As I am sure many of you will be using this weekend to stock up on produce and other Thanksgiving supplies, I just wanted to toss out a few links and tidbits that might help with any last minute planning.
Thanksgiving 2009 Brainstorm – This is a collection of recipes I put together on RecipeZaar for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Autumn’
Thanksgiving 2009 – Down to the wire!
Posted by Vicky on November 20th, 2009
Cranberry Sauce – No Sugar Added
Posted by Vicky on November 20th, 2009
Over the years, I’ve served a variety of cranberry sauces to the Thanksgiving revelers. Gourmet, homemade, zesty, spicy… name it. Invariably, more than one person will ask, “Isn’t there any can shaped stuff?” Gross. Ok, well, there was a time when I enjoyed the can shaped stuff myself. Maybe [...]
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Tags: Autumn, Cranberries, Crock-Pot, Fall, Fiber, Fruit, Low Sugar, Reduced Sugar, Sauce, Sides, Thanksgiving, Under 10 Carbs, Under 15 Carbs 
5 Comments »Ginger Peach Sweet Potatoes
Posted by Vicky on November 17th, 2009
Well… Thanksgiving fast approaches! I knew it was coming up quick, but I didn’t realize just how quick. Do we ever? I guess if I wait until I have photos, to share some of my favorites, it will be too late for anyone to get any use out of them this year. So, allow me [...]
Posted in VickyCooks Tags: Autumn, Fall, Sides, Sweet Potatoes, Thanksgiving, Vegetables, Veggies 1 Comment »Sweet Potato Souffle Saga, Part II
Posted by Vicky on November 11th, 2009
Alrighty! We started this journey with some homemade sweet potato puree. Then we ventured onward to make this sweet potato souffle recipe. Here are the photos of the first recipe…
Yes, that topping tastes as decadent as it looks. Recall that I swapped out the Splenda brown for some Joseph’s maple flavored maltitol syrup. This [...]
Sweet Potato Souffle Saga, Part I
Posted by Vicky on November 9th, 2009
For both Thanksgiving 2007 and Thanksgiving 2008, I made the following sweet potato recipe without too much thought.
Ingredients
3 cups sweet potatoes (fresh or canned)
4 eggs
1 cup Splenda granular
1 cup (2 sticks) margarine or butter, softened
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 cup walnuts, chopped
1/2 cup Splenda brown sugar blend
1/2 cup flour
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Blend first 3 ingredients, 1 [...]
Food for Thought – Festive isn't always about food.
Posted by Vicky on November 2nd, 2009
Believe me, I love to cook in Autumn and Winter. I adore the tastes, the smells, and the warmth of holiday cooking. I love to gather friends and family around a festive table in celebration. I especially enjoyed planning and cooking Thanksgiving dinner with my mother. I could easily stretch the holidays into an excuse [...]
Chunky Sweet Crock Chili
Posted by Vicky on November 1st, 2009
BEEF, BEER, COFFEE, and CHOCOLATE. These are a few of my favorite things!
So… I had beef that needed to be used, a hankering for chili, and a husband who doesn’t like beans. Slamming together a crock of chunky beef chili was the natural course of action. It was another excellent Sunday football alternative to the [...]
Posted in Recipes Tags: Autumn, Beef, Chocolate, Crock-Pot, Fall, Protein, Slow Cooker, Spicy 3 Comments »Roasted Acorn Squash with Pumpkin Seed Oil
Posted by Vicky on October 31st, 2009
Wegmans… how I adore you! You have a cooking station where you tantalize me with your fine smells. Then you tease me with a taste. Then you tempt me by putting all of the ingredients right there in front of me… along with the recipe. You had me at “Roasted Acorn Squash with Pumpkin Seed [...]
Posted in Recipes Tags: Autumn, Fall, Fiber, Low Sugar, Sides, Squash, Thanksgiving, Under 15 Carbs, Vegetables, Veggies 8 Comments »Slow Cooked Thanksgiving
Posted by Vicky on October 29th, 2009
This year, it will be just my husband and me at home on Thanksgiving. I love tradition, and I have every intention of making it a festive day full of turkey, belching, and football. However, since we have a more formal Thanksgiving dinner planned for early December, I don’t want to do the entire routine [...]
Posted in Protein Recipes, Recipes Tags: Autumn, Crock-Pot, Fall, Poultry, Protein, Slow Cooker, Thanksgiving, Turkey 7 Comments »Sweet Carrot Sauce
Posted by Vicky on October 23rd, 2009
A few weeks ago, I saw a recipe for Carrot Curd on Anatomy of a Dinner Party . Never heard of it… didn’t really know what the hell a curd was apart from a cheese by-product… but it looked darn good, and I have been dying to make a “lighter” version of it ever since. [...]
Posted in VickyCooks Tags: Autumn, Dessert, Dip, Eggs, Fall, Sauce, Thanksgiving, Vegetables 9 Comments »
