Seasonal Sundays (Week 49) Early On December

Anyone feeling a fiddling post-Thanksgiving plump? Today's edition reflects that after-holiday reality alongside unopen to salubrious (dare I tell detox?) ideas for the adjacent few days. But then, who else is develop to boundary into ... or relaxation into ... December? So many Dec (not necessarily "Christmas") ideas hither ...

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Welcome to Seasonal Sundays ...

Hey, All. Happy we-made-it-through-Thanksgiving Sunday!

How did it piece of job for you? Better than expected? simply unopen to other twenty-four hours inward lockdown? Was it ... memorable? simply a twenty-four hours to endure?

I'd order ours an R for for R-E-L-A-X-E-D. It was cozy at the kitchen table, the dining room looming all also cavernous in addition to empty without chairs crowded round. We sat downward later on than expected alongside a big French blood-red in addition to candlelight for two: the vino sputtered out alone minutes earlier the candles.

And ... onto December! Social media says I'm agency behind inward the Christmas ornamentation region thus kudos to all who're settled inward alongside twinkly lights in addition to streaming carols already. I thought virtually skipping all the fuss but in addition to thus looked through unopen to photos from final twelvemonth when I pared way, agency back. This afternoon, I mean value ... perchance simply the household unit of measurement room where we've plopped 2 comfy leather chairs inward front end of the fireplace.

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PICK ONE

Pick One is for those of us overwhelmed yesteryear life's unending choices. If that resonates, in addition to thus banking concern tally out this i recipe in addition to and thus telephone telephone it a day. It's i that I mean value could brand the most difference, the i I promise volition piece of job a regular inward your kitchen, equally it is inward mine.

• MASTER RECIPE How to Make Homemade Vegetable Soup Never the same twice.

Seasonal Showcase: After-Thanksgiving Detox

• THE RECIPE Everything Bagel Breakfast Salad
• ANOTHER TAKE Mexican Scrambled Eggs (Huevos Revueltos a la Mexicana)

• THE RECIPE Red Beans & Rice Slow cooked Creole comfort food
• ANOTHER TAKE Black Beans & Rice Skillet Casserole alongside Smoked Chicken Simple comfort nutrient alongside smoky flavors.

• THE RECIPE Weight Watchers Spinach & Tortellini Soup
• ANOTHER TAKE Weight Watchers Zero Points Garden Vegetable Soup Famous for taste, famous for results.

• THE RECIPE Chicken Stew alongside Chickpeas & Kale A hearty, one-pot supper alongside warm spices in addition to fresh vegetables.
• ANOTHER TAKE Spiced Chicken alongside Roasted Cauliflower Tagine A one-pot supper alongside warm spices.

Compliments!

• "My hubby in addition to I are spending the wintertime inward Nevada where my 96-year quondam woman raise however lives inward the household unit of measurement home. The temperature in addition to barometric pressure level are dropping in addition to all 3 of us are Covid fatigued. So I turned to to uncovering the best medicinal in addition to comfort soup I could find. And YES, I flora it. I made this soup this night for the outset fourth dimension in addition to my hubby pronounced it the best soup he has ever had inward his life in addition to Mom in addition to I agree." Sally
• THE RECIPE My Chicken Noodle Soup The agency I brand it, meaty in addition to noodle-y alongside simply a few noodles.
  

• "I bring been making this recipe every Thanksgiving for at to the lowest degree 10 years in addition to it's ever a hit. Since I'm non organized plenty to relieve it, purpose of my Thanksgiving tradition has piece of job Googling World's Best Green Bean Casserole + Veggie Venture." Corinne
• THE RECIPE World's Best Green Bean Casserole Yesterday's comfort nutrient made fresh.

• "... had your like shooting fish in a barrel chili egg cottage cheese casserole for tardily supper on Thanksgiving in addition to that was delicious." Christy
• THE RECIPE Easy Green Republic of Chile Egg Casserole No bread! Just eggs, dark-green chiles, bits of cheese in addition to a surprising ingredient, cottage cheese.

• "Easy in addition to pretty tasty." Jeanette
• THE RECIPE Slow Cooker Sweet Potato (or Pumpkin or Butternut Squash) Grits My salubrious substitute for mac 'n' cheese.

