Happy Thanksgiving! Here’s a round-up of some of our favorite Thanksgiving recipes The Sinfully Stuffed Stuffing is the #1 favorite and most requested from every family member…regardless of being gluten free or not. And you can imagine how much I’m making this year with 18 guests! Bring on the Udi’s Bread in masses! I’ve listed…
Butter Cookies with Chocolate & Almonds
Butter Cookies topped with Chocolate and Almonds It’s Christmas cookie season! Mixing, baking, decorating, and tasting…sharing, gathering and wrapping-up the sweetness. All in anticipation of this beautiful holiday season. These cookies are one of my favorite as they are crisp on the outside with a tender-soft vanilla cake on the inside. The chocolate and almond…
Pesto Meatballs with Italian Gravy
Pesto Turkey Meatballs in Italian Gravy Italian gravy you ask? But this isn’t gravy, it’s a sauce. So goes the debate. Typically, to be referred to as ‘gravy’, the sauce must be slow cooked in the pan drippings from which meat has been cooked. Yes, this is a gravy. Italian Gravy. These turkey meatballs are…
Blueberry Cornmeal Pancakes for Veterans Day
Blueberry Cornmeal Pancakes In honor of Veterans Day I share my Blueberry Cornmeal Pancake Recipe But most importantly I share a very special man, my stepfather, Walter Patrek…an honored veteran. Pat was the Nose Gunner on the B-24 Liberator in WWII The Thirteenth Air Force Thirteen has always been his lucky number My Moms’ birthday…
Nachos! Seven Great Recipes for National Nacho Day
Nacho’s Especiales So Today is National Nacho Day? Ummm…..Ok. Let’s make them extra special then….Nacho’s Especiales! And what makes these so special? Every chip is singularly placed on the dish and topped for that perfect bite…every chip. Yummmm. Yes, National Nacho Day…..Maravilloso! Check out these other Gluten Free Nacho Recipes….in honor of National Nacho Day…
Seafood Chowder
Seafood Chowder A cool evening at the cabin with friends inspired this golden bowl full of love. We started with happy hour around the bonfire sharing stories of the Summer gone by and the chores at hand to prepare for the cold winter ahead. Cabin life as we’ve come to know it…simple, casual, family, friends, nature,…
National Apple Day! 10 amazing Gluten Free Apple Fritter Recipes!
Happy National Apple Day! October 21st In honor of Apple Day, I’m sending a little blogger-love by sharing 10 amazing gluten free recipes for Apple Fritters! Yum…Get ready to drool. Kait over at Bubble Girl Bakes (BG Bakes) makes Emeril Lagasse’s recipe for Apple Fritters and says, “The fritters literally melted in my mouth and…
Cabin Chili
Cabin Chili Ring-Ring….. Me: “Hello?” Son Spinner: “Hey Mom, can I have that one chili recipe…you know, the one you send with us to the cabin.” Me: “Ahhh, that one…I haven’t made it in awhile. I’ll have to dig it up….I’ll email it to you” The Following day…..(Text Message) Bing! Son Spinner: “The chili is…
Apple Cake – Anne’s Apple Cake
Anne’s Apple Cake October = Apple Cake & Anne. I make this cake each year, at this time, this week. It’s a celebration you see…of my friend, Anne. This was her favorite cake. She was born in October. We lost her in October 2003 at the age of 42. She would be 53 this year….
Easy Appetizers – Mini Reuben and Mini Caprese Picks
Mini Reuben Picks Some of my favorite and most creative ideas come from last minute brainstorming. Like these two Easy Appetizers I’m sharing with you, the first being my Mini Reuben Picks. Over the Labor Day weekend each year we have a group of my son’s friends up to the cabin for a weekend of…
Scones – Mini Pumpkin Spice with Orange Vanilla Icing
Mini Pumpkin Spice Scones with Orange Vanilla Icing (Scones made with Organic Coconut Palm Sugar) Hi-Hi-Hi!!! Thank you for hanging in there with me during my crazy summer project…it’s almost complete and I can hardly wait to tell you all about it. Here’s a little glimpse of what has taken my time and attention:…
4th of July – Favorite Menu Ideas
A Few of Our Favorite Recipes for your 4th of July Celebration In just a few days we’ll be celebrating the 4th of July with Gratitude and Joy. When we carry on these festivities, it’s important to remember we’re carrying on a grand tradition. The first anniversary of the Declaration, as it described the…