Apples and onions just go beautifully together and if  you add a cider-bourbon reduction? Amazing.  This is a perfect side dish for Thanksgiving or any autumn meal. It would be great with ham as well. In fact, after I made it I thought that cut in a small dice it would be perfect over grilled chicken breast.

Remember that roasting vegetables gives them a sweetness that can’t be achieved in any other manner. Read More – Roast Apples, Onions, and Thyme

Yeah,, I don’t do memes. At least not so much. I guess I don’t see what about my life would be interesting to anyone…but…le sigh…Courtney from Coco Cooks memed me. And..since it is here birthday…and ONLY because it is her birthday I shall do the meme.

Rather than subjecting anyone else to this tag torture you can just do it if you want and leave a comment and a link so I can go read it..’k?

Thanksgiving is just around the corner. I can’t believe it. Autumn is my favorite season and each year it seems to be the one that disappears the quickest.
Thanksgiving is usually a no brainer around here. I made a menu over ten years ago and we pretty much go by it completely, adding a new dish or two every year to try. It is just that everyone has things they just “have to have” and adding something new is impossible without taking away something old, comfortable, and traditional so…we don’t.

What I have found is that it is great to make Thanksgiving …read more

I have something to admit. :::hangs head::: I like cranberries but they are not totally off the charts for me. Nope..I can take ‘em  or leave ‘em. They are good in things like cookies and such..but I would rather have a big, fat blueberry any day. And, canned cranberry sauce is just…ick. We have it because some of the kids like it…but my daughter Erin makes a rockin’ from fresh cranberry sauce so I usually just concentrate on other things…Like dessert.

When I saw this recipe for chipotle cranberry sauce in Bon Appetit I was somewhat skeptical. But I …read more

O.k. I was planning on doing this with cranberries and then I didn’t have any…so I went with what I did have which was golden raisins. This stuffing is addictive, I promise. It is so flavorful, even without roasting in the turkey, that you will be lucky to get ti to the table. I added chipotle in adobo for a smoky little kick and because of that I think it would be amazing to serve with a deep fried turkey.

This recipe is based on one in the November issue of Bon Appetit. I liked the way that the bread held …read more

When I was growing up we called these Brown Eyed Susans.
These are one of the types of cookies I sent to Chris in the Middle East a few weeks ago. They took nine days to get there and he said that they were great, unbroken and still very fresh tasting. They are based on one of the recipes in my Everything Cookies and Brownies Cookbook.

Chris, as are all my kids, is a big tea drinker. He likes all kinds of tea. I wanted to make something a bit different, and wanted to stay away from dairy fillings so I used …read more

Shrimp should be marinated in a little vodka for one very good reason.  It brings out a sweet, pure flavor in them that I haven’t tasted any other way.

Now, the odd thing is that, believe it or not, I don’t drink. A glass of wine once in awhile is about it for me. So, even if you don’t drink there is probably a place for alcohol in your kitchen.

I have a lot I want to do this week.  I haven’t done many of the recipes yet so there are not a lot of images. This week I am going to focus on Thanksgiving side dishes with a few other things thrown in..
I always like to try new things along with the tried and true on the holidays. Paging through the November issues of Bon Appetit and Gourmet I have seen several things that pique my interest. Then there are the recipes I make that I want to share. So…here goes:

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O.k. maybe some tears. The tears that fall as you pray over the cookies hoping your son or daughter (or husband, or friend) is safe count as tears. But with this  method the cookies will get there fresh, unbroken, and yummy…so you can feel good about that, right?
I wanted to send a test batch to Chris in the Middle East, time how long it took them to get there, and how they were once they were there. I figured that way it would be documented and not rely on my memory. So, A few weeks ago Kyrie and I baked …read more