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Extra Cheesy Brussels Sprout Gratin

November 20, 2012

Dinner will never be the same when you make this Extra Cheesy Brussels Sprout Gratin. You’ll love all this cheesy goodness!

Post from 11/20/12, Pictures Updated 11/15/18

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I was recently going through old cooking magazines to organize them into a usefully system. Since a pile of cut up recipes from magazines tossed in a box isn’t much of a system…. no?

Well, my system is still getting tweaked but at least I can more easily find some fun things to try. In that process, I dug up recipes from December ’11 from Martha Stewart Living and one of the things that jumped out of me was the Smokey Brussels Sprout Gratin. Cheese! Brussels Sprouts! More Cheese! Winner!!!!

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Filed Under: Recipes, Side Dishes Tagged With: Baking, Bechamel, brussels sprouts, cheese, cheesy, Christmas, dinner, gouda, gratin, Martha Stewart, recipe, side dish, thanksgiving

Thirsty Thursday: Thanksgiving Wine Glass Decorations

November 15, 2012

I’m totally flipping things around for this week’s edition of Thirsty Thursday. Sorry no drink this time… wait! don’t stop reading! This is drink related and it is perfect for Thanksgiving! Trust me…

So the thing about any family gathering or party is that people often mix up their drink with another. It’s always about ‘wait, have you seen my drink?’ or ‘are you drinking my drink?’ when there are a bunch people all drinking white/red wine. Sure wine charms are cute but wait… ‘do I have the blue charm or the green one?’ See what happens when you are drinking?!?

 

So I created a template for you to use for this Thanksgiving to easily identify your glass while reflecting on what you are thankful for now.

Download the file here. Thanksgiving Wine Glass Decorations

(Amanda doesn’t have a Thirsty Thursday post for you this week but she does have a really great giveaway on her blog!)

Filed Under: Drinks, Thanksgiving Tagged With: lifestyle, Thankful, thanksgiving, wine, wine glass, Wine Glass decoration

Orange Cranberry Sauce

November 13, 2012

Post from 11/13/12, Pictures updated 11/8/16

When I was younger, I wasn’t a huge fan of the cranberry side at Thanksgiving.

My mom loved the classic canned jellied cranberry sauce. She loved the ridges on it and how it would pop out of the can. I love that this is a staple on our table for her. I just didn’t really love the texture of it. Plus, cranberries were so tart to me back then.

I think things all changed when I was working in the South End of Boston by a place called Charlie’s Sandwich Shoppe.  You see, Charlie’s would sell oatmeal with a cranberry compote that I would get if I as a treat for suffering through retail on the weekends. I loved the warm oatmeal in the winter and the compote really added a lot of flavor to an otherwise pretty plan breakfast.

And then I met this amazing guy who just loved homemade cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving. So now when we’ve gone back to my mom’s to celebrate Thanksgiving there have been 2 kinds of cranberry sauce on the table. It’s great to have cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving but really I believe you can have it at any point in the fall. It works hot with oatmeal or cold with yogurt if you can’t get enough of it and want to enjoy it for breakfast as well.

No matter if you call this a sauce, chutney, salsa, compote, or a relish, you will call this a new family favorite. I love the orange and cranberry combination so much. It helps highlight the natural flavors of the cranberry while adding some sweetness at the same time. I often throw a vanilla bean that I’ve been using in my homemade vanilla extract to add a bit more flavor. I just give it an extra scrape and throw it into the pot. You can add a bit of vanilla extract instead or even substitute the sugar for vanilla sugar, or skip it all together. If you feel you might light a scrape of nutmeg or to throw a star anise in there then give it a try as this is all about finding the right flavors so this will be a family favorite.

Orange Cranberry Sauce

Ingredients

  • 2- 12oz bags of fresh cranberries
  • 2 cups of sugar
  • 1 cup of water
  • 1 cup of orange juice
  • zest from 1 orange
  • vanilla bean, optional

Process

  1. Rinse the cranberries and pick through to remove bruised berries and to remove any stray stems on the berries.
  2. Mix and combine all of the ingredients in a medium size pot and cook on medium low until you have a slow simmer. The berries will be popping during this process, stir often. Turn down to low to allow the sauce to continue cooking until the desired amount of berries have opened up.
  3. Can be served warm or cold. Store in an air tight container.

Filed Under: Recipes, Side Dishes, Thanksgiving Tagged With: cranberry, cranberry sauce, fresh cranberry sauce, orange, orange cranberry, side dish, thanksgiving

November- A month of Thanks

November 2, 2010

The year is winding down. It’s exciting and scary at the same time. Exciting being that the holiday season is coming up but also scary to think that the year has gone by so quickly. November is a month to take time to think about what you are thankful for. It’s a time for gratitude. But it’s also a time to have some fun…. November is National Pomegranate Month, Peanut Butter Lover’s Month, Vegan Month. It’s also a time to better communicate with people, esp during  World Communication Week (Nov 1-7). Or You can study up on your geography during Geography Awareness Week (Nov 14-20).

Never a dull moment during November,and it all kicks off with…

November 1st- All Saint’s Day and World Vegan Day

November 2nd- Deviled Egg Day

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November 3rd- Sandwich Day

November 4th- Common Sense Day

November 5th- National Doughnut Day

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November 6th- Saxophone Day

November 7th- Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day

November 8th- Cook Something Bold Day

November 9th- National Scrapple Day

November 10th- National Vanilla Cupcake Day and Premier of Sesame Street

November 11th- Veteran’s Day

November 12th- Domino Day and National Pizza with Everything (Except Anchovies) Day

November 13th- World Kindness Day

November 14th- National Guacamole Day

November 15th- Clean your Refrigerator Day

November 16th- Button Day

November 17th- Take a Hike Day

No Smoking Sign Clip Art

November 18th- Great American Smoke Out

November 19th- Have a Bad Day Day and International Men’s Day

November 20th- National Peanut Butter Fudge Day

November 21st- World Hello Day

November 22nd- National Cashew Day

November 23rd- Fibonacci Number Day…. 1, 1, 2, 3….

November 24th- Celebrate your Unique Talent Day

November 25th- National Parfait Day

November 26th- National Cake Day

November 27th- Pins and Needles Day

November 28th- National French Toast Day

November 29th- Square Dance Day

November 30th- National Meth Awareness Day and National Mousse Day

Filed Under: Etc. Tagged With: Common Sense Day, Fibonacci Number Day, fundays, Great American Smoke Out, International Men's Day, National Cake Day, National Cashew Day, National Doughnut Day, National Parfait Day, Novmeber, Pins and Needles Day, Sandwich Day, Saxophone Day, thanksgiving, Verteran's Day, wacky holidays, weird holidays

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