😋11/30/25 MEAL PLAN: The ✨Magic of December + 50% OFF My Fave 🎁 ...

Ciao Reader!

It’s the first week of December, and I couldn’t wait another day — Christmas is officially up in our home! The lights, the music, the scent of something 🍋baking. It’s such a magical time, and I love the way it fills our house with warmth and joy.

This weekend, I also wanted to share a cozy little favorite with you — Minky Couture blankets (our family’s #1!) are 50% off right now with my code: ELENAD at checkout. Every year, I gift them to friends and family, and they still tell me it’s the best gift they’ve ever received. You can use my code to grab one for yourself or someone you love; it’s the perfect way to wrap up in comfort this season.

And speaking of gifts, I’m working on a special surprise just for you… My Italian Christmas Cookies eBook! 🍪❤️ It’s coming very soon — filled with the recipes I bake every year for holiday cookie boxes and baking with the family at home.

While you wait, here are a few festive reads and recipes you might love:

🇮🇹 Italian Christmas Foods in Italy​

🍰 Best Christmas Desserts​

🍝 Holiday Dinner Menu Ideas​

Here’s to the start of a season filled with joy, warmth, and delicious food made with amore.

✨A small favor, please remember to leave a STAR rating and comment on the recipe you made! It lets other people who go to the recipe know it is GOOD and worth making ♥️.

Let’s start with a recipe you loved this week... so many made and loved my tried-and-true Thanksgiving turkey recipe. You can make it for Christmas or your next big gathering!

Somehow, I always mess up the turkey, no matter how closely I follow recipes or timing, I can never get it right! lol BUT not this time!! We just finished our Thanksgiving dinner, and this is hands down the best turkey I’ve ever had! Thank you so much for this recipe <3. - KIMBERLY ​MAKE THIS RECIPE​

MANY OF MY AMAZON FAVES ARE ON MAJOR SALE:

✨Your cooking inspiration for the week...

Monday: One Pot Butternut Squash Orzo​

Tuesday: 15 Bean Soup​

Wednesday: Spinach Pasta​

Thursday: Stuffed Chicken​

Friday: Blackened Cod​

Weekend: Dutch Baby Pancake​

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👩🏻‍🍳 My Top Pick This Week: Enchiladas Rojas are a yummy and super easy recipe to make any night of the week.

📣DID YOU KNOW?

Did you know you can favorite recipes on my site so they’re saved to your own easy-to-find list every time you visit?

Here’s how it works:
Just click the 🔖 “Save” button on any recipe card. (You’ll need to be logged in—if you’re not, it will ask you to log in or sign up- this is FREE.)

Then, any time you click the little magnifying glass—either under the heart icon (on the right-hand side of your screen) or at the top of the page, you’ll see “My Favorites” right at the top of your search results.

It’s like your own little CucinabyElena recipe box, ready whenever you need it. 📖

It will look something like this after you start saving your recipes. You can also organize them! I hope you can use this feature.

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