Bacon Dill Potato Salad
The holidays are not always frosty and cold. Sometimes they are downright warm! At least they are in the Dallas area. Sure, last year we enjoyed a white Christmas, but our typical Christmas is spent in often balmy 70 degree weather. When I plan my Christmas Day meal I pay close attention to the weather. If temps are looking to be above 60 then I plan a lighter meal that can be served cold, or at room temperature. This potato salad...
Cornbread Topped Turkey and Green Chile Casserole
The day after Thanksgiving I tend to bag up some of my left-over turkey and freeze it. I love knowing that I have, in my freezer, the means to make any number of easy weeknight meals. From pot pies to tetrazzini, frozen turkey meat is a good thing to have on hand. This year I decided to try out a new idea that blends creamy pot pie filling with a Tex-Mex flair. I served this up to my casserole hating husband who went back for...
Turkey and Mushroom Soup
One of my favorite things about Thanksgiving is the left-overs. With as much as we cook it’s never a surprise that we can’t eat it all, which is fine by me. I love a breakfast of cornbread stuffing and turkey before I start putting up my Christmas decorations. Usually we have so much left over turkey, mom inevitably roasts a 22 pound bird, that we have enough for two or three days. As much as I love plain roast turkey...
Thanksgiving Recipe Round-up!
In a little under a week it will be Thanksgiving! Are you ready yet? I know for many this is the kick-off to what will be a crazy month of cooking, shopping, decorating, and enjoying family and friends. For my family Thanksgiving is filled with tradition, from mom’s roast turkey to my pumpkin cheesecake. Along with all out traditional food favorites I always like to throw in something new – perhaps a tradition of its...
Roasted Butternut Squash Casserole
I love nothing more than a creamy, cheesy casserole. When you strike the right balance between healthy vegetables and cheesy sauce it is a thing of beauty. Butternut squash is my favorite winter squash. With a mild, slightly sweet flavor it is perfect for roasting, blending into soups, and baking into casseroles. The mild flavor also means that even those who swear they hate squash will probably love it … until you tell them...
Sweet Potato, Apple and Caramelized Onion Gratin
I am exhausted. Project Food Blog has been, and continues to be, intense, I’ve had friends in from out of the country, I have four family birthdays coming up, and I am still working three part-time jobs. On top of it all looms the specter of Thanksgiving and all the preparation that entails. I am doing my best not to think about it too closely and a good distraction is my kitchen. This gratin was born out of my efforts to...
