Monthly Archives: November 2011

Egg & Stuffing Casserole

 My brother Rick created this casserole over the weekend (he came up with it on his own) and sent the recipe my way. He took this photo himself and I don’t think that’s fair at all. My food pictures look like amateur hour and his look...

Pecan Pancakes

 I  can’t even begin to tell you how delicious these are, just enough cinnamon and I think the combination of  pecans and maple syrup is perfection. Ingredients: 2 cups dry Bisquick mix 1 1/3 cup whole milk 1 egg 1 TBSP. sugar 1/2 cup + 2 TBSP. chopped...

I Love Rosemary

I love everything about rosemary. I love the way it tastes, the way it smells and is there anything more festive to look at than a rosemary tree? I made my annual trip to the nursery yesterday to pick up my trees, the definitive signal that...

Perfect Mac & Cheese

I’ll be pulling my leftovers out of the fridge today and throwing together lunch for my Black Friday shoppers. They left the house at 5am this morning, I don’t know how people do this. In addition to the turkey and it’s accessories, I’ll also pull out...

Let’s Remember Our Troops

I’m going to take a little detour from food this morning and focus instead on our troops. The photo on this post is of my daughter Tori on Thanksgiving Day, 2009. She was deployed that holiday season and my heart was feeling a little broken. The...

Lasagna

 I am so thankful that most of the kids who are coming home for Thanksgiving this year made it safe and sound. We still have one more little person (Ashton) who will arrive from North Carolina today. He’s flying all by himself. What a big boy....

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

I spent last night in the kitchen cooking a few things for the holiday. Let me just say that I have made an addition to my holiday menu because a certain “child” who shall remain anonymous, has an affinity for green bean casserole. We will still...