Make-Ahead Vegan Green Bean Casserole

Make-ahead vegan green bean casserole! While turkey tends to get all of the attention, Iโ€™m a HUGE fan of a good olโ€™ green bean casserole. Theyโ€™re simple yet savory and are among the healthy dishes that you can prepare for any meal or gathering. Sometimes at Thanksgiving, itโ€™s a rare vegetable amongst the indulgent spread,…

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How To Brine A Turkey Breast Before Roasting

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and today weโ€™re talking about the perfect turkey brine and how to brine a turkey breast before roasting! Brining is different from marinating. Usually for a marinade, youโ€™re coating the meat with some type of dressing or sauce thatโ€™s a mix of oil and acid (vinegar or citrus) with…

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Green beans with goat cheese, almonds and cranberries

Hi friends! Howโ€™s the morning going? I hope you had a happy Halloween! I have a Thanksgiving recipe for green beans with goat cheese today, but first I have to show you a pic of the girls in their costumes. I canโ€™t even handle it. Liv was Elena of Avalor, and P was an accidental…

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Chef Kyle’s Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey

+ 3 tips to make it the most delicious roasted turkey youโ€™ve ever had, even for a newbie like me. For my entire life, I was pretty much out of the kitchen for Thanksgiving. Even when I finally got into cooking, shortly after marrying the Pilot and just before starting this little blog, I was…

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Clean Eating Cranberry Sauce

Begin the avalanche of clean Thanksgiving recipes. And memories of that one time I thought I’d eat a bowl of fresh cranberries like a fruit salad. Don’t ever do that. Aren’t they pretty? While I definitely think there’s a time and place for splurging and saving, Thanksgiving is high on the live-it-up factor. I look…

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Cranberry Quinoa “Stuffing”

Why must turkey be the official Thanksgiving mascot? It makes me sad because I know so much work goes into preparing an entire turkey, but to me, the meal could do without it. This is also coming from the girl who prefers deli meat over roasted. *Hides head in shame* We were at Eclectic Cafe…

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