And I'm Thanking You for Giving it To Me

The holiday plate portrait

Bacon and garlic roasted Brussels sprouts

Traditional Green Bean Casserole - sometimes you need to taste the familiar

Yeah, I stuffed that bird! 

Kale Salad with pomegranate seeds and walnuts

The cook's treat - roasted liver in butter - anyone??

The first rubdown of this warm herbed butter seized up because the bird was too cold. Patience is what you need a lot of in a small kitchen on Thanksgiving.

Cornbread Sausage Apple Stuffing

Pecan Pie without corn syrup

I was worried this would be missing that sweet something that is hard to describe in a pecan pie, but instead, I may prefer it.  I'll need a second year of study to fully release my findings, but leaning towards this for sure.

Cheesy stuffed jalapenos

Buttery Buttermilk Skillet Cornbread

What a Girl Wants, What a Girl Needs

If I had a dime for every time I made pasta but didn't bother to feature it or write about it, I'd have enough to buy a mink stole. That's how old I am. I think of a mink stole instead of an IPad or fancy tech gadget. Mind you, I don't wear furs or even fancy expensive things. Buy me a slice of pizza and I'll follow you anywhere. And I call pasta, spaghetti or fettuccine or linguine, whichever kind it really is. Pasta always seemed a little bit pretentious. I mean, I'm making it out of a box, not fresh. Chances are it was 88 cents, which is my ideal price for a box of thin spaghetti. Whole wheat now unfortunately that they've taken all the fun out of white flour that a girl can't even enjoy a vat of white buttered noodles without feeling all kinds of shame.


I like my spaghetti like I used to like my beer. Cheap and lots of it. Once in awhile I love to really take my time and make a rich meat sauce with all the bells and whistles. But mostly, I make fast, quick noodles with meatless sauce which is usually spiced canned tomatoes. This time I made a quick clam sauce, lessened the olive oil and used a bit of chicken stock, along with the clam juice, parsley, lots of garlic and lastly, loose pants.