As mentioned in an earlier post, I deliberately make extra stuffing at Thanksgiving, follow this link for my recipe.
While at the market yesterday I saw this pretty little acorn squash and thought…”hmm, this would be delicious filled with my leftover, unbaked stuffing”. I was right – here’s how I did it:
Stuffed Acorn Squash serves 2
Thanksgiving is hands-down my most anticipated meal of the year. My Roasted Chesnut Apple & Sausage Stuffing is hands down, my favorite part of the meal and I purposely make more than I’ll need. It freezes beautifully and this year I remembered a kitchen hack from Rachael Ray from early in her 30 Minute Meals days – Stuffin Muffins.
Spray a muffin tin with cooking spray, pack the cups with unbaked stuffing and freeze for three hours. Take them out of the muffin tin and place in a single layer into a large freezer Ziploc bag. When you need a single-serving and savory side dish with chicken, turkey or pork simply pop out one or more and bake at 375 for 35-40 minutes until they’re crunchy on top.
On cold days, the sunshine makes it a bit less bleak.
Today rainbows were sent into my living room via my dining room window. I love rainbows…
Recently my veterinarian recommended Chewy.com. They have everything you need including vet-prescribed food, competitive prices, discounted monthly subscription deliveries and free/fast shipping. In every interaction with customer support, (phone or email), they’re not only responsive but fun to deal with and they clearly love animals. It’s a company where enthusiastic employees make customers feel truly appreciated. Early on I’d built “profiles” on their site for my cats, Biscotti and Tipper including the option of uploading photos of each.
This morning FedEx delivered a package which was puzzling as I hadn’t ordered anything. What was inside surprised and delighted me and I had to share this!
How can you not love a company that would send you such a sweet surprise?
I had great success this year in growing jalapeño, shishito and cubanelle peppers in pots on my deck. When the first freeze was forecasted a few days ago I looked at the number of jalapeños still growing and decided to bring that pot inside. Today, in spite of several frosts, I noticed that the pot with my shishitos not only still has peppers growing but is flowering. With that “never say die” spirit, I brought that pot in as well. Though I don’t imagine they’ll fare well for too long, I’ll enjoy every bonus pepper that I get!
