Thanksgiving

Orange Date Cranberry Butter

We moved into a new house last month. Mr. Fuji and I designed it, then worked with an architect to make a reality and have spent the past year anxiously waiting for it to be done. It has been so fun to see our creation materialize!

Three more days until Thanksgiving! (Or as my kids say, 3 more sleeps!) Mashed potatoes are a classic Thanksgiving side dish, yet there are more variations than you could probably sit down and count in one week. I am working on a church Christmas dinner and came up with a recipe for mashed potatoes that […]

Happy Friday Pie-Day! Thanksgiving is only 6 days away—are you as excited about it as I am? This year we are heading to my mother-in-law’s house for Thanksgiving dinner and one of the things we are in charge of is the pies. I think I’ve changed my pie plan about 4 times already. I just […]

HPS (Holiday Pie Season) is officially underway! So put away your Halloween decorations and pull out your pie plates people and let’s get baking! Over the next 5 months there is at least one holiday every month that calls for pie, kicking things off with the grand daddy of them all, Thanksgiving. You know how […]

*I hope you’ll join me in participating in 24 Days of Giving—one simple way each day, from December 1st through the 24th, to do an act of service for someone else. You can get all the details you need here. ——————————————————————————– I hope you had the most amazing Thanksgiving! I know we did! Now that […]

Tomorrow, after you’ve eaten your Thanksgiving feast, the leftovers have been put away, and you’re cleaning everything up, DO NOT throw away those turkey bones!! If you do, you will be missing out on a turkey that can keep on giving. Instead, pull out your slow cooker, and throw the turkey carcass into it, along […]

Do you have your Thanksgiving menu planned yet? Or are you mostly ready, but have a few things left to figure out? Or maybe you’re one of those people who had it all planned out a month ago, down to what table linens you’re going to use, what foods will go into what dishes, and […]

I’ve been in a huge mashed potato mood lately. Seriously people, I have a problem! I could easily eat them every day. Instead of loading up on mashed potatoes, I’ve been trying to keep things lighter, so have been making a big pot of mashed cauliflower at least once a week. I’ve eaten so much […]

If you’ve got turkey, you’ve gotta have gravy. Am I right? I’d also like to say that if you’ve made a turkey, then you’d be crazy not to use the drippings to make that gravy. If you make my Lemon Fennel Roast Turkey, set aside those drippings, and then use them to make that gravy…oh […]

Let’s talk turkey—pièce de résistance of most Thanksgiving tables and also the one food item that has many a horror story attached to it. Do you have one? I LOVE Thanksgiving turkey, but the first time I actually had to cook one, I’ll admit that I was terrified. I think I spent the week of […]

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Thanksgiving

Orange Date Cranberry Butter

Slow Cooker Cheesy Sour Cream & Onion Mashed Potatoes

Almond Crackle Custard Pie

Gingerbread Chess Pie

Leftover Turkey Ramen

Turkey Bone Broth — Don’t throw away those bones after dinner tomorrow!

Last-Minute Thanksgiving Planning

Mashed Cauliflower

Turkey Gravy

Lemon and Fennel Roast Turkey

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