Thanksgiving – photo highlights
Here are some of my favorite photos from Thanksgiving on Thursday, using Pictobrowser: By the way, the crab pictures are from the night before Thanksgiving, when we have our traditional...
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5 Thanksgiving tools you cannot live without
Oooh, Thanksgiving is right around the corner and already I am counting the days. Is it too early to contact Julie to find out what I can bring? Yeah, probably. But, I have been thinking, especially...
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Farm to Table: Roasted Pumpkin Pie (recipe)
Roasting your own pumpkin for pie this Thanksgiving is not a difficult process. And you will be amazed at the difference in taste. DSC_0882 This week, in preparation for my pie baking marathon...
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Gingered Butternut Squash and Wild Rice (recipe)
With an over abundance of squash from our Two Small Farms CSA, I was looking for new recipes to try for last week’s menu plan. The recipe for Gingered Butternut Squash and Wild Rice in Lorna Sass’s...
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Menu Plan Monday: Countdown to Thankgiving
CSA November 23 With Thanksgiving only days away, and my in-laws arriving on Tuesday, plus a boat-load of cooking planned between now and then, I am operating on the KISS principal for dinners this...
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Thanksgiving Breakfast: Gluten-Free Pumpkin Strata
Remember last month when I participated in a blogger roundup about the new cookbook, Perfect One-Dish Dinners? Well, in addition to being fun, I also had the opportunity to meet several new bloggers....
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The Best Food in America Comes from Good People (guest post)
Please welcome Michele Payn-Knoper, one of the nation’s leading farm and food advocates. She is a passionate keynote speaker, a mom and a connector for those interested in translating farm to food. She...
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Menu Plan Monday: Peanuts?
Wow, our last box for the season from Two Small Farms contained Peanuts. As in, raw in the bag. I have no idea what to do with them, but I look forward to experimenting. I think I am a roasted peanut...
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Cookie Thursday: Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with Cream Cheese Filling
A little late this week, as it is already Friday, but I wanted to make sure to honor Cookie Thursday and the tradition of baking with for my kids. Part of the delay was because I needed to roast the...
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Thanksgiving pies (with recipes)
My big contribution to Thanksgiving dinner is always pies – pumpkin, pecan and mince are required to get me through the door of Julie’s house, and then I usually throw in 1-2 more, wildcard pies. The...
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Cookbook Dinner Club: Holiday Magazines
The Cookbook Book Club met last night and our theme was recipes from holiday issues of our favorite food magazines. Did not manage to take many photos myself, so I am poaching the ones I can find that...
View ArticleMy CSA Box: How to prepare for Thanksgiving
Our box from Fifth Crow Farms contained Rainbow chard, Baby spinach, “Blue Ballet” squash, Leeks, Carrots, Parsley, Red radishes, Green Cabbage and Cauliflower. There was an extra cauliflower in the...
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NaBloPoMo: Cut yourself some slack
This time of year, the pressure really starts to increase. And it is not helped by those well-meaning folks who love to comment on how you are doing the holidays: “You are not making your own crust?...
View ArticleThanksgiving Menu Plan (with recipes)
Thinking about next week, and my family coming into town, and my own excitement about the holiday, I thought it would be wise to start planning the menu well in advance. This will allow me to delegate...
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