The holiday season is about to kick into high gear but I’m not stressed—at least not this year. Over the years I’ve picked up a few tips and tricks to get me through the holidays and it would seem that finally, I may have the holidays mastered. I'm all about the sharing here in Pleasantville though, so take a quick read through my best holiday tips and see which ones will work for you! Tip #1 Don’t Do The Stuff You Don’t Like This is definitely a “with age comes wisdom” thing but as each year …
The Only Turkey Recipe You’ll Ever Need
I have one word for you. Pancetta. Pancetta is what makes this the best turkey recipe ever. It's the magic ingredient that will make your Christmas turkey a culinary masterpiece and well, frankly probably have everyone eating Christmas dinner at your house from now on. On second thought, maybe you don't want that. I'll leave it up to you. Pancetta-Sage Butter 4 garlic cloves, peeled 4 ounces thinly sliced Pancetta 1/4 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese 1/4 cup unsalted butter, …
Turkey Nachos – Leftover Heaven
Oooof, anyone else still in a turkey coma from Thanksgiving? Such a big meal and the last thing anyone wants to do the week after Thanksgiving is cook, right? We want easy. Yesterday I looked in the fridge and decided that instead of the usual Leftover Turkey Sandwich it was time for a fiesta. That's right. Turkey Nachos baby! Arriba, arriba. This Turkey Nachos recipe found on the Butterball.ca site, took care of the last of my leftovers, allowed me to whip dinner together in under 15 minutes …
Leftover Turkey Sandwich without the Turkey Fuss
Here's the thing, I'm a huge lover of the leftover turkey sandwich but in order to get to the sandwich part I have to go through the fuss of a big turkey meal. This makes the leftover turkey sandwich a bi-annual event around this house. That was until yesterday. For the next four months I'll be working with Butterball Canada and perhaps the coolest thing I've discovered so far is this. Are you ready for it? You can have leftover turkey sandwiches without the big turkey meal. …
