It's Time for the Retro Re-pin Party! I hope you each had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I love Thanksgiving so much that I actually had 2 Thanksgivings - one friendsgiving a few days early and then a Thanksgiving with my sister-in-law in Washington DC on the actual day. The benefit of hosting a friendsgiving is that we still get to have leftovers at home even if we celebrated out of state. (Though I ...
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A Food Lover’s Low-Budget Holiday Gift Guide
A Food Lover's Holiday Gift Guide- 10 great gifts for food lovers under $20 I've been seeing Holiday Gift Guides popping up all over the place and thought it might be fun to write one of my own including a few of my favorite under $20 kitchen gadgets and tools. (Note, these are not affiliate links, I just really like these products.) 1. Black & Decker Handy Chopper Plus - I ...
Happy Thanksgiving!
This year, I am thankful for each and every one of my readers, my fellow bloggers, my family, and my friends. Thanksgiving is a time to count your blessings, and I am realizing I am blessed beyond my wildest dreams. I hope each of you have a wonderful holiday with your loved ones and enjoy many, many delicious foods. I know I can't wait for an afternoon of pie and football! Bring on the stretchy ...
Oven-Baked Eggs – Easy Eggs For Your Holiday Brunch
Oven-Baked Eggs-the perfect way to make breakfast for a large group this holiday season. I don't know about you, but we always end up trying to make breakfast for a hungry crowd on Thanksgiving morning. Usually everyone wakes up in time for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and we all camp out and watch while eating brunch. My dad is a master egg chef, but it can get tricky to make a large ...
Vegan Mashed Sweet Potatoes With Caramelized Shallots
Vegan mashed sweet potatoes with caramelized shallots - a delicious, savory, and healthy Thanksgiving side dish. Okay, don't let the word "vegan" throw you. Would it help if I changed that to say "Paleo"? I think that's the current food buzzword of the year. Over the last week, I have had 5 different recipe requests for mashed sweet potatoes, vegan mashed potatoes, savory sweet potatoes, ...
Retro Re-pin Party #19 Featuring Prosciutto Pear Bites
It's time to throwback with the Retro Re-pin Party! Y'all, Thanksgiving is coming!!!!! I seriously can not WAIT for Thanksgiving. Just 9 more days!! As a food blogger, it's pretty much our biggest holiday. I think November may as well be national food blogger month. (Anyone want to join me on that? We can just tell everyone that Thanksgiving is a feast in our honor and the parades are for ...
Quick Cranberry Salsa and Goat Cheese Crostini
A quick appetizer of sweet and spicy cranberry salsa with creamy goat cheese on toasted baguette rounds. If you're like me, you can always use some more shortcuts for entertaining over the holidays. I often put too much on my plate (pun intended) and end up hanging out in the kitchen cooking all day and miss out on quality time spent with friends and family. Do you do that too? My goal for ...
Turkey and Stuffing Meatloaf Muffins with Cranberry Glaze
Your favorite turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sauce from Thanksgiving dinner come together in these easy, personal-sized Turkey and Stuffing Meatloaf Muffins with Cranberry glaze. Who is ready for Thanksgiving? I know I sure am! As a food lover, it's my absolute favorite holiday. I love that we get to make everything from scratch, pull out all the stops with the once a year secret ...
Retro Re-pin Party #18 featuring Cherry Cheesecake Bites
Welcome again to the Retro Re-pin Party! This week has been a crazy drop in the weather here in Denver! Monday morning it was about 50 degrees when I left the house for work, and by the time I got home it was 20 degrees and there was snow on the ground. Today has been even crazier with 3 inches of snow and 11 degrees outside. I'm headed to a meeting tonight and planning to try to get away ...
Falafel Waffles with Roasted Eggplant
These Falafel Waffles have all the goodness of falafel with half the work and half the fat! I have had such a lovely weekend! My birthday was on Sunday, so we sort of ended up celebrating all weekend long. Friday night we stayed up late catching up on a few episodes of this season of Doctor Who. (I'm still not sure if I like the new Doctor. Have any of you decided?) Saturday we slept ...