8 seriously amazing mashed potato recipes for Thanksgiving. Or heck, Christmas, Mother’s Day and our birthdays.
I can never eat too many hot, yummy, heaping forkfuls of mashed potatoes. We’re the kind of family that has both homemade stuffing (often more than one kind) and potatoes on the Thanksgiving table. If you’re not running away from me in a carb-phobic panic...
7 cranberry sauce recipes for every taste: The essential Thanksgiving table
As a professional home cook and recipe developer, I’m always game to change things up, even at a holiday meal. But, if you ask me, certain holiday dishes, like cranberry sauce at Thanksgiving are essential. You can play with them, but don’t think of skipping...
Thanksgiving pies that deliver, deliciously
We recently shared our essential tips for how to make a homemade pie, but have a feeling that some of you may skip out on the baking this Thanksgiving. No judgments here if you’d rather place an order and have your Thanksgiving pies delivered. In fact, we’ll help you...
Web coolness – The ultimate list of holiday gift ideas, Thanksgiving help, and the toy NOT to get your kids.
Here are our favorite links from around the web this week. We hope you like them too. Our 2014 holiday gift guide is here filled with more than 200 gift ideas for everyone on your list, plenty of discount codes, and a huge giveaway. We hope it helps! (Find...
8 tips for how to make homemade pie perfectly. Or, you know, nearly perfectly.
We might as well call the holiday season “pie season” if you ask me. That’s honestly what it is—or at least what it should be. Who’s with me? Even if you’re not (and we’ll settle this later), Thanksgiving and the winter holidays create the perfect excuse to bake up a...
9 amazing fall salad recipes that will keep you from missing summer. Or at least summer salads.
Fall is all about stews, chili, roasts, and salads. Yes, salads! Roasted veggies are delicious, but roasted veggies tossed with greens and a delicious dressing are sublime. And don’t forget about fall fruits; they make for delicious salads, too. These 9 amazing...
Web coolness: Rudolph postage stamps, the movie trailer your kids will play over and over, and the one life skill everyone should have
Here are our favorite links we’ve found looking around the web this week. Hope you like them too. The US Postal Service just announced their newest offering: Rudolph postage stamps! Keep your eyes out. Did you see how cute our kids looked on Halloween? Sorry,...
7 delicious, easy recipes to put your Thanksgiving leftovers to good use
I know: the last thing you (still) want to think about right now is food. But whether or not you cooked on Thursday, you probably have a pile of Thanksgiving leftovers in your fridge and another plate of sliced turkey, mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce just...
Happy Thanksgiving, cool moms!
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