Lyndsay Fogarty

Food brings people together all year-round but especially during the holidays. Here at Lifestyle Magazine, we’re happy to share some of our best family recipes with you and hope that you consider sharing them with your own families this holiday season. Coquito Contributed by Stephanie Ruwell Also known as Puerto Rican eggnog, my grandmother (who was born in San Juan and still has a home there) made this creamy rum drink every year. I like to make it in a big batch and give it as gifts.

A year-round staple on the Cooper’s Hawk Winery menu, the Gnocchi with Roasted Butternut Squash will make a unique side dish on the Thanksgiving table or it can stand on its own as a main dish through the week. Finished with sage, brown butter cream sauce and Parmesan shavings, this is a comfort food dish that you can curl up with as the weather gets cooler.

You’re an always-on-the-go mom juggling days at the office with evenings shuttling the kids to soccer practice and dance class. Or maybe your kids are off to college, but you spread yourself thin with work deadlines, volunteering with your favorite charity, and fitting in a gym session each day. With so much going on, who has the time to think about food, let alone prepare a balanced meal?