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Thanksgiving Week – Breakfast Dishes

Thanksgiving Week – Breakfast Dishes

When you are having guests stay in your house over the holidays, it can get kind of hectic and crazy in the mornings. In order to keep from losing your mind, it’s great to have some breakfast dishes that you can easily make and feed […]

Thanksgiving Starchy Sides

Thanksgiving is the only meal of the year where it is acceptable (and expected) to have multiple starchy sides. You can have your traditional mashed potatoes, stuffing, sweet potatoes, rice, and even bread. Of course, you can always step it up and make twice baked […]

Thanksgiving Desserts

Thanksgiving Desserts

Desserts are a key to Thanksgiving dinner. I am not a huge dessert person, but I can’t say that about everyone so I try to step it up around the holidays. I usually have people bring pies since I just don’t like making them, but we […]

Thanksgiving Vegetable and Fruit Dishes

Thanksgiving Vegetable and Fruit Dishes

Don’t laugh, but as much as I love vegetables and fruit, they are always an afterthought for me when I am planning Thanksgiving dinner. It’s not that they aren’t important, it’s they are a staple in my house and the joy I get out of […]

Thanksgiving Turkey – Tips to Cook the Perfect Turkey

Thanksgiving Turkey – Tips to Cook the Perfect Turkey

Obviously turkey is most people’s choice for a Thanksgiving Main Course. Making a turkey is not as scary as you might think. We thought it would be fun for each of us to give you our special tips for how we make our Thanksgiving turkey […]

Beerfest Recap

Beerfest Recap

Last night was Beerfest. We ended up having 15 people due to some people having to cancel. No worries, though. That always happens when you plan a large get together. As I mentioned before, I made ribs, drunk chicken, beer cheese soup and fried pickles. […]