If mac and cheese is not part of your Thanksgiving spread, it should be. And if it does make a regular appearance on the holiday table, consider this twist on the classic this year instead. Made with spaghetti squash instead of real-deal pasta, this recipe offers a respite from the sea of carbs while still being rich and indulgent.
My family and I live in Brooklyn, where we are, in many ways, utterly stereotypical yuppie eaters. I shop at farmers markets, our local butcher, and Whole Foods. Coffee and cereal and toast are in our breakfast rotation, while dinner, my main duty, might be simple steaks or braised chicken thighs.
The exception is that we cook, most of all, Chinese food: a sweet and luscious braised ground pork from Taiwan, a quick stir-fry of pork and dried tofu, steamed egg with soy sauce, and always leafy greens with garlic.
Simmering a pot of chili for hours on a cold winter day is one of my favorite things to do — or at least it used to be.
Last winter I planned on making a batch of chili, got all my ingredients together, and … life happened. After spending all day running around, I thought that chili was no longer an option. Then I eyed my Instant Pot. To be honest, even though I love pressure cooking, I was skeptical. Would the fast cooking time rob the chili of the deep flavor that I love?
Answer: Nope!
With Thanksgiving on the horizon, you’re going to be cooking up a storm and washing a ton of dishes over the next few days. While it might be tempting to just order takeout, you can have a comforting, homemade meal on the table tonight in just 30 minutes. The best part? It cooks up in one pan!
Making homemade pumpkin purée sounds like one of those #culinarygoal projects — something that sounds good in theory, but takes far too much time and effort to actually do. Not so much when you add the pressure cooker to the equation. In hardly any time, homemade pumpkin purée, and all the bragging rights that go along with it, can be yours. Just imagine the pumpkin pie you’re on your way to making.
Are you on Thanksgiving pie duty this year? If you’re having trouble sifting through all the pumpkin pie recipes on the internet (there are a lot of them!), then you might find this pumpkin pie taste test particularly helpful.
Blogger Erika, of the Pancake Princess, decided to test out 12 pumpkin pie recipes and do a tasting with friends to find the best one. It’s hard work, but someone had to do it, right?
You’ve all heard about the gross things lurking on airplanes (apparently the toilet is not the dirtiest place). Still, I would rather risk the perils of the seat-back tray table than use alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Sure, I’ve read that alcohol-based hand sanitizer is more effective at disinfecting than washing hands with soap and water. Yes, I know it gets the seal of approval from hospitals and doctors everywhere. I just don’t like it.
The alcohol smell is a real turnoff, the liquid is goopy, and it slips and slides off your palm before you have the chance to rub it all in. Even when Bath & Body Works came out with fruity fragrances, like magical melon and peach bellini, to cover up the overpowering smell of alcohol all those years ago, the teenager in me still wasn’t convinced.
That’s why I was so thrilled to discover this alcohol-free hand sanitizer.
In my opinion, sweet potatoes are a superfood on many levels. Not only are they incredibly nutritious (a one-cup serving offers 65 percent of our daily requirement for vitamin C and as much as 700 percent of the recommended daily requirement for vitamin A), but they also have a fairly low glycemic index of 17. They’re also easy to find, easy to store, and easy to cook and they can function equally in sweet or savory recipes. But most importantly, they’re delicious.
Yes, yes, y’all, I still meal plan the week of Thanksgiving! It keeps us all sane and from blowing through our dining-out budget before the holidays. Luckily with Thanksgiving covering dinner Thursday and probably Friday too, I’ll need just a few meals this week.
Here’s what my family of four will be eating for dinner leading up to Thanksgiving, as well as a peek at our Thanksgiving menu and plan for leftovers.
