Fluffy pumpkin pancakes topped with sweet, caramelized apples is the perfect holiday breakfast - whether you are celebrating Thanksgiving weekend, Hanukkah or just having guests for brunch! Thanks to WhatsGood for sponsoring this recipe post featuring seasonal ingredients from local farmers delivered right to my doorstep. Get $25 off your first ...
Perfect Dairy-Free Mashed Potatoes
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, you need this recipe for dairy-free - and even vegan! - mashed potatoes flavored with rosemary, garlic and olive oil. You won't miss the dairy! Dairy has been a tricky issue in my household since forever. My daughter, now 18, was allergic to dairy for years. Today, she is no longer allergic - it is ...
Perfect All-Butter Pie Dough
With Thanksgiving just a few days away, here is a refresher on how to make flaky, flavorful pie dough using butter and only butter. I expect there are some people out there who are making pie for the very first time this Thanksgiving. And that prospect may be intimidating. You can, of course, make something else for dessert. Or buy a premade ...
Thanksgiving Re-Imagined (with Recipes)
As we rethink how to have a big holiday dinner during a pandemic, here are some of my best recipes and dishes for Thanksgiving 2020 - whatever size your gathering may be. What are your Thanksgiving plans this year? Chances are, they are different than last year. To be blunt, many of us are abandoning our usual traditions - especially the ...
Persimmon Pie with Pecan Streusel
Instead of (or in addition to) pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving, serve something unexpected: persimmon pie with a sweet pecan streusel topping. I created this recipe and blog post as an entry in the Florida Crystals® Pure Joy Recipe Challenge. Be sure to follow Florida Crystals® on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest. It's almost Thanksgiving ...
Cranberry Curd Tart
Give cranberries a starring role in your holiday celebration with this stunning dessert: an elegant tart filled with luscious cranberry curd! A few years ago, I won a national food blogger recipe contest with this recipe for Cranberry Lime Curd. I was pretty chuffed about it, in part because the contest came with a generous cash prize, but ...
Radicchio and Roasted Squash Salad for Thanksgiving
Thanks to OXO for sponsoring this post with Thanksgiving recipes from the new cookbook Now & Again by Julia Turshen. Thanksgiving is a mere two weeks away which means that it is time to finalize your menu and gather all the recipes that you will need. This year, you may be tempted to try a new recipe or two, especially if you have seen ...
Easy Mashed Potato Bread
Leftover mashed potatoes? Turn them into an easy, soda-risen, mashed potato bread perfect for a weekend-after-Thanksgiving breakfast. It's the Friday after Thanksgiving. You have leftover mashed potatoes sitting in your fridge. Don’t try to deny it. I am sure that those mashed potatoes were absolutely delicious at your Thanksgiving dinner. I ...
Roasted Turkey Breast with Gravy
Calling all white meat lovers! The perfect roast turkey breast with gravy made from pan drippings. Just in time for Thanksgiving. There are many reasons to roast a turkey breast. Perhaps you are hosting a small group for Thanksgiving. Perhaps you are hosting a large group but with a disproportionate number of guests who prefer white meat. ...
Brussel Sprouts with Pickled Cranberries and Pecans
A perfect Thanksgiving side dish: roasted Brussel sprouts drizzled with a touch of honey and tossed with pickled cranberries and toasted pecans. After I posted the recipe for pickled cranberries last week, I received a few comments along the lines of: "That's nice, but what am I supposed to do with pickled cranberries?" I mean, I did give ...
Stokes Purple Sweet Potato Souffle
Gorgeous Stokes Purple sweet potatoes bring an earthy warmth to this just-sweet-enough soufflé. A perfect way to end a holiday meal or impress guests at brunch. I don’t think there are enough purple foods. Purple is not only beautiful and vibrant — my favorite color, in fact — but when you see it in a food, it is a sign of heathfulness. A ...
Quick Pickled Cranberries
Fall for fresh cranberries this holiday season! This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #FallforFresh #CollectiveBias. November is the season for Ocean Spray® Fresh Cranberries in the store, as I did at my local Walmart this week, I always buy at least two bags: one to use ...
Chershi Kara’a (Libyan Pumpkin Spread)
Shake up your pumpkin with chershi kara'a, a tangy, spicy pumpkin spread that comes from Libyan Jews and is now a favorite among Israelis. So easy to make! After making pumpkin pie last week, I had approximately three cups of pumpkin purée left over. I debated about what to do with it. Pumpkin bread? Pumpkin pancakes? Pumpkin whoopie pies? ...
