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Turkey on a bed of mashed potatoes covered in gravy with a side of sliced jellied cranberry sauce and garnished with dry parsley.
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Roast Turkey for Thanksgiving, Part 1

THANKSGIVING IS PRACTICALLY HERE!!! And it’s been a minute since I posted my turkey recipe, which I have improved since my original turkey recipe post. Now rather than dry brining the outside skin of the turkey, I make a delicious herbed butter that I stuff under the skin. If you want to make my old […]

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Pictured: Slice of pumpkin bread with cross-section of the loaf displayed, served with a cup of coffee.
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Pumpkin Bread with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

What do we want more than anything else during the fall? Pumpkin-flavored everything, of course! With that in mind, I developed a new recipe for my pumpkin bread, and topped it off with a complementary maple cream cheese frosting. But before we dive into our recipes, there is one other thing we should all want […]

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Stuffed Acorn Squash
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Stuffed acorn squash recipe perfect for fall!

I’m back! I had the chance to figure out what I’m doing for the next year, and now that things are stable again, I have time and energy to come back to blogging regularly. So I’m kicking it off with a healthier recipe that’s a personal fall favorite: stuffed acorn squash! Let’s talk about this […]

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Thanksgiving 2017 Masterpost
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Thanksgiving 2017 Masterpost

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! That’s right, Thanksgiving! Okay, so I’m probably one of the few people who actually enjoys preparing the Thanksgiving meal. I think it’s the best week ever when I can kick everyone out of the kitchen and just be in my element. It’s almost therapeutic. Over the years, […]

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Gift Wrapping
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Gift Wrapping 101: Introductory Course to Present Presentation

So Thanksgiving went fairly smoothly, and my fridge is still packed with leftovers. I don’t have any room in said fridge to make a recipe for this post, since I would then have to stash that dish in the fridge. Instead, today’s post will feature another of my Martha Stewart skills: basic gift-wrapping technique. Unfortunately, […]

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Green Bean Casserole
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Green Bean Casserole Recipe for Thanksgiving!

Originally published 12/4/2014. Reposted and updated 11/8/2016. With Thanksgiving coming up, I thought it would be appropriate to repost and update some of my older posts and videos for the best meal of the year. My recipe for green bean casserole is still what I use to this day for the holidays. But it’s been […]

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