No Thanksgiving meal is complete without mashed potatoes – the more the better in my family. You’d seriously think my family was Irish by the way we consume potatoes! These are a decadent twist on the same old same old mashed potatoes. They are great as leftover potato cakes as well. These are my son’s [...]

I always serve a couple of vegetables at the holidays because it feels really good to eat something yummy that’s not quite so heavy. All my kids love these because they’re just a little bit sweet… Glazed Carrots 1 1/4 lbs. fresh carrots (about 8 medium) 1/3 c. packed brown sugar 2 tbs. butter 1/2 [...]

Apples always remind me of home – the smell, the color, and the reminder of my mom and grandma in the kitchen baking. Our neighbors had an orchard when I was a kid, which meant that every fall we had TONS of apples. Which meant we had apple everything, from pie to sauce to butter. [...]