Croissants are a delicious flaky pastry. The butter layered in the dough give them the wonderful flakiness. Croissants aren’t difficult to make. They just take a lot of time. The dough needs time to rest and chill. It’s a lot of rolling, folding, and resting. As long as you plan on being home all day, …
These Classic Dinner Rolls are what you think of when your grandma or great grandma made rolls for holidays or family gatherings. Slightly sweet and amazing. Dinner Rolls are perfect to go with your Thanksgiving or Christmas meals. These rolls are like the ones your grandma or great grandma made. Dinner rolls are often …
Orange Cranberry Sauce is taking a classic recipe and making it a little bit better. It’s quick and easy and fun to watch the cranberries pop. The Thanksgiving Dishes series continues today. Be sure to check out all the recipes to fill your Thanksgiving Table. What is Cranberry Sauce made of? Because of the tartness of the …
Buttermilk Chess Pie is a wonderfully creamy custard pie. It’s very much a Southern thing, but even us Northerners enjoy it. Our Thanksgiving Dishes Series continues today. If you’ve missed any be sure to check them out. When I lived at the ranch, we had a pie called buttermilk pie. It was one of my …
The Sweetest Sweet Potatoes. This is seriously my favorite recipe for sweet potatoes ever! It wasn’t until a couple years ago that I discovered my love of sweet potatoes. I’m not sure why I hadn’t eaten them much before that. It isn’t like I had anything against them or disliked them, but they just weren’t …
Cornbread Stuffing is so much like the box stuffing but without all the yucky preservatives and chemicals. And it’s not too hard to make. In my quest to eat no preservatives, I now must make my own stuffing. The Hardworking Husband loves the stuff from the box. But look at these ingredients. I was finally …
Homemade Croutons are so delicious you wouldn’t know they are as easy to make as they are. You can make them whatever seasoning you like to make them your own. Around our house, homemade croutons are like warm buttery crunchy gold. When I make them the Hardworking Husband will say, “You love me today.” They …
Broccoli Bake is a great side dish! Delicious and creamy, cheesy broccoli. Several years ago my mother-in-law asked me to bring a broccoli casserole to a family gathering. I didn’t have any recipes for one, so I started looking and found a recipe that turned out delicious after the alterations I made for what I …
40+ delicious Thanksgiving side dish recipes from mashed potatoes to green beans and so much more! Thanksgiving Dinner may be all about the turkey (or the ham as most of my family prefers) but for me it’s all about the sides! I love the mashed potatoes, the stuffing, and the green beans. Of course, I love …
This recipe is apart of the Thanksgiving Dishes series. Be sure to check out all the recipes to fill your Thanksgiving Table. Quinoa is an interesting food. It’s pronounced keen-wah. It’s a grain and a protein. It can be served for a meatless meal. Although in this house, that doesn’t fly. So we just …
This time of year we get to eat most of our favorite comfort foods. Thanksgiving is known for having so many yummy foods. I go into the holiday season knowing a diet is pointless. I have lots of will power, but I allow myself to splurge for Thanksgiving and Christmas. The potatoes, cranberries, …