Posts Tagged ‘Thanksgiving’

A Foolproof Christmas Turkey Gravy Recipe

Wednesday, December 24, 2008 9:51 2 Comments

Every Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter with our families, one of our aunts or mothers (please don’t tell them we said this) struggles with the turkey gravy.  We can end up with anything from light brown flavorless water to lumpy turkey flavored pudding!  Each of them means well, and everyone in the family will always swear [...]

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Antipasti Addition — Sautéed Olives and Herbs

Monday, December 15, 2008 19:01 3 Comments

In both of our families, at major holidays (especially Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter), one of our aunts will open a can of black olives to put on the dinner table.  We both grew up with this practice, but when we started hosting some of the holiday dinners at our home we started wondering what we [...]

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A Few Thanksgiving Turkey Tips

Thursday, November 20, 2008 22:07 5 Comments

Like everyone these days, our lives are always hectic and as we get closer to the holidays, both Thanksgiving and Christmas, they seem even more so.  We feel that these holidays should be times to relax, and pretend that we don’t have a thousand things pressing upon us when we get back to our lives [...]

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