Monthly Archives: November 2010

Triple ginger cookies

This soft, buttery ginger cookie is a longtime favorite, and the recipe includes a gluten-free variation.

Wild rice soup

This hearty soup might make you happy you didn’t eat up all your Thanksgiving turkey. The nutty taste of the […]

Bourbon sweet potatoes

This is a wonderful grown-ups’ Thanksgiving dish. Make the sweet potatoes with marshmallows for the kids.

Margaret’s classic stuffing

I think my mom’s simple stuffing is tops. It might help that I have fond holiday memories of toasting the bread while she chopped and sauteed and seasoned. This stuffing is on the dry side.

Honey-orange cranberry sauce

Here is a lovely recipe for cranberry sauce. The orange and honey soften the sharpness of the cranberries, and it’s ridiculously easy to make.

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Easiest baked custard

Sometimes when you don’t feel good you want something warm, creamy, and gentle on your system. Here is a very easy baked custard that you can mix up in a minute or two and then go back to bed and rest while it bakes.

Very easy tortilla soup

Here’s a variation on chicken soup that you could eat anytime but that’s nice if you don’t feel well, because it’s easy to make and soothing.

Macaroni salad with potato and hard-boiled egg

I found this mac salad recipe a few years ago after enjoying plate lunch on a trip to Hawaii, and it’s become a standby at my house. The egg and potato add subtle but appealing texture and flavor.