Venison Chili
Posted by Tracy | Filed under dinner
If you’re not looking for Thanksgiving leftover recipes, you’ve come to the right place. Since I didn’t host Thanksgiving this year, I have no leftovers hanging around to figure out what to do with. I do, however, still have a few pounds of venison in the freezer from a good friend of mine whose hubby [...]
Tags: chili
Daring Baker Challenge: Pumpkin Pie Crostata Bars
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
The 2010 November Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Simona of briciole. She chose to challenge Daring Bakers’ to make pasta frolla for a crostata. She used her own experience as a source, as well as information from Pellegrino Artusi’s Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well. I was happy when I [...]
Tags: daring baker, pumpkin
Peppermint Bark
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I know today’s 12 Weeks of Christmas Cookies post is sliding in at the last minute, but I’ve been enjoying spending time with the family and haven’t had time to sit down at the computer until now. Anyway, this week I decided to do something simple – [...]
Tags: 12weeksofchristmascookies, chocolate, peppermint
Cranberry Sauce (Canned)
Posted by Tracy | Filed under canning
Last year for Thanksgiving, I made fresh cranberry sauce for the first time and absolutely fell in love with it. Not only was it surprisingly easy to make, but it’s extremely versatile, and I love that you can make it several days ahead of time and store it in the refrigerator so it’s one of [...]
Cheddar and Parsley Biscuits
Posted by Tracy | Filed under breads & pastries
I have a confession to make. When I saw these cheddar and parsley biscuits on Jen’s blog a few months ago, I made them immediately. And I kept making them. In fact, I made them pretty much every time we had soup or chili…which, as the weather turned colder and colder, was a lot. In [...]
Stollen Cookies
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
I picked up some fresh dates at the grocery store last week, because I wanted to practice making stollen for Christmas this year. Stollen is another one of the many Christmas goodies I had on my list to make last year but didn’t end up having enough time for, so now it’s at the top [...]
Tags: 12weeksofchristmascookies, cookie
Pear-Apple Jam
Posted by Tracy | Filed under canning
This month’s Tigress Can Jam theme was apples, pears, and quinces…and since I had just seen pears at the grocery store around the time I read the announcement, I thought it was a great pick for November. I have to admit that I’ve never seen a quince at the store before, much less eaten one [...]
Tags: apple, canning, jam, pear, tigresscanjam
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