We just wanted to take this time and wish you a happy and gratitude filled Thanksgiving. We didn’t post a recipe today because we know you are busy serving your own traditional fare, plus we are spending quality time with our own families.
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How often do you use apple butter? Yeah, I didn’t used to use it that much. Maybe I would buy some at a country store up in the mountains, but it was not a staple in my kitchen.
And then I found this great recipe for bran muffins–moist and sweet and healthy and delicious. And one of the ingredients is apple butter. Now, they have some pretty good options at the grocery store but I didn’t see a jar small enough for just a portion for the recipe. Enter Magnolia Journal and all the tastes.
This is a slow cooker apple butter and it is so good. Not too sweet, just the right amount of spice.
Go ahead and slather some on a piece of buttered toast–yeah, that good. We will be eating it more often around here–and it freezes well, so that’s a plus.
Hi everyone! I am sitting here at my desk organizing my Holiday Planner.
Every year I tell myself I will be ready earlier than the previous year, and this year is no exception. We are actually going to be at my youngest daughter’s home for Thanksgiving this year, but I am sure I will be helping out with the meal there.
I will be making a booklet of these recipes, which have been passed down to the cooks in our family, to leave with her so that she has copies of our family’s traditional food.
I thought that I would share this with you a couple of weeks before the big day, just in case you needed some ideas for your feast. You might remember our post from last year, so this is just an updated version.
So here it is. I have also provided a link to the dishes that we shared on this blog. Thank goodness I took a picture of my plate last year so that you can see it up close and personal.
If you see another one on the list that you would like to have the recipe for just let me know! For the yeast rolls, we have several recipes to choose from but the one I use is not on the blog yet.
Well, that’s a mouthful–literally. Feel free to share your Thanksgiving favorites in the comments. We love hearing from you.
As you already know, we first began blogging with several more contributors. We like to highlight recipes from the past that received a lot of views. Our sweet Aubrey shared this Beef Tips recipe. We sure miss her, as she lost her long battle with cancer several years ago.
So here is our remake of this dish, with no changes other than adding some broccoli as a side dish.
It’s tasty and you know how good your kitchen smells when something’s in the slow cooker!
Another venture into Mediterranean recipes brought me this delicious, yet simple, salad with chicken.
I didn’t realize how much I loved the subtle tastes of these foods until I took my first bite of salad. My eyes closed and all I could say was “Mmmm…this is really good.”
This is a pretty healthy dish–protein, veggies, some healthy fats. Sounds like a pretty good option for lunch today, right?
Taco Salad has been a mainstay in my family of origin for as long as I can remember (nachos ain’t too shabby either!). It also became a fixture at family beach house get-togethers. And I love it. But leftovers don’t keep well. Like, at. all. So I decided to start serving it as more of a Taco Salad Bar, where all the ingredients are in separate serving dishes and you just put it together on your own. And that worked out great.
But recently, as we were having our traditional BYO (Build Your Own) Taco Salad with my own family, I kept wondering if there was an easier way to eat it. Trying to maneuver taco meat, cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, and Doritos all in the same mouthful is a challenge, to say the least. Should I just use a spoon? Should everything be cut super tiny….chopped salad style?
And then it came to me.
NACHOS. What if I made them like nachos instead?
And it worked. Beautifully!
The recipe does not show ingredient amounts, and that’s another great benefit of Taco Salad. You can just make what you are hungry for! A regular size bag of Doritos was PLENTY for about 6 people with generous portions. Adjust accordingly! We used the classic flavor, but you can use any Doritos flavor you like. The ingredient list reflects what my own family likes in our Taco Salad, but you may wish to add sliced black olives, avocado, diced green onions, etc. Whatever you decide to top your Nacho Mama’s Taco Salad Nachos with, I’m sure it will be delicious!
I can’t get there fast enough and get my toes in the sand! Growing up, our family summer vacation was going to the beach every summer for a week. Our parents would save all year to rent an old, ocean-front cottage and the week was filled with Dad surf-fishing, Mom carrying the beach quilt out and placing it on the sand, and my 3 sisters and I spending the day out in the shallow part of the incoming waves. We played in the sand and jumped around in the water for hours. Of course, there was plenty of Coppertone Sun Tan Lotion (I will use no other because that is the smell of BEACH)–it wasn’t called sunscreen back then because it was for TANNING–and pimiento cheese or bologna sandwiches for lunch. Sometimes Dad would catch fish for supper. Over the years the weekly summer vacations eventually turned into my parents buying a beach house and now that’s my most favorite place to be. Something about the rhythm of the ocean and the smell of salty ocean breezes, and lots of family memories.
These are packing MAGIC! The first time I watched their video online, I was mesmerized by how efficient these were and they were having a sale so I just had to buy them, of course. I can’t pack without them now! Seriously, I tried to do that about a week ago–could not get a sports bag to work to save me. Out came the eBags and my carry-on and BAM! I was packed for a week…at the beach, of course. I have actually lived out of my carry-on for about 5 or 6 weeks with these bags packed to the brim. Long, but true, story.
Have you even ever heard of this apple? My sister just told me about them a couple of weeks ago and she said I could get them at Walmart. Well, off I went to buy a few, and they are absolutely delicious! I can’t wait to make an apple pie with them. And they are gorgeous!
You may not have heard of this company, and neither had I until a few months ago when my daughter became a “social influencer” for them. We wanted to help her out by getting her some orders, so I thought I would order their Clean and Fresh Collection. The dish wash smells so light and fresh and I am thinking that it keeps my dish cloths from getting that nasty yucky smell so quickly. I ran out of it the other day and had to use another dish liquid and my cloth got smelly in less than a day! Don’t judge. I do use mine for several days if they smell good. Also, the suds last a lot longer, even if I put a greasy dish or skillet in the water. I just run a little more hot water in with my sprayer and it foams right back up.