Hey there! Can you believe Thanksgiving is next week? I am busy getting ready for a visit from my family. They are coming to stay with us over the long holiday weekend. We can’t wait to spend Thanksgiving with them this year. Despite this being a busy time of year, I continue to follow my […] Read more…
It’s almost Thanksgiving. And I’m in full planning mode around here since we will be hosting 22 family & friends this year. Yup…you read that right…our dinner table (well our table plus a few folding tables) will seat 22 next week. We can’t wait! Last week we shared Simple Thanksgiving Table Ideas with you all. […] Read more…
Thanksgiving is right around the corner. Can you believe it? We usually host friends for Thanksgiving dinner at our house but this year is extra special because my cousin and her family are coming for the holiday. Of course Anne and her family will join us too, as we’ve spent Thanksgiving together for years. I […] Read more…
Until I was 9 years old, Thanksgiving dinner meant Cranberry, Orange, Apple Relish. But then my mom found a new recipe for a Cranberry Apple Crumble. Our family was skeptical at first. Why change tradition? And then we tasted the new cranberry dish and a new Thanksgiving tradition began. Yes. It’s that good. Seriously. This may […] Read more…
Somehow it feels like we’ve skipped over fall and gone right to winter in North Carolina! Of course I’m talking about a North Carolina winter, not a Minnesota winter… 😉 Our temps have been down into the 40s at night and only into the 50s during the day. So I’ve been craving some different foods. […] Read more…
One of my biggest frustrations with low carb baking is converting sweeteners. It seems that every low carb recipe uses a different sweetener, and often not the ones I have on hand! And every low carb sweetener conversion chart uses just one sweetener (typically sugar) as the base. But what if the recipe I want […] Read more…