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Thanksgiving Day Timeline

Thanksgiving Day Timeline

Planning a meal for many people is no small task. It requires coordination and a timeline to make sure everything is hot and ready at the same time. I find the Thanksgiving meal to be one of the more challenging because that greedy turkey takes 

Maple Hot Buttered Rum

Maple Hot Buttered Rum

Prepare yourself…this may be the best tasting cocktail I’ve ever made. I’ll be honest, I’m generally not a cocktail drinker unless you can barely tell there’s alcohol in something and this falls in that category. As I was searching for an interesting fall cocktail to 

Pumpkin Cheesecake

Pumpkin Cheesecake

Just when you thought pumpkin week was over we’re at it again! Can one have too much pumpkin in their life? This tasty cheesecake is easy enough to make during nap time but will definitely impress whoever is eating it. The other beauty of this 

Quarantine Chili

Quarantine Chili

Chili is a winter comfort food, but it’s also a nice filling meal that can be flavored in so many different ways. This recipe is great because it doesn’t require much prep, but it will sooth your soul and fill your belly. Isn’t that always 

Pumpkin Macarons

Pumpkin Macarons

Finishing up pumpkin week with Pumpkin Macarons. Macarons are not for the faint of heart or those that can’t handle a lot of failure. You can do everything “right” with your technique and still end up with a lot of ugly macarons because the humidity 

Pumpkin Scones

Pumpkin Scones

These pumpkin scones are the perfect amount of sweet. Without the icing they are a little boring but once you add the icing it compliments them and makes them a little more dessert than breakfast. Or a dessert for breakfast? As scones go they are 

Roasted Butternut Squash Pasta Sauce

Roasted Butternut Squash Pasta Sauce

Fall is in the air. It seems to arrive quite abruptly here in New Jersey, so I embrace it and try to hold on to it as long as I can. Once that cold air comes in, my kitchen changes. Forget the grill, even though 

Simple Garden Pasta

Simple Garden Pasta

Another day of forgetting to take some sort of meat out of the freezer….so what do I make for dinner? Pasta of course! Sometimes that delicious red sauce is too much to make or you’re just in the mood for something lighter. This recipe is 

Homemade Lasagna

Homemade Lasagna

More comfort food, anyone? February in New Jersey has been very snowy….so I am just all about the cozy recipes. There are quick recipes and there are recipes that just require more love which is of course equal to time. Homemade lasagna is one of 

Apple Sauce

Apple Sauce

The best traditions start without even realizing that they’re going to happen year after year. One year, I’m not even sure how long ago, my mom and I decided to go pick apples and make apple sauce from scratch. And then we just kept doing