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Artsy Photo of the Day: Thanksgiving Leftover Nachos

Top some chips with your leftovers from Thanksgiving, (stuffing, turkey, green beans, etc…), and some cheeses and a cranberry sauce drizzle. Your belly will thank you.

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EPIC Thanksgiving Dessert: Pecan Pie Brownies with Sweet Potato Casserole Topping

I’m sure you all saw the EPIC Thanksgiving meat monstrosity from last week. Well to top that off, I made this dessert. I wanted to share it with you guys just in time for Thanksgiving.

I’m just going to warn you. It is super easy to make and waaaay too delicious. So, if you are not into those things, you might want to skip this recipe.

Oh, yeah. There’s also some candied bacon on it, too.

Pecan Pie Brownies with Sweet Potato Casserole Topping

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EPIC Thanksgiving: Bacon-Wrapped Meatloaf-Stuffed Turkey

I wanted the title of this post to be Bacon-Wrapped Smoked Turkey Stuffed with Goat Cheese, Chicken Breast and Bacon-Wrapped Lamb Meatloaf..but it’s kind of a mouthful (pun intended…always).

I’m trying to think of how to introduce this meat monstrosity into the world. I thought about saying “Close your eyes and imagine a moist lamb meatloaf surrounded by bacon, chicken and goat cheese stuffed inside a perfectly cooked turkey.” But then I realized this is the Internet and people cannot close their eyes..because that would hinder the whole reading process. Epic meat makes me dumb.

So, what I really want to say is: block off a weekend for this. You need to fully wrap your head around it. I gotta apologize for how lengthy this recipe is, but I promise it is worth it. Need proof?

Turkey.

Check.

Cheese.

Check.

Chicken.

Check.

Bacon.

Check and check.

Meatloaf.

Check..

Good God, Almighty..what have we done?

Sorry, I’m not really religious. Just overwhelmed.

OK. Let’s do this EPIC thang.

Meat Monstrosity

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Artsy Teaser of the Day

There are no words.

Epic Thanksgiving recipe coming this Thursday!

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Comfort Food Time: Creamy Veggie & Bean Soup with Homemade Rustic Rosemary Bread

Ok, y”all. Halloween is over. The election is over. It”s time to really delve into comfort foods like soup and bread. Or better yet, both. My house recently smelled like garlic and freshly baked bread for two days. Let”s face it–those are the best smells on earth.

I adore soup and just had to share this recipe; it”s soooo good, and healthy to boot. This is probably my favorite soup I”ve made so far! Make it, for realz.

Plus, a bonus bread recipe! I spoil you, so.

Creamy Veggie & Bean Soup

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Cooking with Love: Carla Hall's Rustic Mushroom Tart

Hey, guess what? I got an opportunity to review Carla Hall”s brand new cookbook, Cooking with Love: Comfort Food that Hugs You. I was obviously very excited. Thanks, ES!

I have been a fan of Carla Hall since her first season on Top Chef, Season 5. When she came back for All-Stars, I also enjoyed rooting her on. She has a southern style of cooking that focuses on comfort food and fine dining spins on classics. Plus, she has a super perky and positive personality, but not in an annoying sort of way. Like in a contagiously sunny kind of way.

This book has so many great recipes that I”ve bookmarked to try, like goat cheese grits and buffalo wing burgers (yum!) It also has some little anecdotes and tips from Carla. Carla was a caterer before she made it big and has some great tips about serving large groups, if you are into that kind of thing. If I had to give a constructive criticism about the book, it would be that I would like a picture for every recipe. That”s probably not doable to have so many photographs, but that”s what I like. Although the pictures that are already in the book are quite stunning.

All in all, I”d say everyone should definitely have this cookbook on their shelves. It”s pretty rockin”.

So, I decided to make the mushroom nbso tart recipe and it was pretty boss. Super easy and oh so tasty. I didn”t use a paddle attachment on a food processor , so my dough was a little more crumbly than hers appears. It was still really good, though.

You should make this and pop over to Amazon to preorder her book, which comes out November 6th.