Delicious Recipes to Keep my Family of Four Happy and Full
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.
Once October hits, I am a huge soup fan. I eat soup at least a few times a week between lunches and dinners. While I love broth based soups like vegetable quinoa soup and spicy sausage and tortellini soup, my absolute favorite to this day remains Thai Butternut Squash Soup. 
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Every potluck I go to during the holiday season is missing one thing: savory breads or muffins. We have a lot of chili, tons of soups or pastas and more than our share of desserts. But, I like a little bread with my soup or chili so I am always left missing the one thing that just isn’t there. For our office holiday potluck and my own Christmas party, I set out to remedy that problem by baking cayenne bacon chile cornbread mini muffins.
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During the holiday season, I am always looking for gift ideas that are homemade and don’t cost a lot of money. With so many teachers and other people to give small gifts too, a homemade gift is a great option because it is thoughtful but easier to keep the costs under control. This year, I decided to try my hand at making dried fruit potpourri to give as gifts.
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This holiday season, I am giving you the gift of new blogs to read! Yep, throughout the holiday season, I will have guest bloggers come here and share a little bit of their awesomeness so you will have fun new blogs to read for the new year. Today, we start with our first guest blogger, Katie!
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Hello Just Us Four readers! I’m Katie from Snap-On Buttons and I am so pleased to be a guest blogger! Thanksgiving is perhaps my favorite holiday and if your like me, there’s always a full house. I’m here to show you how to make these super cute Thanksgiving wine glass charms.
I hate always having to second guess where I put down my drink at parties. That’s where wine glass charms come in handy. Using my Silhouette Cameo, I cut out charms using their Thanksgiving charms. I really liked these charms because their subtle and inexpensive.
I cut out the same charms in different card stock colors, so guests have more options and diversity among the charms.
To make the rings for the wine charms, I used gold wire since it matches my Thanksgiving decor the best. However, it could easily be customized to match yours as well. Using wire cutters, I cut wire about 2 inches long and wrapped it around a soda bottle cap.
Slip the charm onto the wire and you have a super cute, easy, and practical craft for Thanksgiving!
I wish you and yours a wonderful holiday season! I hope you’ll stop by Snap-on Buttons soon to see what I’ve been up to!
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Those charms are super cute! I know I always hate losing my glass at parties too so this is definitely an idea I would use. Thanks so much Katie!
Be sure to visit Katie and see all the other awesome ideas she has to share!
I’m a sucker for an individual sized dessert. Make it layered and pretty and serve it in a small dish and I am all in. That is the idea behind my layered eggnog and pumpkin mousse cups. I wanted something that could easily be served individually but also looked pretty. Of course, tasting good was a must too.
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Today, I am sharing a delicious vegetable soup recipe that will be right at home on your Thanksgiving table. Of course, be sure to pair it with other delicious dishes you will find at the rest of this progressive dinner.
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As you are preparing for Thanksgiving, I’m sure you throwing around ideas of what to have for dessert and the standard apple pie or pumpkin pie comes to mind. We’ve even been known to do a little early Christmas baking and have cookies for our Thanksgiving dessert. How about breaking from the norm a little bit and doing pumpkin cheesecake bites instead? They are single serving making them easy for a dessert table and on your waistline on a day full of eating.
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Thanksgiving is fast approaching which means families are starting to think about just what they want to eat on the holiday. I know I always start planning out my Thanksgiving menu at least a week or two in advance so now is the perfect time to start pouring over recipes. To help you with you menu planning {oh, and myself too!}, I have gathered up 50 amazing Thanksgiving recipes that would be perfect for your holiday table.
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