Thanksgiving & Cranberry

Thanksgiving Turkey Cake Pops: Delicious & Impressive

Who doesn't love cake pops? These Thanksgiving turkey cake pops have more than delicious carrot cake and luscious cinnamon cream frosting: going for them: they're cute and will impress anyone who sees them. And the kids will go crazy. The first time I made these, I took them to a get-together at a coffee shop. The waitress topped me and hired me... Read More

FREE Printable Thanksgiving Treasure Hunt: Fun for Kids!

Thanksgiving is a great time of year. A few days before the Christmas hustle and bustle. Time to spend time with the family. The kids are usually off from school for a few days. With those in mind, I developed this free printable Thanksgiving treasure hunt. This Thanksgiving treasure hunt is for younger kids (no difficult riddles to solve). Though... Read More

Thanksgiving Buckeye Turkeys: Cute, Delicious, Impress Your Guests

Delicious buckeye turkeys. These are classic buckeyes (peanut butter, powdered sugar, butter), but they’re masquerading as turkeys for Thanksgiving. Who doesn’t love buckeyes? Even more, who doesn’t love cute desserts (as long as they taste as good as they look!) I make these every year. Yes, every single year. I was very happy with this year’s batch (plus I made a… Read More

Apple Cider-Brined Turkey with Herb Butter

I didn’t even like turkey before I discovered brining. Seriously. I thought turkey was over-rated and had no idea why millions of Americans made it each year. Then my brother-in-law Matt made a brined turkey for one Thanksgiving. I thought “well, this is a little better.” Then I found this recipe. We have turkey every year now. Before anything else,… Read More

Free Printable Thanksgiving Riddle Treasure Hunt: 18 Mix-and-Match Clues

Thanksgiving is a great time of year. Along with pumpkin pie and fabulous turkey, it is a few days with the kids before the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season. A fun event to keep them busy while you're trying to cook is a treasure hunt. This one is for older kids. It is in riddle format and they... Read More

Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice: Cheap & Easy

'Tis the Season. No, not that season. The season for everything "Pumpkin Pie Spice" flavored. Though even I must admit some of the options available are ridiculous. I saw (online) pumpkin pie spice Pringles & butter. I seriously hope it's a joke...but am afraid it is not. Rant done. Back to making your own homemade pumpkin pie spice. It's cheap.... Read More

Pretzel Kisses for Fall (or Thanksgiving!)

While this is ridiculously easy to make, it also taste great. I suggest this for the candy bowl or put out with appetizers for Thanksgiving. Or at any fall party. (or eating them yourself when no one is looking!) I feel bad that the recipe only has 6 steps- and the last one is putting them in a candy bowl.... Read More