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thanksgiving without a recipe (and two new recipes)

2025/11/14 By Melinda 2 Comments

It’s not really about thanksgiving, it’s about giving thanks. It’s got nothing to do with pilgrims and their silly hats or the day before black friday. It’s about the flavors that give you comfort and the people you know will comfort you.

Filed Under: Recipe Round Ups, Recipes, Winter Holiday Tagged With: Thanksgiving

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Spiced Pâte à Choux w/ Pumpkin Ice Cream and vanilla whipped cream

2016/11/21 By Melinda Leave a Comment

If there is any hope of posting this in time for thanksgiving I must stick to the basics. The recipe. I’m in charge of dessert again this thanksgiving. Truth be told I prefer a starter when people are still hungry because thanks blah de blah I’m in it for the praise and as few left […]

Filed Under: Recipes, Sweet, Winter Holiday Tagged With: cream puffs, ice cream, Pâte à Choux, pumpkin, Thanksgiving, whipped cream

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Cranberry Pomegranate Relish- quick, low sugar, no cooking

2016/11/19 By Melinda Leave a Comment

Cranberry Pomegranate Relish

Persephone leaves the underworld with four pomegranate seeds in her belly. Seeds of winter. She can still taste the fruit, remember how she struggled to stop at just four, licked the bright juice from her fingers, tasted the red stain on her lips. But without fall there can be no spring, without bare branches there […]

Filed Under: Fruit, gluten free, Recipes, Sides and such, Winter Holiday Tagged With: cranberry, mandarin, no cook, orange, pomegranate molasses, quick, satsuma, Thanksgiving

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Simple Do Ahead Thanksgiving Cranberry Sauces

2013/11/21 By Melinda 5 Comments

Bourbon Cinnamon and Grapefruit Cardamom Cranberry Sauce

make ahead roasted cranberry sauce One cranberry sauce with booze and one without. These easy oven roasted cranberry sauces continue to be my go to cranberry recipes year after year.  The best part is how simple it is to make them as much as five days ahead of time so you can save yourself one […]

Filed Under: Condiments, Sauces, and Gravies, Fruit, Recipes, Sides and such, Sweet, Winter Holiday Tagged With: bourbon, cardamom, cranberry sauce, grapefruit, Thanksgiving

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