The Thanksgiving side dish extravaganza continues!!! AKA the best fall foods!!! AKA can also be used for your Christmas feast. Did you know that you can slice and roast acorn squash with the skin on? The skin becomes nice and tender and adds a nice texture to the squash. Slicing and roasting acorn squash is now my new favorite way to make it as apposed to slicing it in half and roasting it for a billion years! You learn something new everyday! Anyways the sweet, buttery roasted acorn squash … [Read more...]
Favorite Cranberry Apple Pear Sauce
Hello November. Hello holiday season. Hello Thanksgiving sides!!! Today I share a family favorite Thanksgiving/Chrismtas side, cranberry apple pear sauce. This isn't your average cranberry sauce. It's much more than cranberries and sugar with maybe a little orange juice simmered into a sauce. No, my friends this cranberry sauce has crunchy apples and pears and juicy raisins, it's got a touch of cinnamon and is spiked with a hint of orange liquor at the end!!! It's literally THE BEST … [Read more...]
Roasted Butternut Squash and Brussels Sprouts with Pomegranate
This is a popular recipe that was previously published on Robust Recipes. It has been updated for a better experience. Halloween is two days away!!! So let's talk about Thanksgiving sides ha! Actually this roasted butternut squash and Brussels sprouts are great anytime during the fall or winter. As in, anytime you can find butternut squash, Brussels sprouts, and pomegranates in season. Which is pretty much right now until the end of December. Pomegranates have a short season, at … [Read more...]
10 Gluten Free Baking Recipes for Fall
The leaves have turned into beautiful orange, yellow, and red hues and so has our Instagram feeds - well when you're a foodie anyways lol. Friends, turn on your ovens because it's BAKING SEASON! What better way to celebrate all the cozy fall spices and yummy baking treats than gathering our favorite fall baking recipes into one post?!!! YES?! Okay, glad you agree! As you already know all of these recipes are gluten free. If you're not someone who eats gluten free, no worries, I promise you … [Read more...]
Cranberry Orange Muffins (Gluten Free)
Hi, would you like a cranberry orange muffin on this gloomy day? Muffins were invented for rainy, gloomy November days. Plus the beautiful bright red cranberries will add color to your day. But hey! If it's nice and sunny out wherever you live then you can still have cranberry orange muffins. We don't mean to discriminate against different climates here. I want to share the food and love with everyone! Right now would be the appropriate time for rainbows and unicorns to dance across the … [Read more...]
Crispy Brussels Sprouts with Basil Cashew Sauce
How do words even describe something as glorious as crispy Brussels sprouts with basil cashew sauce?! Maybe I should just let the pictures speak for themselves? I mean, I think they're doing a pretty fantastic job. Don't you agree? If I must try let's start with butter. Brussels sprouts sauteed in butter until charred and crispy. Is your mouth watering yet? Then you dip each of those crispy Brussels sprouts sauteed in butter into a thick basil cashew sauce. That's it. You're done … [Read more...]
Loaded Butternut Squash Hummus with Pomegranate
Our first Thanksgiving recipe is here!!! Yes, okay, I know it's still October but it's ALMOST November and one can never plan too early for the biggest food holiday of the year!!! Really though, this loaded butternut squash hummus would be perfect for any fall-time gathering, or even winter gathering. I mean just look at those beautiful colors. I love it when food is so pretty that I barely have to style it to make it look good! It will be a show stopper! I'm not sure how your Thanksgiving … [Read more...]
Sweet Potato Casserole with Spiced Pecans
Hi, did you make the 5 Minute Spiced Pecans from yesterday's post?! Did ya, did ya?! If you did then you are one step closer to enjoying some yummy sweet potato casserole!!! Well I guess you would have had to make the 5 Minute Spiced Pecans and also not eat all of them in order to make this sweet potato casserole - and I wouldn't blame you at all for eating those spiced pecans, they are pretty addicting. No worries, I am 100% confident that you can handle making another batch of the spiced … [Read more...]
Healthier Stuffing
I don’t know what it is about stuffing at Thanksgiving time that is so appealing. Don’t get me wrong, I love the stuff too, especially when it’s drenched in my mom’s homemade turkey gravy aside some freshly cooked turkey meat. But let’s just think about what stuffing is for a moment. It’s some dried or toasted bread that has been soaked in chicken broth and baked in the oven with some spices and a few veggies. Somehow it is magically enticing and one my favorite Thanksgiving side … [Read more...]
Gluten Free Pumpkin Pie
Okay friends, now that we’re doing this whole Thanksgiving-menu- planning thing I have another recipe for you. It is a no-fail crowd pleaser, pumpkin pie. What kind of Thanksgiving is it without pumpkin pie? Of course there is pecan or apple pie, and I love both, but in my opinion nothing beats a good, creamy, perfectly spiced pumpkin pie. Can you believe that I have yet to make a pie here on Robust Recipes? It’s pretty shocking considering how much I love a good homemade pie. Here’s the … [Read more...]
