A few weeks ago, it occurred to me that I had never made a pumpkin pie from scratch… In fact, I’m not sure I had ever really made a pumpkin pie. Pumpkin pie is a Thanksgiving staple, but usually either my mom or my grandmother makes the pumpkin pie. I’ve never really had a reason to…
I don’t know if there is another pumpkin shortage this year, but I certainly haven’t been able to find any cans of pumpkin on the shelves at my local grocery store. It’s not a big deal, though… I’d actually rather make my own! Last year, I wrote a quick tutorial on how to make your…
I have hosted Thanksgiving dinner at my house for the past couple years. This time around, I have the year off. Yellowdog (our yellow lab, in case you were wondering) has to remain “calm” and is not allowed to play with kids, other dogs, and relatives for the next few months until she has fully recovered from her knee surgery. So, that pretty much means that there will be no big get togethers at my house for a few months, either.
That doesn’t mean I won’t be cooking, though! I plan to make a side dish or two, and of course I’ll be taking some sort of dessert. I will also be traveling with my handy dandy meat thermometer, which I believe is the key to a perfect Thanksgiving turkey. Whether it’s my kitchen or my mom’s, there’s no better place to be on Thanksgiving day!
Yesterday I promised you a savory recipe using pie dough, so here it is! We grew quite a few butternut squash in our garden this year, so I’ve been dillegently working to make puree and stock my freezer (you can puree butternut squash the same way you would puree pumpkin). The last time I made…
Ever since I saw the episode of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution where the elementary students could not identify basic fruits and vegetables (like a tomato!), I just can’t get it out of my head. This week, I was outside checking on the pumpkins growing in my backyard, I started to wonder how many children really know how…
Our yellow lab, Yellowdog, is the baby of the family. My hubby and I don’t have kids, but we consider her to be kind of like beta testing. Well, last week, I failed miserably as a doggy mother. I don’t know how, but I totally forgot about her birthday. Normally we get her some treats…
