Month: November 2017

Penne with Vodka Sauce

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We had a delicious turkey dinner, including roasted yams with brown sugar and marshmallows, green bean casserole, stuffing, gravy, and the Cranberry-Orange Relish I made last week. One of the benefits of such a large meal is having leftovers: all of the food, in much less time. Friday […]

Cranberry-Orange Relish

My mother always made a raw Cranberry-Orange Relish for Thanksgiving. She cooked a whole-berry cranberry sauce, and we’d also have jellied cranberry sauce. Everyone had their favorite – I loved them all. Husband and I are having a quiet Thanksgiving dinner, with all the traditional dishes. I made the Cranberry-Orange Relish Sunday, so the flavors […]

Roasted Butternut Squash and Caramelized Onion Lasagna

A butternut squash has been sitting on my counter since I bought it a week ago. We had inventory at work last week (Monday-Saturday), and I didn’t cook at all. I love roasted butternut squash and decided to try something new. Instead of using only lasagna noodles, I wondered how it would be if I […]

Mini Victoria Sponge

Thank you to everyone who came out to our Facebook Takeover party for Happy Homicides 6: Cookin’ Up Crime! We had so much fun with it, and hope you did as well. Winners of the various author’s giveaways are posted on the event page. Fans of a traditional tea will already be familiar with Victoria Sponge. […]