RECIPE: Fresh Cranberry Sauce

 Like I have mentioned before, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It's all about food, family and friends. If there's one thing I love, it's food! Of course I love my family and friends too! So every year, one of my favorite side dishes to make for Thanksgiving dinner is fresh cranberry sauce. Plus it's very easy to make! I like to make it the night before and let it settle in the fridge overnight. I hope you enjoy the recipe.

Ingredients:

12 ounces fresh cranberries
1 cup orange juice
1 cup white sugar

Directions:

In a saucepan, dissolve the sugar and orange juice over medium heat. Stir in the cranberries and cook until the cranberries start to pop (about 10 minutes). Remove the cranberries from heat and place the sauce in a bowl. The cranberry sauce will thicken as it cools. Enjoy!

I hope you all have a fun and delicious Thanksgiving!

HOLIDAY: Thanksgiving 2014

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It's all about family, friends, food, and of course football! Oh, and giving thanks for all that we have. There is nothing better than stuffing your face with a great turkey dinner, devouring a couple pieces of pie, downing a few too many glasses of wine, and then taking a nice, long tryptophan-induced nap before watching the Seattle Seahawks defeat the San Francisco 49ers! That is what I call the perfect Thanksgiving Day!

Are you the lucky one hosting a Thanksgiving dinner this year? Or are you invited to your friend's or family's house for dinner? Either way, I scoured the internet to find some great recipes to help make this year's Thanksgiving dinner a delicious feast!

Turkey
Perfect Roast Turkey - By Ina Garten from Food Network
Roast Turkey with Cornbread Dressing - By LouElla Hill from Saveur
Dry-Brined Turkey - By Russ Parsons from FOOD52

Stuffing
Chorizo and Collard Green Dressing - By Patrick and Gina Neely from Food Network
Essential Thanksgiving Herbed Stuffing - By Kelsey Nixon from the Cooking Channel
Wild Mushroom Whole Wheat Stuffing with Tarragon - By Barbara Lynch from Food and Wine

Potatoes
Sweet Potato Casserole - By Southern Living from MyRecipes.com
Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes - By Martha Stewart from MarthaStewart.com
Yukon Gold Potato and Wild Mushroom Gratin - By Clark Frasier and Mark Gaier from Bon Appetit

Cranberry Sauce
Simple Cranberry Sauce - By Betty Crocker from BettyCrocker.com
Cranberry Apple Chutney - By Martha Stewart from MarthaStewart.com
Cinnamon Apple Cranberry Sauce - By Aaron McCargo Jr. from Food Network

Pies
The Great Pumpkin Pie Recipe - By Sally from Sally'sBakingAddiction.com
Old-Fashioned Pecan Pie - By Andrea Albin from Epicurious.com
Dutch Apple Pie with Oatmeal Streusel - By Ginny from Allrecipes.com

I hope some of those recipes help! Have a great Thanksgiving! I hope it's filled with good company, delicious food, and a Seahawks win!!

Thanksgiving Dinner

I'm a little late in posting these, but here they are! Photos from our Thanksgiving dinner. My boyfriend, his roommate and myself hosted a Thanksgiving dinner for some friends. All of the food turned out great and we all ate way too much. A good time was had by all and I'm looking forward to all the turkey dishes that we will create with the leftovers.

Thanksgiving table before the feast.

Delicious Shrimp appetizer made by my boyfriend's roommate.

My Green Bean Casserole and fresh Cranberry Sauce.

20 lb. turkey prepared by my boyfriend. Absolutely delicious!

Homemade Pumpkin and Pecan Pies made by my boyfriend. Hands-down the best pies I've ever tasted!


I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving with great food, friends and family!