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.
For avid cooks, the pleasures of travel include not just eating out, but also experimenting with local ingredients by cooking at home. That’s why we’re such big fans of staying in vacation rentals, which allow us to break out the pots and pans whenever we want.
From chiles to chocolate, salsas to fresh cheeses, Mexico City’s markets overflow with ingredients that would tempt any home cook, and these five apartment rentals have spacious, dreamy kitchens to accommodate any cooking project, from a simple quesadilla to a complex mole. Best of all, they’re each reasonably priced at less than $75 per bedroom per night. Don’t forget to pack your apron!
Anyone else here think that the stuffing is the best part of Thanksgiving dinner? I love its mix of textures and flavors — crunchy roasted nuts with soft broth-soaked bread and chewy morsels of spiced sausage. Oh mama, that’s good stuff! As the self-designated stuffing-maker in our house, I’ve tweaked and tested my recipe over the years until finally settling on this one easy method.
Most of us already have our “ways” of doing Thanksgiving — ways our mother did it, ways our extended family did it, ways our neighborhood did it. Thanksgiving doesn’t lend itself well to trying out new things, but sometimes the situation calls for new decisions — you can’t make it home for Thanksgiving, for example, or you have a family now and want to start traditions of your own. So what can you do to heighten, deepen, and extend Thanksgiving to its most memorable end?
We dug through reader comments over the years and pulled out 10 Thanksgiving traditions worth stealing.
Thanksgiving always seems to sneak up on me. I’m usually rushing to tie up loose ends with work so I can take time to relax with my family. With so much preparation going into the big day, I keep the other dinners this week simple, healthy, and affordable.
We’re in the Thanksgiving home stretch here, and people have turkey and stuffing and mashed potatoes on the brain. But as you ramp up for the big day, don’t forget that you do have to eat dinner this week — preferably something wholesome and quick like this skillet chicken with sweet potatoes.
When you pack your bags for a trip, you’re bringing along something you don’t need (something you probably don’t even realize is in there!): air. It’s in between your clothes, and inside the fibers of the cotton and the weave of the wool. Air might not weigh much, but it takes up valuable room that could be filled with necessities.
We’ve learned to live with it, but for those times when you need to get more stuff into your luggage, there’s an appliance we can borrow from the kitchen.
Mornings are hard. Whether you have a tiny human or a not-so-tiny dog who wakes you up at 3:30 a.m. because it’s time for breakfast, or you’re just trying to get all your clothes buttoned right before you rush out the door to work, it can be difficult to find the time to feed yourself. But breakfast is important! Maybe it’s not the most important meal of the day — that’s up for debate — but eating something means you won’t be ready to gnaw your own hand off by 11 a.m. Also, breakfast is delicious.
So, what should you eat if you’re short on time? We threw this question out to our readers and here’s what they had to say.
With all the holiday parties and potlucks coming up over the next couple of months, you’re going to need an impressive yet easy appetizer. This bacon baked brie bread bowl is just the ticket. Bring it with you and you’re guaranteed to be invited back next year.