If you've been hanging out here long enough, you know that my favorite night of the year is Christmas Eve at my Aunt Sheila's house with my dad's family - all 100+ of us. It's a fun night with all the traditions I grew up with: a million fish dishes, carols being sung while waiting for Santa to ...
Dinner Planner – Week of November 30th, 2020
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We had a very small holiday with just 9 of us outside, of course. It was still lovely and I was so very happy to see so many of your photos, emails, DM's and comments showing me your success stories! Thank you for bringing me into your ...
Thanksgiving Leftover Ideas
I expect some of you are going to have some significant leftovers this weekend. Many people, myself included, are doing a big traditional Thanksgiving dinner for fewer people this year. So what are you going to do with all that extra food? One idea is to identify a neighbor who may not be able to ...
Dinner Planner – Week of November 23rd, 2020
We are in the home stretch! The energy I have been noticing is that people are either feeling like this is going to be the easiest Thanksgiving ever because they're cooking for 6 instead of 26 OR they are panicking because they have to cook Thanksgiving for the first time ever in their entire ...
Planning a Happy Thanksgiving 2020 – 1 week to go!
This post has been edited from the original which was published on November 17, 2011. It's always hard to accomplish your Thanksgiving tasks when you don't know how many people you're having over or what your menu is! But my menu is done and we will be approximately 9 people, including my oldest ...
Butternut Squash Lasagne with Mushrooms, Sage, Kale, and Cashew-Cauliflower Bechamel Recipe
Here it is - the last Thanksgiving recipe I will share this year. I never post any Thanksgiving recipes after this point because I am hoping you will have committed to your menu in its entirety by now. No more going back and forth, hemming and hawing. Don't overthink it. Whatever you have chosen ...
Dinner Planner – Week of November 16th, 2020
I just had the most wonderful week in Stony Brook with my mom. The weather was a 10/10 and I was also able to see my sisters and their families and my auntie. So special! I came home a day early because my husband's 105-year-old Grandma Rose passed away while I was in NY. She was very dear to me ...
Planning a Happy Thanksgiving 2020 – 2 Weeks and Counting!
This post was edited from the original published on November 10, 2011. Life is unpredictable, but Thanksgiving is not and it is 2 weeks away! My family and I are excited! Don't let these Thursday posts stress you out. The whole point is to show you what you can do in advance, not what ...
Gluten-Free Chocolate Pumpkin Tart Recipe
Usually, I am a Don't-Mess-With-Chocolate kind of gal, but I am also Team Chocolate-Makes-Everything-Better. I am definitely in the latter camp for this recipe. Pumpkin Pie is not the one I go for on Thanksgiving. I like it perfectly well, but with everything else I make, it's not my #1. Unless ...
Dinner Planner – Week of November 9th, 2020
Thanksgiving is less than 3 weeks away and my family and I are super excited! We needed something to be super excited about!! It's going to be the smallest Thanksgiving we have ever had, but I am doing it up anyway - a whole turkey, all the fixings, 3 pies and homemade ice cream. Yes, yes, yes! ...
Planning a Happy Thanksgiving 2020 – 3 Weeks and Counting!
This post has been edited from the one originally published on Thursday, November 3, 2011. If you followed the advice in my post last Thursday, perhaps you you thought about how many guests you will be hosting on Thanksgiving. What about your menu? The more solified your menu, the more you can ...
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