I didn’t grow up eating stuffing at Thanksgiving, so when I asked my friends for recipes, they referred me to Stove Top since it’s what they grew up eating. I searched around for some good stuffings/dressings and finally decided to go back to my post from last year: cornbread dressing (dressing = not stuffed in […]
Nothing says fall quite like roasted butternut squash soup. You can purchase butternut squash soup at the grocery store, but I prefer making it at home because you control the amount of sodium (and flavor) that goes into the soup. It’s a hearty (and healthy) soup that’s super easy to make. I decided to make […]
While I was researching recipes for my NYC Thanksgiving menu, I came across this easy (and tasty) recipe by Giada de Laurentiis. The recipe looked like it was pretty easy to make beforehand and I just happened to have all of the ingredients (some of the ingredients, like garlic, olive oil, black pepper, and parmesan […]
For this year’s Thanksgiving, I wanted to make sure that my turkey was absolutely amazing. I started researching pretty early (as in, after I finished last year’s Thanksgiving dinner). Most websites suggest brining the turkey and injecting the turkey with flavor throughout the roasting process, but I did BOTH last year and my turkey still […]
Everyone had to contribute to the potluck by brining something to eat, drink, or use; people signed up on my etherpad page to let me know what they were bringing. Lou signed up to make his “famous cranberry sauce,” which was deliciously tart and tangy. He made this side dish on Wednesday night to give […]