Wildlife Report

Remember how inward the spring, during the outset lockdown, how the animals emerged in i lawsuit the people were behind doors? It's been a calendar week rich alongside wild animals hither inward suburban St. Louis.

I've moved the practise wheel thus it looks outside. Even a modest alter inward perspective reveals novel worlds! The really outset morning, I spied what I was certain, from its size, must locomote an owl inward a nearby field. And he stayed put! So I grabbed my camera, threw on the telephoto lens in addition to rapidly realized, this was no owl, this was a red-tailed hawk in addition to a BIG one. He was to a greater extent than patient than I, he stayed on his perch longer than I stayed on mine.

And in addition to thus a giant heron circled overhead in addition to thus tardily lowered itself to a modest pond, thus graceful ... in addition to a immature six-point buck fed at the edges of the trees. And simply this morning, a coyote alone yards from our chamber window (yikes, the within Canis familiaris was non happy) feeding on ... something.

Festive Meals at Home for December

• THE RECIPE Celebration Salad (Maple-Roasted Carrots alongside Arugula, Dill, Cranberry Vinaigrette, Pomegranate in addition to Glazed Pecans) An exultant platter of texture, color, flavor in addition to mood.
• ANOTHER TAKE Egyptian Kamut Salad alongside Roasted Carrot & Pomegranate

• THE RECIPE Butternut Squash Lasagna alongside Butternut Bechamel & Roasted Butternut Squash Lasagna layers alongside bursts of flavor in addition to texture.
• ANOTHER TAKE Pumpkin-Stuffed Lasagna Rolls Lasagna rolls stuffed alongside a delicious pumpkin filling.

• THE RECIPE Christmas Banana Bread My favorite banana bread, all dressed upwards for Christmas.
• ANOTHER TAKE

• THE RECIPE Gingerbread Granola All dressed upwards for Christmas.
• ANOTHER TAKE Homemade Granola alongside Almonds & Apricots Just a fiddling sweetness, simply a fiddling oil.

• THE RECIPE Christmas Chicken Salad Chicken salad all dressed upwards for Christmas.
• ANOTHER TAKE Chicken Salad for Sandwiches Makes upwards inward minutes alongside pantry ingredients.

Sit, Sip, Slow Down a Minute or an Hour

• THE RECIPE Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix How to brand hot chocolate mix from scratch, for a crowd, for gifts, for home.
• ANOTHER TAKE Mulled Apple Cider Fruit in addition to spices plow supermarket apple tree cider into something especial in addition to irresistible.

• THE RECIPE Hibiscus Tea alongside Ginger & Vanilla My caffeine-free java substitute, served hot in addition to cold.
• ANOTHER TAKE Pumpkin Spice Lattes Fall's favorite java drink, made at domicile alongside existent ingredients including my really ain DIY pumpkin pie spice.

Trending

My Top 10 Recipes are predictable, hello (Sloooow) Baked Potatoes (How Long to Bake a Baked Potato). But every week, seasonal recipes choose grip of the internet's attending in addition to start to trend.

KITCHEN PARADE
• Homemade Butterhorns (Thanksgiving Crescent Rolls) My grandmother's recipe.
• Trader Joe's Mashed Sweet Potatoes (Product Review)
• Pioneer Woman's Green Bean Casserole

Soups & Salads Especially for December
from A Veggie Venture

• DECEMBER's COLLECTION Seasonal Soups & Salad for December For everyday to especial occasion.
• LOOKING AHEAD Seasonal Soup & Salad Recipes for January Ready for a detox?

What's New?!

• THE RECIPE Pumpkin-Cream Cheese Fruit Dip
• ANOTHER TAKE Baked Pumpkin Donuts & Donut Holes

• THE RECIPE Turnip Puff or Rutabaga Puff A household unit of measurement Thanksgiving favorite.
  
• ANOTHER TAKE Squash Puff An quondam household unit of measurement recipe, traditional for Thanksgiving.

Text Me Back!

I'd honey to listen from you. Comment, shipping me a quick email via recipes@kitchen-parade.com, dot-dash inward Morse code, produce a burn for smoke signals, launch a message inward a bottle, shipping a Christmas letter, larn the Canis familiaris to yip, toss me a regime annotation wrapped inward a rubberband, write a message inward the sky, scratch a regime annotation inward the sand, heed to a seashell, whatever.

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