Dana and I really love the sweet potato casserole from Ruth’s Chris. So we scoured around to find a recipe that was similar. We settled on a recipe, but it was way too sweet. It was actually Tooth-aching sweet! The sweet potatoes multiplied by the candied pecan top, was similar to the taste of the [...]
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I love thanksgiving so much that I often cook way more than I could ever eat. So I usually end up make a variety of leftovers that utilize the ingredients. Here are my favorite ideas. Thanksgiving Potato Skins I love potatoes and I believe that they are the perfect vessel to deliver any food. Thanksgiving [...]
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There is nothing worse than waking up on Thanksgiving morning and your Turkey is still frozen. There is no safe way to thaw a turkey in time to eat it, so what do you do? Well you cook it from Frozen. Dana and I were skeptical. We did not think it could come out great. [...]
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Well it is the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and I wanted to give a few pointers. Thanksgiving can be a stressful time for any cook. Accepting or asking for help is not a sign of weakness. It can the one thing that keeps you sane during this sometimes stressful holiday. Below I have listed a few [...]
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I am always looking for new side dishes to try out for Dana. Sometimes I have to hide the ingredients, as she doesn’t like the sound of some foods. That way she doesn’t know that she enjoys eating all of those foods that she says she hates. One of those foods, Ginger. I sneak ginger [...]
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I love stove top stuffing. Something about the easy directions and great flavor that keeps me going back. I love it! However, sometimes when you have a food blog, everyone wants you to make everything from scratch. Who knew that it was a faux pas to serve boxed stuffing to your friends and family when [...]
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When I used to live in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, the Pasty (pronounced “Past – eee”) was king. It is a meat filled hand pie that was usually topped with gravy or ketchup. The pie was all meat and potatoes and lacked the gravy or liquid inside of a pot pie. I though this [...]
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Well it is the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and I wanted to give a few pointers. Let me know if there is anything that I have left out. Choose your turkey wisely… Choose a turkey based on the number of guests. Average is about 1lb per person. Sounds like a lot, but remember a turkey contains [...]
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Is it dressing or stuffing. While the ingredients can be the same, the difference is in how it is cooked. If it is stuffed and cooked inside of the bird, well then it is stuffing. If it assembled and baked outside of the bird in a casserole dish, then it is dressing. However, the two [...]
Posted in All, Events, Sides, Thanksgiving Tags: chestnut dressing, chestnut stuffing, chestnuts, cornbread, dressing, roasted chestnuts, stuffing 3 Comments »Last week Tucker and I drove to Michigan to celebrate Thanksgiving with my family. It was a great time. Tucker loved the road trip. When we arrived I learned that we were going to deep-fry a Turkey. I have done this a couple of time before, so I helped prepare a marinade and we were [...]
I am a huge fan of potato skins. The other day I made bbq chicken potato skins. While making them I realized that potato skins are the perfect vessel for Thanksgiving leftovers. Fill the skin with your leftovers and your are there. I must say that these are some of the most delicious potato skins [...]
Posted in Appetizers, Events, Thanksgiving Tags: leftovers, potato skins, thanksgiving leftovers, thanksgiving potato skins 4 Comments »Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Today I decided to take a little break from cooking and recap my favorite Thanksgiving dishes. If you need a few tips for cooking your turkey check out my turkey hints and tips that I posted on Tuesday. Herb Roasted Turkey Breast
Well it is the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and I wanted to give a few pointers. Let me know if there is anything that I have left out.
