Delicious Recipes to Keep my Family of Four Happy and Full
It is no secret that our annual Christmas party is my absolute favorite party I have all year. I mean, I ramble on and on about it all year so, when it finally gets close, i start to get really excited. Of course, no party is ever complete without delicious food and drinks. Over forty other bloggers totally agreed with me so we got together and compiled an amazing list of holiday cocktail party recipes that would be PERFECT for any holiday event you are throwing.
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We are ticking away the days until Thanksgiving at a fast pace. It is almost scary to think it will be here in just a few weeks. Now is the time when most of us are thinking about our menus, selecting recipes and finalizing shopping lists. As you work on yours, I have a great recipe that you should consider making a spot for on your table: quinoa stuffing with pancetta.
The dressing {or stuffing depending on where you are from} is my favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal. I like to try all different versions and you can sometimes find two or three on our table for the holiday. This quinoa version is perfect for anyone who wants or needs to be gluten free.
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Every year, we host a big Christmas cocktail party. I think about it all year and really put a TON of effort into putting it together. For me, party food recipes have a few requirements: taste good, look good and be easy to eat without utensils. These spicy spinach artichoke stuffed mushrooms check all the boxes and are easy to make too!
…Holy almost mid-November already. Where is time going? Have you started thinking about Thanksgiving yet? We like to try and get together for a little pre-Thanksgiving with our friends {a Friendsgiving if you will} so I am definitely heavily focused on Thanksgiving recipes right now. Our meals with friends tend to be the kind where you can grab a few things and eat them on the move between one group of friends to another or while trying to keep all the kids at the table and eating. These mini stuffing muffins are the perfect option for that kind of meal because they are one bite and require no utensils!
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You all know that I am a total bacon lover! Especially during the holiday season, I make bacon all the time and it is often cayenne candied bacon too. I was thinking of Thanksgiving favorites that I could add a little bit of a different spin to an instantly thought how great candied bacon corn pudding would be!
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I love decorating for Thanksgiving but often find I just don’t have the time to do a lot of decoration changes. So, I typically focus on decorating the house for fall and then add a few Thanksgiving specific touches around the house as the holiday gets closer. This year, I created some Thanksgiving mini pallet art to display on my mantle. It is the perfect last minute craft to toss up for Thanksgiving since it takes only a few supplies and almost no time to complete.
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Back in September, I quietly set about doing Whole 30 for the month. I post a few snippets here and there on Instagram but I definitely wasn’t shouting to the world that I was immersed in a whole month of new eating habits. During the month, I craved granola because I could no longer have my delicious granola bars that had become snack staples in my life. Of course, being September, I needed pumpkin too so this paleo pumpkin granola was born.
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So, have you started looking towards Thanksgiving yet? I certainly have as I like to plan out my menu, shopping list and cooking schedule weeks in advance to make sure the day goes as smoothly as possible.
So, Halloween is this week. Eek! Are you like me and still planning out all the details of the day/night? We have our costumes but our annual pre-trick or treat dinner is still really up in the air. We invite a bunch of friends, with their kids, over to enjoy dinner before we go raid the neighborhood collecting candy. I love it but I am seriously stressed this year because my menu hasn’t fully taken shape. Thankfully, I have a few Halloween party food go tos I can rely on like monster cookie dip.
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For several years, Mathlete and I would have a small Thanksgiving at home before heading off to celebrate with family the next day. Of course, with only a few people, it didn’t make much sense to cook a huge turkey.
