligible for shipping to Canada.

How will winners be chosen?

For each recipe, we combine both the screenshot/email entries and the comment/rating entries into one pool. From there, we pick a random number and find the winning entry.

Can I win multiple prizes?

You can enter them all! One prize per winner is allowed.

If your name is selected for a prize, a member of our team will contact you through the email address used for your entry.

Where do I find the Holiday Bucket List recipes?

All of the recipes are linked in this section of this post!

I’m so excited for this season and so excited to get some of these tried-and-true recipes rolling in my kitchen (and in yours)!

I will be making these recipes on Instagram throughout the next 3 weeks as we run this Holiday Bucket List challenge, so be sure to check stories, reels, and highlights on Instagram to see the recipes up close and personal in my kitchen! You can follow along here.

And as you’re making the recipes, if you have questions, drop a comment on the recipe post or email our team at hello@pinchofyum.com! We’d love to help.

Happy holiday season to you and yours! We’ll be back after December 20th to announce winners!

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Monday, November 27, 2023

Gnocchi with Creamy Mushroom Sauce

Gnocchi in a creamy mushroom sauce in a bowl with a fork.

This recipe is sponsored by DeLallo.

Say hello to a steaming bowl of gnocchi swimming in a silky creamy sauce that’s laced with thyme and loaded with little slips of garlic butter-browned mushrooms. Dust the whole thing with Parm and some freshly ground black pepper… it’s elite.

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My Love Letter To This Mushroom Gnocchi

Can you make a core memory at age 29? Because years ago I went on a brand trip with the Italian food brand DeLallo, and we all sat around the dining table in this beautiful 100-year-old house eating big steaming bowls of gnocchi with heavy scoops of creamy mushroom sauce.

And as a result, I haven’t stopped thinking about creamy mushroom gnocchi since 2015.

It’s silky, it’s comforting, it tastes like the holidays and home.

This whole thing is minimalist and elegant; easy enough for a weeknight but also 100% holiday-ready.

I’ve made this for dinner club (“gnocchi night” which will be talked about for years to come), and also for a family-style dinner with my parents, served with pan-fried chicken where everybody went back for seconds. I’ve also eaten this on my couch in my sweats while watching TV at the tip-top peak of coziness. It can dress up or down.

DeLallo gnocchi is my go-to for store bought gnocchi, but a few other gnocchi ideas to make it just how you want: homemade potato gnocchi, store-bought cauliflower gnocchi, or homemade cauliflower gnocchi! If you want a dairy free sub for the heavy cream, try a knob of this cream cheese melted into the sauce. And for serving, I never say no to this simplest little green salad.

How To Make This Dreamy Gnocchi

1 Sauté the mushrooms and garlic.

Butter and thinly sliced mushrooms go in the pan – once they’re browned up nicely, garlic comes in to join the party.

Sautéing mushrooms and garlic in a nonstick pan.

2 Add cream, broth, and thyme.

Make those mushrooms into a sauce! Besides the cream and broth, I like to also add a small amount of cornstarch slurry to thicken the sauce a bit so that it really clings to the gnocchi in the pan.

Adding cream and thyme to the pan with mushrooms.

3 Add cooked gnocchi.

I use the DeLallo mini gnocchi which is delightful in every way. Cook it, toss it in there, and give it all a big stir. Pull out your thyme sprigs, add your Parmesan.

Stirring gnocchi into creamy mushroom sauce in a pan.

4 You’re done! Yum!

Get this into some comfy pasta bowls and top with lots of Parm, salt, pepper, and little bits of thyme! So good.

Creamy mushroom gnocchi in a bowl with parmesan sprinkled on top.

Watch How To Make This Gnocchi

Gnocchi with Creamy Mushroom Sauce

Author: Lindsay
Total Time: 35 minutes
Yield: 6 servings

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Delicious pillowy gnocchi swimming in a silky creamy sauce that’s laced with thyme and loaded with little slips of garlic butter-browned mushrooms! Oh, this is so good.

