UPDATE: CONGRATS, TERRI! Your name was PICKED–The CD and dish towels are on their way!!!
Thanksgiving yum is on the horizon. In the right hand column →→→you’ll see a Holiday Cookbook link next to a Gold Ball under “Find Your Favorite Recipe“. Here, I’ve put together dozens of recipes that might suit your table. Also included is a super-simple segment and there are a few recipes suitable for gift-giving, as well.
Feel free to “regift” my gift, if you win (-:
The recipe for pumpkin flan below tastes like a Thanksgiving dessert should taste, but it’s not super heavy. I’m in the middle of writing a new book, THE MAIDEN TOWER, which is replete with Cuban cuisine, such as this, so I’ll be working on a number of Cuban recipes in the coming months. Any Cuban favorites out there? Any Abuelos or Abuelas in the group? If so, I’m listening!
So here’s the GIVEAWAY, re-giftaway, if you prefer. While in Portugal last month, I purchased several embroidered kitchen towels, which could be used (or regifted!) in the upcoming holiday season.
It’s not the expected sort of thing you’d find in a Giveaway, but why not? This blog feels at home in the kitchen. I’m also throwing in an Audio Book of my newly released book: THE WELCOME HOME DINER.
I’ll draw from the selection of comments (below link) to select a winner, and will update this post Nov. 28th and announce. (If you subscribe to this post, you’ll get the note in your in-box).
Don’t forget your Furbabies this Thanksgiving. Here my pal, JC, serves up sautéed Turkey livers and gizzards to his dogs.
I’ve been hosting a Lake Union Author page this week, which has been enlightening. I’m gaining much insight into our readership. For instance, when starting off this hideous week, reeling from the Texas tragedy, I asked readers who they received more comfort from: their furbabies or us humanoids.
Get this: I received over sixty comments, most including pictures of pets. Only ONE PERSON wrote that human beings gave them more comfort than their pets. Humans VS animals. Whose the “animal”, right?
This group chooses a book each month to read and then discuss. November’s pick was THE WELCOME HOME DINER. I’d love to have any of you join our chat on November 30th–lots of interesting, oftentimes thorny, topics surrounding the plot will be involved. Here’s the link: http://bit.ly/2jeMoo5
So here’s my question. Your answer will be entered into the giveaway:
If you could only select one dish to eat on Thanksgiving (BESIDES TURKEY), what would it be???
This morning I woke up from a nightmare. I was the cooking wench for the House of Stark in their ancestral castle of Winterfell, located in Westeros, the northernmost province of the Seven Kingdoms. I had just pulled these birds from the pit as winter fell, promising to linger for many, many years. Yes, indeed. The weather is a … Full recipe post »
Like a thunder of army boots marching into town, I dread the inevitable scourge of New Year’s insight promoting radical behavioral shifts sure to trample me next month. December offers us carte blanche; Eat, Drink and Be Merry. But January draws nigh, when some of us find ourselves hamsters on a double wheel of guilt trips, agonizing over the previous year’s excess of food and … Full recipe post »
26 Responses to Pumpkin Flan with Caramel Sauce + Giveaway.
Hi Peggy – I think besides turkey (actually I wish we were having ham but…) I would like your flan. Pumpkin pie can be a bit heavy after the sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes and gravy and soporific turkey. I also really like roasted root vegetables. Thumbs up on the flan in that it can be prepared the day before. Great idea!
Actually, you’ll only be able to visit Cuba via the recipes. The book is set in Key West but one of my characters was born in Cuba in the late fifties. She was smuggled into Miami in a banana basket. She is the mother-in-law to Delphina, one of my main characters (-: She does a lot of cooking in this book!
I went to high school in Key West. The cooks there made yummy flan, but the dish that still gets me drooling is Picadillo! I don’t remember the spices, but it had ground beef, raisins, and yellow rice. That was back in the early 70’s, but I can still (almost) taste it. I’ve never been able to find a recipe that matches my memories
Thank you so much, V.R. I love Picadillo and I will put that into my book somehow. I will try to find a recipe–I have made it before in ages past. Hmmm. I’m going to put you into this contest, if that’s alright. I’ll put you down for Picadillo. No Thanksgiving table is complete without it (-:
I’ve adopted Thanksgiving since moving to the US, and the flan sounds like a lovely, light alternative to pie. My choice would probably be my hubby’s braised Brussell sprouts, shredded and cooked in a little chicken stock with some diced pancetta. Delish!
