Thanksgiving Soups, Side Dishes, Desserts

pumpkin watercolor
Pumpkin, detail from watercolor painting of Three Squash, 2009

Or any other holiday or reason to gather and eat. I like collecting recipes. Maybe one day I’ll actually try some of these.

Traditional Thanksgiving:

Soups:

Salads:

Warm Side Dishes:

Desserts:

I am going to add more to this list today. But I wanted to hit publish already…

Kid-Friendly Spicy Potatoes

potatoes
True confession: I’ve never tasted these. But my kids and my father loved them.

Ingredients

  • 4-6 baking potatoes (make more so you can eat some after the baking and still have some for the recipe)
  • canola oil, enough to coat the potatoes
  • 1 heaping tablespoon ketchup (or tomato sauce if you want to avoid the high fructose corn syrup)
  • salt
  • required spices: black pepper and garlic powder
  • optional spices: white pepper, onion powder, turmeric, allspice, paprika, cumin, oregano

Bake the potatoes for over an hour. Take them out of the oven when you can stick a fork in them. Eat a few of them, but make sure you have at least 4 large ones left for this recipe. When they are cool, you can either stick them in the refrigerator for a day or two, or continue with the recipe right away. Cut up the potatoes in cubes, without the skin. Toss them in oil and ketchup (or tomato sauce). Sprinkle with salt and spices. Bake for about twenty minutes. Serve warm.

Red Leaves on Pavement

red leaves on pavement
The fun of the colorful foliage season for a photographer is to achieve a new way of looking at the rampant hues of autumn.

For more posts with a little or a lot of red, visit Ruby Tuesday:
Ruby Tuesday

As some of you may be cooking this week, I plan to post a few recipes and links to recipes.

Review with Apples

apples at Highland Park Farmer's Market
Tomorrow is the last day of the Highland Park Farmer’s Market for the 2010 season. I will miss my Friday visits to see the vegetables, fruits and flowers. And of course, chat with the people. This past week I met Debbie at the market, whom you can read about in this interview.

On My Blog

Clock in Cape May, New Jersey, photo taken in 2009 red onion veteran

Linda’s Recital on Sunday at Etz Ahaim in Highland Park – bassoon and piano

Elsewhere in the Blogosphere

  • Batya put together a nice Meet the Blogs post. Thank you for the mention, Batya.
  • Factual Friday is cool. For example, Mrs. S. has more friends on Facebook than Mr. S. – isn’t that a precious fact? ๐Ÿ˜‰ Seems to have something to do with blogger friends.
  • Hannah posted about a program to teach empathy called Bullies and Babies. Some commentators are skeptical: does this work?
  • Ilana-Davita has a descriptive, charming post called 10 Things I Love About Antwerp.
  • I love when Michelle quotes Emily Dickinson and matches a precious, inspiring photo to the quote. Or is the quote being matched to the photo?

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