The Tater Tot. Second only to the french fry as the way most kids are introduced to the potato. As a kid you would probably give these in the school lunch room or at home as an after school snack. That experience I am sure came along with a heaping mound of ketchup, you had…
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Giada’s Cannellini Bean and Sausage Stew
I have been expanding my horizons when it comes to stew. I use to just think of it as some chunks of beef, carrots, and potatoes. Not that there is anything wrong with a good beef stew, but there is a world of options out there that go beyond those 3 ingredients. The last two…
Giada’s Cranberry BBQ Sauce Turkey Sliders
Got a fridge full of leftover turkey? Maybe some cranberry sauce? Then you are two steps closer to make this wonderful cranberry BBQ sauce turkey slider, that Giada made on a recent episode of her show, Giada at Home. I am a big fan of fruity BBQ sauces. This year only I have made BBQ…
Giada’s Thankful Shepherd’s Pie | Mini Leftover Turkey Shepherd’s Pie
Mini Leftover Turkey Shepherd’s Pie Happy Thanksgiving! For the last few weeks I have been preparing my readers for the big day. Now that it is here, it’s time to shift gears and give you some ideas of what to do with your leftovers. Recently on Giada at Home on Food Network, she shared some…
Food Network Thanksgiving Live 2013 Recipes
What has become an annual tradition on Food Network is their Thanksgiving Live show. This year it aired on Saturday, November 23rd from 12-2pm with re-runs on Sunday, November 24th 12-2pm and 6-8pm. This show is about sharing recipes and answering questions from Food Network viewers. It’s a fun show each year that I look…
Food Network Thanksgiving Show Guide 2013
It’s that time of year again, time to celebrate all things Thanksgiving. If you are looking for new recipeps to try this Thanksgiving, let Food Network be your guide. There are tons of Thanksgiving programming on the network between now and turkey day with the highlight being the 3rd annual Thanksgiving Live! on Sunday, November…
Giada’s Blueberry Buttermilk Corn Muffins
We love our corn muffins in this household. Most of the time when I make cornbread I make it in muffin format. It makes it easy to distribute to guests. Plus muffins are just fun. I always on the look out for new recipes to try. I found one on a episode of Food Network’s…
White Chicken Salad with Giada’s Roasted Root Vegetable Vinaigrette
Soup or salad? A question I often received as a kid that I despised when dinning out. Only rarely did I want the soup being offered so I had to go with a salad. Salads I was never impressed with either. Reason being I hated salad dressing. I thought they were all yucky. I would…
Giada’s Cranberry-Orange Glazed Turkey Review
This past Thanksgiving, I picked up 3 turkeys over 3 trips to the grocery store. I couldn’t pass up paying under 60 cents a pound for meat. I tried Alton Brown’s Dry Brined Turkey with 2 of the turkeys, which was amazing both times. I wanted to try something different for the 3rd one as…
Recap of Food Network Thanksgiving Live 2012
For the second year in a row, Food Network hosted a Thanksgiving Live special. People are invited to use e-mail, social media (facebook, Twitter), and Skype to ask some of Food Network’s greatest stars (Alton Brown, Bobby Flay, Giada DeLaurentiis, Ree Drummond, Sunny Anderson, Rachael Ray, Alex Guarnaschelli and Aaron Sanchez) their Turkey Day questions….