Roasted Delicata Squash with Pomegranate-Pistachio Relish Recipe

A couple of years ago, delicata squash were nowhere to be found.  Where did they come from and how did I exist on Thanksgivings past without them?  They are now my favorite winter squash.  Delicata squashes seem fancy, but they’re a Thanksgiving cook’s dream come true:  seasonal, delicious, versatile and NO PEELING!   And you […]

Healthy Green Bean Casserole Recipe

I was talking to a few ladies in my class this week about the Thanksgiving meals we remember from our childhoods and how they have evolved, if at all.  We celebrated with my mother’s family some years and with my father’s family other years.  Even though my mother’s family is Italian-American, their Thanksgiving dinners were […]

The Best Butternut Squash Soup Recipe

I had such a lovely weekend visiting my older daughter at college. I was sitting with my husband and all three of the kids talking about Thanksgiving. You all know how much I adore planning this holiday and having a full house all day long. My favorite part is when the kids help me in the […]

Five Friday Favorites 10.23.15

Happy Friday, my dears.  The temps are seasonable.  My air conditioning works beautifully.  I have no complaints.  I now have to think of other things to talk about with my friends though, since the weather is no longer an issue and I am already over the Presidential election.  Of course, there’s always those last 5 […]

Five Friday Favorites 10.16.15

Happy Friday, my fair readers.  Another Friday, another weather update.  It is still heat-waving here in Southern California and we are even more over it than when we said we were so over it 4 weeks ago!  So yes, my husband broke down and bought air conditioning last week.  The company came to install it […]