More Thanksgiving Fare

Since I shared with you my pie selection for Thanksgiving, I thought I'd also share my side dish:  Three Fruit Relish.  Raspberries and apples are unexpected partners with the usual holiday flavor duo of orange and cranberry.  It's a tart version of cranberry relish so if you're wanting sweet, it's probably not for you.  But I'm guessing my aunt Sheree will make her cranberry jello salad whose sweetness will compliment this perfectly.

Sum sum summertime foods

We are finally on the cusp of summer. It's been a long winter here. Lots of snow that refused to melt. I'm very thankful for the change in seasons; having a change always makes me appreciate the upcoming one. We've also started eating some of our favorite summertime foods. I thought I'd share two of them.

The first one is a no recipe one: grilled fresh pineapple. If you have not grilled pineapple, you really need to. It's divine. I like to sprinkle a little brown sugar and cayenne pepper on mine before I grill it. Sweet and spicy, one of my favorite flavor combinations.

The other is a recipe I just came upon this spring. I am not a real macaroni salad fan. But this recipe, Best Macaroni Salad, has changed my mind. I just use the dressing from that recipe and add in whatever type of pasta I have and whatever veggies sound good. Sweetened condensed milk? In a macaroni salad? Who knew?

Menu Planning

Ham and Bean Soup, Fruit

Corn and Cheese Enchilladas, Avocado Salad

Chilli, Carrots and celery


Cincinati Style Chilli over Spaghetti, Green Beans


Chicken Cordon Bleu, California blend, lime jello with pears


Gingerbread Pancakes, bacon, fresh fruit

Menu Planning Monday

Sub sandwiches
Knox blocks made with apple juice
Fresh fruit

Tortillas with Burrito Bowl Beans, homemade pico de gallo
Fruit

Nachos made with leftover beans

Grilled Chicken and Peaches
Grilled Potatoes

California Pizza Kitchen's Chopped Salad
Homemade breadsticks or maybe the dough made into an Italian Monkey Bread