stuffing. potatoes. dessert. Thanksgiving!
November 12, 2012 Yes. This is a post of only side dishes and dessert geared towards Thanksgiving. More specifically, stuffing, potatoes, and dessert—the only things I care about.
Today, I was hoping to have a shiny new recipe to add to your Thanksgiving day spread. However, I’m currently having some technical difficulties with my foot being strapped to a gigantic velcro boot. And not the kind you can buy at Nordstrom.
Anyway.
I figured I would do a little rewind and then get to new recipes later in the week. Deal?
So, do we all remember the stuffing bender I went on last year? I’m still thinking about it and wondering when round 2 is going to start? Wondering why round 2 hasn’t already started? I’m a stuffing fanatic.
What’s your favorite part of the meal?
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All recipes below are gluten free.
Cornbread Skillet Stuffing you need this in your life—the only thing I like more than stuffing is cornbread, or is it vice versa?
Herb Baked Crock Pot Stuffing definitely making this again for our big Thanksgiving get together
Pumpkin Sage Risotto one of my favorite flavor combinations ever
Salt + Vinegar Kale Mashed Potatoes a fun twist on a classic
Sage + Garlic Whipped Sweet Potatoes favorite savory sweet potatoes
Vanilla Bean Honey Butter Sweet Potatoes if you like your sweet potatoes on the sweet side but not stuffed with marshmallows you will definitely enjoy this
Gooey Chocolate Cakes these are both gluten free and vegan and need to be in your mouth asap
Awesome after Thanksgiving dinner trick: The night before or morning of…Fill a jar of the wet ingredients and one with the dry. Store the wet jar in the fridge. Mix them together after dinner and bake. Nothing better than a hot, gooey, chocolaty dessert, topped with vanilla bean coconut ice cream. I did this last year at our friend’s house and it was a huge hit!
Vanilla Bean Pumpkin Spiced Pie this happens to be my best pumpkin pie recipe to date and it sits on top of an oatmeal walnut crust—much easier than a pastry crust and tastier, too!
Feel free to share fall themed recipes of your own or from other sites that you’ve enjoyed in the past. And if you have any requests for this Thanksgiving I would love to hear them!
Ashley
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Reader Comments (19)
I, too, am curious about the boot! I hope you are okay!
@MC @deva by definition - Thanks for your concern about my foot. I've had an issue with my right foot for a couple of years now. I went to the doctor when it first happened and he really couldn't find anything wrong. I rested it and decided to stop running [which is what spurred it on]. It didn't bother me for about another year or so and just seemed to flare up every so often. One time it flared from HIIT workouts [bodyrock] where you jump on your toes a lot. So, I nixed those as well and it got better. A few months ago nothing in particular happened to it but it just wasn't going away this time. I went back to the doc [a new one!] and came to find out that I have a partially torn ligament in the arch of my foot. The doctor compared it to the ACL of your foot. Kind of an important piece! So for the past month and a half I've been following doctors orders. He said it will be about a full year for recovery but that I should be able to run again. I started in stiff inserts and more stable shoes but just last week had to move to the huge boot as the insert wasn't helping enough. Hopefully this does the trick! Not a big deal. Just a minor inconvenience right now!
@Rebecca - So glad I could help! :)
I really need to make the whipped sweet potatoes, YUM!
Thank you!
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