Thanksgiving Recipes
Thanksgiving will be here before you know it and just in case you’re looking for some new recipes and table decor ideas–check out my Thanksgiving menu.
Chestnut Soup in Pumpkin Tureen
It’s not Thanksgiving if I don’t make this soup. I tried a different soup one year and there were way too many complaints. Check out this fabulous soup in a hollowed out pumpkin soup tureen which appeared in the November 2012 Edition of the Essex Fells Magazine.
Turkey Roulade
Here’s a great recipe for turkey and stuffing rolled into one. It’s make ahead, easy to slice and is served with a great side dish of edamame succotash. If you’re looking for some new ideas for Thanksgiving table decor, check out my acorn squash vase in the photo.
Sweet Potato Pecan Casserole with a Secret Ingredient
This Sweet Potato Pecan Casserole with a Secret Ingredient is a great Thanksgiving Day Side Dish. It’s make ahead and you can whip it up in no time. Can you guess the secret ingredient?
Thanksgiving Cornucopia of Roasted Vegetables
This roasted vegetable side dish is always a hit with my guests. For some festive Thanksgiving table decor ideas, make sure to check out the butternut squash vase and the figural squirrel napkin ring in the photo.
Pumpkin Pecan Pie
This pumpkin pecan pie is to die for. It’s my most requested Thanksgiving dessert. Check out the adorable multicolored candy melt leaves that I made that appear in the photo. Comment if you’d like instructions on how to make the candy melt leaves.
Beaujolais Poached Pears
If you’re looking for a lighter dessert–this one’s for you. For a dairy free version of this recipe, leave out the creme anglaise (vanilla sauce) and serve the pears on the red wine syrup. For another idea on table decor, check out the festive pear vases in the photo.
Turkey Sugar Cookies
Make sure to have some turkey shaped cookie cutters on hand to make these crowd pleasing sugar cookies.
Luzma’s Colombian Penicillin
Do you know someone in need of some TLC? This comforting soup is sure to cure whatever ails them. My November 2017 Food Column in the Essex Fells Magazine rhapsodizes about Luzma’s Colombian Penicillin […]
Broccoli Cheddar Soup in a Bread Bowl
Fall back–Daylight Savings Time! Ugh! My least favorite time of year. One thing that helps me beat the late autumn doldrums is a bowl of steaming, hearty soup. Check out my article on Broccoli Cheddar Soup in a Bread Bowl, which appeared in the October 2015 edition of the Essex Fells Magazine.
Sugar Cookies
Cookie baking season is upon us! If you’re a cookie baking aficionado, you will want to add these to your repertoire. This recipe produces a sugar cookie for all [...]
Rugelach
A family favorite and one of my all time favorite cookies are rugelach--an Eastern European Jewish confection that is a cross between a cookie and a pastry. These crescent [...]
Honey Cookies
As always, I baked up a storm for the holidays—lots of round challahs; 3 cakes—Honey, Marble and Apple; two types of brownies—Honey and Dark Cocoa; two types of cookies—sugar [...]
Nanny’s Butter Streusel Cake
Since this was the cake that inspired my passion for baking and launched a thousand recipes, it is only fitting that I launch my website with Nanny Fela’s Butter Streusel Cake. My mom baked it often when I was growing up, and I could never resist plucking off the streusel, leaving behind a funny looking pockmarked cake. I could kick myself for not having had the presence of mind to get the recipe from [...]