‘Thanksgiving’

You guys.  Thanksgiving is in TWENTY TWO DAYS!  Yes, I am shouting that because I can’t really believe it.  This year has flown by and I need to stay focused during this holiday season.  I love my Weight Watcher leader Mickey.  I think she said it last year, that typically she attends six holiday events during the season.  That season lasted from Halloween until New...

You guys are going to love this braided apple pie – so good! It was nice to have a semi-long weekend.  While I had Thursday and Friday off, I worked Saturday and Sunday at The Chopping Block.   We had a nice Thanksgiving, having my Mom and Jacob’s family over – I think it’s the first time in a very long time that he’s had his...

So I woke up this morning, walked to my computer to publish my blog post and this is what I saw: I was up 45 minutes before I had to leave, and it was still running when I left.  Gah!  Luckily I posted this to my draft folder vs. keeping it on LiveWriter, which I could only access on my desktop. So enjoy these buttery...

It was a busy weekend working at The Chopping Block.  We are in full season holiday mode, and Saturday was our Taste of Thanksgiving.  We had FOURTEEN dishes for everyone to sample, we had Chef demos going on and complimentary wine tastings.  Sadly, I was on wine sampling and I didn’t actually help cook any of the food, but it smelled amazing by the time...

We are all set, turkey/ham in the oven and waiting for our guests, so I thought I would sneak in a quick post. I made pecan pie for the first time, um, lots of sugar! but it looks amazing – I may sneak a sliver later – definitely insulin worthy! I got the recipe off of www.pioneerwomancooks.com.  I had to buy Karo syrup, I can’t...