Ingredients

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Creamy Mushroom Sauce

2 tablespoons butter
16 ounces white button or baby bella mushrooms, cut into thin slices
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
1 1/2 cups chicken broth (+ an additional 1/4 cup as needed)
3/4 cup heavy cream
3 sprigs fresh thyme
1 tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in 1 tablespoon cold water
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese

Gnocchi

two 16-ounce packages gnocchi, prepared according to package directions (I use DeLallo and I love their mini-size gnocchi for this!)

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Instructions

Cook the mushrooms and garlic: Melt the butter over medium heat. Add sliced mushrooms; sauté until golden. Once they’re golden, add salt – this will draw out some of the water. Cook the mushrooms down so some of the water can evaporate. Add garlic and sauté for 2-3 minutes, until fragrant.
Make your sauce: Add broth, cream, and thyme. Bring to a simmer and let it cook for 5-10 minutes. Add cornstarch slurry to thicken. (This is a good time to boil your gnocchi if you haven’t already.)
Add your gnocchi: Remove thyme sprigs from the sauce; add Parmesan and stir to melt it in. Add your cooked gnocchi and gently stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper; add additional broth if needed to keep the sauce nice and silky.
You’re done! Yum. Scoop hot, steamy, saucy gnocchi into bowls, top with Parm, salt, and pepper, and enjoy your life.

Notes

If you like a higher ratio of mushrooms to sauce / gnocchi, you can use more like 1.5, or even just 1, package of gnocchi. As written, this will make enough to serve 6-ish people.

If you want to go all out and use homemade gnocchi in this (drool), here’s a guide to making homemade gnocchi!

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Category: Dinner
Method: Stovetop
Cuisine: Italian

Keywords: gnocchi, mini gnocchi, mushroom gnocchi, creamy mushroom sauce, mushroom sauce

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Frequently Asked Questions For This Gnocchi

Can I make my own gnocchi?

Sure can! We actually have an entire how-to on making your own gnocchi.

What can I use instead of mushrooms?

This is a delicious sauce even without the mushrooms (though it adds that delicious umami flavor that I love!), but if you want a veggie of some kind, sautéed spinach would work well.

Can I make this gluten-free?

DeLallo also sells delicious gluten-free mini gnocchi! Just swap those in for regular gnocchi and you’re good to go.

Three More Ways To Use Gnocchi

Cauliflower Orange Gnocchi

Millionaire Gnocchi with Red Sauce

Crockpot Chicken Gnocchi Soup

Thank you to DeLallo for sponsoring this recipe!

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Easy Instant Pot Applesauce

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First of all, why is homemade applesauce so good?! Ugh. It’s so good.

It just hits right every time. There’s just enough texture to be interesting, with a naturally amazing sweetness, and the old-school, comforting feeling you get from sitting down with a warm – or cold – bowl of this is unrivaled.

We’ve made this so many this fall, and exactly no one is sick of it yet! My girls are still asking to make it every single week.

Speaking of which, this is hands-down one of my favorite recipes to make with my kids. The process is – dare I say – actually enjoyable. I cut the apples, and they tumble them into the pot. Someone does the cinnamon sticks, someone does the water, and it’s done in about 10 minutes. A perfect, warm, naturally sweet snack. For this season of life, this is the ideal level of kid recipe.

(But, like, “for the kids”, ya know?)

How To Make Applesauce In The Instant Pot

1 Cut the apples.

Hot take: I don’t peel them! Apple peels are delicious. I just cut the apples into quarters or chunks and toss ’em in the Instant Pot.

2 Add cinnamon and water.

I do two cinnamon sticks (or, in this case, some shards of cinnamon stick left at the bottom of the bag) and 1/2 cup water.

Pouring water into an Instant Pot with apples and cinnamon sticks.

3 Cook and mash.

I cook the applesauce for 5 minutes – then it’s a quick hybrid mash/blend with the immersion blender.

Blending applesauce in the Instant Pot using an immersion blender.

4 You’re done! Yum.

This is just such a delight in our household. Eaten warm, cold, with a meal, or on its own. Simplicity for the win!

Applesauce in a glass bowl with a spoon.