Do you go to 2 Thanksgiving dinners? Or do you have to attend 4 of them? Can you even face a fourth holiday meal? Instead of running a marathon during the holidays, sit down with your spouse and discuss how to simplify it all. Perhaps alternating years at various relatives can work. I realize that gets complicated if others in the family … [Read more...]
Garlic Green Beans, Quick Holiday Side Dish
For those of you who have to have grandma's green bean casserole with the onions on top for your holiday meal, enjoy your traditional green beans. For those who want a simpler green bean dish, read on.I love a quick side dish for the holidays. These green beans are made with frozen whole green beans and look so nice on a plate. Keep the bright … [Read more...]
Easy Sweet Potato Crowns
If you want a different sweet potato dish for Thanksgiving that's easy and impressive, take a look at this. My friend served these & we really liked them. They look so cool standing almost like little individual pies. It's super easy to make these as you just cut the unpeeled sweet potatoes into chunks & bake. Then you add the topping & broil … [Read more...]
Carolina BBQ Pulled Pork
Talk about flavor! My sister made this for a party and it was so good. Everyone was raving about it and many guests begged for a plate of it to take home. I would say it's restaurant quality, but it's so much better than any pulled pork I've had in a restaurant. The sauce is vinegar based with some mustard flavoring that is wonderful. If you … [Read more...]
Grilled Salt & Vinegar Potatoes
I can't wait to try these. They are supposed to be fantastic. It's a little bit of the flavor of salt & vinegar potato chips on 1/4-inch slices of potatoes grilled to crispy perfection. Well, they don't have to be perfect, but they will be tasty. You get the vinegar flavor by boiling potatoes in a vinegar solution. The vinegar flavor is there, … [Read more...]
Oven Roasted Red Potatoes
Potatoes are cheap, good, and not hard to prepare. Adding olive oil to them adds heart-healthy goodness. Since you keep the peelings on you keep the vitamins and fiber too. The recipe calls for red-skinned potatoes, & they look great, but you can use any kind of potatoes. You can even add some baby carrots or carrot chunks to the mix. I like to … [Read more...]
Easy Avocado Tomato Salad that We Love
This is my favorite quick salad, maybe my favorite salad of any kind. You just cut tomatoes into chunks (allow juice and seeds to fall into the bowl) and then cut some avocado chunks into the same bowl. Stir to get the tomato juice over all the avocado pieces. Done!I like to add a little salt and pepper to the salad in my own plate, but since dh … [Read more...]