I am going to share a family Holiday favorite recipe that we have been making since my children were little. Years ago, I was researching an alternative to cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving. Viola! Our Cherry Salad tradition was born. This is a tried and true vintage recipe that has been served with the Thanksgiving meal for decades. It goes well with Turkey and if your guests do not like the traditional cranberry sauce, I can guarantee they will LOVE this and its Gluten Free too!!!! It’s so easy to make, that my youngest started in Kindergarden and has been reminding me to get the ingredients every year since. We started inviting the girl’s friends over, on our cooking day, the day before Thanksving. They all make Cherry salad and we send them home with a batch for thier own feasts. In turn, they also now serve it for their families on turkey day!!! It can be said, and I have read that “Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners are not the same without cherry salad” ENJOY!!!
Ingredients:
1 can cherry pie filling
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 can crushed pineapple (drained)
1 bag mini marshmallows
1 container cool whip (thawed)
Drain the pineapple
Combine the milk, pineapple, and marshmallows
Fold in the cherry pie filling and cool whip
It is best to let it sit overnight in the refrigerator (if you can stand to wait) so the marshmallows absorb the juices and melt in your mouth!
This week’s Book Club Monday is My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life by Ruth Reichl. Ms Reichl was the food critic for the New York Time and most recently the Editor in Chief of Gourmet Magazine. When Gourmet suddenly shuttered, she was left feeling shockend and misplaced, and thus this book was born. It was chosen as Amazon’s Best Book of October 2015. This is not only is a great read for youself, it would be a great Holiday gift for all the foodies in your life.
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Ok peeps, this week’s fashionable friend Friday is OPRAH!!!! I love Oprah but especially this time of year!!!! Why? Because she unveiled her Favorite Things this week!!! Here is the round-up of some of my favorite Oprah’s favorite things:
The next thing I loved was the Andre (Oprah’s long time hair stylist) Hair Experience Kit
I think this is the most adorable thing for our furry friends
My mom gave these to my girls last year for Christmas and they have been a huge hit all year. This printer lets you print out selfies and photos from your phone!!!
I love this set of coasters, with a ton of images to choose from, would look great on a bar cart for the Holidays!!
