Most Delicious Life
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A mother and daughter sharing our best food, and our secrets to living the happy life with the goal of helping us all create a stronger family unit.
Six NON-Pie Thanksgiving Desserts
Do like cake more than pie? Do you need other options besides pie on your Thanksgiving dessert table? Here are our favorites. Pumpkin Custard Cake is one of my absolute favs. My birthday is in October and growing up, I often requested this as my birthday cake. Pumpkin...
Oven Baked Chimichangas
This is a fast and easy meal your family will LOVE. If you want to make it even easier just use rotisserie chicken. I always make a big batch...they are great to grab for lunch and are even good cold! The chicken filling is so easy to throw together. Lay out the...
Autumn Slaw
I am always looking for great side dishes. They are so essential for any great meal. This slaw serves up Autumn in a wonderful combination of cabbage, apples, cranberries and pecans with a creamy maple dressing. It is so fabulous! I always double the recipe because I...
Pumpkin Cream Pie
This creamy version of pumpkin pie was a wonderful discovery I made when my kids were little. They LOVED IT. The pudding filling is so delicious...we sometimes bake tart shells to fill and have beautiful little pumpkin tarts. Pumpkin pie seems to be a NECESSITY for...
Chocolate Chess Pie
I love having at least one chocolate pie at the pie table after Thanksgiving Dinner. I always try to balance and add different pies, so we don't end up with a whole bunch of fruit pies. Chess pie is a custard pie that originates from England but is very popular in the...
Thanksgiving Meal Planner 2022
Every year since I was little my mom has put together a Thanksgiving menu and sign up. All of us kids would help. I agree with my mom that it is NOT fun, nor does it feel like a holiday, to slave away in the kitchen by yourself for 2 days to prepare for a 20-minute...
Sweet Potato Souffle
I had a great group of friends in Portland, Oregon. Every Christmas we would have our "Girlfriend's Christmas Party." I am SO grateful for the two friends who stepped up and started this fun tradition. They would plan it for the rest of us, and some things were...
Pumpkin Bread Pudding
I hardly every order dessert when we go out to dinner. My husband knows that there are two exceptions. I will almost definitely order dessert if there is a bread pudding or creme brulee on the menu. Years ago, after eating pumpkin bread pudding at a restaurant, I...
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
This is me and my friend Nancy. When we were in 9th grade, Nancy brought these Chocolate Crinkle Cookies to school for a bake sale she had signed up for. I had never seen these before and thought they were delicious! So Nancy and I decided to hide them in our locker...
Creamy Chicken Harvest Soup
I really LOVE soup, and this time of the year is the best because it's a great time to eat soup. THIS soup is one of my favorites. It is so different from all the other soups. You may use whatever veggies you like. The original recipe used yellow summer squash, but I...