Updated for modern tastes, this recipe for Scalloped Potatoes with Blue Cheese and Mushrooms features tricks to make it lighter than cream-drenched “covered dishes” of the past. But it’s still one cozy casserole! Layer after layer of warm cheesy potatoes: That’s pretty much a classic definition for comfort food. Buttery, yellow-skinned potatoes and thickly sliced …

Disclosure: As co-founder of Blog Brûlée, I was compensated by Davidson’s Safest Choice Eggs. All opinions are my own. I have always loved eggnog. The kind in a carton that you get in the dairy case that perhaps doesn’t have the cleanest ingredients. As for homemade nog, I was never a fan as my only …

* Bundt Pan Stuffing * Lower Sugar Cranberry Sauce * Kefir or Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes * [Disclosure: The farmers and producers of frozen red raspberries are former clients of mine, but I have had a ‘crush’ on red raspberries since I picked them off my dad’s bushes as a kid. I was not paid for this …