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Erika

Post-Thanksgiving Thoughts

As I’ve been going through my month of NaBloPoMo, I’ve been reminded of one of the major reasons I started blogging in the first place.  And that is because it is a...

The Best Of Thanksgiving 2011

Just two quick pictures here to share! First, the turkey.  Seriously.  Why do I make this turkey only ONCE a year?  It’s so FREAKING delicious, that it should come out more than...

Happy Thanksgiving!

From the Tummy Treasure home to yours!  May your Thanksgiving be full of tasty food, wonderful friends and family, and lots of things to be grateful for. Today is day one of...

Tummy Troubles

So Zander and I are dealing with a lovely case of food poisoning, which we’re hoping goes away quickly so we can both have appetites for the days of feasting ahead. I’ve...

A Few Pie Suggestions

Thanksgiving is just a few days away, and maybe you’re a little like me- still debating over the pie offerings.  I’ve shared about our Pie Hour festivities already, so you know I...

Monday Morning Turkey PSA

If you have purchased a frozen turkey for Thanksgiving this year, and you are planning to cook it Thursday, your bird should now be moved to the refrigerator for thawing. As far...

Who Needs Pie Or Cookies…?

When you still have scads of Halloween treats laying about! My time is fleeting today, and I just couldn’t let a day go by without a post, so this is going to...

Seasonal Eating- Yum!

Thursday was the first time I bought a bag of oranges since… probably later February.  Oh, are they spectacular.  They’re not even the sweetest and juiciest oranges of the citrus season, but...

Pie Hour

A few years ago, we decided to move our family Thanksgiving celebration to Friday.  We used to do the big meal on Thursday, but it would get really uncomfortable for my brothers...

A Little Creole Inspiration

Last night’s planned meal was a pork chop dinner.  I was planning to roast up a butternut squash, and I thought pork chops would be the ideal accompaniment for the squash.  I...

Easy Winner Crock-Pot Chicken Dinner

I had planned a simple chicken dinner yesterday.  I had a pile of chicken thighs in the freezer, so my plan had been to pull them out and simply bake them with...

Zucchini Cakes

I had the perfect zucchini plant in the garden this year.  It wasn’t overly productive, giving us just one or two small zucchini at a time, and then waiting a few days...