Category: Thanksgiving Recipes

Squash with Chile Lime Vinaigrette

Behold! I bring you The World’s Best Squash Recipe! I’ve been cooking up a storm this week and have made new recipes for pie (banana cream!), almond cake, sweet & sour shrimp, roast chicken, really

Read More »

Mushroom & Barley Casserole

Please tell me you like mushrooms. You really need to like mushrooms so you can make this tasty casserole. Three kinds of mushrooms, carrots, and celery meet broth and barley for an amazing side dish

Read More »

Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Roasted Brussels Sprouts. It’s been a long time since I’ve been this excited about a vegetable. I can guarantee you that I’ve NEVER been this excited about brussels sprouts. But roasted? Glorious! Like most other

Read More »

Braised Pork Chops with Cranberries

Brown Juicy Pork Chops. Tart Plump Cranberries. I’ll be honest, if my friend Wes of Caesar Salad Recipe Fame hadn’t cooked this dish for me, just reading the recipe, I probably would have skipped it.

Read More »

Thanksgiving Recipes

Yikes! Thanksgiving is Thursday. As in THIS Thursday. At least I have the Mr. & Mrs. Pilgrim Salt & Pepper shakers out. Priorities, my friends, priorities. I’ve been running (and flying) around like a crazy

Read More »

Pumpkin Bars

Trick or Treat! Treat! Treat! Treat! Especially if the treat is Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting. The trick is that these are incredibly easy to put together. Use a mixer if you have one,

Read More »

Turkey Wild Rice Soup

So, do you still have one of these leftover from Thanksgiving? You were supposed to save it after all the carnage of the Thanksgiving Feast. Maybe it’s in your freezer. Go ahead and check….I’ll wait…..(humming

Read More »

Good Gravy!

So, a few days ago, we had pictures of this lovely turkey straight out of the oven. But what you couldn’t see were all the  juices and broth lurking in the bottom of the pan.

Read More »

Bread & Sage Dressing

Thanksgiving Dinner. 3 days away. You can totally do this. So far we’ve covered the basics…the Idiot-Proof Turkey, the Drunken Cranberries and the oh so lovely Sweet Potato Casserole. We even have options for vegetables

Read More »

Idiot-Proof Turkey

Thanksgiving Turkey. Does it have you freaking out? Fear not! Here at Idiot’s Kitchen we have the one and only Idiot-Proof Turkey Method. No fussing. No basting. Just put it in the oven and come

Read More »

Drunken Cranberries

Ooooh, these cranberries are lovely. Lovely and boozey! Not your old cranberries out of a can. Nope, these are Drunken Cranberries. The recipe comes from my friend Mary Immerfall in Duluth. They couldn’t be easier.

Read More »

Sweet Potato Casserole

The Best Sweet Potatoes Ever! Please allow me the following confession… I am a Sweet Potato Purist. My favorite way (prior to learning THIS recipe) to enjoy sweet potatoes is very simply – baked in

Read More »

Green Beans with Caramelized Shallots

Green Beans with Caramelized Shallots The first of our Thanksgiving recipes! For those of you who have been here since the beginning, you might remember these green beans as part of the very first post

Read More »