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in Holiday Favorites· Recipe Collection

Let’s Talk Turkey

Friends, I present to you the best Thanksgiving turkey ever…the Greenberg Smoked Turkey. On the flight home from The Relevant Conference Sunday evening, I scribbled out my “to do” list thinking it would be a beacon in my imminent re-entry fog. At the top of this list, in a sleep-deprived trance, I wrote: ORDER Thanksgiving Turkey Hold that thought, I’m…
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Thanksgiving Recipes

About this time of year friends start asking what I’ll be serving for Thanksgiving. At the top of the most-requested recipes are Cranberry-Jalapeno Salsa and Gene Stallings’ Twice Baked Potatoes. I’ve posted all our favorite Thanksgiving Day recipes before, but here they are in one place. You can also also browse through the Holiday Favorites category which lists the archives…
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in Holiday Favorites· Recipe Collection· Veggies & Sides

Texas Cornbread Dressing … a legend of sorts

Ever since I was little, my favorite Thanksgiving side has been cornbread dressing.  I have fond memories of my grandfather, Poppy, cooking up the annual feast in their tiny, yellow kitchen.  Poppy loved to cook at the holidays and is the source of many of my cherished family recipes.  Growing up I loved Poppy’s dressing, but I never gave it…
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in Desserts· Holiday Favorites· Recipe Collection

Pecan Pie

Husband grew up with an enormous pecan tree in his front yard.  It yields massive amounts of pecans each year and we are the grateful recipients of any amount my mother-in-law choses to give us.  Some years we come home from visiting with buckets of unshelled pecans.  Other years we get baggies full of perfect pecan halves.  This year we…
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Boursin Potatoes

It’s freezing in the heart of Texas!  Or at least hovering around 50 degrees, which is practically freezing since we had the air conditioner running this time yesterday.  It feels a lot more like Christmas with a shiver in the air.  And that makes my kitchen seem down right cozy.  Perfect weather to start testing recipes for Christmas. Tonight I…
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