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Thanksgiving

8 Traditional Thanksgiving Recipes…On the Side!

November 19, 2009

I wasn’t sure if I could put together an entire Thanksgiving menu with recipes from the sides of food packages, but I did it! Here’s a summary of the eight traditional Thanksgiving recipes I’ve shared over the past few weeks. Enjoy – and wishing a happy and healthy holiday to you and yours! Rosemary Roasted [...]

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Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Cinnamon Pecan Crunch

November 18, 2009

Despite being almost two years old, my daughter still prefers her sweet potatoes in the form of baby food purées with nothing else added. I suspect this has as much to do with the appeal of the natural sweet potato flavor as it does with the entertainment value of practicing the transfer of bright-orange mush [...]

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Herb Stuffing Muffins

November 16, 2009

When I mentioned to my mother that I was planning to make a traditional herb stuffing this weekend, she replied, “You should bake it in muffin tins!” She had just read an article in The New York Times in which the author was extremely pleased with the results of her efforts to concoct stuffing muffins [...]

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Classic Pecan Pie

November 12, 2009

I have to admit, whenever I hear the words “pecan pie” I immediately think of the line “But I would be proud to partake of your pecan piiiiiiiiie…” from that sweet museum scene in When Harry Met Sally, when Harry is gearing up to ask Sally out: It’s hard to believe it’s been twenty years [...]

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Thanksgiving Turkey

November 11, 2009

When I was 12 years old there was a contest at school where you had to guess how much a turkey they had on display weighed. My guess turned out to be correct – 22 pounds. I won! I won! I lugged my hefty prize out to the pick-up circle after school, proudly presenting our [...]

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Cranberry Sauce

November 9, 2009

Cranberries, sugar and water – that’s all you need to make traditional cranberry sauce. Yet while it may be the simplest dish on your Thanksgiving table, it’s definitely no wallflower. Just look at that gorgeous color! And if that wasn’t enough to capture our attention, the tart berries seize our tastebuds and make our mouths [...]

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Bacon, Sour Cream & Chive Mashed Potatoes

November 5, 2009

I’ve struggled in the past to make mashed potatoes with the texture I really like – the really fluffy, smooth, creamy kind. Maybe I’d been using the wrong kind of potatoes or I wasn’t cooking the potatoes for long enough or I could have benefited from a tool like a potato ricer…but I think the [...]

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Green Bean Casserole

November 4, 2009

I previously said that it wouldn’t be Thanksgiving at my house without classic pumpkin pie. Well, I guess I’d also add Green Bean Casserole to that list. To be fair, is it the best vegetable side dish I’ve ever had? No, not really. But it’s loaded with tradition and nostalgia – and on Thanksgiving, that [...]

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Classic Pumpkin Pie with Maple Cream

November 2, 2009

November is here! And that means holiday cooking and baking season has officially begun on Cooking On the Side. From Libby’s Pumpkin Pie (today’s recipe) to French’s Green Bean Casserole, many favorite holiday recipes originated from food packaging – which makes them perfect topics for this blog! So for the next few weeks I’ll be [...]