Must haves for Thanksgiving besides turkey…
In this family… for son Chris it was always about the mashed potatoes. Since he won’t be home this year, I’m shipping him boxed versions that he can make himself. (This was grandma’s special recipe and an inside joke for us.) AND… Chex Mix! Making this and shipping.
My dear mother was not able to cook much, so I started making Thanksgiving dinner at age 16! At that age as you might suspect, it probably wasn’t the best dinner ever, LOL.
That said…out of our family of three, not one of us could do turkey without the cranberry sauce : ) So I’d have to say the cranberry sauce was a key player!
Crown Roast of Pork with Shoepeg Cornbread Dressing! We will be celebrating our 30th Wedding Anniversary on 11/21. When we married, I knew my husband could cook but since then he has taken his skills to another level! This is ONE of our many favorite dishes he cooks at Thanksgiving.
Lisa! Welcome to my world! You know it takes a lot to inspire me these days. But that dish is inspirational. I’m going to make this over the holidays. Do you have a recipe? (I had a character in THE PROMISE KITCHEN who had teeth resembling shoe-peg corn!)
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mashed potatoes
no doubt, Kathy–make mine mashed potatoes, cauliflower and roasted garlic.
Hi Peggy – I think besides turkey (actually I wish we were having ham but…) I would like your flan. Pumpkin pie can be a bit heavy after the sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes and gravy and soporific turkey. I also really like roasted root vegetables. Thumbs up on the flan in that it can be prepared the day before. Great idea!
So your vote is for flan. I’m pretty sure you will love it, Tania! Let me know how it works for you.
Your book on Cuba will be a welcome read. Now that Trump has banned individual travel to Cuba
your book will be a great way to visit.
Actually, you’ll only be able to visit Cuba via the recipes. The book is set in Key West but one of my characters was born in Cuba in the late fifties. She was smuggled into Miami in a banana basket. She is the mother-in-law to Delphina, one of my main characters (-: She does a lot of cooking in this book!
I went to high school in Key West. The cooks there made yummy flan, but the dish that still gets me drooling is Picadillo! I don’t remember the spices, but it had ground beef, raisins, and yellow rice. That was back in the early 70’s, but I can still (almost) taste it. I’ve never been able to find a recipe that matches my memories
Thank you so much, V.R. I love Picadillo and I will put that into my book somehow. I will try to find a recipe–I have made it before in ages past. Hmmm. I’m going to put you into this contest, if that’s alright. I’ll put you down for Picadillo. No Thanksgiving table is complete without it (-:
Thank you SO MUCH for the recipe idea. Peggy
Thank you. 🙂
No. Thank you, Picadillo!
I’ve adopted Thanksgiving since moving to the US, and the flan sounds like a lovely, light alternative to pie. My choice would probably be my hubby’s braised Brussell sprouts, shredded and cooked in a little chicken stock with some diced pancetta. Delish!
Oh, Alison. My friend from the Isle of Skye! Thank you for your idea–sounds perfect for the table!
Must haves for Thanksgiving besides turkey…
In this family… for son Chris it was always about the mashed potatoes. Since he won’t be home this year, I’m shipping him boxed versions that he can make himself. (This was grandma’s special recipe and an inside joke for us.) AND… Chex Mix! Making this and shipping.
OK. You’re down for mashed potatoes (-:
Has to be my grandms’s cornbread dressing!
OK. You’re down for Dressing/Stuffing!
My dear mother was not able to cook much, so I started making Thanksgiving dinner at age 16! At that age as you might suspect, it probably wasn’t the best dinner ever, LOL.
That said…out of our family of three, not one of us could do turkey without the cranberry sauce : ) So I’d have to say the cranberry sauce was a key player!
One cranberry sauce for the lady!
Stuffing, I even like it cold!
Sweet Potato casserole. It has to have the brown sugar nut topping!
Can it have nuts on top of it, too, Paula? (-:
Stuffing!!
A side of STUFFING for Kelley!
Crown Roast of Pork with Shoepeg Cornbread Dressing! We will be celebrating our 30th Wedding Anniversary on 11/21. When we married, I knew my husband could cook but since then he has taken his skills to another level! This is ONE of our many favorite dishes he cooks at Thanksgiving.
Lisa! Welcome to my world! You know it takes a lot to inspire me these days. But that dish is inspirational. I’m going to make this over the holidays. Do you have a recipe? (I had a character in THE PROMISE KITCHEN who had teeth resembling shoe-peg corn!)
Love your blog.
Congrats to the winner!!