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5 Thanksgiving “Wish List” Recipes

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While our menu is pretty much set for Thanksgiving, I thought I would take a few minutes to share my 5 “Wish List” recipes – all original, homemade and perfect for Thanksgiving. These recipes intrigue me and are going in the file for this winter, or maybe a last minute switcher-ooo come Thursday…

The recipes all come from fellow foodie bloggers and members of the Village Green Network, so props to these great home cooks and writers.

Butternut Squash Gratin in Baby Pumpkins from OhLardy!

  1. Butternut Squash Gratin from OhLardy!. The most gorg presentation – serve squash in baby pumpkins! Picture at right courtesy of OhLardy!
  2. Pissota: An Old World Olive Oil Cake from Nourishing Joy. The author was inspired by her sister who lives in Spain, but the recipe is classic Italian (near and dear to my own heart)
  3. Pumpkin Pie Meringue Candy by Ditch the Wheat. I am a sucker for anything meringue.
  4. Roasted Sage Squash with Honey by  Whole Green Love. Roasting squash and root vegetables make for a healthy and tasty side dish, and I like the honey + sage combo.
  5. Crockpot Caramelized onions from Empowered Sustenence. Caramelized onions are so simple and delicious.
Please post a comment below if you try any of these dishes, or share your own Thanksgiving menu “Wish List” items.

 

It’s Thursday and do you know what’s Left in your CSA Basket?

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Our CSA Pick-up day is Saturday and I’m usually out of food, ideas and energy for creative home cooking by Thursday night. Quick review of this week’s recipes:

But I’ve still got a few usable and useful items left, so it’s back to work tonight. I have the following left:

  • 1/3 quart cherry tomatoes – dinner tonight
  • Shallots and Garlic- dinner tonight,and these will last, so no hurry
  • Zucchini – have plans for zucchini bread this weekend, so sit tight
  • 1/2 head of cabbage – I’m out of ideas for you, cabbage head
  • 1 ear of early drought corn – Sam was going to eat for dinner, but the crazy rows look uninviting

Krazy Korn from CSA Pick-up 7/28/12

Krazy Korn is going in the compost bin.

We’ll have Salmon en Papillote and a green salad for dinner tonight. As I wrote in an earlier post, fish en Papillote is a simple to prepare dish for the kitchen weary. I’ll use the cherry tomatoes and shallots from my CSA pick-up, and then we’re ready again for Saturday’s stash.