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Recipe: Garlic Herb Boursin Mashed Potatoes
Garlic herb Boursin mashed potatoes – yes, please! I’m a cheese and potato lover. Honestly, sometimes when Bryce works nights I’ll have potatoes for dinner. Seems strange, I know – yet it’s just flat out the best comfort food. These potatoes are rich and creamy, the kind you have for Thanksgiving when you want to amp up your standard mashed potatoes. Okay, let’s get cooking! Ingredients 2 pounds of Yukon potatoes 1/2 a pack each of Bourisn garlic and shallot 4 oz of cream cheese…
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Recipe: Warm Autumn Salad
Warm salad with roasted Brussel sprouts and butternut squash – the perfect autumn salad. It’s quick and easy – one pan and done. Let’s get cooking. Ingredients 4 cups of butternut squash 5 cups of Brussel spouts 1 red onion 1/4 cup of canola oil 3 tablespoons of agave 1 teaspoon of cinnamon 1 cup of cranberries 1/2 cup of pecans salt to taste First, set your oven to 425 on roast. Then, line a pan with parchment paper or a silicone mat. Peel the…
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Recipe: Gluten Free Apple Pie
Gluten free apple pie – just in time for the holidays. Thanksgiving, here we come! Do you remember the caramel chocolate tart I made for Christmas last year? Well, this recipe uses the same gf crust. Let’s get baking! Ingredients Curst 2 cups plus 2-4 tablespoons of gluten free flour (with xanthan gum) 9 tablespoons of salted butter – frozen 1 egg 8-12 tablespoons of ice water Filling 5-6 apples (I used 3 different types) 1 tablespoon of GF flour (I used tapioca) 1/4 cup…
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Thanksgiving Recipes
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving – American Thanksgiving and it’s a day full of love, football and food. Here are a few of my favourite holiday recipes – check them out and I hope you have a happy holiday! Thanksgiving Recipes Spicy Turkey Fall Salad Coconut Milk Cornbread Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes First is this spicy turkey. The bonus is the gravy maintains some of this heat and when served with mashed potatoes, oh, so good. Hopefully your bird is thawing in the fridge already, otherwise you’re…
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Photos: Thankful
It’s Thanksgiving weekend and the leaves are blowing around the front yard and I’m thankful for so many things: my lovely little family, the strong connections I share with the amazing people in my life, a wonderful job and blogging. I’m so grateful to have a space where I can share my love for life. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t always love life – sometimes it is unfair, illogical, and dark; yet blogging, for me, moves me past that into the light. And, the…
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Recipe: Warm Roasted Beet and Carrot Salad
Warm roasted beet and carrot salad is not only full of fall flavours, but a perfect side dish to turkey. Garden fresh vegetables are the best. My co-worker (who is awesome) shared his harvest with me. Whoo hoo! Let’s start on these wonderful ingredients. Ingredients 5 garden carrots 6 garden beets 1 cup of got feta cheese 4 tablespoons of olive oil 2 tablespoons of thyme First, gather all of your ingredients and set the oven to 400 on roast. Wash and cut the carrots…
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Recipe: Gluten Free Spiced Pumpkin Cheesecake
Gluten free spiced pumpkin cheesecake is here just in time for Thanksgiving. Pumpkin spiced is all around, thus I’m in the fall spirit. We love cheesecake here in my house and this one is no exception. It’s so good and as a result, it doesn’t last long. This time I made it into bars, so the recipe is just halved; if you want to make a full cheesecake, then simply double the recipe and use a small springform pan. Let’s get baking! Ingredients 1 pack…
