Baby Salad Greens with Persimmons and Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing
With fall here, I love to use persimmons as a surprising touch in salads. Serves 4-6
Read More Baby Salad Greens with Persimmons and Lemon Poppy Seed DressingMonth: November 2020
Actual Thanksgiving Menu 2020
Dinner Party Menu from November 26, 2020 Appetizers Vegetarian Stuffed Mushrooms Salad Mixed Baby Salad Greens, with Persimmon and a Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing Dinner Potato and Artichoke Gratin Cranberry and Orange Chutney Roast Lamb Rib Rack with Three Peppers and Ginger Sourdough Bread, with Butter and Garlic Powder Dessert Blueberry Hand Pies
Read More Actual Thanksgiving Menu 2020Truck Cover Arrives Just Before Snow
November 25, 2020 Bruce bought a truck cab cover. He had hoped to buy one similar to the one he had for his Boxster. The cover for the Boxster just covered all the windows and the top of the car with a flap with padding part way down the door. The flap protected the doors […]
Read More Truck Cover Arrives Just Before SnowThanksgiving 2020
Thanksgiving Menu from November 26, 2020 This is a non-traditional Thanksgiving menu. Appetizers Stuffed Mushrooms Salad Baby Salad Greens with Sliced Persimmon, Dressed with a Lemon Poppy Seed Dressing Dinner Green Beans with Pine Nuts Artichoke Potato Gratin Cranberry Mint Chutney Roast Lamb Rack Homemade Cloverleaf Dinner Rolls with Butter Dessert Blueberry Hand Pies
Read More Thanksgiving 2020Southern Childhood Thanksgiving Menu
Thanksgiving Menu from the 1970’s I come from a very large family on both sides. This was what I remember being served at Thanksgiving. Sometimes my Aunt Virginia would make gumbo. Appetizers Boiled Shrimp Cheese Ball and Crackers Deviled Eggs Salad Coleslaw Iceberg Lettuce Garden Salad Macaroni Salad Dinner Creamed Corn Green Beans with Bacon […]
Read More Southern Childhood Thanksgiving MenuNox’s Playmate
November 22, 2020 After having a lazy morning hanging out with Nox, checking post, catching up on email and comments, it warmed up enough to go outside and do some raking. Nox happily followed me outside. While I set up the bag for raking by inserting a stiff bit to plastic into the bag to […]
Read More Nox’s PlaymateJust Hanging Out with Nox
November 21, 2020 I am lying on the futon catching up with the people I follow. Nox is hanging out with me.
Read More Just Hanging Out with NoxLow FODMAP Sheet Dinner
I wanted to make an easy dinner and make it low FODMAP. I looked in the fridge and considered my options. I decide on a sheet dinner with chicken, carrots, bell peppers, mushrooms, and potatoes. While mushrooms are not low FODMAP, they don’t bother Bruce. Once again, I forgot to take a picture, but this […]
Read More Low FODMAP Sheet DinnerGood-bye to my Mother-in-Law
November 16, 2020 I would like to thank those of you who expressed sympathy for our family’s loss. Bruce and I flew to Jacksonville, FL and drove to Jekyll Island, GA to be with his family on Delta. We were also able to attend his mother’s visitation and funeral. My mother-in-law loved the outdoors and […]
Read More Good-bye to my Mother-in-LawVery Sad Times for Us
November 19, 2020 The last couple of weeks have been very hard on Bruce and me. Bruce’s mother had shoulder surgery on October 29th. She had a bad reaction to the anesthesia and she was very confused as to what was happening. She was also in a lot of pain. By November 6th, she was […]
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