Thanksgiving - Dinner

And so, after cooking and eating all day, we at last came to the final non-sweet meal: dinner.

Thanksgiving - Lunch

Following up on our prior entry, it's time to review Thanksgiving lunch! My family loves to graze. So, almost every mid-day meal at their house begins the same way: with a delicious vegetable and cheese assortment. The holidays are definitely no exception to this rule.

Thanksgiving - Breakfast

As I am chronically behind on sharing recipes, it should come as no surprise to readers that I am (not yet two months late!) getting around to sharing Thanksgiving. My ever fabulous sister and I cooked Thanksgiving breakfast/lunch/dinner/dessert again this year. Today, we'll review breakfast.

Pillows

Time for something completely different! As you know, in addition to cooking, I enjoy other creative outlets. Somewhat recently, I found some beautiful fabric while out shopping with the boy. I can't use a sewing machine to save my life (admittedly, I'm not exactly sure how that would even work), but I thought the fabric would make a great pillow. And it did.

Banana Quesadilla

Even though the cream cheese-pumpkin dip was a huge hit at the Halloween party, we had plenty left over--enough to make a quesadilla with it!

Halloween!

Given that I apparently completely skipped December, it shouldn't be too surprising to learn that I have a huge backlog of food and crafts to share with you. So, we're going to kick off the New Year with a several-month old event: Our Halloween party!

Maple-Orange Chicken

Chicken, as we all probably know by now, is our go-to weeknight food. Generally, I'm tired, lazy, and unmotivated by dinner time, so the faster the recipe -- and the fewer the ingredients -- the more likely I am to make the dish. So, it should be no surprise that maple-orange chicken was destined for our table sooner or later.

Asparagus with Mustard

One of the first vegetables I ever learned to cook was asparagus. My parents would always make asparagus in a quick mustard-sugar dressing, and I couldn't get over how deliciously savory-sweet it was. This recipe therefore became one of the few I actually made during college, given my limited access to a kitchen and ingredients at the time.

Amazing Pumpkin Biscuits

After including pumpkin in a number of dinners and sides, it occurred to me that I might want to branch out into a pumpkin recipe could be consumed for breakfast. As a simple experiment that would last the week, I opted to try my hand at making spiced pumpkin biscuits.

Pumpkin-sage Polenta

So, as some readers already know, the boy and I reasonably recently got engaged. While it's exciting, apparently this whole planning a wedding thing is super hard work. Who knew! I mean, besides everyone who's ever gotten married, ever . . . Anyway, that whole engagement thing threw me off my healthy game for awhile, but I'm -- as always -- hoping to get back on track.
Beyond that fabulousness, we're still trying to keep up with our pumpkin consumption, and I've recently become particularly enamored of this pumpkin-sage polenta (and variants thereof).