November 2008 Entries
Nah, you can never have too much turkey left over. But if you did have a ton of turkey left and you're sick of turkey sandwiches, you can make this wonderful white chili with that extra poultry lying around. Plus, you can freeze this chili, too.
In the winter, you sometimes need just a comforting, hot bowl of chili. I love regular, tomato-base meat chili, but this healthy white chili just hits the spot when you need something new.
Prepared in a slow-cooker, distinct spices blend together in a perfect marriage of bold, spicy flavor slightly tamed by the coolness of plain...
Like pumpkin pie and egg nog, sweet potatoes are one of those dishes that just scream holiday dish.
Unfortunately, I don’t much like sweet potatoes.
I’ve had them with butter and salt, with honey and nuts and marshmallows and mashed up in a pie...yuck.
But it is just a staple Thanksgiving dish. So I was determined to find a way to make sweet potatoes so I would gladly eat them instead of choking down a relative’s sweet sweet sweet potatoes out of obligation.
And I did.
Voila, anti-fans of sweet potatoes: I bring you sweet potato french fries!
Photo by Angela Boyko
Sweet Potato...
Congratulations, Nicky Zepeda!
You’ve won the bread-dipping basket containing a bottle of gourmet garlic-infused extra virgin olive oil and two bread-dipping spices from a local vendor, four dipping saucers, an oil cruet and the bread basket.
Truth photo by Jen Shephard
The winner was chosen randomly through Random.org, which randomly generated one winner out of the 14 participants.
To enter the contest, participants had to answer this question: What is your favorite Thankgiving side dish and why? Thanks to everyone who participated! It was so much fun reading your answers, and a special thanks to those who shared family recipes!
All answers are...
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Mascarpone cheese is perhaps one of my favorite things to have in my fridge at any given moment. I love its versatility, the way it can be used to add richness to recipes and stand alone on others.
In fact, I love a nice thick layer of mascarpone cheese on a crispy toasted English muffin, sprinkled with sugar and topped with sliced strawberries. I actually got this idea from the movie ‘Kate and Leopold’ when Hugh Grant makes Meg Ryan toast with the good stuff and strawberries.
Photo by House of Sims Photography.
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