This year we had it in our minds that we would forego the corner Christmas tree lot, and make a trip out to a tree farm where we would make some yuletide family memories with a chainsaw and some rope. We packed up the kids, headed northwest a couple of hours until we found a […]
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The Real Cost of Thanksgiving Dinner
As you complete your last-minute Thanksgiving grocery shopping today, you might find yourself in bewilderment over the recent released statistic that the average cost of the Thanksgiving meal for ten people is $49.04. You may have some trouble reconciling your 8 foot long grocery receipt for a much larger amount with that very misleading number. […]
Thanksgiving Primer
With the big holiday only a mere week away, I present to you this friendly, albeit no-so-helpful, Thanksgiving Dinner Primer. Turkey This is the most over-thought protein in the world. There are built-in thermometers, specifically-crafted deep-fryers, brining bags the size of Samsonites and special 1-800 hotlines to cook the easiest part of the entire Thanksgiving […]
What a crock
Admittedly, my biggest kitchen failures usually come from a Crock pot. If you forget about the first time I made Tiramisu without sugar or my passive-aggressive relationship with yeast, the Crock-pot is my next greatest culinary nemesis. Oh, I do fine with chili, soups or beans because that’s what slow-cookers are made for–heating things together […]
A tree falls in Nashville
Last weekend in our backyard… Me: The tree guy came and took down most of the dead trees in the backyard except for one. He said he would have to come back for that one with different equipment because it was too big. My Husband: That one by the fence line? That’s no big deal, […]