This pumpkin bread with cream cheese frosting was the highlight of last weekend's Thanksgiving dinner(s). It's rich, moist, and can be tinkered with as you like (try adding raisins, walnuts, coconut...whatever floats your boat).
When it comes to Thanksgiving side dishes (and Thanksgiving generally), I am all about zero kerfuffle (I've always wanted to use that word). It's stressful enough having millions of relatives running around...you don't need to be tinkering with complicated seasonings and fussy sauces in the meantime.
I am all about getting a jump on the holiday shopping, so as with last year I've started compiling a Holiday Gift Guide...
Saturday night was one of those nights when dinner consisted of whatever could be scrounged from the refrigerator. Fortunately, the evening's pickings included the ingredients for this salad, which turned out to be quite fresh and lovely, and which I think would make a pretty spectacular Thanksgiving side dish.
I was served these delicious (and easy-to-make) Oreo truffles pretty much everywhere I went while visiting Kendrick’s relatives over Thanksgiving, and asked my mother-in-law to send me the recipe. Put them in a pretty tin, and they make a lovely, personal (and inexpensive) Christmas gift.
The first time I spent Thanksgiving at Kendrick’s parents’ place, I decided to impress my in-laws-to-be by making this crowd-pleaser side dish (even people who “don’t like Brussels sprouts” - a.k.a. people I think are weird - like it). Unfortunately, I didn’t boil the sprouts for long enough, so forty-five minutes after we were supposed to all sit down to dinner I was still frantically sauteing the damn things while Kendrick’s entire family looked on in pity. Don’t do that, please: even though food purists would frown on this advice, I urge you to cook the sprouts until they’re fork-tender before adding them to the pan. (This time, by the way, they turned out perfectly.)
JORDAN’S BRUSSELS SPROUTS w/ PANCETTA & MUSHROOMS
What you need:
1 package brussels sprouts, stemmed and halved
When you visit your in-laws for Thanksgiving, photos like this get taken. Not that I mind :)
Happy Thanksgiving from Ohio!
In Kendrick’s parents’ backyard. I LOVE rope swings (Kendrick’s dad, Tom, made that one).
If you’re lucky enough to have a backyard with a spot for a swing, go here to learn how to make one.
DKNY Pure sweater, ABS Carrie jeans, Gap hat, Urban Outfitters earrings.