Pumpkin Challah with Cinnamon Honey Butter
Saffron-colored pumpkin challah with sweet cinnamon honey butter will be the hit of your Rosh Hashanah celebration! Fall is pumpkin season and Rosh Hashanah is a fall holiday. So pumpkin dishes on a Rosh Hashanah menu is a no-brainer. Indeed, pumpkin is a traditional food for Rosh Hashanah, especially among Sephardic Jews, but not only ...
Stone Fruit Blueberry Pie
The perfect end-of-summer mashup pie: stone fruit mixed with berries. Don't let summer end without making this! I really love to make pie. My love for making pie probably exceeds my family's love for eating pie. My husband is all about a good fruit dessert, but given a choice between pie and cobbler, he will take the cobbler every time. He ...
Thanksgiving Menu: Apple, Fennel and Bleu Cheese Salad
Thanksgiving is only a few days away. It is time to finalize that holiday menu, or, if you are not hosting, to decide on the perfect dish to bring as your contribution to the feast. Let me take this opportunity to remind hosts and guests alike that every Thanksgiving table needs something fresh and crunchy to contrast with all that stuffing and ...
Thanksgiving Sides: Parmesan Fennel Gratin
Turkey is fine and everything, but what really excites me about Thanksgiving is the opportunity to make all kinds of vegetable side dishes. While dishes like green bean casserole (never eaten it) and sweet potatoes with marshmallows on them (not this one either) are Thanksgiving traditions for many (not me), I know plenty of families who look to ...
Mashed Potatoes with Parsnips
I don't know about you, but I am constantly tinkering with the recipe for my Thanksgiving mashed potatoes. I’ve tried garlic mashed potatoes, horseradish mashed potatoes and every other trendy version of this classic dish. (The garlic mashed potatoes went by the wayside when we began inviting a friend with a garlic allergy to our feast.) You know ...
Thanksgiving Dessert: Caramel Apple Tart
I love apple pie as much as the next girl, but what really gets my heart racing is the thought of tender apple slices drizzled with warm caramel on a flaky, all-butter crust. And, because you only have to roll out one crust, this recipe is less work than your typical, double-crusted apple pie. (Although the recipe gives you enough crust for two ...
All-American Cornbread Stuffing
Because Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday, I like my menu to reflect our country’s culinary heritage. That means cornbread stuffing, thank you very much. For what is more American than cornbread? But America is a big country. If you start with cornbread from the South, you also want to make sure you include up north and out west. ...
Thanksgiving Dessert: Maple Buttermilk Pie
It's officially November which means that it's time to plan your Thanksgiving menu. If you're like me, menu planning begins with dessert. (Wait, not everyone does that?) When it comes to Thanksgiving, you know you're going to make turkey, cranberry relish, mashed potatoes, and stuffing. The menu makes itself! So, we might as well talk about ...
Cranberry Lime Curd
I created this recipe and blog post as an entry in the Davidson's Safest Choice Eggs Blogger Recipe contest. All opinions expressed herein are entirely my own. Fall is cranberry's time to shine. The season for these tart, scarlet-hued berries is now and trust me, they can do so much more than sit next to your turkey on Thanksgiving. Such as, ...
Thanksgiving Cranberry Relish
Fall is the season for cranberries and they are available now at the farmers’ market. Cranberries freeze like a dream, so buy them while they are in season to enjoy all winter long. I adore baking with cranberries because they retain their shape so well. The tart flavor of these scarlet-hued berries pairs well with oranges and another great fall ...
The Best (and Easiest) Thanksgiving Turkey Ever
In 2006, I arrived at my parents' house for Thanksgiving brandishing an article from the now-defunct Gourmet magazine. The article claimed that the editors had tried every conceivable way to roast a Thanksgiving turkey: brined, basted, slow-cooked, high heat, low heat, everything. The conclusion? It turned out that the easiest way to roast a ...
Sweet Potato Pie
When your CSA hands you sweet potatoes, make sweet potato pie. Believe it or not, I'm a CSA newbie. For years, I had wanted to join a CSA, which stands for community-supported agriculture. You know how it works: you pay upfront for a share of the fruit or vegetable (or meat or dairy) harvest from a local farm and every week, or every other week, ...