It’s Thanksgiving!! And, the main event in our house is the turkey. There are many ways to make a turkey, but this is a basic, no fuss way that is hard to mess up. Stuff it, butter it and roast it. The fruits/veg/herbs on the inside keep in moist and flavor it, the butter keeps […]
Many apple pie recipes are too gooey to me. Yes, I said it and it’s true! They use too much butter and two types of sugar, which is too much for me. My apple pie recipe has most of the butter in the crust rather than mixed in with the apples. And, it uses tart […]
My Gram was an amazing cook. She passed it down to my mom who in turn helped me learn to cook from a very young age. I remember standing in the kitchen cooking and baking with my mom for hours prepping holiday meals until my feet would start to hurt. That’s how badly I wanted […]
Corn pudding, a Thanksgiving family staple for us! My family has been making this recipe for so long that we don’t even know who in the family wrote it. The quantities and ingredients have changed so many times over the years that the only things I do know is it’s at least 30 years old […]
The other day, we had an unexpected snow storm so we were stuck inside ALL DAY LONG. Because it was unexpected, I didn’t have all the ingredients for most things I wanted to make. But luckily, I had pumpkin. These pumpkin cookies are so yummy and easy to make, so they’re perfect to make with […]
My family has always made a slightly unconventional cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving. It’s a mix of strawberries, cherries and cranberries. It’s scrumptious. But in an effort to revamp our Thanksgiving this year, I wanted to combine an unexpected group fruits together – black & red grapes, sweet apple and tart cranberries. Roasting the grapes elevated […]
I don’t know about your Thanksgiving, but at ours, we are so overwhelmed by savory and sweet pies. Pure vegetables rarely make an appearance. So this year, I’m making sure we have a variety of healthy roasted vegetables on the table. I used beets, Brussels Sprouts, turnips, carrots, sweet potatoes and Russet potatoes with a […]
By the end of the weekend, we are usually so exhausted, we default to take-out. But because my youngest daughter is finally eating solids, I wanted to introduce fish to Matilda this weekend. So, I bought tilapia for the entire family and cooked hers with nothing on it. I made Amelia’s the same as ours […]
I used to think foods like scallops were the kind of thing only fancy chefs could make and you’d eat in fancy restaurants. Well, it turns out I was wrong! Scallops are way nicer to make at home because you can eat them the second they’re made (which is really the best way to eat […]
Belgian Waffles are similar to classic waffles, but they are thicker with deeper indentations. They tend be crusty on the outside and pillowy soft on the inside. These have an extra tablespoon of sugar in them too which makes them almost perfect to eat without any toppings. Almost. Belgian waffles are also the perfect […]