tomato risotto with frizzled red onions
4 days ago
Pies Galore
We are huge fans of NPR that we get our inspiration for Thanksgiving dinner menu from the news channel. My husband heard the story of a chef learning to make his Nana's sweet potato pie. The setting is somewhere in Georgia. We need no additional convincing. Guess what made it to our list of pies this year.
We made the Sweet potato pie and a chocolate-apple-pecan pie.
The intent was to make a chocolate pie and then I realized the contents filled only half way through the pie. So filled the rest with green apples, pecans and shaved chocolate.
The pies are now cooling off as the turkey goes into the oven for 4 hours.
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Spicy Potato Wedges
Somethings sweet and some savory. We cook and eat all day long on Thanksgiving day. Each dish is phased so we not running on empty stomach. Of course we save some exclusively for the sit down dinner.
Recipe for the Spicy Potato Wedges
Grind the following in a spice grinder -
2 tsp Cumin seeds
2 tsp Pepper seeds
4 Dried Chilies
1 tsp Jeera
1 tsp Corriander seeds
1 tsp Hing
2 tsp salt
Method
- Heat oven to 400F.
- Wash and cut 8-10 small sized potatoes into wedges. Coat the potatoes with ground spice.
- Add 1/4 cup finely chopped cilantro leaves to the potatoes
- Space it evenly on a oven-proof sheet and drizzle olive oil on top of the potatoes.
- Roast in the oven for 40-45 minutes.
- Squeeze lemon juice before serving.
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Happy Thanksgiving
My latest obsession is Trader Joe. I'm there every week and have possibly tried all their products. This Thanksgiving, most of my menu is from there. Round 1 is melted brie, toasted sourdough bread, cheese with lavender and cranberry sauce.
As my finals are fast approaching, I took a few short cuts this time. Store bought cranberry sauce. Well, not any store, it's Trader Joe's Cranberry sauce. I got this recipe from a fellow shopper while I was trying chose the cheese for the Thanksgiving dinner.
Step 1. I prepped olive oil by mixing it with crushed garlic cloves and red chilies. Left it overnight for the favors to blend in.
Step 2. Melted the Brie in the oven for a few minutes
Step 3. Drizzled some flavored olive oil on top of the sourdough bread and toasted it in the oven at 350 degrees for about 7 - 8 minutes.
Step 4. Dip the bread in the melted cheese, or spread it with the cranberry sauce or orange marmalade. The choices are plenty.
You can always replace Sourdough with French. My family prefers sourdough over any other kind of bread. Stay tuned for the rest of the recipes.
A Very Happy Thanksgiving From My Family to Yours!!!
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Almond Biscotti
Looking for a recipe for a baked goods sale at school for kids? My sister-in-law suggested biscotti and to my surprise, I did find it terribly simple to make. Here is the recipe I used.
I would have used my sister-in-law's recipe, but the measurements in her recipe were in the metrics system and it would have probably taken me for ever to convert it.
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Anchorage, Alaska
Alaska is an RV state. If there's one place you want to try RV'ing for the first time, I would do it in Alaska. We flew into Anchorage and used the opportunity to explore the city. we literally walked up and down the streets.
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San Francisco, California
Driving down crooked street is always a huge thrill !!!! We did a day trip here from Sunnyvale. We did not do much other than see the bridge and crooked street.
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