2012 – A Review

31 Monday Dec 2012

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oh MAN.

The year is over, folks!

I can’t believe it. Really. What the heck?

I know I usually talk about food, and you know that if you’re needing motivation for what to cook over the next few days you can just head over to the recipes page, right?

I know you know that. You’re an adult.

Instead of food, though, I thought it’d be nice if we talked about this year. It’s been a doozie, and I don’t see 2013 calming down one bit.

Individual Beef Wellington

13 Thursday Dec 2012

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What are you making for Christmas dinner?

I’m making this.

Bigger.

The thing about great holiday meals is that we put them on this pedestal and then don’t make them ALL YEAR LONG and then we miss them. But, frankly, some traditional holiday meals are kind of complicated and time consuming and contain expensive ingredients, so it makes sense to only eat them once a year.

Unless.

Unless, you figured out how to simplify the process so that you could enjoy fabulous wonderful fancy flavors year round without an excessive amount of work.

Pepper Jelly and Cream Cheese Appetizer

30 Friday Nov 2012

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Happy Friday!

I’m grateful it’s Friday.

Weeks after holidays are a little rough for me. Mainly because I always like to be vacating.

Great news, though! I’m going out of town tonight. With Jay. For his birthday. You’ll be shocked to know that we’re going to a comedy show. SHOCKING.

This is an appetizer that I made last week for Thanksgiving. It’s kind of a retro app that isn’t around all that much anymore, but MAN, is it good. And easy.

There are only 5 ingredients, and one of them is “crackers, for serving.”

You MUST try this. Go.

Easy and Healthy Leftover Turkey Soup

29 Thursday Nov 2012

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I promised.

I’m delivering.

You’re welcome.

Yesterday we talked about the joys of making one’s own stock at home.

We also talked about what folks might do with leftover turkey.

One of the ideas was soup. DUH. So obvious. So delicious. So easy.

My version has very few ingredients and is super light and healthy. You could of course leave out the meat for a vegetarian version, or use poached chicken or rotisserie chicken or canned chicken or shredded pork or WHATEVER YOU LIKE any other time of the year – don’t keep this one just for these days of leftovers!

Leftover Turkey Ideas

28 Wednesday Nov 2012

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Sick of turkey yet? Don’t be.

There are a gazillion things we can do with it to make it super duper exciting.

I used up the last of my leftover turkey last night, but that’s just because there are only two of us and we just had a little bit leftover from our family.

Some of you, though, might be drowning in turkey. After a few days in the fridge, the flavor can get admittedly….strong….so let’s think of some yummy things to do with leftovers!

Homemade Turkey Stock

28 Wednesday Nov 2012

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We’re 6 days out from Thanksgiving, and I’m still inundated with leftovers.

INUNDATED, I TELL YOU.

The great news about that is that I’ve been able to be less than creative with lunches this week. It’s been fun, in a lazy way.

One of the best things about Thanksgiving, I think, is that you can save the carcass of the turkey, bawl it to smithereens, and have delicious homemade turkey stock to make, soup, casseroles, or whatever my little heart desires.

I can also freeze said stock for 14 years if I don’t feel like using it right now.

Homemade Cocktail Sauce

27 Tuesday Nov 2012

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In our family, we have shrimp cocktail every Christmas Eve.

I don’t know why. Years ago, my dad decided that on Christmas Eve we were gonna eat appetizers.

Just appetizers.

Lotsa appetizers.

It’s become a tradition of ours, and while the other food changes each year, the shrimp cocktail is always there, waiting for us.

Making your own cocktail sauce is super duper easy and WAY more delicious than the stuff in a jar, even the overpriced stuff in a jar.

I promise. There are two essential ingredients, and I add 3 optional ingredients of my own. You can handle that, right?

Thankful.

22 Thursday Nov 2012

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Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you have wonderful plans. Armed with 5 dishes, we’re about to head over to my family’s house for The Day.

The Day involves drinking during the day.

The Day involves taking pictures of various groups of our families, with people shouting instructions like this:

Mama, no! My head’s not in it!

Zoom in….NOT BY WALKING!

Don’t stand too close to me. If these are good I want to crop you out for Facebook.

What I’m trying to say is, I love Thanksgiving.

Have a wonderful day, friends. I’d love to know what your plans are for this wonderful weekend! Tomorrow it’s back to yoga and counseling and real life, so I’m especially thankful to have today with the people I love the most.

I’m thankful for YOU, too. You knew that, right?

Love,

Lindsay

Don’t Panic! Last Minute Thanksgiving Offerings

21 Wednesday Nov 2012

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Thanksgiving is tomorrow!

Finally.

How annoyed are you of me telling you how to cook?

Hopefully not too much – this is the last day I’ll be dictating what you eat until the next time I feel compelled to share with you my thoughts on what I think you should eat.

Thanksgiving Appetizer Suggestions

20 Tuesday Nov 2012

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It’s Friday!

I mean, Tuesday.

You know what I mean – IT’S THE LAST DAY OF THE WORK WEEK!

For me.

For you too? I really hope so. I’m wearing a scarf and tights and boots today, so I feel totally fallish and READY for Thursday.

FunnyLove

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