Nanny J’s Carrot Souffle

This was one of the new recipes we had for Thanksgiving. It was really quite delicious and if you have picky eaters that don’t like carrots you may want to give this a try. Mr. Awesome doesn’t like carrots but he was the one who requested this.

Your family will be singing the ‘Carrots Are Divine’ song after eating this!

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Nanny J’s Corn Pudding

What the heck is corn pudding? That’s what I thought when Mr. Awesome tried to tell me about it. I had never heard of such a thing until I met him. We had this on Thanksgiving and it was delicious.

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It’s The Day Before Thanksgiving and My House Is A Wreck!

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It’s true, our little house on the pond is a wreck and I don’t know where we will put all of our guests that are coming tomorrow. Anybody else feel the same way right now?

The past couple of weeks have been super crazy. I guess everyone has been trying to fit everything in before the holiday season. Then we had the time change which is always so much fun around here… can you hear the sarcasm?

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Reblog: David Lebovitz’s Thanksgiving Recipe Roundup

These look so good!

If you’re celebrating Thanksgiving this week, don’t finalize your menu before you check out this roundup of favorite holiday recipes by pastry chef and food-blogger extraordinaire David Lebovitz.

via David Lebovitz’s Thanksgiving Recipe Roundup — Discover

How To Properly Set a Table

I have been working on a Home Ec class for my kids. (Its printed and waiting to be bound and/or laminated.) One of the activities is setting the table. When I came across this post on my Facebook feed I felt I should share it as many of us do get confused and some of us really don’t care.

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