We had lots of great plans to travel to Utah for the Thanksgiving weekend. We were all looking forward to dinner with most of my siblings and their kids, tickets to the Nutcracker, cousin sleepovers, putting together care packages for cousins on missions, humanitarian aid projects, bingo games and probably a late night game of Canasta.
Instead, we found ourselves in the middle of freezing temperatures, closed roads and six days worth of snowstorms in the forecast. We decided to stay home instead of chancing a possibly long and dangerous drive.
We were sad, we were blue, but we found lots to be grateful for. We were invited to Thanksgiving dinner with friends who also changed plans because of the weather. My refrigerator was empty, so I had to do some last minute scrambling to come up with some things to contribute to the dinner. I searched some of my favorite blogs and found some great recipes. We had a really yummy meal. Dawn's turkey was amazingly moist and tasty. Rosalie's rolls were delicious. Here's what I brought (can you tell which part of the Thanksgiving meal I like best?)...
This delicious candied walnut salad from Our Best Bites…
An amazing Key-lime coconut pie from Everyday Food…
This wonderful White Pumpkin Cheesecake turned out creamy and smooth and looked beautiful (also from Our Best Bites)!
From The Pioneer Woman came this great recipe for Pecan Pie. I think it’ll replace that recipe from the Karo Syrup bottle that I have used in the past.
I have always struggled with pie crusts. I have never found a recipe that works consistently for me. Recently a friend recommended this Pie Crust recipe from Martha Stewart. It uses a food processor. I have made it three times now - and each time it has come out well. This recipe may change my pie crust luck.
2 comments:
Hi Kirsten, I'm glad you guys had a fun thanksgiving! We did too with all the snow!! The boys played outside everyday as long as they could. The snow has been fun!except for ruining your travel:(
I made the pioneer womens pecan pie recipe too except I made mini's in the 24 mini muffin pan. they came out good. Ya wanna know what ive been doing for pie crust? buying it! it tasts good and so easy! I still feel like im cheating but I make a lot more pies now and everybodys happy about that!I even used it for the mini's, just found a round container the right size and cut em out.
My mouth is watering!!! We missed you guys at Thanksgiving....I would have loved a piece of any of those pies. :)
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