More from our upcoming Thanksgiving menu... Traditionally, the Thanksgiving meal was always on the heavy side as I was growing up. Over the years, we've all started eating healthier. The traditional relish tray of pickles, olives, etc. has been augmented with veggie trays. Fruit salads (without jell-o holding them, or cool whip ensconcing them) made their debut a few years … [Read more...]
Green Bean Casserole
It's hard to be green! There are some foods that are traditions, yet only a small subset of my family actually eats them. As a kid growing up, we always had a green bean casserole on the table. Depending on the exact combination of family members, the casserole dish might be cleaned out, or half the casserole might be left over. With my immediate family, the green bean … [Read more...]
Corn
More from our upcoming Thanksgiving menu... I've been working my way through our Thanksgiving 2013 holiday menu. If you haven't read any of the former posts, you might want to start here. If you're OK with starting in the middle of the meal, that's fine with me. Join the conversation right here! As with many of the items on our Thanksgiving table, I've got a very simple recipe … [Read more...]
Whatever floats your gravy boat
What would Thanksgiving be without gravy? At this point I'm hoping that your taste buds are hopping over the foods that we've already talked about. But three of the (turkey, stuffing, and mashed potatoes) are so much better with gravy. I don't mean just a little better. I mean to the moon and back better. While you can buy gravy in a jar or can, it's just not the same as … [Read more...]
Sweet Potatoes
Happy Thanksgiving Week, still! I’m making the rash assumption you read the first and second posts in this series. If not, scoot back to the prior sentence and click on the links. You’ll learn all about turkey, my inability to differentiate between stuffing and dressing, and why mash potatoes matter to world peace. OK, maybe not the world peace part, but at least I didn’t say … [Read more...]