By Friday, you’ll be as stuffed as the bird you ate Thursday and in a quandary about what to do with all the meat. Turkey sandwiches are only mediocre after such a feast. I’m sure you all have left-over traditions. Please share! Our day after tradition always, always includes Turkey Pate. We make as much as we can with the left over turkey -- dark meat works best. And if you happen to have ham mix the two...it’s really better! ...
Archives for November 2007
Gene Stallings Twice Baked Potatoes
One of best recipes I’ve collected from my mother-in-law is for Gene Stallings Twice Baked Potatoes. I remember the first Thanksgiving I had these at the Schell’s home. Unbelievable. My mother in law got the recipe out of the newspaper years ago and they have become a tradition at the holidays. I spread the love to my family several years ago and now my mother makes them too. For those of you not residing in Texas (or for those ...
Cranberry Jalapeno Salsa
Don’t tell my mother, but I have the original Cranberry Salsa recipe. The one clipped from a newspaper long enough ago for the paper to be yellowed. True confession. For the past couple of years she has called frantically asking if I have the recipe copied down because she can’t find hers. I manage to pull it out of my memory er recipe box. It’s that good. This delicious relish gladly replaced the tired old cranberry sauce at ...
Spicy Pecans
Last week my mother-in-law sent me home with pecans from her front yard. You would not believe the amount of pecans the old tree produced this year. She has pecans in buckets, cardboard boxes and grocery sacks. I’m talking a ton of nuts people. Of course I knew immediately what to do with the first batch she gave me. I’ll use her pecans and my own mother’s spiced nut recipe and combine the two for a perfect teaser to set out on ...
Meatball & Zucchini Soup
A friend called around 2pm today and asked if I was home because she had something to drop by the house. A little while later she shows up with a complete dinner for our family. See, Littlest is having an MRI and CT-scan early in the morning. Because Littlest is only six months old she’ll have to be put under general anesthesia for both scans. I know everything will be ok, but I’m still a wreck. My friend knows I’m a wreck. ...
Recipe Swap
I’ve been missing in action the last couple of days. See, I woke up on Monday morning and got it! You know that sentimental, holiday glow feeling. It hit me head on and quite unexpectedly. It’s hot outside here in Texas, we are knee deep in school plays, house renovation plans and daily logistics of running a family of six. I was aware that Christmas started popping up in storefronts and seasonal aisles about six weeks ago, but not ...
Brisket with Carrots & Onions
Thank God it’s Friday! Seriously. It’s been one of those weeks. Husband has been gone, too many activities, birthday parties, school programs, blah...blah...blah. So tonight we are going to kick back, chill out, and reconnect as a family. I probably just jinxed myself. Today is still piled high with playdates, kids out of school, workout, etc. So I’m going to make a simple brisket and let the oven do the hard work. Ina Garten, ...
The Red Plate
When I was growing up my mother had a red plate and in fancy writing it said ‘You Are Special Today’. My brother, sister and I were always eager (and let’s face it down right competitive) to do something special to earn the red plate at dinner time. I’ve thought about getting the red plate for my own children and even ordered it from a cute shop in town. But the plate never came in, I kept moving through life, and I kind of forgot ...
Pinocchio Pie
I’m already behind and it’s only Monday morning. It’s partially because of the time change (argh) and also because I blew off my Sunday afternoon grocery store rounds. Sunday afternoons are all about the Three P’s: planning, procuring and preparing. I sort through recipes, get input from the family and then make a meal plan for the entire week. With my plan in place, I set out to procure all the necessities to implement said plan. ...
Mrs. Kravitz’s (Mother’s) Soup
As promised, here is the Cauliflower Soup recipe from my dear friend and neighbor. I call her Mrs. Kravitz because we used to live across the street from each other. Those were the good old days when we left the doors open wide for the kids to run back and forth between houses. Most days it seemed there was no dividing line between where my family ended and hers began. Although we moved less than a mile away, we have to plan a ...