6 Tips For Planning a Christmas Dinner Party...

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed For fun new recipes and articles to help you become a Gourmet too. Thanks for visiting! Christmas is about spending time with family and friends to share the blessings of the season. One way to do that is hosting a Christmas dinner party for your friends. Here are a few tips when it comes to planning the perfect party for the holidays. A Christmas dinner party is...

The History of Thanksgiving Dinner...

We all have done productions of the first Thanksgiving at some point in grade school. It showed several children dressed in black garb with black buckled hats. Others dressed in tan outfits and feathers to portray the Indians at the feast. It makes you wonder, was the first Thanksgiving dinner really like that? Here’s the scoop. The Pilgrims arrived by way of the Mayflower ship on Plymouth Rock in late 1620. The first...

Applelicious Sweet Potato Casserole...

Many families this time of year have Sweet Potatoes with their holiday meals here is a slight twist to the traditional sweet potatoes that we have grown accustom to. What You Need: 2 large sweet potatoes 2 Golden Delicious apples, cored and sliced into rings 1/2 C orange juice 1/4 C firmly packed brown sugar 1 tsp. cornstarch 1/8 tsp. ground cloves 2 TBSP pecans pieces How to Make It: Place the sweet potatoes in...

Meal Planning for Thanksgiving...

For many, the biggest part of the day on Thanksgiving is spent in the kitchen. There are dishes to prepare, meats to cook, and desserts to make. When the cooks finally get to sit down it is at the Thanksgiving table to join their family and friends in devouring the meal he or she has worked so hard to put together. It’s no wonder they don’t fall face down in the mashed potatoes after all that time and effort. Here...